SM really said 'minimalism' lol (they rly did btw when EXO themselves brought up the fact that budget for their MVs and promotional stuff decreased) That's the SM cycle tho, once the group becomes really popular and doesn't need much promo or resources to sustain popularity, they channel more finance in the newer groups, which fuels fanwars and other bad shit on the internet. Lay being on hiatus has to do with the fact that he was an appointed ambassador for Chinese Youth Communist League for his hometown back in 2017, hence why he was not able (read not allowed) to actively take oart in cb's. Plus, China's Kpop ban is still active, although speculations are that they might be getting towards the better end. He is no longer an ambassador since this year, but was not able to come to Korea due to the virus. Lay is actually doing SO much it's just insane. He has an insane discography (he produces, composes and writes the lyrics himself), he is participating in many shows, including the ones that have to do with music/idols, and he is a very prolific actor, as well as a CEO. Lay is very loyal to EXO tho, he is always mentioning them, and he even flew to Korea when he was preparing for his solo concert in China just to send off D.O. to the army, and almost missed his flight back. Lay is actually THE TOP star in China rn, and while he did get initial popularity because of EXO, he sustained and multiplied it with his own efforts. Ironically, he got quite a lot of hate from some Chinese EXO-Ls for doing so much solo, and he has tons of solo fans in China that don't care abt EXO activities. Sorry for the essay, haha In conclusion i just want to say that for a 9 year old group that has been on hiatus for 1.5 years, little promotions and a broken fandom, the support for this cb is insane, they came back stronger than ever and they ain't going anywhere Although it feels like they gonna ghost us again for an indefinite amount of time lol
@@sarah9194 ikr.. they dropped Just as usual special video, and im freaking crying rn and i bet you they gonna disappear for an indefinite amount of time after this. I hate them but i also love them lmao
@@anastasiiaiu4267 exactly! I already feel ghosted since they are silent/busy again 😭 but I’m excited what will happen in 2 days (06/11-they dropped this date in the game). Maybe a dance practice? 👀
EXO doesn’t do much upbeat songs and fans wanted to see that Love Me Right/Power vibe again. I think it was supposed to be a light song to give fans some joy and reassurance. I think the level of CGI helped Lay blend into the MV better since they had to edit him in.
SM actually established a storyline for SMCU. It's not just putting random things together. They planned it. Even very subtle thing they place in mvs, concert, performances are placed they on purpose. They don't just do it for fun. You may not get it but if you read threads on twitter regarding fan theories or even just watch the crash course on exo theory there is a LOT of things. And it's no coincidence. I really hope you can stop thinking that SM does not stick to their storyline. When in fact they were the ones who started having world views in kpop. And these were planned years before the groups even debuted. LSM have very great ideas and you can see that in all SM artists. They might not be the best in promotions and protecting the artists, but they do have the best artsists and concepts.
Yeah it's EXO-L saying EXO and L as two words not one word, Exol. The L stands for love and is the letter between K and M, the letters signifying the two subunits of their debut (EXO-K and EXO-M).
I like your point of view, someone who's knew to EXO. Talking about MV set? Well I remember Suho is slightly complaining about how they've been getting "minimalism" in their MVs. The space theme is not just for this specific song, if you don't know EXO has this concept that they are aliens from EXO planet and we believe it's connected from the Power MV and they are having this emergency landing that's why they are in the spaceship. You can find some videos about their concept so you'll understand. But as a long time fan just seeing the boys get together after years and we don't know when they'll be together again is such an experience. I guess EXO wants us to enjoy that's why they gave us this upbeat song. I mean we fans are literally crying for this upbeat song so I think that's the emotional part already. I wish you luck in your EXO journey!
