HE GOT A DRAGON (LAY '莲 (Lit)' MV Reaction) 

Lay spent $1.4 million for this MV This was filmed in Hengdian World Studios which is the largest film studio in the world.

yall remember a few years back Lay talked to the press while crying saying he will lead M-pop to the world? King didnt lie !!! He did just that and its Lit!!!!

For the double play on words here, I looked it up and the Chinese character “莲” (lián) means 'lotus'. In the MV there's many shots of a golden lotus slowly opening. The part where it sounds like he's saying "I am the lit", if you look at the subtitles it actually says "I am the 莲" or "I am the [lotus]". Lotus flowers (莲花/ lián huā) are important in Chinese culture, and they represent purity and righteousness. This is because the lotus grows into a beautiful, pure flower, all while sprouting in the mud- so it can represent silent strength in the face of adversity, purity, truth, and (the one I think Lay may be referring to) the idea that no matter what others see or think, all that matters is that YOU know that you are upright and just (I.e. in the face of slander, gossip, or rumors, you can still stand tall and proud because you know you have done nothing wrong). The meaning of lotus flowers is also prominent in Buddhism, which is important in Chinese culture as a whole. So I think he's saying that not only is he always standing tall with no fear, but that even when we worry, he still has silent strength. Just looking at the MV, it seems like a song where he's just saying he's 'Lit' (and that's not a bad thing, sometimes we just need a bop 😉), but there's also a deeper message behind it, and it not only makes it a lot more meaningful, but also shows us how much thought he put into it (as if that weren't obvious enough with the production value and his name over and over in the credits)- and how he tries to be sincere and genuine with us. He really is the sweetest ❤️

Thank you Ben you’re the real one! A lot of people (who claim to be Exo fans) ignore Lay’s releases but I know we can always count on you 💙

As a Chinese, I will try to explain what I understand about the lyrics. So what he was saying is I am the 莲(lian), which sounds kinda like lit with the way he is saying it. 白莲花(white lotus) or 莲for short is a word that a lot of his antis use to attack him; it refers to someone who acts innocent and plays the victim all the time to drag other people and raise up himself. I think part of this song is trying to tell his antis that he never took their comments seriously and that they will never bring him down, but that is just my guess. Hope it can help you! I love your channel, please react to EXO more! Edit: You are welcome! Thanks for the likes❤️

Last year Lay won producer of the year in on of the biggest Chinese award shows, and he actually produces all of his albums. He’s extremely talented but so underrated

LAY ZHANG AS: Executive producer Producer Music director Leading actor Composer Lyricist and choreographer !!!! WE MUST APPRECIATE HIM!!!! HE DID WELL!!

In Chinese culture, the lotus(蓮 also sounds lit in English) metaphor means that he is the one who grows out of the mud but still blooms pure and untainted.

sm didn't do anything for his mv. he spent his OWN money for this mv.

ye lay is a multitalented king who writes and produces his own music uwu

Lay spent $1.4 million for this MV .This was filmed in Hengdian World Studios which is the largest film studio in the world and it comes from his own pocket Ps. Never have I ever got this many likes🙃

SM IS SHAKING AFTER SEEING HIS MV 🤭

LAY : I'AM THE KING EXO-L : YEAH, WE KNOW DEAR ♡

Everyone was about to kill him but when king started dancing everyone surrendered..His dancing skills is a powerful weapon..yall he is part of EXO's dance line for a reason

This is not music video, this a movie, we all agree with that~

usually it’s takes a few listens for me to actually enjoy a song but immediately this was so good. I really like that it sounds “heavy” and like something you could get pretty hyped to but at the same really slow, and like you said, smooth.

“I am the lit sheep in China”... the first time that line has made any sense to me AHHH

the production of mv is worth 1M+ dollars (and he use his own money🤑).... SM can't relate🙄

"KASPER ON THE CHOREOo!!!!" Yeah, he's amazing he choreographed Un village, Candy, and then here's Lit.

“I’m watching a movie not a music video” Same reaction!!! You will never expect something less for Lay. It will always be more and more.

Lay made a whole movie!!! Such a sick video!!

