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EXO makes long-awaited comeback with 7th album 'Exist'

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Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Teaser photo for K-pop boy group EXO" s="" album="" released="" July="" Photo:="" Twitter="" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/life/07/10/20230710-exo.jpg"/><figcaption>Teaser photo for K-pop boy group EXO&#x27;s 7th album &#x27;Exist,&#x27; released July 10, 2023. <em>Photo: Twitter/@weareoneEXO</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>The wait is over, EXO-Ls! K-pop boy group EXO made its highly anticipated comeback on Monday with its seventh full-length album.</p><p>Titled &quot;Exist,&quot; the album consists of nine tracks, with &quot;Cream Soda&quot; serving as the lead single.</p><p>In a YouTube livestream held hours prior to the album&#x27;s release, member Chanyeol described &quot;Cream Soda&quot; as a dance-pop song with an &quot;exotic rhythm&quot; and catchy chorus.</p><p>&quot;[The song] compares falling in love to a cream soda,&quot; Chanyeol said.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/i5nUufn_FmE?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div><p>&quot;Exist&quot; also includes the ballad &quot;Let Me In&quot; and R&amp;B track &quot;Hear Me Out,&quot; which were both released ahead of the album.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/06/12/23/exo-drops-single-let-me-in-ahead-of-july-album">WATCH: MV for K-pop group EXO&#x27;s pre-release single &#x27;Let Me In&#x27;</a></li></ul><p>Pre-orders for &quot;Exist&quot; reached 1.6 million copies on Sunday, setting another record for the band, Yonhap news agency reported, citing agency SM Entertainment.</p><p>On Twitter, &quot;EXO IS EXOING&quot; topped the list of trending topics in the Philippines, which also includes the hashtags #EXIST_OutToday and #EXO_CreamSoda.</p><p>&quot;Exist&quot; marks EXO&#x27;s first release since the extended play &quot;Don&#x27;t Fight the Feeling&quot; in 2021 and its latest full album since &quot;Obsession&quot; in 2019.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/06/07/21/exo-makes-long-awaited-comeback-with-dont-fight-the-feeling">EXO makes long awaited comeback with &#x27;Don&#x27;t Fight the Feeling&#x27;</a></li></ul><p>EXO, known for hit songs like &quot;Ko Ko Bop&quot; and &quot;Love Shot,&quot; debuted in 2012 under K-pop powerhouse SM Entertainment. Originally a 12-piece act, the band has been reduced to nine members following the departure of three Chinese members.</p><p>The group&#x27;s remaining Chinese member, Lay, left SM in April 2022 but said in a handwritten letter that &quot;I will always be the Lay when my members need me.&quot;</p><p>For more news and features on K-pop, K-drama, and K-stars, visit the <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/kcontents">Hallyu Corner</a> microsite.</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2374681" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

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EXO makes long-awaited comeback with 7th album 'Exist'

Jaehwa Bernardo,

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Published Jul 10, 2023 05:40 PM PHT

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