1.4 Million was his budget. And he pay for it, not his company. He does literally everything! Sing, dance, produce, rap. It's like he said, I AM THE KING
You can't put Underrated and Zhang Yixing in the same sentence. He is the biggest and the most respected artist in China. (Last year before Lit) they named him as the 2nd best album selling artist of ALL THE TIME in China. He is PD form multiple big shows in China. He has over 40 solo awards. He owns entertainment company, he has his own studio! Tell me how is he underrated?
He is a singer, a rapper, an actor, a performer, a producer, and a songwriter. He has many styles, but in this one he choose less vocals, is not like he is a certain or specific type of artist. You should check more of his solo work because even if he is HUGE in China, he deserve more recognition internationally, also you should check EXO, they are simply amazing too
Honestly Lay does everything, he sings(has a gorgeous voice), raps, dances, writes his own beats and music, has his own studio, learned English because he wants to show his music to the world as he said. If you want to see/listen to his different songs I would suggest Lose Control, What U Need, Give Me A Chance, Namanana, I Need U, Sheep, Honey, Goodbye Christmas...those are all MVs of his songs. His B sides are amazing as well you should take a listen. He did a collaboration with Alan Walker - Sheep Relift and one with Steve Aoki and Will.i.am - Love You More. Honestly all of these songs are quite different and Lay is an AMAZING performer. He even came to the US and did a free concert in NYC. You should definitely check out his stuff!
Lay i can't find words to describe this guy! Extraordinarily passionate about what he does...his love for music is really deep. Regarding this song, his purpose was to include traditional chinese music mixed with hiphop elements which would appeal to the global fans as well as the chinese audience. This MV had a budget of around 1.5 million USD!! (he is PASSIONATE haha) Lay is an all-rounder, he can rap sing dance, is kind and a total crackhead. He is Chinese and yes he is part of EXO.
Lay is an amazing artist. I think he is a great example of how unfair the KPOP industry (both fans and company) is to their non Korean idols too honestly. Lay, when promoting with EXO, got little to no lines, screentime, centre time (despite being a main dancer) and just no support as an artist overall. Of course I love to see him with EXO but it's no secret how the company treats foreign idols (otherwise they wouldn't have 3 lawsuits involving discrimation from former Chinese members of the same group). However, as a soloist, he has really come into his own and proven himself to be one of the best idols I've ever seen tbh. He's a true ace in that he excels in everything (singing, dance, writing, composing, producing, rap, acting, etc). I know this opinion won't be popular because Chinese idols and achievements are just paid dust by fans generally. But Lay is one of the most successful artists out there (has some of the most endorsements from brands of any idol, sells millions as a soloist and can easily compete with other full groups even alone by himself when it comes to numbers). And he does all that with little to no help from his company SM. He's a mad talented dancer too (he recently took up krump and is a total natural). I hope you can watch more from him, like his MV Honey and maybe his song Boom (only lyric MV). Thank you for reacting!
Selene you are so right at least about SM. Z.tao lost his court case, because he wouldn’t back down. I love Z.tao too. The other 2 members worked out a deal with SM but they are in China and I have no idea what happened to them.
@@angelagermano7392 I think all of them can't promote in Korea or Japan (?) for as long as the contract lasts unless they want SM to take the money but I don't doubt that with SMs contacts they'll continue to be blacklisted for the rest of their careers in most of Korea and possibly Japan. Shame how it all went down with the former members and sad that SM continued to hold a grudge against EXO for the rest of their careers. SM generally favours boygroups but EXO is quite obviously their least favourite despite bringing in the money they do. SM has held the lawsuits against the group and punished them for it since 2014 because their reputation as a company took a hit.
Selene SM has been lucky that they are one of the heavy weights in South Korea. I would bet that they have a lot of dirty laundry and I hope they get caught.
@@angelagermano7392 SM has ancestral ties with the government but that won't last for long, and BigHit will inevitably take their place in the coming few years as the favoured company by the government. That is unless SM debuts their new girl group (their last chance at regaining goodwill with SK public) which they keep putting off for NCT. SM probably has tons of secrets but I'm not sure they'll ever get exposed with their connections. Not for a while at least.
Selene I’m willing to bet that SM was behind the troubles that BTS and BigHit was having when they were trying to debut. It was said that Fans of EXO was causing the troubles back in 2015-16. But from what I see EXO boys liked BTS’ music.
For those who wonder if he paid for all this with his own money, yes he did. In order to have total creative freedom and make the music he wants the way he wants, he finances his own music projects. In an interview he mentions that it is very expensive to make music, and that is why between the releases of his albums he does other jobs such as modeling and acting. If you are interested, I recommend you see Golden Eyes, The Mystics Nine and Empress of the Ming. He also endorses global brands like CK, MAC, DW, Valentino, Converse.
He is a preformer mostly and he showed it especially for this song, he's a main dancer and vocal in exo, check his debut song lose control he's a vocalist and all rounded artist lol
He was part of EXO and he is Chinese. He makes beats and dancer and artist. He can perform and he is the best at performances. His visuals can’t be beat. He is unbelievable in dance performances and a perfectionist. You should see the live performance of Lit and Boom at the 27th Chinese top music awards. He also released Boom MV.(English lyrics). You should try Honey as well, (this is in English). There is also Love you more with Steve Aoki, Lay & Will.i.am
S.l multifandom He can’t even be part of EXO physically until China and South Korea works things out. I do know that he is still part SM Entertainment in South Korea. It really is a shame that the governments always get involved, but I know that Lay is proud to be Chinese. The contract should be done soon. I wonder what will happen?