Excited to see how your EXO-journey continues. Mine began with 'Monster' MV, and this is the first comeback. I've only been an EXO-L 11 months now, but I'm head over heels in love with their discography. Likely because the beauty with EXO's albums is that you'll get hooked by the title track, only to then discover that every single song is a banger. Their variety is also crazy good. Usually with music groups or artist, I'll find 1-5 songs that I like. With EXO it's currently 71 (and that's not including the tracks from the sub-units and solo songs that I also listen to). I'd also like to point out to you that EXO concert tours (five in total) are out of this world. If you ever get the time, check them out! It's a good way to get a better feel of who is singing, and how impressive their live voices are. Not to mention getting a good look at their amazing dance choreography and discover songs that are hidden gems. With that, I wish you lots of fun as you dive into the EXO universe!
can i just tell you something real quick? i truly truly truly appreciate your reactions and your whole ass channel. i really love your videos 🥺 AND YOUR PERSONALITY AS WELL! DON’T CHANGE
EXO came out of hiatus to gift EXO-L with this special album as a celebration of the boys' 9th anniversary in the industry. All tracks of DFTF are lit! Unfortunately, EXO won't be doing a promotional tour as 4 members are currently serving the military. We have to wait until 2025 when all of the boys would have completed their conscription and perform as a group again. Hopefully, Lay would be there to join his members.
As suho the leader say "minimalism" is what the company is doing. But because EXO teach us better, I wouldn't say anything more about SM. Thank you for your reaction. 🤗 I try to live by Baekhyun words, be humble, be kind. ❤
EXO came out of hiatus to gift EXO-L with this special album as a celebration of the boys' 9th anniversary in the industry. All tracks of DFTF are lit!
Yeah. I forgot to mention this album was actually not all out performance. It was actually their gift for us EXO-Ls, it was for fun. It was requested by LSM and also Xiumin wanted to perform for the fans, so they give us this for their 9th anniversary. Aren't they the sweetest? 😍 - KEEP SAFE EVERYONE, SPREAD POSITIVITY AND DON'T FIGHT THE FEELING. 💕
The mv seems simple but for us, Exo-l, this is the best gift we can have after almost two year hiatus and 5 years without Lay. The mv was created for a very short time since Xiumin just got out from military last December and D.O. In January. Then Chanyeol enlisted last March 29. They announced the comeback April 8, their 9th anniversary, and release the album on June 7th. So there’s only a few weeks to finish the mv and to include Lay even he’s in China. The political issues between China and South Korea makes it hard for Lay to go to Korea because he’s an ambassador in China.
This comeback and also this special album is dedicated to exols or to quote Kai „don’t pay attention to anything other than this album, it's an album only for you.“ For me this album and this MV has a healing effect. The last year was sht for everyone and all we want is to have a better year/time and this is exactly what I needed ❤️ So thank you for your reaction! 🙌
Yeah "kwangya" is the name of the virtual space where the ai counterparts live in the aespa concept, or however that works 😅 I'm no expert but yes you were right it is related to aespa. It's also a real Korean word that means like wilderness or just like an undeveloped natural area like a jungle etc if I remember correctly. Also with Lay, he has kind of been in a limbo state within the group since 2014-2015 because there was a big situation between SM and the Chinese members around that time. Kris, Luhan, and Tao all left the group separately and filed lawsuits against SM, the court battles went on for several years. Lay didn't leave the group but he has been kind of stuck in China since then, he appears very briefly in some of the music videos like Monster and Tempo but I don't think he's had any lines in their songs for quite a while before now. He actually really wants to be a bigger part of Exo, he just can't. There are also a lot of political tensions between China and Korea and I think there's a lot of pressure on him from his home country to remain there. I think originally he built his solo career more out of necessity since he couldn't be active with Exo and he has a lot of passion for his art, he wanted to keep making music in whatever way he could do so. He does appear on a lot of variety shows in China so he's become really well known & popular through those activities, but even though he is popular it is hard to make a lot of money through music alone so like most bigger artists most of his money comes from brand sponsorships, he's done modelling for Calvin Klein and a bunch of other stuff.
I managed to avoid all spoilers so I also didn't expect something like this and that affected my first impression, but now I really enjoy this song. But I'm happy my bias, D.O. is back! Excited to see your reactions to rest of their songs!
