Not having debuted for a year yet but their popularity is bursting.
First time publicly revealing an exclusive report from their visit to Taiwan.
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EXO-M, the boy group introduced by SM ENTERTAINMENT with the most members after SUPER JUNIOR, the number of members is high at twelve. The members are separated into two small groups, EXO-K and EXO-M; K representing Korea, M representing Mandarin, the two groups debuted with the same song, at the same time with the only differences being one in Korean and one in Chinese, one in Korea and one in China. The name EXO is from the word “EXOPLANET,” a foreign planet outside of our solar system, the meaning being that the new group is like “a new star from an unknown world,” the two small groups are split doing activities in the Korean and Chinese markets, and also progressively advancing to the whole world, with the ambition of EXO’s music circulating the whole world.
EXO-M have yet to debut for a full year, just like Super Junior-M, having the Chinese market as their target. Consisting of four Chinese members: Kris, Tao, Lay, Lu Han and two Korean members: Xiumin, Chen, April this year they released Chinese mini album “MAMA,” the record sales were smashing, obtaining unprecedented reactions. EXO-M who have already come to Taiwan twice for performances, when they were having a concert in Tainan with their seniors a few days ago, they attracted almost a hundred crazy fans onchartered buses [to follow them]. Leader Kris said: “This is our second time coming to Taiwan, this time we just happened to have the chance to participate in promotional activities, seeing so many fans come to the airport and to the places we perform to support us, the members are all very happy and excited, and we hope that later we will be able to perform even more in Taiwan, to reciprocate fans.” The issue this time also exclusively interviews each of the members of EXO-M, therefore bringing up to 10 pages of splendid photos and Q&A, prying into the secret topics between the members of EXO-M.
EXO-M Photoshoot Tidbits
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When asked about a catchphrase, Xiumin wouldn’t stop hinting something to Lu Han with his eyes, afterwards Lu Han loosened his mouth and exposed, because Xiu Min’s relationship with him was too good, there are some jokes that can only be used between good friends! (Xiu Min looks at Lu Han and laughs! Chen in the back was also startled by what Xiu Min’s catchphrase actually was……)
Because Lay, Kris, Lu Han, are all members from China, when talking about when they got to know each other in a foreign land, they were especially happy, at long last they have good brothers who will look out for each other!
Xiu Min really is the King of Funniness! When he was demonstrating by himself his small funny movements, even he couldn’t help but laugh out loud, Tao and Chen who were beside him were also happily amused by him.
When speaking about Xiu Min’s “baby face” that ingeniously fooled everyone, Kris and Lu Han who are the same age as him couldn’t even help looking back to the funny image of when they were initially intimidated.
KRIS (吳凡
Birthday: 1990/11/6
Zodiac sign: Scorpio
Height: 187 cm
Nationality: Canada (Origin: Guangzhou, Guangdong, China)
Specialties: Language (Chinese, Cantonese, English, Korean), rap, acting, basketball
Position: M leader, subvocals, main rapper
Roommates: Xiumin, Lu Han
Kris is EXO-M’s leader and the tallest member. Kris’s superpower in the group is flying. In private Kris is proactive and enthusiastic, during the interview he warmly helped the workers on scene, if the Korean members couldn’t really understand the Chinese question, Kris would help answer as the leader. Kris who is proficient in many languages, in the time before the interview, he was exposed by roommate Lu Han who said: “Even when dreaming his sleep talk is a mix of Chinese, English, Cantonese, and Korean, it’s like an alien.” and Kris is the one in the group with the most nicknames, including: male god, cowboy-ge/denim-ge, founder of religion/founder, Kris laughed saying: “Actually I really like the titles that the fans give me, because that’s a kind of affirmation to me, but I still have a lot of places that I need to work hard at to improve (laughs)!” Aside from that, Kris also said that the kind of girl he likes needs to be able to cook, a girl who can take care of people and is filial.
Q: Your impressions of Taiwan? Is there any food that you particularly want to eat or place you’d like to check out?
Kris: Even though we’ve already been to Taiwan twice, our time at stops to do promotions and activities is not very long, yet there are a lot of fans supporting us, moving us greatly, a particularly good impression. Before in an interview the fans brought us milk tea, it was very tasty!
CHEN (김종대
Birthday: 1992/9/21
Zodiac sign: Virgo
Height: 178 cm
Nationality: South Korea
Specialties: Singing, piano
Position: Main vocalist
Roommate: Lay
Chen is also one of the group’s Korean members, serving as the main vocalist of the group. Chen participated in a singing contest in 2011 and won, and afterwards he signed a contract to come into the company, so he is the last member to join EXO-M. During the interview, Chen also generously said that the body part he is most satisfied with is his vocal cords. However because his Chinese abilities are not that good, during the interview Chen’s performance was more shy, but he who has a lot of confidence, during the photoshoot he performed very neatly and handsomely. When speaking of what his ideal girl is like, Chen said: “I like a person who is compassionate and can tolerate me like an older sister.” The members then responded to Chen saying, do you want to have an older sister-little brother romantic relationship? Chen quickly said: “Age is not a problem!” bringing lots of laughter on the scene, and Chen himself got shy.
Q: Do you normally listen to other groups’ songs? The group you admire the most is?
Chen: Of course I listen to them! The groups I admire the most are the seniors in the company, not anyone especially but treating every one of them as a goal, the direction towards which I work hard to succeed.