Haters made *Lay* very angry and this is a war declaration, my interpretation to this mv is that this is a message to the haters that hurts him a lot ,he is surrounded by haters (and is alone) he is a lit (white lotus: the haters call him lit "in Chinese culture it mean someone who is pure in appearance, but opposite inside) he is the king (the king of music in China), music is his arena (so the fight has to be there) , the dragon (those who support and love his work) will fight for him and protect him, his music or his mission is not to fight the hatters but to promote Chinese culture There is another dimention related to a true story and the site where he is filming this mv, but i m not Chinese so i don't know about this historical things Thx for the reaction and sorry for my English
Lys Leilla I watched the whole series when he was the MC and producer of Idol Producer in 2018. Lay was fantastic and he was always kind and thanking the staff workers. I watched the whole season. I downloaded the app “IQIYI” and was able to see the whole season with English subtitles. You will love KUN” just by seeing the first episode (which is on YT). If you download the app- you will also see Jackson Wang (Got7) as a mentor as well
While Lit MV was all about rap & visuals, Lay also has solid singing skills as well. Check out *Give Me a Chance, Namanana, Lose Control, or Monodrama* to hear his singing. *Honey* & *Sheep* are both another rap songs that you guys would also enjoy. I think the best way to describe Lay is that he's an *all rounder.* His singing, dancing, rapping, & performing skills are all top notch! He's also a producer & produces his own albums. He even makes the beats for his album tracks. He is also pretty fluent in English & has a full English album: Namanana. So don't be surprised to find out that Give Me a Chance, Namanana, & Honey are all in English.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED:(MUST CHECK OUT) 1. LIT 2.NAMANAMANAMANA 3.SHEEP 4.HONEY 5.GOODBYE CHRISTMAS 6.XIANG JIANG RIVER 7.ALONE 8. I NEED YOU 9.WHAT YOU NEED 10.TONIGHT 11.FLAVOR😍😍 12.JADE *YOU'LL SEE HOW AMAZING HE IS, YOU'LL NEVER REGRET IT! AFTER ALL, HE IS THE ONE AND ONLY LAY ZHANG YIXINGGGGGG😍👏👏👏
He is not just a performer but an artist. He produces his own music and performs all of it amazingly. He's the main dancer/lead vocalist of EXO but to get deeper about him, check more of his solos.
The word LIT is a way of saying the lotus in Chinese and is referencing purity that arises from the filth. Lotus grow in the mud. Lay's rap is a very raw, pure form. He also was presenting Crumping, a new dance form for China during the time he released this.
omg i've just noticed that u guys haven't started knowing exo yet!!!! they are simply vocal kings of kpop. (3nd generation) and also they are the most awarded kpop group. all their rappers are amazing vocalists and all their vocalists can do rap. and all of them are amazing dancers but kai (is known as top 3 kpop dancers-number1 for me tho) is also a part of exo. they are korea (kpop) 's Ambassador. they are nation's pick for almost all of national events (like performing in olympic's ending) they are the first group that their song was played in burj khalifa for almost 3 monthes. and a looot of more things! they won the award of the best album of the year for 5 years straight. baekhyun (a exo member) is the firs million seller soloist in 19 years. it is said that if you live in korea and you don't know exo, you are a spy. lol. their company sucks and doesn't promote them in west era. (they don't promote them most of the time in anything. lol. but still exo is the most money maker group of this company) react to these songs: obsession tempo monster loveshot exo's power is in their live performing. they have the record of fastest sold out for their concert's tickets. u can search about them. the first place is for them. the sold out (66000 tickets) in 0.2 seconds. second place is also for them: 0.4 seconds (67,040 tickets) also 3nd and 4nd place is for exo. :)) even in wikipedia they introduced exo and the kings of kpop. they are one of the most respected and greatest groups. and i was a kpop fan even before they debuted. i love all other groups. specially bts and got7. so i'm not biased and you can find all this information in internet. (there is a lot more. and there is a lot of videos abt their achievements. so you can find them in the youtube) they have this tickes selling Guinness record and another Guinness record for the number of their awards. and also plz check out lay's honey. and namanana . they both are completely in english.
Lay paid out for this video and has done for all his content for a while, he's still under SM for now but they put pretty much nothing in financially for him and he functions pretty independently for the most part
In order to have total creative freedom and make the music he wants the way he wants, he finances his own music projects. In an interview he mentions that it is very expensive to make music, and that is why between the releases of his albums he does other jobs such as modeling and acting. If you are interested, I recommend you see Golden Eyes, The Mystics Nine and Empress of the Ming. He also endorses global brands like CK, MAC, DW, Valentino, Converse.
Lay is all rounded. He can sing (ballad, rap, rock and others), he is a badass dancer (he learned krump from a krump master for 6 months for this mv). He also wrote, composed all of his songs. If you read about what lotus meant for lay, you'll understand the lyrics and the message of this song better. You can also check out NAMANANA which have a great meaning. If you want something 'meaningful lyrics' its mostly on his b-side tracks
React to his live performances and dance practices.. you can see how he is as a dancer. Lay is a great dancer, he was the main dancer in exo, thats why he is great performer. For this song, he focused on the story and the performance. He is also a great singer and rapper. He produced his own music and write his own lyrics. He won a lot of awards in china including producer of the year. He is also known as Lay-PD in china since he is a great producer. He has a show in China on which he judged the performances/choreo of people. Before he was the main PD in an idol show in China.
I hope you will make more reaction videos of Lay's, but instead of reacting to his MVs, you should react to his CZR2 performances. *CZR2 (I'm singer-songwriter, I'm a producer) is a competition variety show where competitors compose and perform unreleased songs made within limited time frame. **One of his songs (Joker) went really viral on Tiktok with the magazine's challenge, but since the song is not on any international platform, nobody knew that that was his song.
Omgg!!!! I requested this song you guys!!! I thought you wouldn’t react to it I’m so happy rn, thanks for doing it I knew you’d like it, left me speechless as well lol ps: great video btw
Actually Lay needed to go solo in order to release his inner dragon. This guy doesnt do things halfway that is why Flying Apsaras was just a visualizer coz he wasnt contented with the mv. He is just such a perfectionist.
In EXO he used to be in the dance line. In the subgroup EXO-M, he is the main dancer and Xiumin as the lead, while in EXO-K Kai is the main dancer and Sehun as the lead. But to be honest, Lay is veryyyyyyyyyyy talented and PURE. He can be a vocalist and can hit high notes too. He can also rap (please check out some of their songs, especially EXO's Promise, Chinese version). He can also write songs, play musical instruments but remains humble. He funded this music video with his own money $1.4million and treated all his staffs right (the making of this MV, he fed all the staffs with his own money and thanked them so much). If you pay attention to the credits, it was his studio who produced it. He is the CEO (owns a company) of Changsha Chromosome Entertainment last August. Yixing is the majority shareholder of this company, holding 80% of the shares. and YES I AM SO PROUD OF OUR UNICORN! Each EXO member has their own unique talents and skills, you gotta explore each of them tho!
