Tao (Former EXO) Tao is said to have been discovered from a contest held in Qingdao, China. Tao did not train long with SM Entertainment before debuting with EXO. He began his traineeship in 2011 and only a year later, in 2012, he debuted as a part of EXO and EXO-M.
People didn't know what to expect, and it again brought issue of SM terrible attitude towards their artists, which seems like was the pattern back then.They had to re-do all initial concept for the group, fandom was a dumpster fire you wouldn't want to go into, because everybody was fighting with each other (back in the days EXO fandom used to
The post is so well-written, you might want to check it out if you have time. Edit: Thank you to user sheexo for linking another amazing thread entitled EXO makes me feel like I've accessed to Premium version of K-pop - because same. EXO hasn't released music as a complete group since 2018 (Don't Mess Up My Tempo).
Premium version indeed. EXO really do hit different, tbh I have always thought that out of all names in kpop, the name EXO sounds the most expensive ( don't ask me why ). This deserves a premium award as well. Time to listen to some of the discography again. Waiting for D.O.'s album to drop and turn kpop upside down.. 399 301 166 159 169 236 176 119