THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO EXO | group history, storyline, and member info 

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Yes exo got a lot of haters whenever someone do something related to them everyone start barking anyways thanks guys we appreciate it Hope u can check more exo stuff in the future love u all ❤️

CHANYEOL He knows how to do everything. He's a complete idol . He is truly exceptional and extraordinary. 💯💯💯💯

EXO THEY are truly amazing and impressively talented. They know how to do everything . 💯💯💯💯😍😍😍

EXO is always the right choice 👌🏻

Yes, Chanyeol was playing "Growl" on the electric guitar during a performance of the song in concert.

I don't know if you're confused about this but in kpop main>lead>sub Main is usually the member with best technique who gets the most difficult vocal parts and usually gets a lot of singing lines such as chorus Lead is usually someone with 2nd best singing technique usually sings before main vocal, sometimes sings chorus Sub supports the Main and Lead Vocalists and generally gets fewer singing lines Nowadays these roles are not really given by the company, idols are expected to sing at least decently. But generally the one with the best technique gets recognized as a main vocalist. For example: Stray kids don't have fixed roles but when they get asked who is the main vocalist they say Seungmin

"Main vocal" is what we consider "lead vocal" in the West. In Kpop, "Lead" is second to "main". "Sub" is after "lead".

Fun fact. Johnny from NCT was almost in EXO. He trained with them. Johnny would have been the maknae. Some history. SM is the FIRST company of Kpop. They made the 1st group. "Idol group". Back in the 1900s. They made the blueprints to how to make groups. Both boy and girls. Soon after other companies came to be. It's crazy to believe they still have a lot of their groups still active. TVXQ, Super Junior, Girls Generation, Shinee, EXO, Red Velvet, NCT, Aespa and now riize.

One of the main reasons why Suho was a trainee for 7 years was because he originally started out training to be a member of SHINee. However, right before SHINee was to debut in 2008, Suho injured his knee and he couldn't train for their debut showcase, so SM decided to debut SHINee without him. He ended up having to wait 4 more years, while SM worked on creating EXO and preparing the group for debut, before he debuted as the leader of EXO. (He was the first member to be chosen to become a part of EXO, which is another reason why he was made the leader of the group.) But, by all accounts, this worked out for the best because he became the leader, and as the other EXO members say, he was born to be a leader. If he had stayed a member of SHINee he never would have become a leader, because Onew -- who is the leader of SHINee -- is 2 years older than Kim JunMyeon (Suho), and at the time of SHINee's debut it was pretty much a given that the oldest member would automatically be the leader. However, 4 years later when EXO debuted, the rules within the industry had kind of changed and it was no longer a hard and fast rule that the oldest would be the leader. Case in point, Xiumin is the oldest EXO member and, yet, Suho became the leader. Being a trainee for 7 years isn't that uncommon. If you start to really look into it, you will find a lot of Idols who have trained for a very long time before they debuted. However, it all depends on how talented someone is or how much experience they have had before becoming a trainee as to how long they train. Some idols only train for a few weeks or a few months, whereas others could take years and they may be on the verge of giving up when the company finally decides they are ready to debut. And some trainees may never debut and end up leaving the company or industry. Unfortunately, just because you are a trainee doesn't guarantee you will debut. A lot of it is pure talent and luck combined with sheer dedication. Lay has NOT left the group. He is the only Chinese member who is still part of EXO. Lay was in all of EXO's MVs until the end of 2016, and he would have been participating in ALL of EXO's activities still today if it wasn't for the political issues between the Korean and Chinese government, which prevents him from doing so. He did leave SM Entertainment last year -- when his contract was up after 10 years -- but he is always the first to tell people that if EXO ever wants or needs him for anything he will always be there for them. Although, there are still several obstacles in his way to being able to work with EXO. Therefore, it probably still will be some time, if ever, before we see Lay working in person with the rest of EXO. Unfortunately, the political climate between Korea and China was only a little better for a short time. However, since this guide was made, China's Idol culture has become even more restrictive after the election of their new president. As mentioned, Lay's hiatus from EXO is not something he has chosen, but it's something that has sort of been forced upon him by the government. When China first began cracking down on their citizens working in Korea around 2016 -- as a political protest over South Korea's alignment with the U.S. and China's support of North Korea, etc. -- there were rumors that the Chinese government was threatening to revoke the citizenship of any mainland native Chinese person who continued to do business with a Korean company and lived outside of China. This rule would have prevented Idols, such as Lay, from visiting family and doing business in China, etc. The only way for them to avoid this from happening was for them to come back to China right away and stop doing business with their Korean companies. I don't know if this was really true or if it was just a rumor, but that is what I heard. Which would explain why some Chinese Idols don't feel any pressure to stop working in Korea because they have nothing to lose if they don't have family or a life in China or they aren't mainland Chinese citizens, etc. Lay's whole career is tied to being able to work and live in China and he is closely connected to the Chinese government, so he has to tread lightly when it comes to how he conducts himself and who he chooses to associate with, etc. He can't afford to be blacklisted in the Chinese entertainment industry. He is literally one of the most popular and biggest name celebrities, music producers, actors, models and a general spokesperson for almost everything in China, etc. Plus, he is the CEO of his own music label and idol trainee company, etc. For a long time, Lay was even discouraged from mentioning EXO by name in TV shows and interviews, but he always finds subtle ways to make it clear that being a member of EXO, and his EXO brothers, are always very important to him.