Thanks for reacting to Lay ^^ Lay worked with Anti-General for this song, and Anti has been doing a lot of movie scores for some pretty popular shows lately. They knew each other when Anti joined an electronic music producer survival show when Lay was the leader. Lay can be everything you imagine him to be. Serious answer haha~ Just look at the credits at the end of the MV (Zhang Yixing is his Chinese name). But most of all he's passionate. Literally, everyone who works with him says he's passionate...like really passionate. He wrote and produced 24+ songs just this year and won the producer of the year. This year he participated in a singer-producer survival show (have to write & perform a new song every week), a street dance survival show with Jackson (Tight Eyez called his krumping crazy), the mentor of an idol survival show, and will be on a professional dancer competition, as well as a pair-singing competition show. Plus filming 2 dramas and grabbed the international ambassador of another international brand this year.
Each songs he produced has completely different feelings! Check 'honey', you will like it for sure. This dude is crazy about the beats. Every movement hits the beat! The background of LIT was based on a tragic historical general, Xiangyu, who was betrayed and suicided in the end. Lottis flower in Chinese sounds similar to English 'LIT' and also is a symble of purity and fortitude in the tough environment. Just a little bit about Chinese explanation! 😘 (This is the first time I saw you guys were so speechless 🤣
I’ve been waiting for his new album which is the first version to came out, teasers along with concept photos. It’s finally here OMG someone pinch me? I’m sadly rusty on chinese history, its like a movie soundtrack trailer. There’s so much but I don’t know where to start since I still can’t get over how darn hardcore LIT our boy is being with a DRAGON, LYRICS and KILLER VISUALS 👀🔥while trying to expand China to the world through music even though local anti fans, critics and anyone else don’t want that to happen 🙄 So in MV Lay (Lotus) is fighting against them (JADE). Childish anti fans kept calling him lotus which means “Fake who only looks innocent but is evil” so his response back to them was this masterpiece called “LOTUS” same pronunciation as “LIT”, despite the lotus being drowned in darkness; he maintains his unsoiled purity.* Regarding the Sheep name, antis also called him that which is why he responded with his song “SHEEP”. After this everyone will know who Lay Zhang is (King of China) and if they don’t then they must be in extreme deep sleep. IN MY OPINION when he says “Taking China to the World” I think the song speaks for today’s generation about being done with the political issues, hatred, discrimination between countries and wants it to end because its a new year a new decade; things need to change if their countries along with the world is ever going to strive forward and he wants to be the first to break through that wall. THERE IS NO COMPETITION BECAUSE HE BROUGHT UNIQUE MODERN STYLE COMBINED WITH TRADITIONAL CHINESE SOUND #TakingChinaToTheWorld #LayZhangLIT
Yes he's a performer. But Lay is also a very good vocalist. He's one of the lead vocalist and main dancer in EXO. He has sung ballads too and also performs traditional Chinese songs.
*Lay* is the Chinese member of the Kpop band *EXO* , pllllz react to *EXO "Obsession"* it's also a whole movie, faithful to their concept *EXO* will fight their clones *X-EXO* you will love it, merciii
Meg Blake hace 1 segundo 😂hello brothers!.. I really enjoyed this reaction, please, I beg you, turn, and stick your spotlight to Lay with "Flying Apsaras", your mind gonna blows away.. Lay it's the talent Chinese artist, totally an artist, who makes his own work as producer (all bunch of process inner to do it) also director of his own MVs. Known as total crack as krump dancer in these days. He's talented as fuck.. and one clue more.. he's still part of EXO even he is in China. I'm gonna help and add the Link for "Apsaras". Enjoy your trip fellas: ua-cam.com/video/eK2Rcufdh8E/v-deo.html
This is one of the most expensive mv out there. YIXING spent around 1.2m usd of his own money for this. Notice the credits that he had a hand on almost everything. NOW you guys should watch Flying Apsaras visualizer coz its also epic and i heard he spent more money. Hope.mv drops soon tho
If you look into Lay's position in EXO, he is actually the main dancer and lead vocalist.. but when he's doing his solo, he's everything.. 😅 he's an all-rounder.. vocalist, rapper, choreographer, producer, lyricist and so on.. please react to Lay - Honey next...
you got one thing right when you talked about the other groups and what they shine in the most , well exo is very known for their crazy and amazing vocals and dancing and the overall performance of their music and lay is actually a main dancer in exo , so thats his main positions but he is an all rounded artist *tbh all of exo members are like that thats why its hard to tell what they can do exactly😂* in his previsue songs he highlighted different aspects from his talents , you will see some of his music where he shined more as a singer *vocally demanding songs * ex , lose control , give me a chance ... others focused on his rapping ex SHEEP , LIT , honey .....in LIT he actually was more into the beat production the combination of *chinese instruments and hiphop\trap music * and his krump dancing *he is a krump dancer* he is very passionate musician that's why Steve Aoki , will.i.am , Far East Movement , Jason Derulo , Bazzi , Alan Walkera and other producers\artists have collaborated with him you should diff react to honey and give me a chance < both are in english btw cuz he produce eng ver of his albums as well >
This song was made for his haters. The lyrics are powerful with one lyric stating ‘take your eyes from the mud and the lotus grows’. His haters call him the white lotus (lian close sounding to lit) saying he uses other people to get popular and actually isn’t innocent. He takes that title and makes it a positive by claiming he is a white lotus due to him still staying pure and clean even with the problems he’s faced (the mud). And the dragon is his fans that will protect and watch over him. He actually just won a lawsuit with a hater since he used to not press charges due to him being too nice. The mv also speaks of a historical story he loved as a kid of a general being betrayed by his own men. You should check out his group Exo they are titled the nation’s pick as well as Vocal Kings of Kpop
PART 2 OF 2 *SONGS RECOMMENDATIONS:* HISTORY (predebut track) MAMA (debut title track) Two Moons Machine Wolf (they’ve also done a 2-part drama version of this song) Black Pearl Let Out the Beast Heart Attack The Star Overdose Moonlight Thunder Lost Planet Haka Angel Lucky One Call Me Baby Transformer Exodus El Dorado (live in japan) On the Snow Lightsaber (live in japan) Monster Cloud 9 They Never Know Stranger One & Only For Life The Eve Forever Chill Going Crazy Full Moon Universe Fall Lights Out Tactix Cosmic Railway Power Blooming Day (EXO-CBX, Chen/Baekhyun/Xiumin sub unit) Horolou (EXO-CBX) Give Me a Chance (Lay’s solo) Namanana (Lay’s solo) Love Shot Tempo Sign Ooh La La La Gravity 24/7 Bad Dream Damage Oasis GROUP LINKS: *Introduction to EXO **ua-cam.com/video/FUAvVpDYMQ4/v-deo.html* (HIGHLY RECOMMENDED) EXO Profile: kprofiles.com/exo-members-profile/ =========================================== Lay has stated in many interviews that is he’s still part of EXO and doesn’t have plan on leaving the group, he’ll always be there for his brothers when he can be when they need him and also he’s said that “Namanana” (which is his first solo title album) he made the word up that was inspired by the lion king song “Hakuna Matata”, his role is a traveling postman. He filmed in Western Australia and that one scene is called Pink Lake (yes it’s a real lake) and another scene I believe it shows that he gains his healing [unicorn] superpower back from his power orb after opening the package which indicts he’s still with EXO. His previous comeback album & title track “Honey” which is speechless!