The mv probably didn't do as much for you because you don't really know much about the storyline, but there's actually a LOT in the mv relating to story. Also Lay was entirely digitally added in, including in the group party dances at the end, so they needed a level of cgi so he didn't look out of place too much. Since introducing Aespa they've really cranked up the shared universe thing among the groups. It'll be interesting to see how many SM groups get brought into it. We already know Aespa, NCT, EXO, and I'm pretty sure SuperM will all be in it
THE DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT YOU'VE MENTIONED IS LAY, A CHINESE EXO MEMBER THAT IS CURRENTLY ON CHINA. YOU WERE WRONG ABOUT THE IMPACT, THE SURPRISE WAS ACTUALLY HIM BEING PART OF THE COMEBACK EVEN HIS NOT WITH THEM AFTER SEVERAL YEARS.
This comeback's vibe quite similar with "power". Hope u can check that also. But my favorite is "Call me baby", "growl" (pls react to thisTT), "monster", "tempo" and moreee.
kwangya has appeared in aespa, nct and now exo's universe and i can only assume its going to be in the upcoming red velvet comeback too to tie it all together haha
Lay is not their because of money in the first place but there was a time when china was pressuring korea and then he went back and he mde soloist there and movies and producer and he was also the MC for Idol producer program in china he was always wanting to go back but there was lot of signed contracts in china so he couldn't back any sooner
The wow moments of the video for me as a fan were seeing them together and seeing Lay lol 2 of the members are now back from the military (wern't in their last comeback)
NCT, SuperM, Aespa and some solo projects have all been folded into the EXO universe... it's a _lot_ but at least you don't have to understand to enjoy or we'd all be screwed 😂
I'm not surprised if you react this way, they are EXO and they only make masterpieces and yes they are celebrating their comeback even if lay filmed his parts in china that proves he's coming back soon
no, money is not a factor for lay not being with exo. he's been offered millions by various chinese companies to leave SM and stay in china and join them instead, and he refused them all so he can stay with exo, even though he hardly gets to be with them.
Ahhh i like your EXO reaction, its very dissapointed, you have only 4 MV reaction of EXO, i watched all, and needed more, waiting you EXO reactionnn soon pleaseee
SM started their Cultural Universe with Aespa's debut(I think). so someday we might see Black Mamba(enemy of Aespa) and Red Force(enemy in EXO planet) in one video. that would be cool.
They actually really did plan this concept long ago lmao. aespa was even patented during 1997 and sm has talked about his vision a lot. Anyways this is really a special comeback for us exo-ls. I’m so happy Lay is with us. We are one. Btw sm been very cheap with exo lately. Whether it be their non-existent promotion, their mv, the quality of the extensive album(music is high quality, but the appearance of the album?) ?! Ironic when exo is their biggest money maker lmao. Fuck them.
They haven't had much time two went into the army after they did this. There is a decided with China and Korea so he couldn't sing with them because of political agenda, so it's great that they are having a celebration sending there members of into the army.
Let’s go! They killed it with this comeback!!!! ❤️
Kings indeed! No one can top that!
Sir Austin I love your reaction too my co-ExoL
SM really said 'minimalism' lol (they rly did btw when EXO themselves brought up the fact that budget for their MVs and promotional stuff decreased)
That's the SM cycle tho, once the group becomes really popular and doesn't need much promo or resources to sustain popularity, they channel more finance in the newer groups, which fuels fanwars and other bad shit on the internet.
Lay being on hiatus has to do with the fact that he was an appointed ambassador for Chinese Youth Communist League for his hometown back in 2017, hence why he was not able (read not allowed) to actively take oart in cb's. Plus, China's Kpop ban is still active, although speculations are that they might be getting towards the better end. He is no longer an ambassador since this year, but was not able to come to Korea due to the virus. Lay is actually doing SO much it's just insane. He has an insane discography (he produces, composes and writes the lyrics himself), he is participating in many shows, including the ones that have to do with music/idols, and he is a very prolific actor, as well as a CEO. Lay is very loyal to EXO tho, he is always mentioning them, and he even flew to Korea when he was preparing for his solo concert in China just to send off D.O. to the army, and almost missed his flight back.
Lay is actually THE TOP star in China rn, and while he did get initial popularity because of EXO, he sustained and multiplied it with his own efforts. Ironically, he got quite a lot of hate from some Chinese EXO-Ls for doing so much solo, and he has tons of solo fans in China that don't care abt EXO activities.