SM and JYP are completely different companies guys SM was founded by lee SooMan and JYP company founded by JYP that was a show called JYP party where EXO were guests

I stan EXO since 2014 and I would say they faced so many troubles and dirtiness of Kpop industry even from their company.EXO is needed to protect.They should shine more than this cause they do deserve.

Yes, I am Chinese. I am certain that EXO is the most famous Korean group in our country, and no one can surpass them. As long as you mention EXO, no one doesn't know them

SM: EXO, SHINee, Red Velvet, NCT, aespa, Girl's Generation, Riize JYP: TWICE, ITZY, Stray Kids, NMIXX, YG: Blackpink, Treasure, AKMU

Thank you so much for this reaction hope you enjoy

Sm entertainment company has alot of vocally talented artists and groups and each group has their own unique storylines. Girls generation, super junior, SHINee, f(x), EXO, Red velvet, NCT + WayV, Aespa, SuperM and GOT(the beat) are some of the well known groups under sm.

I watched this whole video without skipping 1 second lol I just love EXO

It wasn't mentioned in the video but Lay writers, composes and produce his songs plus he plays piano, guitar and Chinese flute. Basically he can do everything, he is the most skilled member in exo.

Fact, SM are not under JYP... SM is a completely different company from JYP. In the past this three company SM, YG, and JYP are called 'THE BIG 3', up until now because they are the pioneer in this industry. just a small fact And thank you for reacting to EXO hope you do more😀😊..

LAY He is truly amazing and impressively talented. He is truly exceptional and extraordinary. He's a complete idol . He is truly the best artist. 💯💯💯💯💯

Thanks a lot for sharing your reactions with us ❤ And thanks to the people who requested this on patreon❤ I'm so happy that you're learning more about EXO. Their discography is golden and each of their albums is so diverse that you'll totally find smth in your taste.

main vocal / main dancer / main rapper is the person with the best vocal / dance / rap technique, they usually get the most line and sing the most difficult part and main dancer usually got solo dance part for 'lead' is the person with the 2nd best technique. for example suho. but many kpop expert said even suho is the lead vocal, but with his skills, he can easily be main vocal if he wasnt in exo.

Yes, you will discover that all the members of EXO are actors, and all of them have starred in K-dramas and movies and/or are stage actors. They didn't necessarily specifically focus on professional acting classes in order to become an actor, but all Idol trainees take basic acting lessons because they are public figures who need to have acting skills for their MVs, and for commercial and product promotions, etc. Most idols have a natural talent as an actor because it's part of what makes them well suited to be an idol, whether they decide to pursue acting in dramas or movies as a side project or not. As part of an idol's trainee program, they take lessons in acting, modeling, singing, rapping, study multiple languages, pubic speaking lessons, culture classes for how to conduct themselves in different countries and culture, as well as they often take special classes to highlight skills such as martial arts training, learn to play musical instruments, stunting and tricking, etc. Promoting as a group only takes up a few weeks a year -- on average they only promote their latest comeback on music shows and attend variety shows or do interviews, etc. to promote their newest comeback for about 2 weeks -- so in order to fill their time and continue to make money, all Idols have side projects, which means most idols also spend time as actors, models, Radio DJs, authors, music producers, songwriters, regular/main cast members on variety shows, etc. Their side projects also are part of their cross promotions as idols. Someone who doesn't know them may watch them in a drama or movie or see them promoting their favorite brand or product, etc., which leads to them discovering their group and music, or the person may be a fan of them as a singer and this makes them want to watch their movie or drama, etc. It's all about getting their name and face out there in as many ways as possible in order to drive sales and viewership of everything they are involved in.

