[150330] Even EXO members can't solve the mysteries behind 'Pathcode'?

Chanyeol recently revealed that even the EXO members themselves were confused about their 'Pathcode' promotions at a recent press conference for the group's 2nd album, 'EXODUS.' 

Since the start of their comeback promotions, EXO has released a series of mysterious individual teasers filled with riddles and clues. Some fans brought out their inner Sherlock Holmes in order to solve each puzzle, but others have also expressed their frustration due to the level of difficulty of the puzzles.  

Chanyeol admitted, "We've heard the explanations, but I'm still not sure. I wasn't able to solve everything, but if [our fans] loved us, then I think they would be able to solve it easily. I solved D.O.'s though." 

Fellow member D.O. then added, "No matter how many times I watched, I couldn't solve Chanyeol's." 

Meanwhile, Kai said during the press conference that there were a lot of significant changes that were made to their formation and that the MV for their comeback will be unique, heightening the anticipation for the full release. 

EXO will make their first on-stage appearance with "Pathcode" on Mnet's 'M! Countdown' on April 2. 

Source: Allkpop

[150330] EXO’s Lay Joins EXO’s Comeback Press Conference Through Video Chat

EXO’s Lay was unable to attend EXO’s comeback press conference due to filming a movie in China.

On March 30, EXO held the comeback press conference for its second album, EXODUS at the COEX Artium in Samsung-dong. 

EXO′s second album EXODUS includes a total of 10 tracks, which were created by The Underdogs, Teddy Riley, SHINee′s Jonghyun and more. 

Only nine EXO members were present at the press conference but Lay was present live through video chatting.

Lay said, “I’m filming a movie in China. I will return to Korea quickly and show my good sides.”

In the process of talking during the video chat, Lay made everyone laugh by misunderstanding the members and the MCs questions and giving completely irrelevant answers.

Su Ho said, “Lay sends many pictures and messages in our group chat room and I’m glad that he looks healthy. We will be meeting him in two days.”

Starting with Mnet′s M COUNTDOWN on April 2, EXO will be presenting the new title song Call Me Baby on KBS’ Music Bank on April 3, MBC’s Music Core on April 4, and SBS’ Inkigayo on April 5.

Photo Credit: enews/ Kim Byung Kwan

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[150330] Kai Says ′Call Me Baby′ MV and Performance Are Amazing Even to EXO

EXO′s Kai raised anticipation for EXO′s new song, Call Me Baby. 

On March 30, EXO attended the comeback press conference for EXO′s second album, EXODUS, where the members shared that the music video and performance for Call Me Baby were great. 

"Based on the song and its lyrics, the stage formation and the choreography changes," said Kai. "The music video is also filled with scenes that haven′t been seen before. You can anticipate it. It′s quite amazing even for us." 

Chan Yeol agreed, adding, "Like we′ve shown before, the music video and the stage performance will be different. You can look forward to it."

EXO dropped its second album EXODUS online and offline at the same time. The title song Call Me Baby has a powerful and addictive melody with witty lyrics. EXO will make its stage comeback on Mnet′s M COUNTDOWN on April 2. 

Photo Credit: Newsen/Lee Ji Sook

Source: Mwave | Newsen Kim Min Ji  Translation Credit: Grace Danbi Hong

[150330] EXO′s Su Ho Brings Up SHINee Jonghyun’s Participation in the New Album

EXO’s Su Ho revealed that his good friend SHINee’s Jonghyun participated in EXO’s second full length album.

During the press conference for EXO’s second full length album Exodus, which took place on March 30 at the SM Town COEX Artium in Samsung-dong, Su Ho named Playboy as his favorite song.

Su Ho said, “Many people, whose names you probably heard of, participated in this album. You will be able to see an evolved EXO. Some of the most well known songwriters worked with us.”

Then Su Ho added, “My good friend SHINee’s Jonghyun participated in this album especially. The song is called Playboy and I think that it’s worthy of your attention."

Meanwhile, EXO will be releasing the album and all of the tracks on the second full length album Exodus on the same day. The title song Call Me Baby features a catchy hook and melody as well as witty lyrics. EXO will be making its comeback on April 2 through Mnet’s M COUNTDOWN.

