KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 19 – The EXO’rDIUM in Kuala Lumpur had been overwhelmed with more then ten thousand people on their third new solo tour which happened at Stadium Merdeka yesterday evening. The concert was organized by Star Planet, supported by Malaysia Major Events.
The concert was started on 8pm while fans started lining up in front of the entrance since afternoon 12pm. EXO performed several top hit songs which includes MAMA, Wolf, Love Me Right, Growl and Overdose along with Monster and Lucky One from their latest album.
The EXO members sat down and had little conversations with the fans. They reacted to the fans’ banner that mentioned “Please confess to us” which was a fan project of Silver Saviour Union. Kai, specifically, sang the Confession song cutely. They also mentioned that the scale was larger and that they felt the fans were more passionate compared to last year! At the same time, EXO and fans sang the Korean and English version of birthday song to the eldest EXO member, XiuMin, who will be celebrating his birthday on March 26.
EXO debuted in 2012 and had rose to fame with the release of their million seller album XOXO in 2013. The group has received a large number of awards to their winning streak; They were nominated as #1 Best K-Pop Song by American Billboard in 2013, the biggest influence in Korea by Forbes Korea Power Celebrity in 2014 and 2015 for two consecutive years, among others. Their 2nd studio album EXODUS (2015) made EXO the highest-charting Korean male act on the Billboard 200.
EXO becomes ‘triple million-seller’ when their second studio album on 2015 and third studio album on 2016 both recorded platinum by selling more than 1 million copies, along with winning #1 awards 4 years in a row on multiple year-ending award ceremonies. The group rewrote history and created a big wave in the music arena. – PN/Elsy Cheang
