EXO Deep Dive | Music Producer and Editor React to 'MAMA' - 'Tempo' - 'Obsession' | VOCAL KINGS
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ก.พ. 2024
- Today we will be exploring EXO massive discography by reacting to EXO's unique debut 'Mama', their super funky song 'Tempo' and lastly the absolute banger 'Obsession'
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MAMA is a hit or miss but it can't be denied that this is the best debut in the entire k-pop industry. It just makes other debuts just basic and common. The vocal acrobatics alone is unmatched for a debut.
And probably the debut that has the most meaningful lyrics as well
mama was ahead of its time.. if it was a debut song today people would eat it up
It was so well conceptualized. No debut, even todays ones have this much thought behind it.
Fun fact: EXO are actually the ones to introduce lore to K-Pop ❤
Not 100% accurate. Their's was the year of bg lore, but B.A.P debut 3 months earlier, also with an alien concept as well as mascots.
@@DaeDreamingyes for concept. But I think EXO for deeper lore. Every teaser of EXO has a lot of puzzle that fans solve until d-day of their comeback back then. Logo changed every comeback.
Actually EXO is a standard of K pop boy band.
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If they the standard, who else can breath in kpop😅 They are at the top tier of the industry.
It's crazy that EXO was considered, at first, to be SM's first flop group. Growl was actually their breakout hit. Mama, (Your Highness/Majesty) was actually the song that introduced me to EXO and I fell in love with it and the group from the start. Look up the lyrics as they hit hard, especially nowadays. Forestella actually did a great cover of Mama on Immortal Songs. Not many can cover a track like Mama
Tempo, all I can say is, WOW! The Acapella!! As for Obsession?.. Caliente!!!
I believe they were the group to start 3rd gen in KPop, as well as first in having intricate backstory lore, someone correct me if I'm wrong. Their predebut song What is Love, with just Baekhyun and D.O singing is a good, old school, r&b track. I would have had it on replay back in 2011 if I knew about EXO. I only discovered them close to 5 yrs ago.
Powers
Xiumin-frost/ice
Suho- water
Lay- Healing (unicorn)
Baekhyun- light
Chen- lightning
Chanyeol- fire
D.O- force/strength
Kai- teleportation
Sehun- wind
Yeah they started the 3rd gen of kpop & the first one to do a concept of continuous, extended lore throughout their works.
Now 3 EXO members Lay, D.O, Baekhyun build their own agency for their solo activities and CEO their own company. Bravo👏
Tempo's acapella bridge is the strongest bridge ever built by human race😌
MAMA is a timeless song..to me, i think its still very amazing, hit like a fresh song depite its age..
Totally agree
Til we read the lyrics, those are some deep and impacting lyrics I've heard and kind of alarming in some way describing the kind of society we lived in today
The funny thing about Tempo is that if you focus your attention on the cube (red force)you could se hands and 9 people there, the theory is that the ones singing are the other version of EXO (clones of them, X-EXO) that’s why close to the ends you see them glitching (except for KyungSoo) and why ChanYeol eyes are blue (the machine commit some errors while cloning them, like the blue eyes of ChanYeol and the glitching)
In Obsession we see both of them but for some reason after being in the cube they lost their powers while X-EXO (red force) has them, in this one the theory come that Chen (the one in the security room and with the chess) is actually playing chess with his counterpart (red suit), they’re the one choosing how the fight goes between both sides EXO vs X-EXO, here, EXO lost (that’s why they snapped their heads at the end) and the world burning is an indication of this universe being lost (EXO and the red force tend to appear as different characters in different universes, for example (in their song Wolf-wolves) (Love me right- football players)
The red force has been seen as a robot (power mv) cube (tempo) androids (Lucky one).
Their lore is really extensive and good, this would make you understand the videos even more, like the butterfly that you see in MAMA (is exol- the fandom name)
Well, EXO is the very first K-Pop group to debut complete with a concept and backstory. All their MVs and concert VCRs, including members' solo works, are interwoven into their lore. The public was not prepared for MAMA when it came out. It was so different from run-of-the-mill K-Pop songs. EXO was thought to be SM Entertainment's biggest mistake at that time. Yet look at them today! This is their 12th year in the entertainment industry, but EXO is still going strong! Many younger K-Pop idols look up to EXO as their role models and their inspiration to want to become an idol.
