Reaction to EXO's Call Me Baby

You guys have no idea how much I anticipated for EXO's comeback this year, especially because of all the drama in this group - I'm talking about...(I can't say it)...Luhan and Kris, who left the group. This is quite a big topic and I will be covering this later on.

Right now, what I want to say is that, I have never in my life seen any music company go through all that trouble (really, I should be using the term, 'hard work') in a Comeback. But, this is EXO, you're talking about so it's pretty understandable.

The teasers, mysteriously called 'Pathcodes', that led on to their comeback, were simply a work of art - no kidding. They filmed in 10 different locations abroad for each member with clues about their new album to be figured out by EXO-Ls (their fans and hopefully I fall into that category too...). Me? I was completely hopeless. I figured out nothing. It was terrible - I don't deserve to call myself a fan, I know. But EXO-Ls were pretty smart; they figured out the name of the song by the first letters of the places and in the order the Pathcodes came out.

The Pathcodes look like movie trailers because firstly, the quality is amazing, secondly, the effects were incredible and all of them were so beautifully crafted and thought of. I swear, it was even scary at times...

Here are some of my favourite Pathcodes:

Chanyeol

It seems like something out of Twilight. This might just be me.

Baekhyun

My heart was literally racing. OMG!

Sehun

It gave me the impression that perhaps Sehun was a werewolf or something...what am I chatting about?

Xiumin

I have to say that I agree some EXO-Ls who said that Xiumin looked a bit like G-Dragon in this. LOL!

Kai 

Right at the end, when he disappears, doesn't it remind you of Harry Potter for a second? One of my biggest regrets in life: where was I when EXO came to London this year? Seriously...

Chen

Some people were saying that the fact that Chen closes the book with Overdose written on it, which is meant to symbolise their last album, implies that they are coming back with a completely new concept and that they have left behind past. Well, I don't really know, to be honest.


After all these Pathcodes came 'Call Me Baby'...

(KOREAN VERSION)

(CHINESE VERSION)

From this, I can tell there is clearly a change in EXO.

1. Everyone seems to get a more or less equal number of lines - this is possibly because they now have two fewer members so more for everyone else, basically.
2. This meant that we suddenly see more of Chen! I think this is the most number of lines Chen as got in any mv so far. Hurray for Chen Chen!
3. Whoaaa...the car.
4. And for some reason, I feel like we're not seeing Chanyeol and Sehun that much in this music video, unlike the previous ones.
5. Speaking of Chanyeol, his hair is just...WOW!
6. OMG! Those jeans must be TIGHT! And why do I feel like they've all lost weight? I feel like they had to train so hard for this comeback. Poor EXO...
7. Lay...
8. Their transitions are literally so smooth and they're making the camera-sliding-transition their trademark ever since Growl from 2013, I think. 

I absolutely love this! I will definitely be watching this over and over again at least 3-4 times each day - yes sure, call me obsessed if you will.