Unfortunately the situation between Korea and China is complicated now. Exo was composed of 12 members, half in Korea and the other in China: Exo K e Exo M (for mandarin /most spoken language in China), That is why the fans are called Exo L, because it is between them, supporting both groups... Or they were supporting. Chinese group idols in Korea are not doing promotions in the country, while Korean idols were banned from performing in China! (They can only perform at shows up to 10,000 people/ max) Black Pink is super popular in China, but only Lisa's photo on a commercial poster was not vandalized , since she is Thai, while the others are of Korean origin, even though Jennie and Rosé have studied abroad. The Exo company lost its Chinese Exo members due to accusations of poor payment and different treatment, Lay is still part of the company, but of a Chinese subsidiary. In spite of everything Korean idols still manage to be popular there, as I already said about BP, Exo himself, GOT7 (Jackson is Chinese), and even BTS! The C-Armys they are amazing, they managed to create a preschool and rebuild a bridge in the village, among others as projects to celebrate their birthday.
EXO has vocals , choreo, visuals, rap line, dance line, everything... Youll see.. Once you dive into their music videos and history.. YES! LAY is a member of EXO. This LIT mv was directed by Lay, he produced, wrote the lyrics and arranger the music himself..and event the choreo he made it. All EXO members are talented!
The budget is 1.4 million lay rented one of the biggest studios in china it's also used for huge movies like mulan
Wow that is truly amazing 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🔥🔥🔥
Of his own money ,,now that's dedication 👏
@@multifandomchica4life397 if that's true it's amazing.
1.4 million DOLLAR. Please put a DOLLAR because 1.4 million is very far to the right amount 1.4 MILLION DOLLAR.
@@highheeledfagin Definitely true
Man haven’t seen you guys speechless in a minute. 😂 I believe the next Lay reaction should be Honey. 🔥🔥🔥🔥
😂😂😂😂
@@Amicy and you should react to "Sheep"
Yes Honey! So good and the dancing OUFF!! Lay just pops OFF! Lay and Jackson Wang bringing China to the WORLD!!
A good introduction to Exo Lay is Honey.
1.4 Million was his budget. And he pay for it, not his company. He does literally everything! Sing, dance, produce, rap. It's like he said, I AM THE KING
Put a dollar. 1.4 Million DOLLAR.
@@rochirp1576 Right haha
Was it in Chinese dollars? or American?
@@gracel1964 American dollar. 1.4 million dollar
@@rochirp1576 dang huge investment
He is so underrated but so talented.
React to his song "Honey" a masterpiece.
@EXO Is Better Cry About it Yeah right! Dood got the (almost) second best selling album of alltime in China, can't really say that is "underrated".
@Egg Headass EXO And EXO-L she agreed with you! Train your reading comprehension smh
You can't put Underrated and Zhang Yixing in the same sentence. He is the biggest and the most respected artist in China. (Last year before Lit) they named him as the 2nd best album selling artist of ALL THE TIME in China. He is PD form multiple big shows in China. He has over 40 solo awards. He owns entertainment company, he has his own studio! Tell me how is he underrated?
@@xingkal2418 I meant in the West.
He is a singer, a rapper, an actor, a performer, a producer, and a songwriter. He has many styles, but in this one he choose less vocals, is not like he is a certain or specific type of artist.
You should check more of his solo work because even if he is HUGE in China, he deserve more recognition internationally, also you should check EXO, they are simply amazing too
Honestly Lay does everything, he sings(has a gorgeous voice), raps, dances, writes his own beats and music, has his own studio, learned English because he wants to show his music to the world as he said. If you want to see/listen to his different songs I would suggest Lose Control, What U Need, Give Me A Chance, Namanana, I Need U, Sheep, Honey, Goodbye Christmas...those are all MVs of his songs. His B sides are amazing as well you should take a listen. He did a collaboration with Alan Walker - Sheep Relift and one with Steve Aoki and Will.i.am - Love You More. Honestly all of these songs are quite different and Lay is an AMAZING performer. He even came to the US and did a free concert in NYC. You should definitely check out his stuff!
Lay i can't find words to describe this guy!
Extraordinarily passionate about what he does...his love for music is really deep.
Regarding this song, his purpose was to include traditional chinese music mixed with hiphop elements which would appeal to the global fans as well as the chinese audience.
This MV had a budget of around 1.5 million USD!! (he is PASSIONATE haha)
Lay is an all-rounder, he can rap sing dance, is kind and a total crackhead. He is Chinese and yes he is part of EXO.
Lay is a beat producer a song writer a performer a dancer a singer a rapper an actor a pianist a guitarist whatever comes to ur mind...Lay is.