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[150330] EXO’s Lay absent from “EXODUS” comeback press conference

With the release of EXO’s much anticipated comeback album EXODUS happening on March 30th, the members of the group gathered at SMTOWN COEX for a press conference, but Chinese member Lay was unfortunately unable to attend.

Prior to the physical release of the album, the group has already achieved an all-kill status on the online music sites.

Lay had to excuse himself from the important group event due to his conflicting schedule in China as he is filming for upcoming Chinese movie Oh My God (Cong Tian Er Jiang). In regards to his absence, leader Suho stated, “Our comeback stages on music shows this week will still take place smoothly. We are regretful about his absence.”

Due to his absence, Lay had to greet the media and fans during the press conference through a video call sent from China. He expressed, “I am filming in China. I miss the members a lot. I will show a perfect look for the comeback this time. Please look forward to the changes.”

In place of Lay, his corresponding EXO mascot had the honor to pose with the other nine members during the press conference’s photo time.

In other news, the Chinese movie Oh My God started its first filming in Beijing, with official photos and posters shared on March 23rd.

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[150330] EXO Su Ho Surprises Everyone on ‘Pit-A-Pat India’ with His Neat and Detailed Notebook

Having transformed into a reporter, EXO Su Ho’s notebook has been unveiled.

On March 30, KBS’ Pit-A-Pat India pictures showing Su Ho deeply concentrating on taking notes on a case as well as his detailed ‘reporter’s notebook.’

Su Ho’s notebook catches attention with precise details, reflecting his meticulous personality. Su Ho’s notebook contains various codes and symbols. First, he recorded the weather for each day, as indicated by a picture of the sun. The note also contains many double underlines and stars to emphasize important information. Su Ho underlined and drew three stars for ‘Bollywood’ and ‘Gangnam Style,’ indicating importance, and put a big circle around ‘9’O Clock News.’

The detailed notebook became Su Ho’s number one treasure, which he carried around with him no matter where he went, earning the nickname of ‘reporter’s notebook mania.’

The production team of Pit-A-Pat India stated, “Su Ho was the member who made the best use of his notebook during filming. He wrote down each and every situation in details. We were surprised at how detailed his notebook was when we were checking their notebooks after the filming was over. Please anticipate the broadcast of Pit-A-Pat India, which will reflect the five members’’ passion for covering stories.”

Meanwhile, Pit-A-Pat India is set to begin on April 10 at 9:30 p.m. (KST)

Photo Credit: KBS

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[150330] EXO is Ready to Start Fresh with Ten Members

Dropping its second official album, EXO raised expectations saying that the group is ready for a fresh new start with ten members. 

On March 30, EXO held its comeback press conference for its second album, EXODUS at the COEX Artium in Samsung-dong. EXO will begin promotions through Mnet′s M COUNTDOWN on April 2 with the new title song Call Me Baby.

Coming back after a year, EXO has already begun its large-scale promotions through its teasers, foreshadowing very energetic album activities to come. 

"We opened up with the teasers in a very unique way. There are ten individual teasers with riddles that the fans had to crack," said Su Ho. "As this is a new start for the ten members, we wanted to show a new side to us. We included our desires to be with our fans." 

"This is always something that comes to mind when we perform or hold a concert, but I wonder if we′re allowed to receive this much love. We′ll be standing on stage to repay back all the love," continued Su Ho. "I think many people love us because we work hard on the stage and prepare hard for the album." 

"We couldn′t even believe we sold over a million albums. Because we released the albums in different languages in both Korea and China at the same time, many fans abroad loved our music and wanted to have a copy of them," said Su Ho. "Because we know that, we have heightened the quality of our albums. Perhaps because we put in much care and effort to make people want to have a copy, that′s why the album receives a lot of love." 

EXO′s second album EXODUS includes a total of 10 tracks, which were created by The Underdogs, Teddy Riley, SHINee′s Jonghyun and more. 