Ooh i love EXO ❤👑 thank you for the reaction😊

We were confused seeing jyp with them that’s why we were talking about the companies😅

YES Damn finally the guide EXO video 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳

Exo exist album is amazing

Dang I legit saw this and first I thought it was a mistake and then when I realized it wasn't, I said out loud "Get the f**k out. For real?" lol It took a patreon request but glad y'all finally watched it although I think some of my comments aren't being read because I've been asking for EXO-SC and EXO-CBX since 1861 and y'all still seemed surpised about those two units lmao Ah well at least you got to see snippets of them, I guess that'll have to do 😄 Anyway, appreciate the person who requested this and appreciate the Lenny Len reaction crew for sitting through that guide. That was fun

SM, HYBE, YG, and JYP are all different company guys~~~ SM artist: EXO, NCT, Red Velvet, aespa, Girls' Generation, Super Junior and more. HYBE artist: BTS, TXT, Seventeen, Le Sserafim, Nu'est, Enhypen and more YG artist: Blackpink, Treasure, AKMU, Big bang, 2NE1 and more JYP artist: Twice, Straykidz, Itzy, NMIXX, and more (JYP a.k.a Park Jin Young is the founder) hope this helps guys~~

EXO yessssss thanks a lot 🥺♥️♥️

Thanks always here for EXO and SEVENTEEN 🌷💕

Kate is too funny 😂😂😂 I want to watch EXO videos with her and Tric

EXO is amazing 👑👑👑❤❤❤

Vi exo + guide e cliquei tão rápido que minha tela ficou azul, simplesmente alegrando meu dia ja

Finallyyyy..you should also do a full review of EXIST album and their other albums pleaseee

Wooaah EXO guide🥳😍 now i'm waiting your reaction for TREASURE guide or tiktok compilation💙💙💙

SM ENTERTAINMENT : TVXQ SUPER JUNIOR GIRLS GENERATION SHINEE F(x) Exo Red velvet Nct Aespa Riize JYP ENTERTAINMENT: 2PM TWICE DAY6 STRAYKIDS ITZY XDINARY HEROES NMIX YG ENTERTAINMENT: AKMU WINNER BLACKPINK TREASURE

I hope you will react much more on the EXO group's performances + solo performance On individual members + Guide to all 12 members individuel + moment funnny please 🙏🙏🙏

Y'all need to make a space for an EXO Poster on that wall

Thank you so much! You finally listened ❤

Thank you for this reaction video guys 🎉 Looking forward for more reactions regarding exo ❤❤❤

This was a good informative video but its actually quite a bit outdated so people usually watch the individual guides by Cesar Oh

If you can see later this performance of exo in Mexico singing sabor a mi appreciate it

Finally the guide!!! thank you :). I hope i can see more of EXO in ur channel :D

exo's really packed with three main vocalists huh Thanks for your reaction, love that you enjoyed the guide and learnt some tidbits about them May i suggest some album reviews? I think 'don't mess up my tempo' has lots of good songs, or you can start with their very first album, 'MAMA'

*The reason why EXO have 3 MAIN VOCALIST is because when the group started they're split into TWO SUBUNITS (EXO-K and EXO-M) TWO MAIN VOCALIST for EXO-K(OREAN) which is BAEKHYUN and D.O. and in EXO-M(ANDARIN) CHEN and LUHAN (ex-member) that's why... when the group started promoting as 9 members THEY MERGE and only called EXO*

Thank you very much for the video EXO . I am so happy . I miss all twelve members . ❤️❤️

I think you guys still a little bit confused about the company/labels thing. 1. HYBE label So hybe is a label, not a company (there are various company under hybe such as bighit, pledis and more). Some of hybe groups are BTS, SVT, TXT, leserrafim, enhypen and more. The boss is Bang sihyuk/hitman bang. 2. SM entertainment Their boss is called lee soo-man, not jyp😂 Their groups is like SHINEE, EXO, RED VELVET, AESPA, NCT, GIRLS GENERATION and more. 3. JYP entertainment Their boss is JYP. Their artists is like TWICE, STRAYKIDS, ITZY, NMIX, GOT7 and more Hope this helps😊

Xiumin is actually the lead vocalist in exo-m, so he's technically exo's lead vocalist.

I miss your EXO reactions (which is so so rare 😢), that's why binge watching all of your EXO reactions again !