Lay is the BOMB!!! Thanks so much for reacting to my Bias in EXO. I hope you check out all his Solo projects as well as in the group EXO. Very Happy 🎉
Lay is an amazing artist. I think he is a great example of how unfair the KPOP industry (both fans and company) is to their non Korean idols too honestly. Lay, when promoting with EXO, got little to no lines, screentime, centre time (despite being a main dancer) and just no support as an artist overall. Of course I love to see him with EXO but it's no secret how the company treats foreign idols (otherwise they wouldn't have 3 lawsuits involving discrimation from former Chinese members of the same group).
However, as a soloist, he has really come into his own and proven himself to be one of the best idols I've ever seen tbh. He's a true ace in that he excels in everything (singing, dance, writing, composing, producing, rap, acting, etc). I know this opinion won't be popular because Chinese idols and achievements are just paid dust by fans generally. But Lay is one of the most successful artists out there (has some of the most endorsements from brands of any idol, sells millions as a soloist and can easily compete with other full groups even alone by himself when it comes to numbers). And he does all that with little to no help from his company SM. He's a mad talented dancer too (he recently took up krump and is a total natural).
I hope you can watch more from him, like his MV Honey and maybe his song Boom (only lyric MV). Thank you for reacting!
Selene you are so right at least about SM. Z.tao lost his court case, because he wouldn’t back down. I love Z.tao too. The other 2 members worked out a deal with SM but they are in China and I have no idea what happened to them.
@@angelagermano7392 I think all of them can't promote in Korea or Japan (?) for as long as the contract lasts unless they want SM to take the money but I don't doubt that with SMs contacts they'll continue to be blacklisted for the rest of their careers in most of Korea and possibly Japan. Shame how it all went down with the former members and sad that SM continued to hold a grudge against EXO for the rest of their careers.
SM generally favours boygroups but EXO is quite obviously their least favourite despite bringing in the money they do. SM has held the lawsuits against the group and punished them for it since 2014 because their reputation as a company took a hit.
Selene SM has been lucky that they are one of the heavy weights in South Korea. I would bet that they have a lot of dirty laundry and I hope they get caught.
@@angelagermano7392 SM has ancestral ties with the government but that won't last for long, and BigHit will inevitably take their place in the coming few years as the favoured company by the government. That is unless SM debuts their new girl group (their last chance at regaining goodwill with SK public) which they keep putting off for NCT. SM probably has tons of secrets but I'm not sure they'll ever get exposed with their connections. Not for a while at least.
Selene I’m willing to bet that SM was behind the troubles that BTS and BigHit was having when they were trying to debut. It was said that Fans of EXO was causing the troubles back in 2015-16. But from what I see EXO boys liked BTS’ music.
For those who wonder if he paid for all this with his own money, yes he did.
In order to have total creative freedom and make the music he wants the way he wants, he finances his own music projects.
In an interview he mentions that it is very expensive to make music, and that is why between the releases of his albums he does other jobs such as modeling and acting.
If you are interested, I recommend you see Golden Eyes, The Mystics Nine and Empress of the Ming.
He also endorses global brands like CK, MAC, DW, Valentino, Converse.
He is a preformer mostly and he showed it especially for this song, he's a main dancer and vocal in exo, check his debut song lose control he's a vocalist and all rounded artist lol
He spent 1.4 MILLION of his OWN money on this music video!!! I was SHOOK when I found out but it’s such a visual masterpiece! 😍😂
Put a dollar 💸
I saw this video the day after Suga's video. Love the traditional elements. He's bringing China to the world and I'm so ready for it. He is LIT!
He was part of EXO and he is Chinese. He makes beats and dancer and artist. He can perform and he is the best at performances. His visuals can’t be beat. He is unbelievable in dance performances and a perfectionist. You should see the live performance of Lit and Boom at the 27th Chinese top music awards. He also released Boom MV.(English lyrics). You should try Honey as well, (this is in English). There is also Love you more with Steve Aoki, Lay & Will.i.am
More like " he is " lay is still part of exo....
He is still a part of EXO. He never left the group. He just can't promote with them because of the China - Korea tension.
he is still part of EXO and there is rumors that he will be able to promote with his group starting next year ....
he still is a member of EXO
S.l multifandom He can’t even be part of EXO physically until China and South Korea works things out. I do know that he is still part SM Entertainment in South Korea. It really is a shame that the governments always get involved, but I know that Lay is proud to be Chinese. The contract should be done soon. I wonder what will happen?
Lay is Chinese. He is a singer, dancer and music composer, producer
Omg, pls react to Lay-Honey 🙏🏼🙏🏼 this song in English and 🔥🔥❤️
He's a very good dancer, have you both seen Lay ft Jay Derulo ft NCT 127 - Let's Shut Up and Dance ? Awesomeee music dance video
I hope you check out more of his R&B style in songs like Honey in both English and Chinese version and also Loose Control. Thanks 😊
😲 and this 😳 visual representation of y'all faces...welcome to our world..
Thanks for reacting to our *King of China* Lay is very talented!!! 💕💕
Haters made *Lay* very angry and this is a war declaration, my interpretation to this mv is that this is a message to the haters that hurts him a lot ,he is surrounded by haters (and is alone) he is a lit (white lotus: the haters call him lit "in Chinese culture it mean someone who is pure in appearance, but opposite inside) he is the king (the king of music in China), music is his arena (so the fight has to be there) , the dragon (those who support and love his work) will fight for him and protect him, his music or his mission is not to fight the hatters but to promote Chinese culture
There is another dimention related to a true story and the site where he is filming this mv, but i m not Chinese so i don't know about this historical things
Thx for the reaction and sorry for my English
Lys Leilla I watched the whole series when he was the MC and producer of Idol Producer in 2018. Lay was fantastic and he was always kind and thanking the staff workers. I watched the whole season. I downloaded the app “IQIYI” and was able to see the whole season with English subtitles. You will love KUN” just by seeing the first episode (which is on YT). If you download the app- you will also see Jackson Wang (Got7) as a mentor as well
Yixing said it's about the battle of Gaixon NOT haters. Lyrics are about people who criticised him but the mv is the battle of Gaixon!
Thanks for all this great background info.💜💜😊
I saw the whole season and the other one in 2019 as well
I love Kun too - I’ve been following him as well. Too bad about Nine Percent Hope things work out for them
While Lit MV was all about rap & visuals, Lay also has solid singing skills as well. Check out *Give Me a Chance, Namanana, Lose Control, or Monodrama* to hear his singing. *Honey* & *Sheep* are both another rap songs that you guys would also enjoy. I think the best way to describe Lay is that he's an *all rounder.* His singing, dancing, rapping, & performing skills are all top notch! He's also a producer & produces his own albums. He even makes the beats for his album tracks.