Photo Credit: enews/Kim Byung Kwan

Source: Mwave | CJ E&M enewsWorld Kim, JiYeon  Translation Credit: Grace Danbi Hong

[150330] EXO’s Lay Misses Press Conference for “EXODUS”

The much-awaited comeback of popular boy group EXO is just around the corner with the group releasing their new album “EXODUS” earlier today. SM Entertainment held a press conference on March 30, which all members of the group attended, with the exception of Lay, who is currently in China to film his movie “Oh My God.“

Leader Suho explained Lay’s absence, saying, “Lay is currently in China filming a movie. However, he will be joining us for the comeback stages for this week. Lay wanted to say that he was very sorry he couldn’t attend (the press conference) today and that he wanted to see everybody, so he wanted to 

make a video call.”

Through the video call, Lay appeared and said, “I’m really sorry (I could not be there), I really wanted to see everybody. I miss the members too. We will show a perfect image for this comeback. Please anticipate it.”

EXO will be making their first comeback stage on Mnet “M!Countdown” on April 2 and will continue on to KBS “Music Bank,” MBC “Music Core,” and SBS “Inkigayo.”

Source: Soompi

[150330] EXO bring on the 'EXODUS' with 2nd album release

EXO has released their full 2nd album 'EXODUS'!

The boys brought in The Underdogs, Teddy Riley, as well as SHINee's Jonghyun for their album. There are 10 songs that span dance, R&B, and ballad genres, so fans can keep their ears busy and happy. We've already heard "Call Me Baby" and "First Love", and the rest are amazing as well! You can listen to all the tracks in the playlist below.

The boys will have their first stage on April 2nd's 'M! Countdown' and perform on 'Music Bank', 'Show! Music Core', and 'Inkigayo' on the same week for the start of their comeback promotions. 

Source: Allkpop

[150329 Instgram] Photographer Kim Hoyoung Instagram Update

"TOM AND EXO ‪#‎tomproject‬ ‪#‎garosukim‬ ‪#‎exo‬"

Credits: garosukim_

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[150330] EXO and A Pink Reversing K-Pop’s Declining Popularity in Japan

EXO and A Pink have been named as two groups that are leading a new K-pop boom in Japan.

Media outlet Oricon Style has reported that EXO and A Pink are bringing new life to K-pop’s otherwise stagnating popularity in Japan.

According to the report, while appearances of K-pop stars on television used to be a daily occurrence, the K-pop boom has largely subsided in Japan. 

However, the article states that EXO and A Pink are leading a reversal of this trend. “EXO is getting so popular in Japan that finding tickets for their concerts is becoming difficult,” it states. “Many fans were there for their first solo concert last April as well as their fall tour in Tokyo, Osaka, and Fukuoka. 

Many in Japan are eagerly awaiting the group’s Japanese debut and future activities.”

Regarding A Pink, the article stated, “In spite of the recent tendency toward sexier images for girl groups, A Pink is gaining popularity by setting itself apart with a purer image. The group was inundated with over 50,000 fans wanting to attend their showcase preceding their Japanese debut. Recently, they have also been the focus of many magazine and TV reports, and will also be taking the stage at the Tokyo Girls Collection.”

In addition, the report also mentioned TVXQ and BIGBANG, saying that sales of their DVDs had climbed to 8th and 10th place, respectively. It also claimed 

that “tickets for the two groups’ concerts were just has hard to find as ever,” and that “concerts where fans can get closer to K-pop stars are being planned.”

Source: Soompi

[150329] Chanyeol's Instavid Update

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[150329] These 16 Times EXO’s Mascots Had Fangirls Dying Over Their Cuteness

To celebrate the release of the EXODUS album, adorable EXO characters and mascots made their way all over Seoul to greet the public…and had some hilarious moments to boot.

Wearing different colored hats and the same concept suits save the name of the member on the back, each EXO characters are about the size of an average adult but more cartoonized with an overly large face, body, and legs.