Just like with NCT, there are multiple members that fill the main vocalist, main dancer or main rapper role. As this guide points out, EXO was originally split up into two groups -- 6 EXO-K members and 6 EXO-M members = 12 members of EXO -- EXO-K sang EXO's songs in Korean and promoted in Korea and EXO-M sang the same songs in Mandarin and promoted in China. Each member in EXO-K has or had a partner in EXO-M that fills the same role in their respective group. For example, Baekhyun is the main vocalist in EXO-K and Chen is the main vocalist in EXO-M; D.O. is the other main vocalist in K and Luhan (former member) was the other main vocalist in M; Chanyeol is the main rapper in K and Kris (former member) was the main rapper in M; Sehun is the lead/other main rapper in K and Xiumin is the lead rapper in M; Kai is the main dancer in K and Lay is the main dancer in M; and then it's Suho is a lead vocalist in K and Tao (former member) was a rapper/vocalist in M, (I'm not sure how Suho and Tao really work together -- because Tao is more of a rapper and Suho is a vocalist -- but because they are the last two they are put together.) Plus, Kpop groups very rarely have only one person who fills the main role, especially when you are talking about a main vocalist in an SM group. SM is known for being the vocal powerhouse of the industry, so pretty much all their artists will be able to step in as a main vocalist when needed.

Thankyouuu for your reaction!❤️ yess, they are THAT BIG in China. Still waiting for Lay join group for comeback though🥹, and really recommend you all to watch every stage of their concert!

yaaas, finally the reaction to EXO's guide, can you react to the members' individual guides, please? 🙏

WE WON!! Finally an EXO guide!!

I came to tell Kate that Lay stated at a concert yesterday that when he was in South Korea recently, he met up with Sehun. So Kate, your two husbands got to hang out before Sehun leaves to start military duty lmao (we don't know the day yet)... Just thought you should know 😂🤗

Thanks for the Exo reaction~

EXO forver❤thank you for your reaction ❤

position: main (vocal, rap, dance) lead (vocals, rap, dance) sub (vocal, rap, dance) I'm confused about how to explain the order in idol groups example: 1. main vocal, lead dance (the main position is main vocal for those who dance, but more often the main position is main vocal). 2. main dance, lead rap, sub vocal (main dance position in the group and 2nd position is usually rap and 3rd position is sub vocal, usually position 1 is highlighted and then position 2 if the sub is rarely highlighted only a few or just a few vocal lyrics or maybe never at all). I hope you understand what I mean. Honestly, I'm also confused about explaining it.

Thank you very much for the video EXO. I am so happy. 🥳🥳🥳

Always here for EXO! thanks for this ...

yessss! finally ❤❤ EXO!!!!!!!!

Lay along with Chanyeol compose and produce music. Lay alone has composed and produced four of his solo albums.

More video EXO please 🥳💯💯🔥

I hope you will react to all the solo performances all the individual members on EXO please🙏🙏🙏

I hope you reacted a lot more about the EXO group and also reacted to all the twelve original members please 🙏🙏🙏

Exo has three main vocalists: Baekhyun, Chen, and D.O. They all have many singing parts in the songs.

finally? hope yall do MORE reaction to EXO ❤

Please react to exo mama+monster+wolf remix. That concert performance was 🔥

I am sooooo happy 🩵🩵🩵 Thank yuu guyss🙏🙏

More video EXO please 🙏🙏

You guys need some space in your wall for EXO too cause you definitely gonna STAN them

LAY I miss him very much ❤️🥺😍

Sehun was Dior brand ambassador too and Chanyeol Prada and Aqua de Parma brand ambassador

CHEN, BAEKHYUN and DO are called the kpop Holy Trinity. Exo is the only group with 3 main vocalists (4th is suho often thought as main vocalist too). The reason why EXO are vocal kings because lead vocals can passed as main vocalist to other groups, rap line and dance line hace stable vocals that contributes to stable harmonization especially during their live performances. Their live performance are applauded and praised because it is better and different from the album versions.

in kpop, its main > lead > sub

SM Entertainment is a big company that was founded in 1995, that's why they have so many artists. The big artist you should know is TVXQ SJ SNSD SHINEE EXO RV NCT AESPA RIIZE (they are active idol groups since 2004-now) they all debuted under SM ent. they were all trained by SM themselves same roof same training team same learning materials *with improvement ofc... SM Ent. also have alot of branch/sub companies yrs yrs ago like HYBE did nowadays, but SM branch is large not only had entertain company they also had model company, variety show artist, actor, even athele company.. the only one entertainment company like SM is "Mystic Story" they produce singers this company had solo singer like Yoon Jongshin, Parc Jaejung, and new idol group Billlie.. So alot of artist who join these SM sub companies in SM Ent. website they are called "SM Artist" but since only "SM Ent/SMTOWN" who produce idol groups gp often called them as "SM Idols" that is means only idol who debut under SM only. hope answered if you curious about SM idols and the same/differents things from others companies.. just go to smtown website btw😅🙏

Thank you.... next Exo album please 🥺

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U should react their individual guide that really shows their talents more including their awards groups or solos. But each member has their own individual guide that showcases their talents, thanks?