Yeahh oppa Exo again 🙏💗🥰🥰 next Exo concert please
Exo: acoustic sessions, lady luck,what if
Exo: diamond, coming over,run this,drop that,power
Exo: white noise, thunder, playboy, artificial love
Exo: mama, monster,wolf
Exo Music awards : SBS Gayo Daejun 2018 and melon Musi awards 2016/2017
Exo songs 2023 :let me in,hear me out and cream soda with dance pratice 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
The reaction for Mama, monster and wolf is available on Patreon, we for sure want to check out all of them😁
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and Gravity , Baby Don’t Cry live performance!
Yes plz. And japan version for White noise thunder concert plzzz.
The acapella part in TEMPO, is they themselves.
You should do "Cream Soda" which is the newest song. We been told they will have comeback this year again with six member cause Kai and Sehun are in the military now.
In Obsession the 3 member missing are Lay (in China) and D.O & Xiumin that were indeed in the military.
In Cream Soda (and in the album "exist") Kai sing but it wasn't part of the MV, they had other 2 pre-releases for the album "Let me in" & "Hear me out" were Kai was present though.
Lay last participation was in the special album "Don't fight the feeling" that came out after obsession just before Chanyeol and Baekhyun had to join the military, while Suho and Chen were already doing their service and just after D.O and Xiumin were finished theirs. It was during cvid era so Lay's parts were film in China and cgi on the mv. The album has only 5 songs but Lay has some lines in each song.
"Jekyll" is a B-side from obsession album that fit the concept of obsession but is very different at the same time.
EXO was the first kpop group to have a lore. They are aliens with superpowers that came to earth to protect us and defend us from the evil of the red forces that try to destroy the tree of life and get EXO'S superpowers.
In 2012 EXO was considered the 3rd best group. Heat year in January B.A.P debuted and they were considered the rookie monsters, EXO kind of compiled for second place with Vixx who debuted in May (EXO debuted in April) the other best group was BtoB who debuted just some days before EXO.
Now all 4 groups have great vocalist but B.A.P had a very strong hip-hop base and amazing rappers and back then that was the preferable sound.
After Mama, EXO went in hiatus for a year and returned with wolf that gave then their first win (very unique song roo) and then they did the repackage album with Growl that lunch them to stardom.
I totally recommend each of those 2012 groups. B.A.P has movie like mvs (Skydive, One shot, their debut Warrior) Vixx are concept Kings, each mv is a masterpiece (Shangri-la, Fantasy, Scentist they are aesthetically pleasing) BtoB are vocal princes, they are great and super cute, they have the most respectful and beautiful relationship with their fans, I wish my fellow EXO-L were a bit more like Melodies cause they are so kind.
Fun fact, EXO had never stopped using their concept even in their solo work. 😊 please keep reacting to EXO. 💖
I found exo in 2023, obsession is one of the reasons i got into exo. Present groups surely have the hard and heavy beats(which is more noisy rather rythmic) but i wont lie what impressed me most about exo is their melodious vocals and not unneccessary noisy beats as most of the kpop groups doing it. SM really understands music diversity and experimentation and specially Exo's music is really different. It has rythm, R&B it has funk, pop, hiphop. And really goes well wih vocals and Rapping style. Their rappers dont rap in usual one tone or agressive sttles all the time. Rather Make the whole vibe of the song. I will suggest let me in, sweet lies, Playboy articial love type songs too. Exist and Obsession albums are a must to checkout
For fans in Korea in 2012, this style would not have been out of nowhere. This song falls into an SM tradition called SMP (short for SM Performance). These are epic sounding songs with heavy beats, intense choreo and lyrics that focus on social commentary (which MAMA definitely does, MAMA means "your majesty" in case you hadn't heard yet). So earlier SM groups had songs that weren't exactly like this but similar (and often from the same producer Yoo Young-Jin) and fans would have known exactly what they were going for. (For other classic examples of this kind of early sound from SM groups, check out Warrior's Descent by H.O.T. and Rising Sun by TVXQ.)
The boys did indeed record all the layers for the acapella section of Tempo themselves, it wasn't originally planned that way from what I remember. It came from them playing around in the studio so they went with it.
