Hello
안녕하세요
(Annyeonghaseyo)
こんにちは
(Konnichiwa)
你好
(Ni Hao)
Back in September I shared with you Exo's 4th full length album; The War and at the end of the post I informed you that they had just released the repackaged album for The War, well it's time to share that album with you now.
On the 21st of August the 1st teaser was released for their repackaged album titled The Power of Music #Total_Eclipse. The teaser was released at the same time as the solar eclipse of August 2017 happened.
(Korean Teaser)
Owned by SM Entertainment
(Chinese Teaser)
Owned by SM Entertainment
On the 28th of August the 2nd teaser was released titled The Power of Music #Parallel_Universe.
Owned by SM Entertainment
On the 30th of August it was announced that the repackaged album would be called The War: The Power of Music and that the title track would be Power. On the same day a 3rd teaser was released titled Power #RF_05.
Owned by SM Entertainment
Also from the 30th of August until the 3rd of September image teasers were released of the EXO members, with the poster for the album being released the 4th of September.
On the 4th of September the M/V Teaser was released for Power. Along with the release of the M/V, their 4th repackaged album The War: The Power of Music was released both digitally and physically.
(Korean Version)
Owned by SM Entertainment
(Chinese Version)
Owned by SM Entertainment
On the 6th of September, EXO held a fanmeet where they performed Power for the first time, promotions began the next day on the 7th on M Countdown.
The War: The Power of Music reached No.1 on iTunes in 41 countries in total which included Spain, Japan, Indonesia, Russia, Hong Kong, Denmark, Poland, Mexico and Malaysia. The album also made the Top 10 on iTunes in a total of 67 countries which included the U.S, Canada, Australia, Britain, France and Germany.
On the 14th of September Power recorded the highest score of all time on M Countdown, with 11,000 points, making EXO the first artist to achieve a perfect score after the system changes were implemented in 2015, the win also marked their 100th win on music shows.
Power won a total of 5 music show trophies; 1 on Show Champion, 1 on M Countdown, 2 on Music Bank and 1 on Inkigayo.
Chanyeol helped to co-write the lyrics for new track Sweet Lies.
The War: The Power of Music peaked at No.1(Korean) and No.2(Chinese) on the YinYueTai Albums Chart, No.36(Korean) on the French Albums Chart and No.1(Korean) and No.2(Chinese) on the Gaon Albums Chart. The War: The Power of Music also peaked at No.2(Korean) and No.4(Chinese) on the Gaon Albums Chart for the month of September.
Korean Gaon Sales:
446,097+
Chinese Gaon Sales:
56,168+
Totalling:
502,265+
Korean Xiami Sales:
168,093+
Chinese Xiami Sales:
102,586+
Totalling:
270,679+
Giving a total of 772,944+ albums sold.
The Korean M/V for Power has so far gained 32,269,899 million views and the Chinese M/V for Power has so far gained 3,070,928 million views, giving Power a total of 35,340,827 million views, with the views increasing each day.
Like all EXO albums The War: The Power of Music is released in a Korean and a Chinese version, both versions are set out in a box case with the Korean version having a blue sticker and blue Cd and the Chinese version having a red sticker and a red Cd. The back covers are different on both versions but everything else within the album is the same, including the cover, fold out lyric sheet and the large and small picture cards. Each copy comes with a randomly selected comic strip page and photo card, with 1000 copies of the album containing a special hologram comic cover.
Track Listing:
전야 (前夜) The Eve
Power
Sweet Lies
Ko Ko Bop
What U Do?
Forever
부메랑 (Boomerang)
다이아몬드 (Diamond)
너의 손짓 (Touch It)
소름 (Chill)
기억을 걷는 밤 (Walk on Memories)
내가 미쳐 (Going Crazy)
If I had to choose a favourite title track from Ko Ko Bop and Power it would be Power, I wasn't really keen on Ko Ko Bop when I first heard it but it grew on me, but Power I loved from the teaser and couldn't wait to hear the full song. All 3 of the new tracks are amazing and fit the album really well, I do have to agree with Baekhyun and say this is their best album yet, I especially love Sweet Lies, when I heard a snippet in the 1st teaser I couldn't wait to hear the full track and even though it didn't go the way I thought it would it's still an amazing track. I also want to add that for the first time from becoming and EXO-L I finally got a photo card of my main EXO bias; Chanyeol, which has only took me 3 years to get.
Check out the rest of the tracks now.
부메랑 (Boomerang)
Forever
기억을 걷는 밤 (Walk on Memories)
전야 (前夜) (The Eve)
Mnet K-POP
Sweet Lies
Power
Mnet K-POP
I've already said this but this is EXO's best album yet, I'm curious to see what they release next year and to see how much further they can grow musically, right now it's November so I don't think we've finished hearing from EXO as the past few years they've always released a winter album in December so I wonder if they will again this year, I also wonder if they do if we will get a slow track again or if they will do something different and surprise us.
Which do you prefer Ko Ko Bop or Power?
Do you have a favourite track from the 3 new songs?
Let me know in the comments below.
See you soon!
안녕
(Annyeong)
さようなら
(Sayonara)
再见
(ZaiJian)
Bye
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