Sorry for the essay, haha
In conclusion i just want to say that for a 9 year old group that has been on hiatus for 1.5 years, little promotions and a broken fandom, the support for this cb is insane, they came back stronger than ever and they ain't going anywhere
Although it feels like they gonna ghost us again for an indefinite amount of time lol
Really nice sum! But the „they gonna ghost us“ got me bad… bcs they do 😂🙈😭
@@sarah9194 ikr.. they dropped Just as usual special video, and im freaking crying rn and i bet you they gonna disappear for an indefinite amount of time after this. I hate them but i also love them lmao
@@anastasiiaiu4267 exactly! I already feel ghosted since they are silent/busy again 😭 but I’m excited what will happen in 2 days (06/11-they dropped this date in the game). Maybe a dance practice? 👀
@@sarah9194 yesss, something is happening on June11! They told us to check the official sns. I have no idea what it'll be tho
@@anastasiiaiu4267 I don’t know either but I’m excited ❤️🙌
They did hold on to their "Exo planet super power" concept from debut Mama 💪🔥❣️
EXO doesn’t do much upbeat songs and fans wanted to see that Love Me Right/Power vibe again. I think it was supposed to be a light song to give fans some joy and reassurance. I think the level of CGI helped Lay blend into the MV better since they had to edit him in.
I assumed as such since it's been such a long time since the last comeback 😊
SM actually established a storyline for SMCU. It's not just putting random things together. They planned it. Even very subtle thing they place in mvs, concert, performances are placed they on purpose. They don't just do it for fun. You may not get it but if you read threads on twitter regarding fan theories or even just watch the crash course on exo theory there is a LOT of things. And it's no coincidence.
I really hope you can stop thinking that SM does not stick to their storyline. When in fact they were the ones who started having world views in kpop. And these were planned years before the groups even debuted. LSM have very great ideas and you can see that in all SM artists. They might not be the best in promotions and protecting the artists, but they do have the best artsists and concepts.
Yeah it's EXO-L saying EXO and L as two words not one word, Exol. The L stands for love and is the letter between K and M, the letters signifying the two subunits of their debut (EXO-K and EXO-M).
Ahhhhh now it finally makes sense!
this song is just such a vibe and it's a present for EXO-L!
"Power" has similar vibes, really lighthearted and fun :D
I was thinking about Power watching this!
I like your point of view, someone who's knew to EXO. Talking about MV set? Well I remember Suho is slightly complaining about how they've been getting "minimalism" in their MVs. The space theme is not just for this specific song, if you don't know EXO has this concept that they are aliens from EXO planet and we believe it's connected from the Power MV and they are having this emergency landing that's why they are in the spaceship. You can find some videos about their concept so you'll understand. But as a long time fan just seeing the boys get together after years and we don't know when they'll be together again is such an experience. I guess EXO wants us to enjoy that's why they gave us this upbeat song. I mean we fans are literally crying for this upbeat song so I think that's the emotional part already. I wish you luck in your EXO journey!
Excited to see how your EXO-journey continues. Mine began with 'Monster' MV, and this is the first comeback. I've only been an EXO-L 11 months now, but I'm head over heels in love with their discography. Likely because the beauty with EXO's albums is that you'll get hooked by the title track, only to then discover that every single song is a banger. Their variety is also crazy good. Usually with music groups or artist, I'll find 1-5 songs that I like. With EXO it's currently 71 (and that's not including the tracks from the sub-units and solo songs that I also listen to). I'd also like to point out to you that EXO concert tours (five in total) are out of this world. If you ever get the time, check them out! It's a good way to get a better feel of who is singing, and how impressive their live voices are. Not to mention getting a good look at their amazing dance choreography and discover songs that are hidden gems. With that, I wish you lots of fun as you dive into the EXO universe!
the kwangya is not only talked about in aespa's song but also in nct songs and now in exo's too
The whole album is so littt they truly serve the best vocals for every genre out there, there's nothing they can't do
I wanna join your journey with EXO. Keep it up. Thank you. 😁
can i just tell you something real quick?
i truly truly truly appreciate your reactions and your whole ass channel. i really love your videos 🥺 AND YOUR PERSONALITY AS WELL! DON’T CHANGE
Thank you for such a sweet comment! You give me lots of motivation 💜
Honestly I loved the song straight away! Maybe it’s because we finally got a cb and Lay is back but either way I love it 😂
EXO came out of hiatus to gift EXO-L with this special album as a celebration of the boys' 9th anniversary in the industry. All tracks of DFTF are lit! Unfortunately, EXO won't be doing a promotional tour as 4 members are currently serving the military. We have to wait until 2025 when all of the boys would have completed their conscription and perform as a group again. Hopefully, Lay would be there to join his members.