EXO has incredible variety and range in their discography, you aint seen nothin yet :)
Their CHOREOGRAPHY & SYNCHRONISATION is also on TOP
Fun fact: the Acapella part in Tempo wasn't in the project, but on mv set, they were training together and the producers listened to it and was like: wth this is so good😮, that's why this part exist
EXO is not only vocal kings, they r also known as RnB kings ) their RnB songs r the best in this world not in kpop FOR SURE ! check them out and you’ll find A LOT great songs for your playlist!!
I don't think their debut song Mama was a flop. But I don't think its a hit too. Some people liked it and some people didn't. But coming from one of the Big 3 companies they were not spared of commentaries like its just bec they had a grand debut compared to other struggling groups they can be popular.. as if they didnt work hard as much as others which is just non sense.
Thanks for reacting to these masterpieces. They always have memorable elements in their songs ❤ And yes 2 members are enlisted in OBSESSION and 1 chinese member had to promote in China bec of certain issues between China and Korea then. Looking forward for the next deep dive❤😊
Tempo: the song that captivated my heart and made me an EXOL. Thank you for the reaction video
Obsession is something i had never seen before not just kpop but whole music world. Pure art. Plz react to jekyll. They are both masterpieces
I'm falling in love with EXO because of the MAMA song. It's like a choir song 😂. I started like KPOP from 2010 but I never heard songs like MAMA 😂.until today I never hear idols have songs like MAMA. ❤
Kris Wu (ex member) has a scandal after he leaves EXO for 8 years, so he is not an EXO member for a long time ago
EXO is king harmony because all members have unique vocals & can blend together very well❤
I wish you guys upload the live stages here in youtube😭 Really wanna see your reaction.
EXO will always be on top for me.❤ Vocal kings👑🥰❤️
I think you're gonna like Jekyll, it has the same vibe as Obsession.
SM hyped EXO up sooo hard before Mama dropped. With all the teasers and their pre debut releases. I was excited and then they dropped Mama and I loved it except I couldn't listen to the whole song without shitting my pants at Kai's part. It terrified me. I had to listen to the Chinese version because it was less scary to me. 😂 But back then they weren't really super famous until Growl came out.
PLEASE CHECK ULTIMATE GUIDE OF EXO AND THEIR INDIVIDUAL GUIDE TO KNOW THEM BETTER🤧
Ultimate guide is a must.thanks for reacting this❤
EXO i think is the 1st group in KPOP that has been faithful in their lore even after 12 years 😂😂 i luv how the fans make the theories then sm just take notes and agree with it 😂😂😂
"MaMa" You have to read the lyrics, it adapts more to today than to when it came out, it talks about how the world has changed and we don't communicate with each other only through zeros and ones and we generate necessary struggles and hatred (social networks) and they ask "Mama" which means her majesty (as something superior) in Korean to help them change the things that happen...
More exo reactions plz. Especially their solo songs like (mmmh, rover, peaches by kai), (un village, bambi, candy by beakhyun) and others solo songs❤
MAMA actually PULLED so many international fans like me!!! I came to check them out since i was another group's fan and fell HARD in love with the lyrics, aesthetics and naturally their talent!!! The lore is a classic thing to be honest, even local people in Korea know their powers LOL
MAMA lyrics was insane for both versions. If not mistaken, I was crazy for EXO-M back then. As a Chinese who understands mandarin, I feel more touched and closer to them. EXO-M was crazy famous than K when they debuted. I love Chen singing in Mandarin even tho he is Korean, his pronunciation was perfect ❤ ahh I miss OT12 so much and ofcos we need to move on and still supporting OT9 🥰🩷
i really want to buy your guys' patreon but i dont have payapl because im not old enough for it T.T i guess i have to stick to your free reactions on youtube,, good reaction as always !!
Ultimate guide to exo will help you know the story, 😊😊
Thank you for the reaction ❤
Thank you🥺❤ More EXO Reaction
Let’s go, thank you for this great work
We need more EXO 🫡🤍
Really enjoyed your reactions and thoughts, thank you so much! Looking forward to more of EXO😊
Thanks for your reaction guys! Please react to THE ULTIMATE GUIDE OF EXO (although it is not fully updated with his latest solo works, because it is from the end of 2020) you will be able to know a little about the history of the group, its concept and about the members. I look forward to your reaction! 🙌✨
EXO arte por siempre
Love this!❤
Thank you for reaction Exo! ❤
Yup, already with the vocals since pre-debut!
