Lay - Lit (C-POP) Reaction Video Higher Faculty 

The story in the "Lit" MV, Lay said, is based on his favorite Chinese historical figure. In the MV he is portraying a Chinese general who has been trapped by the Han soldiers while trying to rescue his wife. The general is a real historical figure named Xiang Yu, who fought in the battle of Gaixia. In the beginning of the MV you hear a Peking opera singer performing “The Song of Gaixia” (A traditional Chinese Opera song) which is a song that Xiang Yu composed for his wife, Lady Yu, who eventually took her own life. (Fun fact: In Lay's song "Jade" which is a song also on this album, the story is supposed to be about Lady Yu and Xiang Yu's love story.) Lay is an ambassador for China, so one of his goals is to share Chinese culture with the world. One way he is doing this is by creating his own style of music which he has labeled M-pop. M-Pop stands for Mixed-pop, which means he mixes traditional Chinese elements and sounds with mainstream pop and hip-hop beats and styles -- combining old school Chinese culture with new modern hip-hop and contemporary beats and styles. As he says in "Lit," "I am the King ... bringing China to the world." And that's pretty much a fact: He has king-maker status in the music and entertainment industry and he has a lot of international influence which allows him to bring Chinese culture to the world. Everything about this song and MV is a poetic, cinematic masterpiece. For example, the word Lotus in Chinese sounds a little like Lit in English. (Another play on words, just like the Chinese pronunciation of Jade sounds like Yu or you in English, which Lay cleverly used in his song "Jade." Get it? Jade = Yu and Jade = you.) Lay used lotus (Lit) as a metaphor for no matter how hard people try to bring him down, he will stand strong and survive through anything the world throws at him, like a lotus flower. The Lotus often represents purity. The Lotus is special because it grows in the mud, but out of the most dirty and unforgiving conditions, blooms one of the most beautiful flowers. The Lotus is a famous symbol in Chinese culture and it often represents how something good and pure can grow and triumph despite what you would think are harsh conditions. Lay has said that the idea for "Lit" comes from the fact that his haters have been calling him "White Lotus," which refers to someone who acts innocent, and uses it for his gain and plays the victim all the time. So when he wrote the song he took that negativity and embraced it and turned it into something positive. So, in other words, he is saying: "You thought you could bring me down, but you are wrong. I am not a fake white lotus, but I am a true lotus who is LIT. I am more powerful than you know and I will rise above all your negativity and show you how I grow even stronger and more beautiful no matter how much mud and dirt I have to go through," etc. The dragon is a very powerful symbol in Chinese culture and it is even said that if you are Chinese you are a descendant of the dragon. Chinese dragons traditionally symbolize vitality, strength and good luck. In one interview I read, Lay also talked about how he has two dragons inside him -- a good dragon and a bad dragon. He said he always chooses to listen to the good dragon. The good dragon is the one who is protecting him and helping him through all his hardships and difficult times. So the main theme of "Lit" is about fighting his inner self and learning to ignore and overcome the people who are trying to knock him down. As you have discovered, Lay is is a singer, rapper, songwriter, composer, producer actor, director, editor, dancer, designer, etc. -- genius -- and with every new release of his, he just one ups himself. And "Lit" is a prime example of that. If you study the credits at the end of this video, you see that this MV was produced by Zhangyixing Studios, which is named after Lay (Zhang Yixing is Lay's real name, Lay is a stage name given to him by SM Entertainment) -- he owns the studio. So, the credits show, Lay has his hand in almost every aspect of this production. It's his name you will see dozens of times in the credits. He is the one that wrote and composed the song, he even produced the beat himself. He is also executive producer (So this production was all financed by him), he came up with the storyline, he helped choreograph and he helped direct the MV, etc. But that's normal for Lay's solo work. With Lay, when you ask who did it? -- for any part of the song, MV or choreography -- you are pretty much guaranteed that the answer is: Lay. He does it all. He is such a perfectionist that there is almost nothing that he is involved in that he doesn't have 100% control of himself. He prides himself in the fact that all aspects of his music are created by him. This MV took more than 6 months to make and more than $1.4 million to produce. And it was all done by Lay. They actually filmed at one of the largest and most well known film studios in China and had more than 50 extras. What you saw was the real temple. No Screenshots. The dragon was CGI, but the rest of the set is all real. You should really check out the making of film ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-x_K39ntCEXw.html and Lay's "dance practice"/choreography video for "Lit." ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-9Yefy6iw0As.html to really see how things were made. Lay is not really new to you, you saw him in some of EXO's MVs, such as "Monster." Lay is the Chinese member of EXO and he is meant to fill the same role in EXO-M -- the Mandarin Chinese sub-unit of EXO -- that Kai fills in EXO-K -- the Korean sub-unit of EXO. Kai is one of the top two BEST dancers in Korea (Taemin from SHINee and SuperM being the other top dancer) and Lay is one of the top dancers in China. His catch phrase is "Balance" which means that when it comes to choreography and synchronization it has to have balance. If it's not balanced then it's not good. So his attention to detail when he creates music and choreography is on point. Like all of SM's top dancers, Lay is super dedicated when it comes to dance and music. Within the Chinese music industry and dance community, Lay is regarded as an industry expert that pretty much all other dancers and musicians look up to -- he has even been credited with making Krump a mainstream dance style in China, and he is one of China's leading experts when it comes to Krump. (Lay's Krump teacher is Trix who is from Korea and is considered one of the best Krumpers in the industry.) Lay has even recently started his own Idol trainee company in China -- with SM's blessing -- where he plans to use his skill and knowledge to influence the world entertainment industry and to pass his experience on to the next generation, etc. Lay's dancers are always very international, they are usually from all over the world, all races and genders and they speak all different languages. Lay's goal is always to seek out the best of the best and to surround himself with experts in everything he does. He wants to learn as much as possible and to be as diverse as possible about all styles of dance and cultures. And he doesn't just casually learn a new style of dance, when Lay puts his mind to something he goes all in and immerses himself in it with a goal of becoming the best at it. That is why he is regarded as an expert at so many different things, because he becomes so involved and studies and practices so much that he eventually overtakes his teachers.

