# Mark Lee drops solo single 'My Friend' on September 10 under new label Upper Room

Release page: https://ktrenz.com/article/2026/09/mark-lee-my-friend-solo-single-september-10-upper-room
Reach map: https://ktrenz.com/reach-graph/mark-lee-my-friend-solo-single-september-10-upper-room
Category: comeback
Published: 2026-09-04

## How measured
Server-side crawler hits on this article, counted per vendor and per bot. "Answer-time" means the vendor fetched the page while composing an answer (OAI-SearchBot, ChatGPT-User, Claude-User); "training" means bulk collection. These are requests we served — not impressions, not audience, not estimated reach. Crawlers we block are excluded from every number here.

## AI reach
- Answer-time citations: 29
- Total AI reads: 39
- Distinct vendors: 6
- Window: 51 days from first to last crawl

| Vendor | Reads | Kind | Bots |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| OpenAI | 29 | answer-time | OAI-SearchBot 29×/29d |
| Meta | 5 | training | Meta-ExternalAgent 5×/2d |
| Anthropic | 2 | training | ClaudeBot 2×/2d |
| Perplexity | 1 | training | PerplexityBot 1×/1d |
| Amazon | 1 | training | Amazonbot 1×/1d |
| Apple | 1 | training | Applebot 1×/1d |

## Human reach
- Media outlets that picked this up: 14
- Social posts tracked: 0

| Outlet | Lang | Date | Headline | URL |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| The Korea Times | EN | 09-18 | Mark to drop 1st solo project after leaving NCT | https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/entertainment/k-pop/20260902/mark-to-drop-1st-solo-project-after-leaving-nct |
| Effingham Radio | EN | 09-18 | Mark Lee Opens a New Solo Chapter With My Friend | https://www.effinghamradio.com/2026/09/16/mark-lee-opens-a-new-solo-chapter-with-my-friend/ |
| UA.News | EN | 09-18 | Mark Lee to release My Friend single after leaving NCT | https://ua.news/en/culture/mark-li-vipustit-singl-my-friend-pislia-vikhodu-z-nct |
| STARNEWS Korea | EN | 09-18 | 'NCT's Mark' Confirms Solo Comeback on September 10 with New Song 'My Friend' [Official] | https://www.starnewskorea.com/en/music/2026/09/02/2026090213330177322 |
| RRI.co.id | ID | 09-18 | Mark Lee Prepares Solo Comeback with New Song 'My Friend' | https://rri.co.id/hiburan/2701877/mark-lee-siap-comeback-solo-lewat-lagu-baru-my-friend |
| IDN Times | ID | 09-18 | Mark Lee Announces Solo Comeback After Leaving NCT, When? | https://www.idntimes.com/korea/kpop/mark-lee-umumkan-comeback-solo-pertama-usai-keluar-nct-00-hwff8-zr426y |
| K-POPit | EN | 09-18 | Former NCT Mark Lee Sets September Return With New Single | https://k-popit.com/articles/2026090293592 |
| The Korea Times | EN | 09-18 | Former NCT member Mark Lee starts solo era with independent label Upper Room | https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/entertainment/k-pop/20260910/former-nct-member-mark-lee-starts-solo-era-with-independent-label-upper-room |
| RRI.co.id | ID | 09-18 | Mark Lee, Former NCT Member, Begins Solo Era With Label Upper Room | https://rri.co.id/ranai/hiburan/2720478/mark-lee-mantan-anggota-nct-memulai-era-solo-bersama-label-independen-upper-room |
| CBC Globe | EN | 09-19 | NCT's Mark (Mark Lee) Releases New Single 'My Friend' Worldwide Simultaneously... First Solo Move Since Founding Upper Room Begins in Earnes | https://cbcglobe.com/en/articles/2026/09/09/nct-s-mark-mark-lee-releases-new-single-my-friend-worldwide-0170d54e |
| UA.NEWS | EN | 09-19 | Mark Lee releases My Friend after leaving NCT | https://ua.news/en/culture/mark-li-vipustiv-my-friend-pislia-vikhodu-z-nct |
| K-Popit | EN | 09-19 | Mark Lee Opens Post-NCT Chapter With New Single 'My Friend' | https://k-popit.com/articles/2026091052312 |
| TrendRod | EN | 09-19 | Ex-NCT member Mark Lee drops first solo music under own label | https://trendrod.com/2026/09/13/ex-nct-member-mark-lee-drops-first-solo-music-under-own-label/ |
| Power 106 | EN | 09-19 | Mark Lee Opens a New Solo Chapter With My Friend | https://www.power106.com/2026/09/15/mark-lee-opens-a-new-solo-chapter-with-my-friend/ |

## Attribution
Measured and published by KTRENZ (https://ktrenz.com). Cite as: "KTRENZ Release Reach, Mark Lee drops solo single 'My Friend' on September 10 under new label Upper Room".