Will you guys be uploading the live stage on TH-cam too? 🥲
The song where they put autotone by preference is in Lotto and you can tell that they use it bet...
more EXO reaction❤❤❤
Emperor exo kings of vocals
Mama was my first exo song in 2014 and I honestly had it on REPEAT
You should check out EXO’s acoustic medley!!! It’s soooo good
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If you guys pause you guys should definitely go back five seconds. I like that you pause and talk instead of talking over the song but you guys do pause in the middle of the song or before a drop. Going back makes sure you don't miss anything.
I hope u will reaction to ultimate guide of exo and personal guide of each member
You're so lovely, guys. Thanks for react to Exo!!! In the music video for "Obsession" there are only 6 members because Lay didn't participate (he was in China) and 2 members were in the army.
NEVER noticed that bed rocking sound in the chorus but thats all i can hear now 😩🥲
Thank you for this reaction! As for MAMA, the year it released it wasn’t considered a hit, but next year in 2013 following their Wolf hit and Growl mega hit, MAMA got her due fame as well. Also since you liked obsession, I think you would enjoy their b side called Jekyll. And since you’ve enjoyed their musical progression, at some point you should check out their most recent comebacks, don’t fight the feeling and cream soda ❤
they are perfect
the kings of kpop forever
thanks for listening to them
I like your reaction and analysis.. i'd really love to watch your reaction of the live performance but sadly patreon not available in my country coz it have to use paypal 😢
Kings vocal of kpop.. ❤❤
Below is links to Ultimate Guide to Exo
As well as individual guides to each member by Cesar Oh.
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Yeyyyyyy🎉....thanks a lot for reaction to exo...
And i have some recomendation for next reaction... "jekyll,Electric kiss,sweet lies for balad rnb,and many songs other...wait for next reaction...❤❤❤
Thank you guys for diving more into Exo please react to their Group Guide it'll explain everything regarding former members, current members and lore and their powers plus solos as well😊
it was and still a hit
EXO KINGS 👑
Next reaction exo ultimate guide please
Thank you for your reaction😍🥰 please react to their live performances as well, thank you in advance😘
Please react Guide to EXO
you guys have to react to what is love!!such an iconic exo song.
In obsession we are presented to exo-x, who's the bad version of exo, who's causing all the trouble, as you can see in tempo and obsession has much of red, and thats makes sense,red representes the red force,the master villain in exo Lore, who's also represented as a glass cube (in tempo you can see two members playing chess with transparent pieces, they're planning the war), and in the end someone appear holding a cube with a red background.
I didnt see any comments about it after a quick scroll BUT: If you watch the EXO-M version music video each of the members are a counterpart to the Korean members, with their powers. You can get hints on it especially with the water in the mirror wiping to show a different memeber, or when they show the different worlds with the pheonix flying into the other world, whilst the dragon flys into their world. I HIGHLY reccomend fully watching the other version
Muchas muchas gracias por su reacción!!! Sigan con las reacciones a #Exo, no tienen idea como van a terminar amando todas y cada una de sus canciones asi como todos y cada uno de sus ahora sus 9 miembros (antes 12). La introducción de "MAMA" habla sobre la historia y de lo que se trata la boyband #EXO y es ellos son extraterrestres y es por eso que cada uno tiene un super poder 😅 el nombre del grupo fue renombrado como EXO -basado en Exoplaneta, término que se refiere a los planetas fuera del sistema solar - con el añadido EXO-K para la subunidad en coreano y EXO-M para la subunidad en mandarín. Los 12 miembros de la formación original fueron promocionados individualmente a través de veintitrés diferentes teasers lanzados desde diciembre de 2011 hasta febrero de 2012. Después de esta breve explicación creo que sería mas fácil entender porque son dominados los Reyes Vocales del kpop y del porqué sus 3 principales vocalistas (Chen, Baekyung y D.O.) son la santísima trinidad del kpop, y es que no son de este planeta es por eso que son tan perfectos 😅🤭. Muchos éxitos con el canal!!🎉🎉🎉
I'm still amazed that Kai was chosen for the screamo/ face tat part. He's like one of the kindest idols lol
I’m gonna fight anyone who dislikes MAMA 😂 saying this with much love 😂 this is my fav debut song out of every other groups
I feel ya, I can fight anyone who disrespect Mama.
