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When I started the first part of this series almost two years ago (whew time flies!) I thought I would kill it and make you fall for them with my amazing persuading skills. Unfortunately, I've been slacking (ha) BUT I'm back and ready to continue this campaign! Now, two years have passed and a lot has happend: more music, two members serving ( sniff), Lay being a ghost member, me still not liking Black Pearl and much more. But let's focus on music for now to kick off the rest of my campaign. Here is my updated list of EXO's best 10 B-sides, excluding the 10 from the first post
So sit back relax, pop ya booty, cry but most importantly #LoveExo!!
01| XOXO
ALBUM: XOXO
YEAR: 2013
Chinese version
For the first song we're going all the way back to their first album with the same title. I love how cute and fun the song is but still allows vocal line to showcase their vocals. Especially DO kills it with the adlibs.
02| MY TURN TO CRY
ALBUM: MIRACLES IN DECEMBER
YEAR: 2013
Chinese version
Miracles In December is such a great album and should be listened to in its entirety! The guitar and beautiful harmonies are perfect for the upcoming cold period. This was also still during the period when only vocal line sang (lol) so the other members are not involved.
03| TRANSFORMER
YEAR 2015
ALBUM: EXODUS
Chinese version
TRANSFORMER GETS ME HYPE EVERY SINGLE TIME! Their live performances of the song are even better when you see it with the choreograpy. They (surprisingly to me) performed it at the 2016 MAMA awards and it also a part of their current tour Exploration.
04| EXODUS
YEAR 2015
ALBUM: EXODUS
Chinese version
Exodus is really THAT album so I could've put any song here of the album. However, I thought Exodus would be a great one because it's a great song that showcases EXO's shift from boys to men, which I think was the goal of this album.
05| THEY NEVER KNOW
ALBUM: EX’ACT
YEAR: 2016
Chinese Version
Ex'act (in my opinion) did a great job with sticking to EXO's R&B sound while still putting a twist on it. They Never Know still has the harmonies were used to but you wound't hear this on EXODUS for example. I think this is also the song that uses the same sample as a BTS song.
06| FALLING FOR YOU
ALBUM: fFOR YOU
YEAR: 2016
Chinese version
Now that summer is over I'm counting down to days 'til Christmas and what better way to bring me into the mood than listening to EXO's christmas songs!
07| CHILL
ALBUM: THE WAR
YEAR: 2017
Chinese version
I was thinking of including Touch It instead of Chill but DO's part told me not to lol.
08| DAMAGE
ALBUM: DON'T MESS UP MY TEMPO
YEAR: 2018
Chinese Version
It took me a while to realize how great it is and to be all the way honest it was actually a fancam of Chanyeol that made me love the song. Here is also a really cool breakdown of the vocals by the producers London Noise.
09| TRAUMA
ALBUM: LOVE SHOT
YEAR: 2018
No Chinese version
THIS.IS.CHEN'S.SONG
10| WAIT
ALBUM: LOVE SHOT
YEAR: 2018
No Chinese version
Last but not least we have Wait which is such a sweet song. But don't get it twisted: the vocals are on POINT! Especially the part at the end where they harmonize the "All I do" part and Baekhyun ends it with his falsetto. YES! It's also a great song to hear all the members (minus Lay) sing.
It was SO hard to limit myself to 10 songs so feel free to add your faves in the comments (or drag my choices)
SOURCES: UYUTEA 1 2 3 4 5 - YANKAT 1 2 - WOAIMEYOU 2 - MNET - CUTEGOYANGI - FULLSTOPZYY - HAMTARO GASO - XIUMINSEOKS - HARU NAZUKI - NCTYTRASH - AERISMEU - SNSDEXO LOVE - SHEEPNUTELLA - Kreetika
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Date: 2019-09-28 05:54 pm (UTC)My personal hot take: Love Me Right and Call Me Baby are their best title tracks.
Come at me, idc!
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Date: 2019-09-28 06:01 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-09-28 06:21 pm (UTC)but also tempo
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Date: 2019-10-01 06:05 pm (UTC)I know omona/twitter are all a bunch of Tempo oppa stans, but I've personally never gotten the hype lol.
Monster.....I think you could make an argument for that! I'd rank Lucky One above it though!
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Date: 2019-10-01 10:54 pm (UTC)Yeah, I'll give you Lucky One, too, that song is 🔥
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Date: 2019-09-28 06:25 pm (UTC)Wait 😭
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Date: 2019-09-28 06:31 pm (UTC)I'd add some other faves of mine
- from XOXO/GROWL: HISTORYYYYYY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdejiaoEhFc), and of course What If (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcnGLIsQoXI) that modern classic
- from EXODUS : Hurt (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o78wl0xtzqo) is as epic as Transformer tbh and equally as dark
- from EX'ACT/LOTTO :
- Cloud 9 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEVaw0Ooh9E) + One and Only (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5batxLT3VE) for those old school rnb vibes showing off some of the best harmonies, vocals and ab-libs in kpop yes i said what i said,
- She's Dreaming (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSQbWlgxHK0) songwriter!Jongdae delivering some of the most beautiful lyrics in kpop),
- Can't bring me down (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0E7vWtlpdtg): i feel like a badass listening to it lol it's so epic,
- White Noise (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xx5R6kquGVw) bc its just stunning ,
- from The WAR/TPOM:
- love Diamond (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGWA1ikLPRI) and that arabic Spanish influences especially in the bridge
- Sweet Lies (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFOLaEb7Xns) obviously for some darkly sexy EXO,
- Going Crazy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mAtieOz-eI) with those strings!!!!!!!!