Of course, their trek throughout Seoul was not all that easy and hilarious moments were captured by bystanders. As a bonus, fans present at the event revealed the EXO mascots acted and behaved just like the real group members, adding that the Sehun mascot didn’t listen to the staff and that Suho was the shortestㅋㅋㅋ

With the amount of EXO-Ls that appeared at the event, many fans amusingly commented that the mascots were more popular than EXO themselves. Or maybe…the mascots were actually EXO.. ^^;

Source: Koreaboo

[150329] EXO gifts fans with time-limited release of “First Love”

On March 29th, EXO released their track “First Love,” a special gift for EXO-Ls available for only 10 hours.

A simple and smooth track, “First Love” highlights the EXO members’ individual voices and their vocal talents when they sing in harmony. The Korean version has a golden colored logo while the Chinese version has a silver colored logo in the background.

EXO is returning with their 2nd studio album EXODUS, which will be available in 20 different versions with 10 versions for the Korean edition and 10 versions for the Chinese edition. They have already reached first place on all major Korean music charts with their title track, “Call Me Baby.”

Listen to their song here!

Source: Koreaboo

[150329] EXO sings about 'First Love' in a special gift to fans!

EXO has released a special gift for all their fans!

The fans have been anticipating a 'special' gift as the @PathcodeEXO twitter has told fans there would be one for all those who solved the hints. The special gift turns out to be "First Love", a song from their upcoming album. It's a mellow love song that showcases all of EXO's best.

The videos will only be available for 10 hours, so check out the Korean version above and the Chinese version below!

Source: Allkpop

[150329] EXO Presents Surprise Gift to Fans by Releasing Song “First Love” for 10 Hours

EXO released their song “First Love” as a surprise present for their fans.

On March 29 at 8:12 a.m., SM Town’s official YouTube channel posted the song “First Love” in both an EXO-K and EXO-M version. Fans will be able to have an exclusive look into the song that isn’t even listed in the group’s second album “EXODUS.”

Though EXO is known for their strong beats and intense dance moves, that doesn’t mean they can’t rock a harmony of sweet melodies. The simples instrumental truly gives a chance for individual voices to shine, as they sing of innocent love and fluttering hearts.

“First Love” will only be released for 10 hours, until March 29 at 6:12 p.m. The song was part of EXO’s comeback promotion Pathcode, which was a blockbuster teaser series that gave fans a mission to solve. “First Love” was revealed as an award reward for the fans’ success of completing the mission.

Meanwhile, the title song for “EXODUS,” “Call Me Baby,” was released on March 28 and immediately hit the top of charts. With its addictive hook and witty lyrics, EXO has once again managed to express their own color through music.

The rest of the songs for “EXODUS” will be released both on and offline starting from March 30.

Source: Soompi

[150329 Instagram] a.r_03's Instagram Update: EXO mascots in front of SMTOWN COEX Artium

"#we are one"

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[ 150328 Instagram] Daniel Won Instagram Update

“‪#‎EXODUS‬ ‪#‎EXO‬ ‪#‎CALLMEBABY‬ ‪#‎Yangdeungpo‬ ‪#‎Times‬ Square”

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[150328 BAEKSTAGRAM] BaekHyun's Instagram Update

"Finding strength two songs before ours !!  Ajwa !

‪#‎Vietnam‬ ‪#‎VitaminL‬‪ #‎Call‬meVaby ‪#‎VVe‬areone"

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[150328 HUNSTAGRAM] SeHun's Instagram Updates

 

"CALL ME BABY 🙈🙈"

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#Vietnam

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SeHun's Instagram Account

[150328] 10 giant EXO figures to invade the streets of Seoul

In celebration of EXO‘s comeback, the group announced that they would be placing giant figures of the ten members all around Seoul to greet fans. 

Already having found quite a lot of success with their new track “Call Me Baby,” the SM Entertainment male group decided to spread their love to fans with celebratory figures around the city of Seoul. Wearing matching suits and adorable faces, the giant figures will be spread around the city to ensure that fans will be able to see one wherever they go.

The group shared photos of the large figures on their official Facebook page, showing that each figure was about the height of an average person, and also revealed that the figures could move as well. Perhaps each figure could actually contain a member of the group?

In addition to the cute photos, the group also left a caption for fans, which read, “10 Mini EXOs will be everywhere around Seoul to greet you! Please greet them :)”

Make sure to check out the photos of the cool figures below!