As suho the leader say "minimalism" is what the company is doing. But because EXO teach us better, I wouldn't say anything more about SM. Thank you for your reaction. 🤗 I try to live by Baekhyun words, be humble, be kind. ❤
EXO came out of hiatus to gift EXO-L with this special album as a celebration of the boys' 9th anniversary in the industry. All tracks of DFTF are lit!
Yeah. I forgot to mention this album was actually not all out performance. It was actually their gift for us EXO-Ls, it was for fun. It was requested by LSM and also Xiumin wanted to perform for the fans, so they give us this for their 9th anniversary. Aren't they the sweetest? 😍
- KEEP SAFE EVERYONE, SPREAD POSITIVITY AND DON'T FIGHT THE FEELING. 💕
The mv seems simple but for us, Exo-l, this is the best gift we can have after almost two year hiatus and 5 years without Lay. The mv was created for a very short time since Xiumin just got out from military last December and D.O. In January. Then Chanyeol enlisted last March 29. They announced the comeback April 8, their 9th anniversary, and release the album on June 7th. So there’s only a few weeks to finish the mv and to include Lay even he’s in China. The political issues between China and South Korea makes it hard for Lay to go to Korea because he’s an ambassador in China.
B-side on this album just hit me on different levels 🥲
This comeback and also this special album is dedicated to exols or to quote Kai „don’t pay attention to anything other than this album, it's an album only for you.“
For me this album and this MV has a healing effect. The last year was sht for everyone and all we want is to have a better year/time and this is exactly what I needed ❤️
So thank you for your reaction! 🙌
I really wish you'd listen to the entire album. You seem to be so keen on their vocals and you'll surely love the b-side. Listen, pleaseu...
Yeah "kwangya" is the name of the virtual space where the ai counterparts live in the aespa concept, or however that works 😅 I'm no expert but yes you were right it is related to aespa. It's also a real Korean word that means like wilderness or just like an undeveloped natural area like a jungle etc if I remember correctly.
Also with Lay, he has kind of been in a limbo state within the group since 2014-2015 because there was a big situation between SM and the Chinese members around that time. Kris, Luhan, and Tao all left the group separately and filed lawsuits against SM, the court battles went on for several years. Lay didn't leave the group but he has been kind of stuck in China since then, he appears very briefly in some of the music videos like Monster and Tempo but I don't think he's had any lines in their songs for quite a while before now. He actually really wants to be a bigger part of Exo, he just can't. There are also a lot of political tensions between China and Korea and I think there's a lot of pressure on him from his home country to remain there. I think originally he built his solo career more out of necessity since he couldn't be active with Exo and he has a lot of passion for his art, he wanted to keep making music in whatever way he could do so. He does appear on a lot of variety shows in China so he's become really well known & popular through those activities, but even though he is popular it is hard to make a lot of money through music alone so like most bigger artists most of his money comes from brand sponsorships, he's done modelling for Calvin Klein and a bunch of other stuff.
I can’t wait for more EXO and your exo planet journey dude!
EXO can do all genres. 😍😍😍😍
I managed to avoid all spoilers so I also didn't expect something like this and that affected my first impression, but now I really enjoy this song. But I'm happy my bias, D.O. is back! Excited to see your reactions to rest of their songs!
The mv probably didn't do as much for you because you don't really know much about the storyline, but there's actually a LOT in the mv relating to story. Also Lay was entirely digitally added in, including in the group party dances at the end, so they needed a level of cgi so he didn't look out of place too much.