LAY ZHANG spent about 1.4M USD (1.73B WON) for his 莲/LIT music video filmed at Hengdian World Studios (largest film studio) And he produced the whole album himself 🔥🔥 the Lit digital album Pre-order hits 1.5M just within 7 minutes in biggest Chinese music platform, QQ Music. *SM COULD NEVER*

This MV was based off of Yixings (Lays) favorite Chinese historical figure. A Chinese general named Xiang Yu, who fought in the battle of Gaixia. The background music you hear in the beginning is called “The Song Of Gaixia” which Xiang Yu composed for his wife Lady Yu (lays song Jade) who later took her own life. The MV is the portrayal of Xiang Yus entrapment by the Han soldiers while trying to rescue his wife Consort Yu.

Does anybody remember when lay talked about the dragon who lived inside his heart since childhood until he grow up?? So whenever lay feels bad or insecure he will ask his dragon for help 🥺🖤🖤

YES I WAS WAITING FOR THIS!! LAY REALLY WENT OFF,, THE PRODUCTION VALUE IS INSANE

MV LIT Executive Producer: Lay Zhang Product: Lay Zhang Music director: Lay Zhang - Lead actor: Lay Zhang - Singer: Lay Zhang Choreographer: Lay Zhang Words: Lay Zhang

The pronunciation of lotus in Chinese sounds like “lit”,and also we usually use lotus to describe someone is pure.Lay is such a person who combine sincere and fire！

YOU'RE SO FAST, BEN!!! 👏🏻 LAY IS EVERYTHING YOU CAN WISH FOR AN ARTIST. HE'S JUST PERFECT!

Hey, look at Lay's reaction for those who reacted to his lit mv. Yieeeeer Congratssss

YOU NEEDA REACT TO LAY'S OLD MVS MAYBE LAY - GIVE ME A CHANCE MV & SHEEP MV 🔥

Congrats Lay noticed u in his reaction mv

“蓮” translates to LIT in English, and it describes a Chinese religious belief of the duality of life and death. The same character also describes the “Lotus Flower,” a cultural symbol of growth because it grows and blossoms out of the mud. In LAY's lyrics, lit takes on these meanings of duality and growth, but it also sends a simpler message as well: LAY is just lit 🔥

The best MV ever. The king did again. Actually Lay is everything (Producer, songwriter, dancer...), he is so talented all-round. He has achieved success that no Chinese could do alone and continues.

Lay is a Singer, dancer, song writer, producer, composer, director, coreographer... He is one of his kind

I really enjoy your reactions!! The video is LIT!! Lay is the king of china and this shows it!! By the way, Lay produce almost all of his songs.

Lay brought China to the world! He is totally celebrating the amazingness of his home and culture and making it fresh and amazing! He really is an inspiration. He expects perfection and works his @ss off to achieve it. So, his songs, albums, MV's, and visuals are never less than perfect. So proud of our hardworking, China Sheep/Healing Unicorn!!

I have to say lay is really a talent guy as he is also the producer for album Honey. He has been in charge of everything in his all albums （including mv shooting，album design，song composed/arranged and choreography）since 2016，but a lot of fans didnt know😭

Lay does everything. He produce, writes, direct, compose and choreograph.

The guy is amazing he’s the king of China. Lay is a rapper, singer, songwriter, producer, ceo, record producer, director, dancer, actor and he own 6 companies

Thankyou for reacting to Lay.. Lay is a really great producers .. He participates on Produce 101 China ver season 1.. when the season 2 there is Lisa. Lay is the producer..

The meaning of lotus flower 莲花 also relates to the meaning of this Chinese idiom 出淤泥而不染 (chuyuni erbuyuan) = literally: to grow out of the mud unsullied, figuratively: to be principled and incorruptible. As the lotus flower grows from the mud, grows up through the water and comes out to the surface as a beautiful flower. You can see how Lay also emerges out of the water in some scenes. Also the choreography formation in the beginning (with the red background) is a lotus flower. And in the back of his black Chinese clothes there is a lotus embroidery

Idk why but i'm surprised you are doung the reaction this late. It's lovely to see you recording soon after it's release 😊 have a great night Ben. King in mandarin is 王 (wang) i believe. It's been years since i have studied mandarin so i could be wrong.