Oh and we do not talk about Kris Woo. He is bad news 😬 He left 2 years after EXO debuted anyway so most of us who dislike disgusting humans pretend he didn't exist lol He's in a prison in China now so karma Spelled his last name wrong on purpose BTW lol

I recommend you EXO chanyeol and punch stay with me OST please 🙏🙏🙏🙏

YES Finally EXO 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳

YES EXO 🥳🥳🥳🥳

SM is not Uber JYP company lol, both are different companies. In JYP Company jyp himself is the CCO (Chief Creative Officer) and the majority shareholder of the company. He’s in charge of creative decisions when it comes to his artists. Even though he’s technically not the CEO the CEO is someone different called jung wook and the artists that is under jyp company include the groups 2PM, Day6, Twice, Boy Story, Stray Kids, Itzy, NiziU, Xdinary Heroes, Nmixx, and Vcha. while SM Entertainment taps Jang Cheol-hyuk as its new CEO and lee sooman is the founder and former chief producer of SM Entertainment after being ousted from his own company earlier this year. and the groups under SM company such as TVXQ!, SUPER JUNIOR, Girls' Generation, SHINee, EXO, Red Velvet, NCT, SuperM, aespa and RIIZE, in addition to numerous non-idol groups and solo artists.

When it comes to sound, Visual.exo is at the forefront

This guide has a few outdated and some wrong information, MinSeok is a lead vocalist and lead dancer as well as Lay, he’s a lead vocalist

Main vocalist is the one who plays a big role and a lot in the grub to handle songs and is more responsible for a music while Lead vocalist who plays an active role in helping the "Main vocalist" or you could say the lead vocalist is the second person in charge of music or songs in the grub while Sub Vocalist is the one who plays a role in helping the "Main Vocalist" and "Lead Vocalist". In simple terms, it can be likened to this "Main vocalist" is the leader in the music "Lead vocalist" is the representative While "Sub vocalist" is the secretary So to carry out their plans in music it is good that they all have to be responsible in the music according to their roles.

Fyi, there are a lot of kpop groups who have more than one main or lead vocalist. Basically a single position such as main vocalist, main dancer etc can be held by more than one member in a single kpop group. This is the case for exo too.

I see EXO ME: ( CLICK)

In Chanyeol playing guitar part thar was exo planet #3 EXOR'DIUM in seoul d clubtime i hope you will react it really lit.🔥

I hope you will react guide all EXO individual members please 🙏🙏🙏

PLEASE I WISH YOU CAN GO THROUGH THE EXO STORYLINE IN DEPTH VIDEO TOO!!!

Thank you for reacting on EXO ♡♡♡ their lore was vvv complicated even me a 10 year fan cant catch up XD

MAIN VOCALIST is like THE MAIN CHARACTER in movies LEAD VOCALIST is like the SUPPORTING CHARACTERS SUB-VOCALIST is like THE EXTRA/CAMEOS 😅

I am a new exol too. Thankyouuu for reacting to this. Now i know their conceot videos more. I watche dit without a skip. It was sooo good❤ Still this video has so much missing. Plz react to their live performances and other content.

StrayKids Lalalala mv and album reactions next plss🙏🙏🙏❤

CHENTUBE is my fave channel.. beautiful covers of chen.

This guide is helpful but it gets on my nerves lol First Baekhyun is not the first male soloist in Korea to sell over a million copies he was the first at that time to do so in 19 years since Seo Taiji. Also nobody knows for sure when or why Baekhyun and Taeyeon broke up lol We the public were told they broke up but nobody knows if that's actually what happened behind the scenes. For all we know they could've dated for years afterwards and we not know anything. I wish someone would make a more updated version. This is like three yrs old. Plus I would've shown more of their personalities and talents for those who don't want to watch individual guides. I would if I knew how to make videos lol Maybe I will learn Anyway thanks for reacting to it. 💛 Hopefully the main vs lead is settled - Main: 1st tier / Lead: 2nd tier but with EXO, they're all so talented that it doesn't matter

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You guys need to listen to their b-sides next. By the way jyp has his own company called jyp, where they manage twice, stray kids etc. not SM