He is also pretty fluent in English & has a full English album: Namanana. So don't be surprised to find out that Give Me a Chance, Namanana, & Honey are all in English.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED:(MUST CHECK OUT)
1. LIT
2.NAMANAMANAMANA
3.SHEEP
4.HONEY
5.GOODBYE CHRISTMAS
6.XIANG JIANG RIVER
7.ALONE
8. I NEED YOU
9.WHAT YOU NEED
10.TONIGHT
11.FLAVOR😍😍
12.JADE
*YOU'LL SEE HOW AMAZING HE IS, YOU'LL NEVER REGRET IT! AFTER ALL, HE IS THE ONE AND ONLY LAY ZHANG YIXINGGGGGG😍👏👏👏
I'm ARMY but appreciate talent . . . and LAY is LIT!!! 🔥🔥🔥
I enjoyed watching your reaction to "Lit" almost as much as I enjoyed watching the M/V itself :) Please react to "Honey" by Lay ❤
Please react to more of his songs "Sheep" and "Honey"
Lay's Honey is all I'm saying. You'll love it.
his budget was $1.4 M and im so happy he sold 2.7 million copies of this album. this album is the best selling album in china for 2020.
Lay is a BEAST! Check out "Honey"....it'll leave you speechless....again. No words.
He has so many talents
So this is one of the videos you were talking about? Awsome!
He is not just a performer but an artist. He produces his own music and performs all of it amazingly. He's the main dancer/lead vocalist of EXO but to get deeper about him, check more of his solos.
Thx reacting to Lay's Lit... Can't get enough from him
Yes HE IS all the time 👌🏽
You should react on more solo lay...his solo's are majestic, crazy, beautiful...
Finally Lay 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
The word LIT is a way of saying the lotus in Chinese and is referencing purity that arises from the filth. Lotus grow in the mud. Lay's rap is a very raw, pure form. He also was presenting Crumping, a new dance form for China during the time he released this.
LAY HONEY
omg i've just noticed that u guys haven't started knowing exo yet!!!!
they are simply vocal kings of kpop. (3nd generation)
and also they are the most awarded kpop group.
all their rappers are amazing vocalists and all their vocalists can do rap. and all of them are amazing dancers but kai (is known as top 3 kpop dancers-number1 for me tho) is also a part of exo.
they are korea (kpop) 's Ambassador. they are nation's pick for almost all of national events (like performing in olympic's ending) they are the first group that their song was played in burj khalifa for almost 3 monthes.
and a looot of more things! they won the award of the best album of the year for 5 years straight.
baekhyun (a exo member) is the firs million seller soloist in 19 years.
it is said that if you live in korea and you don't know exo, you are a spy. lol.
their company sucks and doesn't promote them in west era. (they don't promote them most of the time in anything. lol. but still exo is the most money maker group of this company)
react to these songs:
obsession
tempo
monster
loveshot
exo's power is in their live performing. they have the record of fastest sold out for their concert's tickets. u can search about them.
the first place is for them. the sold out (66000 tickets) in 0.2 seconds.
second place is also for them: 0.4 seconds (67,040 tickets)
also 3nd and 4nd place is for exo. :))
even in wikipedia they introduced exo and the kings of kpop.
they are one of the most respected and greatest groups. and i was a kpop fan even before they debuted. i love all other groups. specially bts and got7. so i'm not biased and you can find all this information in internet. (there is a lot more. and there is a lot of videos abt their achievements. so you can find them in the youtube)
they have this tickes selling Guinness record and another Guinness record for the number of their awards.
and also plz check out lay's honey. and namanana . they both are completely in english.
Thanks for react to lay, he is an amazing artist. He does literally everything! Sing, dance, produce, rap. It's like, please react to Honey
The mv really always makes me chill
Its a masterpiece n i always waiting your reaction for my fav group😁
U havent react yet.. i wonder xoxo
I heard and correct me on it if you want
He put all the money for this??? I gotta look it up because if he did. My guy is pure talent
Lay paid out for this video and has done for all his content for a while, he's still under SM for now but they put pretty much nothing in financially for him and he functions pretty independently for the most part
In order to have total creative freedom and make the music he wants the way he wants, he finances his own music projects.
In an interview he mentions that it is very expensive to make music, and that is why between the releases of his albums he does other jobs such as modeling and acting.
If you are interested, I recommend you see Golden Eyes, The Mystics Nine and Empress of the Ming.
He also endorses global brands like CK, MAC, DW, Valentino, Converse.
Lay is all rounded. He can sing (ballad, rap, rock and others), he is a badass dancer (he learned krump from a krump master for 6 months for this mv). He also wrote, composed all of his songs.
If you read about what lotus meant for lay, you'll understand the lyrics and the message of this song better. You can also check out NAMANANA which have a great meaning. If you want something 'meaningful lyrics' its mostly on his b-side tracks
It's like he broke them for a min hahahh Loved it
React to his live performances and dance practices.. you can see how he is as a dancer.
Lay is a great dancer, he was the main dancer in exo, thats why he is great performer. For this song, he focused on the story and the performance. He is also a great singer and rapper. He produced his own music and write his own lyrics. He won a lot of awards in china including producer of the year. He is also known as Lay-PD in china since he is a great producer. He has a show in China on which he judged the performances/choreo of people. Before he was the main PD in an idol show in China.
This was shot in China. Looks similar to August Ds, but his was in South Korea. Milan was also shot here. It’s one of the biggest places in China.
I loveeeeee this song, I absolutely love the Chinese culture 🇨🇳🤍🤍 我爱
I hope you will make more reaction videos of Lay's, but instead of reacting to his MVs, you should react to his CZR2 performances.
*CZR2 (I'm singer-songwriter, I'm a producer) is a competition variety show where competitors compose and perform unreleased songs made within limited time frame.
**One of his songs (Joker) went really viral on Tiktok with the magazine's challenge, but since the song is not on any international platform, nobody knew that that was his song.