LAY (張藝興
Birthday: 1991/10/7
Star sign: Libra
Blood type: A
Height: 178 cm
Nationality: Chinese (from: Changsha, Hunan, China)
Specialties: Dance, Piano, Guitar
Position within the group: Vocalist, Main Lead Dancer
Dorm Roommate: Chen
Yixing was selected to be in EXO-M at the 2008 competition in Wuhan, China, and second to leader Kris, his coping ability and conversation style, make him a very decent person. Lay, however, still has his own share of embarrassments which the members joke about for the longest time. Once, during a public performance, because he danced too intensely, his pants ripped! At the time, there were fans who immediately tried to signal to LAY using hand signs, but he was completely oblivious, up until he had finished dancing 3 songs and it was only when he returned backstage that he realized his pants ripped! Those exposure photos were even uploaded onto the internet by fans, causing an outbreak of discussion. Luckily the company management was able to deal with the subsequent matters, but even now there are still a few images remaining on the internet, it’s really embarrassing! Lay once said that out of all the members, he is the one who enjoys eating snacks the most, and when asked if he had a bad habit of leaving a mess behind after he was done eating, Lay immediately denied it, but afterwards added another remark.. “but I make a mess leaving my clothes everywhere.”
Q: Do you usually listen to songs by your seniors’ groups? Who do you admire the most?
LAY: I listen to everybody’s works! There was a time before I debuted that I performed onstage with SHINEE seniors, and I gained a lot of experience, and later, when they found out I was going to debut, they gave me a lot of blessings and support.
LU HAN (鹿晗
Birthday: 1990/4/20
Zodiac sign: Aries
Bloodtype: O
Height: 178 cm
Nationality: Haidian district, Beijing, China
Specialties: Soccer, Rubik’s cube
Position: Main vocalist, sub-lead dancer
Roommates: Xiumin, Kris
The impression Lu Han gave the editor at first sight was “flower boy”, before she often watched Korean dramas where there would be a situation where a girl pretended to be a boy, the editor thought that this was just acting, after seeing Lu Han, you’d feel that this whole thing is logical. Lu Han is also the member that the fans think is the cutest, Lu Han himself clarified..”This is naturally cute, not pretending on purpose! It’s probably because my eyes are rounder!” and Lu Han is the one out of the members who likes to be clean and have everything put away neatly the most, of course he was revealed as obsessive! Lay exposed, he doesn’t like others being on his bed, if someone is on his bed then he’ll kick everyone away! Lu Han also said that the talent he is most proud of is the Rubik’s cube, but because he didn’t bring it, he couldn’t show it at the scene, if they have a chance later, he wants to perform it for the fans.
Q: Is there any sentence or mantra that you say every day?
Lu Han: Pout~pout! Actually it doesn’t have much of a special meaning, it’s a little like the feeling of an exclamation mark! (At this time Chen who was sitting right next to him also followed along in “Pout~Pout!”)
TAO (黃子韜
Birthday: 1993/5/2
Zodiac sign: Taurus
Height: 184 cm
Nationality: Qingdao, Shandong, China
Specialties: wushu, sword dance
Position: Subvocalist, main rapper
Roommate: none
Tao is EXO-M’s youngest, in the interview he was shyer, he doesn’t say much, but when the photographer was taking Tao’s individual shots, he was the only one who communicated with the photographer to confirm the pictures, his professional attitude really moved the editor. Tao also said that in the group he doesn’t have to do that many things because he’s the youngest, although his habits in Korea are so, but they divide the work among the group, getting things done well together, and when he first entered the company, leader Kris particularly took care of Tao, letting him, who couldn’t speak Korean, be able to catch up with everyone’s training standard, moving him greatly. Also because he is to youngest, the members unanimously agreed that Tao is the best at being cute, every time it’s Kris who is most easily begged to, when speaking of this Kris couldn’t resist replying: “Because Tao is the youngest, to me he’s like a little brother asking his older brother for help, so I usually agree to go shopping with him or to see a movie.”
Q: What do you think your greatest charm is? What part of your body do you like most?
TAO: Sexy, hard-working, a nice figure (laugh)! My mouth is the part I am most satisfied with.
XIU MIN (김민석
Birthday: 1990/3/26
Zodiac sign: Aries
Height: 176 cm
Nationality: South Korea
Specialties: Singing, dance, taekwondo, kendo
Position: Lead vocalist, sub-lead dancer
Roommates: Lu Han, Kris
One of EXO-M’s Korean members, recognized among the members as the best representative for a “baby face”, even though Xiu Min was born in the same year as Kris and Lu Han, one of the older members, he has a baby face, making Kris being unable to help not envying him. Even though he is a Korean member, he is diligently learning Chinese, hoping that later he can also use Chinese fluently to talk to the fans like the other members. Xiu Min has also been chosen by the members as the the one who likes to be funny the most, Lay and Lu Han said in unison: “At any time he’ll just cutely rock his head around, or make weird sounds, we’ll just be unable to resist laughing.” On the scene Xiu Min and Lu Han move around a lot, you can see that the two flower boy type members have a very good relationship!
Q: What were the members’ first impressions of each other?
XIU MIN: Everyone thought I was the youngest because of my baby face, I remember the first time I met Lay, Lay didn’t use formal speech with me because he thought me and him were the same age, actually I’m a year older than Lay!
source; hongyayun’s weibo
trans cr; angi + hyewon + xuan @exom-trans
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