Thanks for enjoying LAY's music. The 莲 (pronounced lian which kinda sounds like lit) means lotus which signifies purity and strength. He is referring to when antis call him white lotus which says that he tries to seek attention by pretending to act innocent. The army of people surrounding him can be seen as the anti's who's "got all eyes on 【him】." "Take take take no one beat me down..." is his response bkus he is strong and walks his own path. The lotus also grows in mud but remains pure and he states that in his lyrics. He is surrounded by antis talking bad about him but he remains unharmed. His music will do the talking. In regards to SM paying for his MV, it is not true. It's actually his studio and himself that pays for most of the production since SM will not fork out this type of money for an MV. Lay chases after the highest quality and he will spend the money even if he doesn't profit from it. It's been mentioned in interviews before that his studio actually gets mad at him for spending so much but Lay is stubborn and will spend it anyways. If you look at the credits, its mainly Zhang Yixing studio.

Hi Ben, thanks for reacting to this video! I must say that SM didn't have much to do with this video, moreover I would only say that they put their logo on the mv. All necessary production was carried out by Lay Zhang Studio aka Yixing himself and his team. Something interesting is that Lay could have been inspired by the story of Xiang Yu and Lady Yu for this mv (but it is a theory that I read, it isn't official). Anyway, Lay surpassed any expectations with this album! 💖🙌🏻

Lay produces everything if you hadn't known yet Lay is a workaholic and you'll never catch him slacking he brings his laptop everywhere with him and is constantly creating new beats. He said as of recent he had over a hundred on his laptop and he gives them away sometimes. Once he gets an idea in his head he'll keep working on it even if it wasn't supposed to be serious to someone else he'll pull through with his music. Cause that's his passion.

lotus in Mandarin sound the same as Lit.

I just came back to say that Lay actually did a reaction to a bunch of videos of people reacting to this MV and I saw that you were on there, so I immediately freaked out bc you're one of my favorite creators lol

Hi! I read somewhere that the MV was inspired by a Chinese opera called Farewell, My Concubine. When Lay smears the ink on his face to create a mask, it resembles the war mask worn by the king, Xiang Yu when he was in battle.

That word Lit and the word “ 莲“ mean Lotus. Lit just the way he sing

In the chorus, he is saying 'I am the Lián' which is Chinese for Lotus and he makes reference to growing from the mud and not paying attention to the filth in later lyrics. He does say 'I am Lit' in the chorus, but you can see in the lyrics at the bottom that these are at different parts.

The dragon needs to be appreciated because it symbolises power and strength. Lay referred dragons at other mvs also, He talked about the dragon protecting him and helping him through the difficulties

Lay splurged his own money on his MVs and SM even charged him for using their studio to record music. For this mv alone, Lay spent around 1.5 million US dollars and half year to make this mv.

When it come to Lay everything is perfect. Love ur reaction

Lay produces pretty much all of his albums this one is a solid proof of his talent the whole album is crazy good.

He produced most of his songs actually. And if you look at the end credit, Lay is the writer of this MV. He shot this MV some time around December last year and he took 6 months for the whole production.

He sold 1 million copies in 7 minutes He sold over 7 million copies in a day He spent 6 months and 1.4 million dollars on the MV He is the producer, choregraphy and the songwriter He is LAY, the King of China 🔥

Ben!! Thank you for keeping up with Lay's releases!! I wanted to mention Lay has his own studio, so he writes, composes, and produces most, if not all of his music. He's currently on a show for this (CZR) and he's won a couple times in a row!

If you think of Lay as a lotus flower in this movie, you wouldn't think his dance, his fight wouldn't feel out of place.出淤泥而不染 ，濯清涟而不妖 （means：The lotus come out of the mud ，but clean，been washed，but not coquettish.）and the pronuncian of 莲（lotus）is similar to “lit”and lay. And also from ancient times to modern times, the Chinese have always called them descendants of dragons. For example, the dragon pattern can be seen on the packed lunch boxes of Chinese restaurants.That's what Lay wanted to say in his music. If you guys learn Chinese language and culture，you guys will understand this movie better。

I don't know any Chinese word that sounds particularly similar to lit (I am still learning) and king in Chinese sounds more like Guówáng, I hope this was helpful!

Recently Lay uploaded a video with the fans reactions to Lit mv and let me tell you. YOU ARE THERE!!! He noticed you, I'm so happy!!!