Lay is actually one of the member of EXO, he's Chinese, but he's not promoting with them due Politic problems between China and Korea. "Honey" is one of his solo projects you guys need to watch.

Mostly LAY song is PRODUCED BY HIMSELF

LAY is actually a member of exo, he’s just promoting his solo works in china since there’s something with korea and china right now. Don’t get me wrong though, LAY is big in china too.

Fun Fact: Lit here actually means Lotus. that's why you see the flower imagery

LIT was the fourth best-selling online album in the world, and the MV production cost $ 1.4 million Thank you react WE ARE ONE EXO

✨Lay - HONEY✨ ✨Lay - Sheep✨

Lay is EXO'S pride! Yeah expensive ass MV. It cost 1.4 million dollars!!! Ya'll need to react to exo!

You NEED to react to Lay- Honey. Lay is in Exo. He’s the only Chinese member now.

Finally......😂 I really enjoy you guys reaction, Lay is my bias on EXO,

Lay wanted to incorporate Chinese traditional music to his music to show other the world how beautiful chinese music is.

LAY is an EXO member. One of the 9 members of EXO

Certainly is a masterpiece- Lay is just such an amazing artist... he wrote and produced this ... you should check out Honey. This technically isn’t Kpop as it’s Chinese so would be Cpop but he is a member of EXO which is a Korean group.

I'm so glad you finally reach Lay, one of the legendary chinese member of EXO. The cost of this mv more than million and this supposed to win in MTV awards somewhere. All his solo works are awesome too, love this guy so much

I'm glad you're reacting to EXO's Lay, you can react to other members solo songs; it has different types of genre too. Here's a list of it: 1. BAEKHYUN - Candy 2. CHANYEOL - Yours 3. SUHO - Let's Love 4. CHEN - Shall we 5. LAY - Honey 6. D.O - That's Okay 7. XIUMIN - YOU 8. KAI - MMMH 9. SEHUN - GO

And welcome to the world of Lay, gentlemen... be ready for a man who loves taking traditional beats and mixing them with R&B to give us quality goodness. From the sound to the vocals to the visuals, and pure talent, he has it all and does it all. As a member (current inactive unfortunately) of EXO, he is one of the best overall performers! I am HIGHLY recommending you guys to check out some of his solo stuff: "Lose Control", "Honey", "Amusement Park", "Jade", & "Boom". He really has a lock down on the sound he puts out and his dancing is TRULY one of the greatest to watch!