- from Universe:
- Good Night (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuYvznrp8cQ) again showing those old school rnb,
- and Fall (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjOdG4VXdPM) especially because of that part (https://youtu.be/YjOdG4VXdPM?t=173) yes yes,
- Lights Out (https://youtu.be/gXX9yrCfPVI) just because Jongdae writes the most beautiful lyrics istg
- from DMUMT/LS:
- Gravity (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zq5UNt9JQMM) bc that funky space/Daft Punk music combined with their vocals and rap is truly god tier music;
- 24/7 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kh80wKfLM9g) being so chill and soft, also singer!Chanyeol always kills me
- talking about god tier, one of the best song in the history of songs, the masterpiece that is Bad Dream (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0qf6hJ19q8)
+ plenty of other songs i'm forget and of course solos/subunits/live version of songs that would make this comment way to long so i'll just post my EXO spotify playlist (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2wlPC6UyOyNatMYPigRN9n?si=9Gbo6JrYTiWtDsFXd_GGMw) so everyone can bless their ears :D
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Date: 2019-09-29 08:28 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2019-09-28 06:44 pm (UTC)some of my fave underrated exo songs.
Let Out the Beast - XOXO
Playboy - Exodus
Hurt - Exodus
Artificial Love - Ex'act
Forever - The War
Going Craxy - The War
Sweet Lies - Power
Tactix - Countdown
Been Through - Universe
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Date: 2019-09-28 06:55 pm (UTC)Anyways I was relistening to EXODUS a lot lately and Hurt is such a good song.Tao really was EXO's best rapper
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Date: 2019-09-28 10:46 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-09-28 07:18 pm (UTC)their entire discography is solid to me but exodus in particular was such a good album!! call me baby, hurt, playboy, exodus & love me right off the repackage were my faves
// almost forgot about LIGHTSABER aka a modern classic
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Date: 2019-09-28 07:19 pm (UTC)chinese version of machine will never not be one of my top EXO jams and i'm not sorry about it🤷♀️
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Date: 2019-09-28 07:23 pm (UTC)My 5 fave EXO b-sides:
Thunder
Hurt
Been Through
Sweet Lies
Going Crazy
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Date: 2019-09-28 10:47 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-09-28 07:32 pm (UTC)Does anyone have a link to their live performances? I think it was from their Japanese tour maybe but it's not the one that's on youtube bc I swear they were all at diff parts of the stage/ not together, Kai's hair wasn't puffy and Baekhyun's high note sounded better but I CAN'T FIND IT and it was such a good performance :(
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Date: 2019-09-28 08:55 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-09-28 09:07 pm (UTC)Man I'm so confused idk anymore. I def don't remember the adlibs for the Seoul and Japan performances.
I wish the video I had watched initially didn't get deleted orz
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Date: 2019-09-29 10:07 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-09-28 08:35 pm (UTC)From my favourites that I don't see in either posts, there's Playboy and Artificial Love.
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Date: 2019-09-28 08:59 pm (UTC)exo songs that are better in their live dvds than the recorded versions (and these are all on streaming except exoplanet 2):
Wolf (Exoplanet 3 Vers)
Baby Don't Cry (Exoplanet 2 Vers)
Love Love Love (Exoplanet 1 Vers)
Lady Luck (Exoplanet 3 Vers)
Growl (Exoplanet 4 Vers)
The Eve (Exoplanet 4 Vers)
Power (Exoplanet 4 Vers)
Run (every time they've done it I think its in exoplanet 2 3 and 4)
Black Pearl (Exoplanet 1)
Thunder (Exoplanet 3)
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Date: 2019-09-28 10:49 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2019-09-29 01:04 am (UTC)I excluded stuff mentioned already but here's some tops for me.
Heart Attack - XOXO
What you do - The War
Touch It - The War
Sign - Love Shot
Drop That - Countdown
Run That - Countdown
Twenty Four - For Life
I don't think I have one particular song I like above the others, but I do play The War the most out of all the albums.
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Date: 2019-09-29 05:16 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2019-09-29 01:50 pm (UTC)I hope it’s a winter mini out of all three!
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Date: 2019-09-29 07:51 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-09-29 08:28 am (UTC)I remember thinking about quitting kpop around 2012/3 but then SM anounced their new bg and I watched their first teaser out of curiosity... damn, I was sold in that very instant lmao
anyway, here are some of my favorite songs (it's really hard to choose)
Thunder
She's dreaming
One and Only
Love me right
Call me baby
My turn to cry
Forever
Bad dream
Gravity
Moonlight (special mention to their rnb ballads: what if, what is love, baby don't cry... they are soo good)
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Date: 2019-09-29 01:19 pm (UTC)My absolute favorite exo song is Peter Pan. Theres just great dynamics and then they let the main vocals go ham at the end with adlibs
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Date: 2019-09-29 01:35 pm (UTC)Trauma- LOVE SHOT REPACK (This song....yesss!)
Gravity- Dont mess up my tempo
Angel-Mama
Boomerang- Power of Music (KOKOBOP REPACK)
What U Do- THE WAR (That was a dope ass song from them they killed it!)
Black Pear-XOXO (OP this list was missing this timely bop)
Been Through- Universe
Lucky One
I have to agree with people in the post, Exo singing these gems live are A+++ including Wolf
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Date: 2019-09-29 03:35 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-10-01 05:10 pm (UTC)If I were trying to get someone into EXO, I would show them:
What Is Love
Call Me Baby
Stronger
They Never Know
Baby Don't Cry
What If...
Moonlight
My Lady