Lay just drop his reaction video for those who made a reaction video to his MV LIT. and im proud i saw your reaction vid there.. ☺😊

Such a bop, I'm so proud of seeing our Lay bringing another masterpiece. The mv, the moves, dance, visual effects are all gorgeous. I hope everyone could give him more credit and that even though he is not promoting with Exo, He still love them. I hope you can react to more mv of Lay and Exo. We are One!

according to the media who was present at the mv premiere today, yixing spent up to 10 million rmb (1.4mil usd/1.73billion won) on the music video he's producer, singer, dancer,writer, edior, actor etc he's such multi talented idol 💜

vibe, rap, dance, vocal, visual, Lyrics, Music, it's so bring lay to be Chinese king

Mannn you're so quick to realize that there's a meaning behind LITa and I love that! Also the whole MV production was on Lay, SM had nothing to do with it. They could never.. If it was SM, Lay would've been stucked in yet another box mv..

You got to this so quickly, thankyou so much, you have no idea how much I needed you to react to this! Ben 'is lit' lol ♡ NOW GO TO SLEEP BOI

Lay is shouting pure talent...and oh I like your hair!

6:51 "I feel like I'm watching a new type of music video" 100000% how I felt. I've been a Lay fan for a long time but this hit different. His works got exponentially better the more experience he got and this...it feels like he has ascended to a new level of artistry. He has created his own area in music and he is owning it.

Yes you got it bro. Haha Because Lay's MV is MoVie haha I got goosebumps while watching his MV Lit ❤️❤️ Thank you for your honest reaction 🤗❤️

Always enjoy your reactions! I'm extremely proud of Yixing for sharing Chinese arts, history and philosophy with the world through his music. A couple of points to offer some cultural context for the international fans: 1). The Chinese character 莲 in the title means lotus the flower. In Chinese philosophy it symbolizes purity and enlightenment because a lotus flower grows out of the muddy bottom of a lake but it is not soiled. It can be used to describe a person who keeps his integrity and stays pure. I think this fits our Lay perfectly. 2). From various interviews I've seen of him on Chinese social media platforms, he has mentioned he is channeling the King Xiang Yu 项羽 from 200 B.C. in "LIT". There are many stories about the King. His love story with his queen is legendary (and also tragic). In the song "Jade", Lay's also channeling the queen Yu Ji 虞姬. He said this album consists of two parts, one part about the ancient times and one part about the modern era.

i'm back from lay video and you were in the video lay reaction to reactors reacting to lit(that's a mouthful) BUT OMG congratulations on getting notice 👏👏😭

long time ago lotus was a word used by Lay's heaters but fans changed the meaning and started to use it as the sign of lay baing so pure

Hey Ben, where you been man? If "Honey" is the only mv you've seen, whoa...this man has been working non-stop, as a songwriter, musician, choreographer and has made some great music. Lay IS a producer, for the past few years now, ever since he went to China to create his first solo album but then was stuck in China.....he has not only wrote songs, created choreo, worked on mvs, he has produced a few albums and became a producer that way. Lay is a workaholic, and from being a child actor to a very popular actor today, having several albums, he has some awesome mvs out there since 2017 that you gotta see. His recent "Grandmother" he made when she passed away, but if you watch his mv "I Need You" (so awesome) from 2017, he made that song and video as a tribute to his grandparents (who raised him), and in the end of the video he put his grandparents in the video. I love that one. Lay is a very hardworking person, he has been a judge for a Chinese version of "Produce 101", mentoring young ones, with serious critiques of the performers. He has been in so many music shows and appeared in so many stages promoting albums as he produced them, his first album he created using his own money. Now he has his own production company and has become very affluent since. He is like a king in China, and is considered a high-status celebrity in China, where everyone knows who he is, and throughout Asia. Now this album....I can't wait!

things i love about your reaction, you give an honest opinion, you asked what you don't know, and you actually cared about them both as an artist and human! thank you for speaking up about lay's mistreatment from sm because it really is happening and many wasnt aware of that

I am really impressed with those fabulous scenes setting in this music video!!!!!

- The production spent around 1.4 million USD = 1.4 trillion rupiah - Making music videos at Zhejiang Hengdian World Studios (the largest studio in the world) - More than 100 supporting actors (wushu team, demonstration team, etc.) -MV is done almost half a year - MV Dexter Studios effect (same studio as parasite movie)

People who slept on Lay have woken the DRAGON! I love this reaction of yours, i felt exactly the same!!

That was the most LIT MV! So new, btw, the last part was X EXO-LAY haha. Well it reminds me of obsession OT9.

