[New Album] Time to Fall in Love with EXO – ‘Overdose’

EXO has released a new mini album, that is expected to make a big hit.

On May 7th, EXO has released EXO-K’s ‘중독(Overdose)’, which consists of Korean songs in Korea and EXO-M’s ‘上瘾 (Overdose)’ that features Chinese versions of the songs in China.

Korean and foreign hit song makers like ‘The Underdogs’, ‘Kenzie’ and Yoo Han-jin participated in writing the songs for the album. 5 new songs of various genres are also included in the new album, making it possible for the fans to enjoy different concepts of EXO.

Making a big hit 3 times in a row with ‘’Wolf’, ‘Growl’ and ‘Miracles in December’, EXO reached the top last year. The sales of its 1st album recorded 1 million copies. EXO swept music awards in Korea and China at the end of last year and it was chosen as the ‘top K-POP artist of 2013’ by the U.S. Billboard website. Being popular across the world, EXO is expected to gain more attention from the fans with its new mini album.

‘Overdose’ is an urban-style dance song based on Hip-hop and R&B. A story of a man who is addicted to a fatal and strong love is realistically described in the lyrics. Music production team ‘The Underdogs’ that has worked with pop stars like Beyonce, Chris Brown and Justin Timberlake and famous composer ‘Kenzie’ participated in the production of the song. EXO’s performances for the new song are also distinctive.

EXO has postponed the release and sale of its album and its comeback schedules due to the Sewol ferry disaster.

[Spot] Showcase for EXO’s 2nd Mini Album ‘Overdoes’

Written by Han Jihee, Photo by SM Entertainment, Translated by Lee Sarah

[Spot] Showcase for EXO's 2nd Mini Album 'Overdoes'

Million seller EXO has made a comeback.

The showcase for EXO’s second mini album ‘Overdose’ was held at 8pm on April 15^th in Jamsil Arena.

Jun Hyun-moo was the MC for the comeback show where EXO sang its new songs like ‘Overdoes’ and ‘RUN’ and hit songs like ‘Growl’, ‘Wolf’ and ‘MAMA’, drawing enthusiasm from the audience.

Chanyeol said, “I’m really happy to have a comeback show in 2 years since the debut”. When Baekhyun said, “Our fans made us so happy last year. We’ll make you happy this year”, the audience roared.

EXO’s performance for its title ‘Overdose’

What is the title like?

‘Overdose’ is an urban-style dance song based on Hip-hop and R&B. A story of a man who is addicted to a fatal and strong love is realistically described in the lyrics. Music production team ‘The Underdogs’ that has worked with pop stars like Chris Brown and Justin Timberlake and famous composer ‘Kenzie’ participated in the production of the song.

The music video of ‘Overdoes’ was released for the first time. It takes the form of one-shot music video. The members of ‘EXO-K’ and ‘EXO-M’ alternately show splendid performances in an unknown place. Their group dance of all 12 members was perfect. The dance moves were cool enough to make them look manly.

Chanyeol said, “I had fun hiding from the other members not to be caught on the video to take the one-shot video”. Baekhyun said, “It was hard to shoot a scene where Dio lies down on the floor and the other members walk to make a formation. When Jun Hyun-moo asked who made the mistakes most Baekhyun said, “It’s probably me”, making everyone laugh.

Kai’s charismatic performance for ‘wolf’

Fancy stage costumes and performance 

The concept of the stage costumes for this showcase was ‘simple, elegant and retro’. They minimized the color to black and white focusing on simplistic beauty. The costumes had big sleeves, reminding the medieval ages. Black baggy pants also helped to make the retro style.

A lot of focus has been on new dances for EXO’s new songs. There have been popular dance moves like the ‘Wolf Dance’, ‘Tree Dance’ and ‘Cave Dance’. It can be little difficult to mimic the dances for ‘Overdose’

6 members start the song making the formation of a pyramid then stand in a line and dance like they’re jump roping. They keep change their positions looking perfect. The dances have become harder but are more casual. There is a point dance where 2 members make a team and hitting on the head of the other person.

EXO members are singing the Chinese version of ‘RUN’

After the showcase, Suho said, “EXO-K and EXO-M will be separated for a while but we’ll also be together form some special stages. So please wait for us. We’ll do our best in China”.

Chanyeol said, “I’m really happy to hold a showcase in 2 years. I feel fresh. Please give us more love and we’ll show that we’re better now than before”.

Baekhyun said, “You’ll be happy for the entire 2014 because of us. Thank you so much for coming to see us. We’ll work harder”.

  
EXO is singing the remake of ‘I like you’ by Weather Cast

EXO’s second mini album ‘Overdoes’ includes 5 new songs like ‘Moonlight’ ‘Thunder’, ‘Run’ and the title ‘Overdoes’.

As the members said, the 2 teams will perform separately for this album. ‘EXO-K’ will make a comeback with KBS 2TV’s ‘Music Bank’.

‘EXO-M’ will hold a press release on April 19^th in China and its comeback show will be CCTC’s ‘Bangshangbang (全球中文音乐榜上榜)’, China’s first music charts program.

EXO’s 2^nd mini album will be on sale on April 21^st.

Written by Han Jihee, Photographed by Ryuma, Translated by Lee Sarah

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