My favorite song he released during the show is Horse, I highly recommend it.
Lay is the man, honestly.
Omgg!!!! I requested this song you guys!!! I thought you wouldn’t react to it I’m so happy rn, thanks for doing it I knew you’d like it, left me speechless as well lol
ps: great video btw
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Thank you so much for this reaction, Yixing (lay) is so amazing! Please react to lay's "Honey" MV!
Actually Lay needed to go solo in order to release his inner dragon. This guy doesnt do things halfway that is why Flying Apsaras was just a visualizer coz he wasnt contented with the mv. He is just such a perfectionist.
Lit is my comfort song
Lay es todo lo que está bien en el mundo enteroooooo.
This is most expensive mv in Asia music industry) and this is Lay own money
In EXO he used to be in the dance line. In the subgroup EXO-M, he is the main dancer and Xiumin as the lead, while in EXO-K Kai is the main dancer and Sehun as the lead. But to be honest, Lay is veryyyyyyyyyyy talented and PURE. He can be a vocalist and can hit high notes too. He can also rap (please check out some of their songs, especially EXO's Promise, Chinese version). He can also write songs, play musical instruments but remains humble. He funded this music video with his own money $1.4million and treated all his staffs right (the making of this MV, he fed all the staffs with his own money and thanked them so much). If you pay attention to the credits, it was his studio who produced it. He is the CEO (owns a company) of Changsha Chromosome Entertainment last August. Yixing is the majority shareholder of this company, holding 80% of the shares.
and YES I AM SO PROUD OF OUR UNICORN! Each EXO member has their own unique talents and skills, you gotta explore each of them tho!
Thanks for reacting to Lay ^^
Lay worked with Anti-General for this song, and Anti has been doing a lot of movie scores for some pretty popular shows lately. They knew each other when Anti joined an electronic music producer survival show when Lay was the leader.
Lay can be everything you imagine him to be. Serious answer haha~
Just look at the credits at the end of the MV (Zhang Yixing is his Chinese name).
But most of all he's passionate. Literally, everyone who works with him says he's passionate...like really passionate.
He wrote and produced 24+ songs just this year and won the producer of the year.
This year he participated in a singer-producer survival show (have to write & perform a new song every week), a street dance survival show with Jackson (Tight Eyez called his krumping crazy), the mentor of an idol survival show, and will be on a professional dancer competition, as well as a pair-singing competition show. Plus filming 2 dramas and grabbed the international ambassador of another international brand this year.
Lay HONEY and SHEEP song
I love to see you speechless 😂💚
i subscribe bcoz my bias is LAY ZHANG SO I GONNA VISIT U TO WATCH YOUR REACTION TO ONLY LAY😍😄
Each songs he produced has completely different feelings! Check 'honey', you will like it for sure. This dude is crazy about the beats. Every movement hits the beat! The background of LIT was based on a tragic historical general, Xiangyu, who was betrayed and suicided in the end. Lottis flower in Chinese sounds similar to English 'LIT' and also is a symble of purity and fortitude in the tough environment. Just a little bit about Chinese explanation! 😘 (This is the first time I saw you guys were so speechless 🤣
LAY👑👏👏👏👏👏👏
LAY - Honey please 🔥
And LAY FT STEVE AOKI AND WILL.I.AM - LOVE YOU MORE 🔥
I'm proud of Lay
Lay is member for EXO but lay is Chinese and he is so talented and pls react lay HONEY
This was also my first lay song ... same reaction like you guys 😭🤣🤣
And also he has he's Own COMPANY
There's only a lyric video for it but you should listen to the song Peach by Lay.
He is everything, check out steve aoki and him love you more, and his recent album song moma lyrics. He sings and raps his vocals are outrageous.😁🔥🔥
He is lay members of exo ther AMAZING
Please react to exo tempo mv or Love shot mv .
Exo name of the kpop boy group are vocally so AMAZING
I love y’all so much!!!
We love you too😁
Lyrics, message mean a lot to Lay
You guys have to react > Honey ~ Lay
I’ve been waiting for his new album which is the first version to came out, teasers along with concept photos. It’s finally here OMG someone pinch me? I’m sadly rusty on chinese history, its like a movie soundtrack trailer. There’s so much but I don’t know where to start since I still can’t get over how darn hardcore LIT our boy is being with a DRAGON, LYRICS and KILLER VISUALS 👀🔥while trying to expand China to the world through music even though local anti fans, critics and anyone else don’t want that to happen 🙄 So in MV Lay (Lotus) is fighting against them (JADE). Childish anti fans kept calling him lotus which means “Fake who only looks innocent but is evil” so his response back to them was this masterpiece called “LOTUS” same pronunciation as “LIT”, despite the lotus being drowned in darkness; he maintains his unsoiled purity.* Regarding the Sheep name, antis also called him that which is why he responded with his song “SHEEP”. After this everyone will know who Lay Zhang is (King of China) and if they don’t then they must be in extreme deep sleep. IN MY OPINION when he says “Taking China to the World” I think the song speaks for today’s generation about being done with the political issues, hatred, discrimination between countries and wants it to end because its a new year a new decade; things need to change if their countries along with the world is ever going to strive forward and he wants to be the first to break through that wall. THERE IS NO COMPETITION BECAUSE HE BROUGHT UNIQUE MODERN STYLE COMBINED WITH TRADITIONAL CHINESE SOUND #TakingChinaToTheWorld #LayZhangLIT
7:25 yea. Lay makes you question your whole existance sometimes.
Lit is epic
You guys reaction... on point
Check out - Honey from also Lay
Yes he's a performer. But Lay is also a very good vocalist. He's one of the lead vocalist and main dancer in EXO. He has sung ballads too and also performs traditional Chinese songs.
*Lay* is the Chinese member of the Kpop band *EXO* , pllllz react to *EXO "Obsession"* it's also a whole movie, faithful to their concept *EXO* will fight their clones *X-EXO* you will love it, merciii
Meg Blake
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😂hello brothers!.. I really enjoyed this reaction, please, I beg you, turn, and stick your spotlight to Lay with "Flying Apsaras", your mind gonna blows away.. Lay it's the talent Chinese artist, totally an artist, who makes his own work as producer (all bunch of process inner to do it) also director of his own MVs. Known as total crack as krump dancer in these days. He's talented as fuck.. and one clue more.. he's still part of EXO even he is in China. I'm gonna help and add the Link for "Apsaras". Enjoy your trip fellas: ua-cam.com/video/eK2Rcufdh8E/v-deo.html
Please react to Layzhang new mv that realsed today that's amazing "Veli (west)"!!!!..another master piece is here now!