Lay is from EXO. Check out his song Honey.

Lay HONEY is an absolute must.

Lay is one of the best dancers in Kpop really he is incredible in singing and rap dancing and as an actor I see recommended are feat with Jason derulo and NCT 127 he is incredible

Fun facts, quick outline, others can add more or correct me: -Lay started his own company in China and makes his music. -He produced, wrote, directed, etc etc on every aspect of this mv. -Lit is the mandarin pronunciation of Lotus. -He has haters and they were continuing to say over the years that he was hiding his true persona and that he was a bad person, etc etc. He’s very friendly and always has a smile when in public. Long story... -This is his anthem/fighting song of sticking it to the haters. -Lotus grows in the mud and comes up to produce the beautiful flower. Metaphor for Lay. -He paid for this mv out of his own pocket. -Beginning part he sings Chinese opera (he had to learn how to). -Story at the beginning is one of his favourite folklore, about a general who goes back to save his wife but is killed. -He went to L.A. for 3? months to learn krumping from a “master”. -Filmed in the largest movie studio in China. If you watch any historical or costume Chinese movies or shows you will definitely see one of part of the palace. -I say that is the best looking dragon I have ever seen and I watch a lot of fantasy shows/movies. He didn’t spare any expenses on the cgi. That’s all I can think of. I’m sure others will provide more details or correct me. It’s just a lit mv!

Lay 🤍Another visual king from Exo🤍

He trained with a krump master for this 🔥 and he's one of the few in kpop ( although this is c-pop😅) who have done this particular style of dance. Not a lot can pull it off

NOW, SAME ARTIST, TOTALLY DIFFERENT SONG AND VIBE.... LAY "HONEY" MV PLEASE....HE IS A GREAT DANCER, SINGER-SONGWRITER👍💙🌺

'LIT' is a masterpiece, LAY is a complete artist. Proud of LAY, EXO and EXOL

he is sort of exo please react to lay - honey💜

Yes China's King! Lay as a soloist is not Kpop, he's C-pop/M-pop. He's one of EXO's Main dancer. Aside from the success as a group every member also excels as a soloist.

Facts: 1. HE IS THE MAIN DANCER of EXO (Currently inactive)💥 2. SOLOIST- CPOP (NOT KPOP)💥 3. THE MV + SONG CO-PRODUCER & CO-DIRECTOR- Its Himself💥😎 Movie creator that we call him for this master piece 💫 4. SONG WRITER + ARRANGER 💥 5. IN SHORT- He is the 💥ALL ROUNDER😎💥 HE IS LIT. 💫 ANOTHER similar Artist- JACKSON WANG from GOT7. you must and must react to his MVs. These 2 ARTISTS are 2 of the top All rounders in Cpop and Kpop. 😎💥💯

you guys should react to honey by Lay and Let's shut up and dance by Lay, Nct 127 and Jason derulo Lay produce all by himself his own stuff and he practiced krump 6 months just to execute such amazing perfomance in this comeback. He's also a member of EXO and part of the dance line

Isn’t it time for Kai’s Mmmh and BaekHyun’s any/every solo work: UN Village, Candy...?

Lay- honey✨

Lay is one of the best dancers and one of the best krump dancer in kpop he is the king of krump dancing

😭😭😭❤️ thanks for this Reaction 🙏

about the krumping Lay actually got very interested in it as a dance he says he wants to learn new dances all the time, so he spend less than a year to learn krump, his teacher and mentor is Trix a world champion krump dancer, Lay also had a dance battle with Bouboo a French also world champion krump dancer and actually many dancers congratulate and praise Lay for his krumping

That’s my man since 2013. Couldn’t be more proud of him.

Lay is an incredible dancer! As in AMAZING! Watch his other work 🙏👌👏🙌🔥‼️😎

Lay 💕

I hope you know Lay is a member of EXO. He has his own production in China and he's HUGE in China.

Exo yayaya or call me baby Lay honey Monsta X love killa Baekhyun candy or UN village NCT U from home rearranged version NCT 127 chain or punch

LAY can dance whatever type of dancing but he is really really serious about Krumping. This was choreograohed by Kasper and Trix (Krump teacher of Lay).

