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Do you still remember the school life that was filled with EXO back then?
Posters, postcards, book cover ......
Anytime and anywhere you can hear their songs.
How many people started paying attention to Kpop because of them?
And how many people's youth is accompanied by EXO?
As Chanyeol and Baekhyun enlisted in the army,
I seem to realize that
EXO has been nine years.
Today (April 8) is the ninth anniversary of their debut day.
Let's go back to our youth,
and talk about the dramatic life of the top group EXO~
"Hello everyone, we are EXO."
The amazing group with long life
Our top group EXO
was 12-member group promoted by SM company on April 8, 2012.
It is also the famous girl group with long legs Girls' Generation's junior.
The members include
XIUMIN, SUHO, LAY, BAEKHYUN, CHEN, CHANYEOL, D.O., KAI,
SEHUN, LUHAN, KRIS, and TAO.
With the idea that "we are two separate parts, and we are still one like the sun",
the twelve members are divided into a South Korean EXO-K and a Chinese EXO-M team.
EXO-K is composed of SUHO, BAEKHYUN, CHANYEOL, D.O., KAI, and SEHUN.
EXO-M is composed of KRIS, LUHAN, TAO, LAY, XIUMIN, and CHEN.
As a new third generation group,
EXO was fighting in the middle of the second generation Kpop groups.
It was fighting with the second, third and fourth generations.
During the time of lack of talented people in Kpop,
EXO is still one of the Kpop classic in everyone's memory.
It is unprecedented that every member had a super power when the group debuted.
From the trailer of debut, various music videos to the VCR of the tour,
even the themes of various award shows and concerts,
were all based on this concept.
And the timeline was clear and has been used until now.
In 2012, EXO successfully debuted with a song "MAMA",
unfortunately the response was mediocre.
After the debut, there were only endless country commercial shows and radio stations, no exposure.
After a year and two months, they had their first comeback.
They were teased of being the most failed male group in the SM family.
"If it works, it works. If it doesn't work, just leave!"
However, the amazing thing is
EXO released the group's first official album "XOXO" in 2013.
When the songs were released, they received great results on all the major music charts.
The song "Wolf and Beauty" received a great success and won the first place on four music charts.
Later, the song "Growl" went viral and the group became extremely popular.
They did not only win the award of the album of the year,
but also set off the craze of school uniforms.
Many EXO's fans' youth began here,
and became the member of We are One.
And that was also the year that EXO went viral.
"XOXO" became the first Korean album of selling more than one million copies in 12 years.
The song "GROWL" became the most popular song in Korea,
and swept all the awards at the end of the year.
However, the group EXO did not have a smooth journey
In 2014, the group faced different challenges.
To begin with, several members quit the group.
In April 2014, EXO started the promotion of their new album "Overdose".
In May, on the eve of the opening of the Asian tour and the first week of promoting the new album's hit song,
Kris filed a lawsuit to terminate his contract and quit the group alone.
He left a piece of paper saying "I'm doing something impossible, but I'm still fine".
In October 2014,
EXO's ACE Lu Han also filed a lawsuit to terminate his contract and quit the group to return China.
However, even after the hit of the members' quitting,
"Overdose" still had a great success.
The group reached the sales of two million and won four awards.
On March 30, 2015,
the group released their second official album "EXODUS".
The main song of the second album "Call Me Baby" was in full swing.
However, in April, Tao left a message on Weibo:
"Sorry, grateful" which terminated the contract.
The peak time of EXO of nine people has started since then.
And this year, EXO and Bigbang launched a fierce year-end battle.
EXO has suffered a series of setbacks but was still able to fight.
Its sales occupied the first, second, third and fourth place,
and became the first group who won four consecutive awards in the history of South Korea.
In 2016, EXO gave a slap to those people who looked down on them.
Lay gave a powerful speech at MAMA.
"EXO tried the best to prove that the seniors can stand on the top of the highest mountain."
The squad EXO-CBX was launched.
The members are CHEN, XIUMIN, BAEKHYUN.
They sang the OST "For You" of the drama, "Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo",
which was my favourite song.
At the same year, EXO released their third official album "EX'ACT",
and repackage album "LOTTO",
and winter special album "FOR LIFE".
But the promotion was reduced obviously.
Lay also began to be in seclusion mode.
His career focus more on domestic.
At the same time, he released his first solo album.
EXO still had great achievements.
The sales reached three million in a row and won five consecutive big awards.
In 2017, EXO released their fourth official album "the war".
The lyrics of main song "Ko Ko Bop" was written by CHEN, Chanyeol and Baekhyun.
The hit song stage made fans crazy.
But my favourite song is "The Eve".
This year EXO achieved sales of more than 4 million, and got five consecutive awards.
The number of awards won the Guinness World Record.
After 2018, EXO went into "retirement" mode.
But their name was still famous.
At this time, EXO was the one to be looked up to.
The total sales of all albums exceeded 10 million.
Not only were they invited to perform at the Winter Olympics
The song "power" also was chosen as the halftime song in the World Cup.
In 2019, the group released the sixth official album "OBSESSION".
After that, some members formed a small group to debut.
Some joined the new group SUPER M.
Some went solo, or opened a company, or enlist in the military, or fall in love and have children ......
From then on, each one has his own life.
Now 2021, EXO is about to celebrate its tenth year.
I'm waiting for you guys to create your own miracle.
The three Chinese members are shining in their respective fields.
Currently, the nine-member group EXO is also moving forward.
Cute boy and Ace, XIUMIN, who always gives younger brothers more exposure.
Leader SUHO, who puts his members and fans first.
Lay who is sometimes dumb and sometimes dominant, silly and soft.
Genius idol Baekhyun, who is the first person to spoil the fans and tease them.
Spoiled idiot Chen, whose voice is full of charm and who maintains the rules in the group.
Almighty subwoofer Chanyeol with a strong ambition to win.
The good actor and diligent sweetheart, D.O.
Sleeping dance machine Kai, who is manly on stage and sweet offstage.
The most righteous member Sehun, who is spoiled by the older brothers in the group, Sehun.
I remember the first time you cried hard when you won the first place.
I remember the tears when you won the award.
I still remember how you shone on the stage.
I still remember the slogan that encompassed the youth of a generation:
"EXO! We are one!!!"
It's the 9th anniversary!
EXO, the top group that has come a long way,
let's rely on each other in the future!
My little shrimps!
That's all about the dramatic life of EXO.
They have experienced a lot within nine years.
About the group, which things make you impressed?
What other groups have accompanied you throughout your youth?
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