Source: Koreaboo

[150328] EXO Achieves All-Kill with Release of “Call Me Baby”

EXO has achieved an all-kill immediately upon the release of their brand new title track “Call Me Baby.”

The title track of EXO’s comeback album “Exodus” was revealed through online music sites on March 28. Just an hour following its release, “Call Me Baby” reached the number one spot on real-time music charts, while the Chinese version of the track took second.

The group is receiving attention for this achievement, as it was unexpectedly unveiled before the official album release date without any prior notice. Despite not having promoted the new song through television appearances or having revealed the music video, EXO continues to prove its popularity by sweeping the charts once again.

“Exodus” is set to be released this coming March 30, which will also include all of the other songs along with “Call Me Baby.” EXO will start their promotions with Mnet’s “M!Countdown” on April 2,KBS2‘s “Music Bank” on April 3, MBC‘s “Music Core” on April 4, SBS‘s “Inkigayo” on April 5, plus other various music programs.

Source: (1) | Soompi

[150328] EXO’s Kai Adorably Makes His Exit from Instagram After “Call Me Baby” Release

EXO member Kai is receiving attention for making his exit from Instagram following the release of the group’s new title track “Call Me Baby.”

On March 14, Kai created his Instagram account under the name ‘@kimkaaaaaa’ and gathered a large number of followers.

Then, on March 18, he posted “Here I Am. BARCELONA 10:10” along with a short clip of himself while filming his teaser video.

Much to the disappointment of fans, the EXO member deleted his account shortly after “Call Me Baby” was unveiled through music sites on March 28. It appears that the account was utilized for the purpose of promoting the group’s comeback.

However, Kai made sure to make his exit in a cute manner, as he struggled to figure out exactly how to delete his account. He provided fans a laugh with his confusion: “Where’s the delete Click Here,” “Where is it,” and finally asked, “Do I just need to log out?” Although fans commented, “He’s so cute, I don’t want to tell him [how to delete his account],” Kai was ultimately able to figure it out, as his account is no longer valid.

Meanwhile, EXO’s brand new comeback album “Exodus” is scheduled for release on March 30.

Source: (1) | Soompi 

[150328] EXO's Kai saddens fans by deleting his Instagram only after recently creating one

EXO's dancing machine Kai delighted fans when he finally joined Instagram just recently, but unfortunately the fun has come to an end as the idol has deleted his account!

He'd only posted a few things including a concert video of himself followed by an extra teaser clip for the group's return with their second album 'EXODUS'. 

His Instagram account is now nowhere to be found, leaving fans to wonder what led the idol the delete it. However, before he left though, he did share one last photo seen below and wrote, "EXODUS CALL ME BABY, See you on the official homepage."  

In addition, he posted in the comments section, "Where do you delete the account?" "Do I just need to log out?", bringing sad chuckles from fans. Judging by what he's said, it seems the account had only served to provide extra teasers, and with its purpose having been fulfilled, the idol decided to close it down.

Sad about his account being gone, fans flocked to other members' Instagram accounts, such as Chanyeol's, to write, "Where did Kai go?? Why did he leave?", "I was so happy he finally started one, but then he leftㅠㅠ", "What happened? Why did Kai delete his account?", and more.

Hopefully knowing fans miss him this much, Kai will decide to reopen one in the future? Let's keep our fingers crossed!

Source: Allkpop

[150328] EXO achieves an all-kill on music charts with 'Call Me Baby'!

While it's unsurprising that EXO achieved an all-kill with their new track "Call Me Baby," it is still awe-inspiring to see how quickly this was accomplished as the song dropped only a few hours ago.

The song topped nine real-time music charts, MelOn, Mnet, Bugs, Olleh, genie, Naver, Daum, Soribada, and monkey3, showing the wide response to the boys' new track, which is undoubtedly on repeat on every single K-Pop lover's playlist right now. 

Source: Allkpop

[150328] Locations of EXO's individual teasers spell out 'Call Me Baby'?