Lay has been taking Krump lessons for sometime now just for this... And now he is so into the dance style that he is still training in it... He already is better that the best Chinese Krump dancers... The Best thing is... He still is training inspite of being a CEO of his own training company for making new idol groups....

I've got this song stock in my head for month and is because is so SO GOOD! the CGI Dragon is just mindblowing! Is better than other CGI's that I've found in Hollywood movies.

Lay yessssss I love his songs

Lay is that crazy amazing artist

What is crazy is that the singer Lay is also the director at the same time!

Love your appreciation as always.

LAY - HONEY. That's the next vid you should watch.

To be honest, this is exactly like a movie! Wow, it's so shocking! He is a wizard!

Lay is one of my all time favorite performers. I haven't yet found a single song from him that I didn't like. especially from his newer albums, "Lit" as well as "Namanana".

Lay is focusing krump dance for a while and he is really became a professional in the little time period. And he is so good at it 🤩

Lay is king

The creator of Krump Tight Eyez actually praised Lay and said that it was crazy that he learned it for only 7 months and is this good at it!

Lay Is Exooooooo

Lay guy can dance! You need to watch his MV Honey.

Thank you! I'm glad you guys loved it. Somehow, I knew you would. Lay worked so on it and it truly shows. He's taking his solo career in China by storm. I'm proud of him. Also if you want another M/V that's like a movie, I highly recommend ONEUS-Come Back Home. The visuals blew me away along with the non-stop impressive choregraphy and killer vocals and rap. I felt like I was watching an intense film throughout. Haha

Lay is one of the main dancers in EXO

I’ve been waiting for his new album which is the first part of two 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 soundtrack for a movie 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 his own mixed-pop style of 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) which is the female counterpart of LIT that Lay also plays the role. Lame antis 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 (The King/General 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 he 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 HIS UNIQUE MODERN STYLE COMBINED WITH TRADITIONAL CHINESE SOUND #TakingChinaToTheWorld #LayZhangLIT

LAY - HONEY 💧

And of course, right after the intro, the video begins with the trademark of EХО - the dance depicting - the Tree of Life.

The best mv i've ever seen

LAY!! LAY!! LAY!!!😍😍😍

Another great lay song to try is what u need. Its bouncy and fun with r&b flavor

You have to react exo lay - honey. People said he's asian chirst brown.

YEEAAAHHHH LAY KING OF CHINA!!

Lay - Honey!! its worth it to react guys I promise and the beat?! I CANT-

lay❤️

Lay lived and learned crumping in LA. He was also on a street dance show with Jackson from GOT7 in 2020 where do choreographed dance against 2 other groups. He has also worked with Steve Aoki. It was awesome reaction to this thank you.

Lay had learned Crumping from a Crump Master and he had put a lot of time an effort to learn the crump culture which is very inspiring and touching!

the - almost look like a like movie - MV is TXT "Eternally" it looks the same as if we are watching a movie and the song is good too to listen:)

I love this mv.

Yixing is just another level. That's for sure. Some years ago he said he wanted to be the pride for his nation and bring c-music to the world, that time people just laugh and said he was big dreaming. And hell yes! But he's doing it sooooo great. He's just lit. ❤️

Legit watched this every morning for 1 month when it came out. Made me so hyped i can conquer anything for the day. Still gives me the chills up to now.

Red velvet bad boy

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😍👏👏👏

Okay, now that you've reacted to King Lay I have to recommend the solo artists of the SM Ent I recommend you first KAI of EXO and SuperM who has just made his solo debut and who literally broke everything with his title KAI - Mmmh then Baekhyun from EXO and SuperM the King million seller. I recommend his music CANDY

Here's a thing..even the creator of krump dancing appreciated his krump dancing skills

Ok, now you need to see his MV for Honey, Sheep and Namamna!

OMG THE CEO! ❤️😳 LAY ZHANG

Another track of his called Honey, is straight up baby-making-music... and has some of THE best choreo.