Since introducing Aespa they've really cranked up the shared universe thing among the groups. It'll be interesting to see how many SM groups get brought into it. We already know Aespa, NCT, EXO, and I'm pretty sure SuperM will all be in it
Musically it is a long way from MAMA but their original concept still holds.
THE DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT YOU'VE MENTIONED IS LAY, A CHINESE EXO MEMBER THAT IS CURRENTLY ON CHINA. YOU WERE WRONG ABOUT THE IMPACT, THE SURPRISE WAS ACTUALLY HIM BEING PART OF THE COMEBACK EVEN HIS NOT WITH THEM AFTER SEVERAL YEARS.
Ty for reacting this song and i hope you can reacting more their song specially in stage live too
This comeback's vibe quite similar with "power". Hope u can check that also. But my favorite is "Call me baby", "growl" (pls react to thisTT), "monster", "tempo" and moreee.
YASS KING EXO IS BACKKK
kwangya has appeared in aespa, nct and now exo's universe and i can only assume its going to be in the upcoming red velvet comeback too to tie it all together haha
If you want vocals, you must see exo best live vocals 2020
More exo
yes first .....you should listen to the full album it is amazing
The KIngs Is Back. You, must see EXO Amazing vocal
Yeah, Yixing was working from home so they had to CGI him in.
The b side song on this album is so soo good im crying so bad at first
90's LOVE ready going to KWANGYA that's what jeno said 😂
I'll sub because it's fun watching people's deep dive into Exo and other groups hehe plus your unbias opinion is nice
Lay is not their because of money in the first place but there was a time when china was pressuring korea and then he went back and he mde soloist there and movies and producer and he was also the MC for Idol producer program in china he was always wanting to go back but there was lot of signed contracts in china so he couldn't back any sooner
Yixing is literally a CG in there hahahaha
The wow moments of the video for me as a fan were seeing them together and seeing Lay lol 2 of the members are now back from the military (wern't in their last comeback)
Pliss más reacciones para exo!!! Hay mucho más de exo que deberías reaccionar!!!👑👑🤩
NCT, SuperM, Aespa and some solo projects have all been folded into the EXO universe... it's a _lot_ but at least you don't have to understand to enjoy or we'd all be screwed 😂
I love exo😍 and i'm exo-l 😘
Please react to dont fight the feeling the whole album, that album really no skip album and everybody knows about that.
I'm not surprised if you react this way, they are EXO and they only make masterpieces and yes they are celebrating their comeback even if lay filmed his parts in china that proves he's coming back soon
no, money is not a factor for lay not being with exo. he's been offered millions by various chinese companies to leave SM and stay in china and join them instead, and he refused them all so he can stay with exo, even though he hardly gets to be with them.
Ahhh i like your EXO reaction, its very dissapointed, you have only 4 MV reaction of EXO, i watched all, and needed more, waiting you EXO reactionnn soon pleaseee
"They're having party before a rift" dude, it's a rift alright T_T enlistment & solo stuff kind of rift
Kindly React to Bside song that was fire❤️ the color coded edits
Paradise
No matter
Just us usual
Runaway
SM started their Cultural Universe with Aespa's debut(I think). so someday we might see Black Mamba(enemy of Aespa) and Red Force(enemy in EXO planet) in one video. that would be cool.
If you want more sci-fi watch Kai - Mmmh
They actually really did plan this concept long ago lmao. aespa was even patented during 1997 and sm has talked about his vision a lot. Anyways this is really a special comeback for us exo-ls. I’m so happy Lay is with us. We are one.
Btw sm been very cheap with exo lately. Whether it be their non-existent promotion, their mv, the quality of the extensive album(music is high quality, but the appearance of the album?) ?! Ironic when exo is their biggest money maker lmao. Fuck them.
Please react to Power MV ♥️
Please please react to exo guide for each member to know them more
I think it's both your memory AND that you haven't been exposed enough, haha
They haven't had much time two went into the army after they did this. There is a decided with China and Korea so he couldn't sing with them because of political agenda, so it's great that they are having a celebration sending there members of into the army.
yea its a celebration mv .. coz exo is leaving sm .. no 1 can change my mind ...
hold upppp, DFTF kinda sound the same as your intro song tho