SM Entertainment is pretty sly, but not sly enough!  Fans are taking notice of an interesting technique they recently did to tease EXO's comeback with "Call Me Baby."  It turns out that there are exactly the same amount of letters in the song title as the number of members in the group. 

In addition, each member's teaser just happened to be filmed in a different city or state of which the first letter spells out... "Call Me Baby"!  Now if only they would have left hints as to how fans could actually call them...

The teasers were not released in order but the smart fans are noticing that "Call Me" spells out the locations in which EXO-K members filmed while "Baby" spells out the locations for the EXO-M members.

The list goes (unscrambled):

C olorado (D.O)

A rizona (Chanyeol)

L ondon (Kai)

L yon (Baekhyun)

M arseille (Suho)

E dinburgh (Sehun)

B arcelona (Tao)

A lmaty (Chen)

B erlin (Xiumin)

Y unnan (Lay)

Source: Allkpop

[150328] EXO say 'Call Me Baby' in early released title track for 'EXODUS' album!

SM Entertainment and EXO have given fans an unexpected gift with an early release of "Call Me Baby"!

"Call Me Baby," the title track of EXO's upcoming second album 'EXODUS,' has a strong and addictive hook and melody with witty lyrics. 

'EXODUS' is scheduled to hit stores on March 30. As previously mentioned, EXO's album includes 10 tracks by SM Entertainment's songwriting camp members The Underdogs, Teddy Riley, Stereotypes, Kenzie, and SHINee's Jonghyun!

Source: Allkpop

[150328] D.O races down Colorado in EXO’s “Pathcode” teaser

D.O‘s “Pathcode” video teaser has finally been released as EXO gears up for their EXODUS comeback at the end of the month.

Published on March 28th, the teaser features D.O racing down the streets of Colorado and glancing at the sky in an abandoned house.

Additional hints via the official “Pathcode” Twitter and Weibo were posted shortly after the video’s release, leaving the hint(s), “The six letters you already are aware of.” (Answer: EXODUS)

EXO is scheduled to release their 2nd studio album EXODUS on March 30th, and will have their first comeback performance on M! Countdown on April 2nd.

► “Pathcode hints”: Kai — The first hint is “the number of marbles that passed the maze.” | Tao | Chanyeol — Vereisung | Xiumin — “We have already given the hint.” | Sehun — “How many?” + video

Source: Koreaboo

[150328] EXO’s Kai deletes his Instagram days before comeback

Despite the excitement that he created when he joined Instagram, EXO‘s Kai closed his Instagram account just days ahead of his group’s comeback.

Within several days of the creation of the SNS account, Kai’s Instagram (@kimkaaaaaa) had amassed hundreds of thousands of followers, all of whom were excited to see updates by the EXO member. In his inaugural post, the singer released a short video of what looks to be a clip of one of his performance from EXO PLANET #2 – The EXO’luXion.

With the group’s comeback set for March 30th, fans were definitely looking forward to seeing behind the scenes photos of the SM Entertainment singer promoting the group’s new album.

With the removal of Kai’s account, however, fans have speculated that perhaps the account was only made to provide fans with photo and video teasers for the release of the group’s comeback “Call Me Baby.” Hopefully Kai will be back on Instagram soon, but for now, fans will have to depend on his other fellow EXO members for updates regarding the group.

Source: Koreaboo

[150328] EXO Releases D.O’s “Pathcode” Teaser Video + Teaser Photos

EXO has released the “Pathcode” teaser video for D.O, along with new teaser images.

This is the last teaser for the individual members, as similar teaser videos were released for the nine other members Kai, Tao, Chanyeol, Xiumin, Sehun, Suho, Chen, Lay, and Baekhyun.

In the teaser video, D.O finds himself in Colorado, USA. Footage of him in the American city is spliced with flashes of the other members’ teasers, as well as various ominous imagery.

The group also released four teaser images for D.O.

EXO will return with their second album “Exodus” and title track “Call Me Baby” on March 30. They will start their promotions on April 2 with Mnet‘s “M! Countdown.”

Watch D.O’s teaser video and check out his teaser images below.

Source: Soompi