OK, some groups and soloists that you definitely have to check out: Groups: Monsta X - Shoot Out; Fantasia; Alligator; Follow; Love Killa; Jealousy; Beautiful (아름다워); Who Do You Love BTS - ON (Kinetic Manifesto Film: Coma Prima); Dope (쩔어); Mic Drop; Not Today; Fire; Idol; DNA; Fake Love; UGH! (lyrics video); Black Swan; Blood, Seat & Tears GOT7 - You Calling My Name; Not by the Moon Everglow - La Di Da BIG BANG - BANG BANG BANG iKON - Bling Bling Soloists: August D (Suga from BTS, rapper) - Daechwita; Agust D Wonho (former Monsta X member, vocalist) - Open Mind Taemin (from SHINee & SuperM, also called Korean Michael Jackson, vocalist) - Idea; Criminal; Move; Want Jackson Wang (from GOT7, rapper) - Titanic; Papillion KAI (from EXO & SuperM, vocalist) - Mmmh Zico (rapper) - Bermuda Triangle GD & Taehyung (rap/vocals) - Good Boy CL (rap/vocals) - HWA; Hello Bi+ches Chung Ha (vocalist) - Dream of You Baekhyun (from EXO & SuperM, vocalist) - UN Village; Candy

This mv is a literal movie and I love it! Lay actually paid for this mv himself and it was about 1.5 million dollars! Please react to My Turn by Cravity!

He is EXO members also my bias

Thanks for your reaction 🙏🙏

OK, I did a marathon of your reactions. It took me more than watching Titanic. xD Very refreshing! Thank you! :)

I can't believe i got to see this masterpiece *free*

I was shocked (in a good way) to see how fast yall were gaining subscribers, but after watching so many of your reactions I think I know why. At least for me, multiple person reactions typically involve a lot of talking at each other, but yall actually have a conversation with each other. It's a small difference, but it makes the videos flow so much better and they are way more enjoyable to watch when it doesn't feel like each person is competing to get their thoughts across. Anyway, I know the kpop rabbit hole can be kind of intense so I hope yall continue making these reactions because you want to rather than feeling pressured to by all the new subs. Whatever content yall choose to do in the future, I really appreciate the time/effort yall put into the kpopathon and look forward to every new video yall put out!

I hope you do check out Lay's Lit Album. He has 2 parts to it and everything was really good. How he incorporated all those Chinese instruments with modern sound is dope. Very fresh and interesting. Two of my fave on the entire album is Soul and Boom. Two different songs with different vibe. You'll see when you when listen to it.

I love himmm

KING of CHINA. AND THAT IS LAY 🤍🤍🤍🤍

I would suggest PLT - hocus pocus or. igoholic for more k hip hop sounds. Also I would suggest DEAN or crush for more k r&b! there's way more than just the kpop scene or "idol" music. glad you saw Lay though since he is a member of exo as well!

There’s a dance practice for this song. Also react to Lay’s honey mv and dance practice.

You guys should totally react to his solo Honey, its such a bop! and way up your alley too!

Lay is exo

Lit is one of the best music videos that ever existed, regardless of language

This is most expensive mv in Asia music industry ) and this is lay own money

THE KING THE KINGG

Lit has similar pronunciation as lotus flower in Chinese, and it describes a Chinese religious belief of the duality of life and death. In lit mv, general Xiang Yu (in Peking opera costume) is the past life and Lay in modern clothes is the present life. Dragon is the spirit and soul, and the lotus flower and witch help pass along the spirit. Another meaning of Lotus flower is the symbol of growth and purity because it grows and blossoms out of mud. Some people also use it to describe someone who is pure and innocent in appearance but maybe opposite inside. Lay’s antis used to call him white lotus because they don’t believe such a huge star could be so honest, humble, hard working and respectful to others. They also mock at his dream of bringing Chinese music to the world, saying that all of his hard work and effort will go in vain. This song is Lay’s answer to their bully. “No one beat me down, I walk my own path, I’m the lit”.

I think you guys should check Baekhyun Rnb solo "UN VILLAGE"

I definitely recommend you guys listen to LAY - Honey !! It’s super hip hop and you guys will definitely like it 😊

Lay, is considered to be one of the highest paid Chinese performers in Mpop (not kpop) aka a Chinese Treasure. An amazing amount of money was placed at his disposal to produce this mv.

The choreography is really addicting, you must watch it's dance practice.