React to HONEY . It's all in English. Lay Shut up and dance with Jason Derulo
This is one of the most expensive mv out there. YIXING spent around 1.2m usd of his own money for this. Notice the credits that he had a hand on almost everything. NOW you guys should watch Flying Apsaras visualizer coz its also epic and i heard he spent more money. Hope.mv drops soon tho
Are these two brothers twin? They look exactly the same. You asked very good questions. Your first question is right on the target
Thank you for reacting to LAY
If you look into Lay's position in EXO, he is actually the main dancer and lead vocalist.. but when he's doing his solo, he's everything.. 😅 he's an all-rounder.. vocalist, rapper, choreographer, producer, lyricist and so on.. please react to Lay - Honey next...
you got one thing right when you talked about the other groups and what they shine in the most , well exo is very known for their crazy and amazing vocals and dancing and the overall performance of their music and lay is actually a main dancer in exo , so thats his main positions but he is an all rounded artist *tbh all of exo members are like that thats why its hard to tell what they can do exactly😂*
in his previsue songs he highlighted different aspects from his talents , you will see some of his music where he shined more as a singer *vocally demanding songs * ex , lose control , give me a chance ... others focused on his rapping ex SHEEP , LIT , honey .....in LIT he actually was more into the beat production the combination of *chinese instruments and hiphop\trap music * and his krump dancing *he is a krump dancer*
he is very passionate musician that's why Steve Aoki , will.i.am , Far East Movement , Jason Derulo , Bazzi , Alan Walkera and other producers\artists have collaborated with him
you should diff react to honey and give me a chance < both are in english btw cuz he produce eng ver of his albums as well >
And if you guys wanna vocal, react on lay's jade song and many others
This song was made for his haters. The lyrics are powerful with one lyric stating ‘take your eyes from the mud and the lotus grows’. His haters call him the white lotus (lian close sounding to lit) saying he uses other people to get popular and actually isn’t innocent. He takes that title and makes it a positive by claiming he is a white lotus due to him still staying pure and clean even with the problems he’s faced (the mud). And the dragon is his fans that will protect and watch over him. He actually just won a lawsuit with a hater since he used to not press charges due to him being too nice. The mv also speaks of a historical story he loved as a kid of a general being betrayed by his own men. You should check out his group Exo they are titled the nation’s pick as well as Vocal Kings of Kpop
You should check out Namanana and Honey by Lay, his MVs are one of the best in the industry
He is producter Bruh
Brazil 🇧🇷✌
PART 2 OF 2
*SONGS RECOMMENDATIONS:*
HISTORY (predebut track)
MAMA (debut title track)
Two Moons
Machine
Wolf (they’ve also done a 2-part drama version of this song)
Black Pearl
Let Out the Beast
Heart Attack
The Star
Overdose
Moonlight
Thunder
Lost Planet
Haka
Angel
Lucky One
Call Me Baby
Transformer
Exodus
El Dorado (live in japan)
On the Snow
Lightsaber (live in japan)
Monster
Cloud 9
They Never Know
Stranger
One & Only
For Life
The Eve
Forever
Chill
Going Crazy
Full Moon
Universe
Fall
Lights Out
Tactix
Cosmic Railway
Power
Blooming Day (EXO-CBX, Chen/Baekhyun/Xiumin sub unit)
Horolou (EXO-CBX)
Give Me a Chance (Lay’s solo)
Namanana (Lay’s solo)
Love Shot
Tempo
Sign
Ooh La La La
Gravity
24/7
Bad Dream
Damage
Oasis
GROUP LINKS:
*Introduction to EXO **ua-cam.com/video/FUAvVpDYMQ4/v-deo.html* (HIGHLY RECOMMENDED)
EXO Profile: kprofiles.com/exo-members-profile/
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Lay has stated in many interviews that is he’s still part of EXO and doesn’t have plan on leaving the group, he’ll always be there for his brothers when he can be when they need him and also he’s said that “Namanana” (which is his first solo title album) he made the word up that was inspired by the lion king song “Hakuna Matata”, his role is a traveling postman. He filmed in Western Australia and that one scene is called Pink Lake (yes it’s a real lake) and another scene I believe it shows that he gains his healing [unicorn] superpower back from his power orb after opening the package which indicts he’s still with EXO. His previous comeback album & title track “Honey” which is speechless!
React Lay honey ) he is not only performer
you should react to HONEY and SHEEP next. and also to his group EXO, i recommend Call Me Baby, Monster, and Overdose :))
Unfortunately the situation between Korea and China is complicated now.
Exo was composed of 12 members, half in Korea and the other in China: Exo K e Exo M (for mandarin /most spoken language in China), That is why the fans are called Exo L, because it is between them, supporting both groups... Or they were supporting.
Chinese group idols in Korea are not doing promotions in the country, while Korean idols were banned from performing in China! (They can only perform at shows up to 10,000 people/ max)
Black Pink is super popular in China, but only Lisa's photo on a commercial poster was not vandalized , since she is Thai, while the others are of Korean origin, even though Jennie and Rosé have studied abroad.
The Exo company lost its Chinese Exo members due to accusations of poor payment and different treatment, Lay is still part of the company, but of a Chinese subsidiary.
In spite of everything Korean idols still manage to be popular there, as I already said about BP, Exo himself, GOT7 (Jackson is Chinese), and even BTS!
The C-Armys they are amazing, they managed to create a preschool and rebuild a bridge in the village, among others as projects to celebrate their birthday.
please react to more Lay like Lay Sheep and the the remix of Alan Walker and Lay Namanana
EXO has vocals , choreo, visuals, rap line, dance line, everything... Youll see.. Once you dive into their music videos and history.. YES! LAY is a member of EXO. This LIT mv was directed by Lay, he produced, wrote the lyrics and arranger the music himself..and event the choreo he made it. All EXO members are talented!
Next is Lay Honey please 😁