Mama made EXO known for their Epik story line in their MVs so yeah.. but you gotta watched with lyrics it's deepp
Kings
Yeah. EXO MAMA really can't get out of our heads.
Omg pls upload the concert reaction on the channel as well 😭
EXO reyes vocales ❤ gracias por reaccionar a la música de EXO definitivamente son de otro mundo (EXOPLANET)
On TikTok got the original recording of how the Acapella was made, I think Chanyeol played a lot in the acapella🥹🫶🏻
EXO VOCAL KINGS ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Watch EXO Live performance Version is more Good then studio , Thanks~for reaction to EXO
+B-side song also flex they talent flex they Genres
wow you're exo reaction has a lit of views 🤧🤣
If you get the idea of Tempo, you'll be amaze. I kinda don't like Tempo at first but when I get to understand it, I was amaze. It says, "Don't mess up my tempo" ... but they were actually messing it with different beats..and when it says, "Don't slow it up for me", and they went slow. I just think it's genius.
Yeah actually in MAMA they are summoning the Majesty(MAMA) look the lyrics it's good
Thank you for your reaction!! You should react to Kokobop next! I remember in your killing voice reaction you mentioned the lack of reggae in kpop and kokobop is literally a reggae song!! You should check it out!! Fun fact: exo is the very first group to have lore. They started the lore trend in kpop groups!
Well mama was there & there was no news of them for a year.. Then they came out with GROWL one of the biggest kpop hits ever
MENYALA EXOO KUUU ❤❤❤
Así es, Reyes Vocales
I got into kpop 2012 i can say from what i remember is super junior sorry sorry, exo growl, 2ne1 I am best and psy gangnam style famous when I got into it. I got into exo in 2013 basically one of the original exo Ls but I left fandom in 2020. Yeah i can recommend more songs from them if you want or Ateez. i really want you guys to check out shinee if you did not go recommend would be dream girl, sherlock, everybody
Thank you for watching our exo, you made me laugh again because of their hairstyles back then. I even scolded you from here, not to laugh anymore. because I got infected laughing. Their debut song is very good, I like how they show their mature vocals at the beginning of their debut
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Hahahaha, you gave us a nice laugh with your comment, too🤣.
We are super glad you enjoyed the video💚
@@valenandtheo I hope you can react to the song Jekyll exo and also sweet lies exo. Their vocals here are really crazy, I like how their voice can create a rhythm by itself ☺️ cheers, I love your reactions
The Mv of exo are connected and they tell you the story of Exo, they have never told everything, they have only given some pills of the meaning so there are, they are theories of what happens and how the Mv interrelate, even in the Mv of the solo members they have things of the story...
In Obsession D.O., Xiumin who were in the army and Lay are missing due to problems with China and their busy schedule...
Exo the real idol
More exo plzzz ❤
MAMA was really big and iconic.
Tempo was known for its bridge I think.
if you like Obsession, you might like Jekyll???
thanks for the reaction video btw.
In Tempo the robotic part and they come out with the helmets, if it's a clear reference to Daft Punk... And the a cappella part was their idea while they were in the recording room...
EXO❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉
EXO in total are just 9 members since the departure of 3 previous Chinese members. 8 Korean and one chinese. There were only six members remaining during Obsession MV since the other two were serving in military service and Lay, the only remaining Chinese member, is still in China and could not take part in the MV due to some political conflicts between South Korea and China and he is a honorable member of the Youth Party.
After Obsession MV, EXO took about a year-long hiatus until returning in 2021 with the new album "Don't Fight the Feeling." There are just 7 members during this comeback, which includes the two previous members who have already complete their military service. The other two members who participated in the last Obsession MV could not participate in the comebacks because they enlisted in the military services. Luckily, Lay made an appearance in the MV even though he could not participate physically during behind the scenes with the other korean members.
MAMA wasn't very popular when it first came out, it even had people saying that EXO was SMs first flop group because everyone thought the song and their group concept was weird (especially with the EXO-K and EXO-M units they had when they debuted) EXO didn't actually get popular until they released their song Growl which became super popular in South Korea
(I will say though that it's one of my favorite k-pop songs i've heard and was one of the first few songs i heard from them)
Guys it's little bit difficult to watch Exo performance in Ptreon. Can u upload here?
Kokobop and loveshot next please
If you like "dark music" you will love the whole track on OBSESSION ALBUM. Let's react!