Lay work with parasites team and so expensive mv ... it's awesome lay is king ... like movie

YOU ARE IN LAY's REACTION VIDEO!!!!!! OMG, I'M GOING TO CRY!!!!❤❤❤🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻😭😭😭😭

I love that you are so fast 😍 the mv is literally LIT 🤯🤯🤯🤯

For the first time in each chorus he says he’s lotus (lián)

LAY's MV is definately a wonderful film! The word "lit" has double meanings. Firstly, it sounds like "lian" （莲）in Chinese, which means "lotus"-- a kind of flower that symbolizing pureness and gentlemen of moral integrity in traditional Chinese culture. Secondly, "lit" can also means "lit the world, lit a music fire", which shows his MV is really exciting!!!!!

DEXTER Studious is the same studio that worked with the OSCAR winning movie PARASITE and they worked with LAAAAAAAAY. He SLAAAAAAAAYS everytime!!!

I'm amazed by how Lay put together such a great trap beat using mainly Chinese traditional instruments. Below are the instruments used as far as I can tell: Bianzhong (bell/chime, not sure exactly), first occurred at 45s, ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-xBw99K6Xpjc.html Dagu (large drum) 51s, ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-e7_kuIXR0iE.html Pipa (pear-shaped bowl lute), 51s, ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1Rx5uqX4mBA.html Xiaocha (I'm not sure on this one, most likely Xiaocha, small cymbals with round bells) 1m 8s Xiao (non-membraned vertical flute) 2m, ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-w69vHX6ilAs.html Dagu and Pipa both play core roles in the beat.

yessss LAY MV really SOMEthing ANOTHER VIBE

The story behind this MV 'LIT' which means lotus, is that haters called LAY by the white lotus which means that the person who acts like innocent and as a victim. The song lyrics talks about how those people want LAY to go down but they can't. And LAY describe him self as the king (He is the king) that not get boredom. The dragon in the MV means power and authority and LAY have mentioned before that the dragon protect him in the difficulties.

LAY REACTED TO YOUR VIDEO! y’all get him to see this!

Yeah!!! I was waiting for this!! Thanks for being so early and hard working!! :)

OMG OH YEAH YOU HAD TO DO THIS!!

OMG I just saw.. Lay reacted to your video!!! WOWWWWW

If im not mistaken ALL of his solo songs, he produce himself since he first do solo work alone in china.. That's the reason why he owned his own studio.. And for this album, he spent 1.4 usd, yes his own money to produce this mv.

Thank you.. thank you so much for your reaction, yes Lay is a Lit!!!

Lay produced it, edited it, written it, sang it, performed it. He did it all.

I really love Lay. ♡ Thank you for your reactions to his (and also EXO) songs

You shooked when you saw the dragon right!!!! Ben you represented us with your eyes out of socket...hahaha.... LIT is LIT🔥

Lay uses 莲, which is lotus flower (lit sounds a bit similar with lotus 莲 "lian" in mandarin). It is his second time to use lotus flower to represent himself (Love Lay was the first time) There are a lot of meanings of the lotus flower in China I have heard Lay took two of them. 1. His antis use lotus flower to attack him. Lotus flower is used by netizens nowadays to diss people who pretend to be innocent or pure. 2. Traditionally Lotus flower represents people who remain pure and innocent in the chaotic world. (since lotus flower grows from mud but remains pure and clean) I heard that Lay basically uses the second meaning to fight back those who use to first meaning to attack him. I think it makes sense, in the MV, the soldiers represent his antis, and the ink represent "mud". Also, the intro with traditional singing is from a story of a historical figure named Xiangyu, the story is kinda complicated but super meaningful. I guess Lay used it for a similar reason.

DAMN, LAY DID SHOW OFF LIKE NOBODY ELSE, TELL THE WORLD HE'S THE KING OF CPOP, FOR REAL

Actually, the chinese title of this song is 莲 (lian) which means lotus and might be similar to LIT as the English title. Lotus is known as a pure and unstrained even though it is grown from mud. According to Lay's Lotus Twin exhibit yesterday, the cost of the production could be up to 10m CNY (~1.4m USD). His MV location is at Qin Imperial Palace in Hengdian World Studio which is the largest firlm studio in the world. I'm touched that he took 1mn just for giving credits.

In the song there is a lyric that translate to out of the mud the untainted lotus. So when he says “I am the 莲” aka I am the lotus. He’s pretty much saying y’all can’t touch me. Then Lay proceeds to say “I am lit” which I’m assuming is to further flex on us peasants