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EXO Lay Performs ‘Growl’ and ‘Call Me Baby’ at Japan Fanmeet

EXO-Ls who attended Lay’s recent Japan fanmeet were truly in for a treat. Zhang Yixing delighted fans with an unexpected performance of EXO classics like “Growl” and “Call Me Baby”!

Lay Performs EXO Classics at Japan Fanmeet

Lay recently surprised fans after he was spotted at the airport in Korea. However, the EXO member was only in the country for a few hours as he was later seen in Japan preparing for his solo fan meeting the Burning Heart fanmeet.

As expected, Lay had wonderful treats for Eris who attended the fan meeting. At one point, Zhang took on a Random Dance challenge and chose to perform “Growl” by EXO. His other choice also happened to be “Call Me Baby”, a song he helped make popular.

LAY dancing to ‘Growl’ and ‘Call Me Baby’ during his Burning Heart Japan Fanmeet today. (@layzhang)

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— EXO Chart and News Update (@exocnu) February 25, 2024

“Growl” was released on August 5, 2013, for the repackaged edition of EXO’s first studio album ‘XOXO’. The song is known as the group’s breakthrough single, with over two million downloads in South Korea. The MV also kickstarted the schoolboy trend for idol groups in the country.

“Call Me Baby” was released on March 27, 2015, and served as the lead single of EXO’s second studio album ‘Exodus’. Fellow Chinese member Tao was absent from promotional activities of the album and would later withdraw from the group. This made “Call Me Baby” the last EXO single Huang Zitao would participate in.

For now, Lay has not been participating in EXO’s group activities, especially during their brief promotion of the album ‘Exist’ and the title track “Cream Soda”. However, he made it clear that he is still very much a part of the idol group when he joined the “First Snow” TikTok challenge and encouraged the other members to do the same.

It has not yet been confirmed whether Lay and the rest of EXO will reunite for a comeback this year. Stay tuned for more updates on this story.

Oscar Nominee Mitski Admits Being Obsessed with Iconic EXO Song

Oscar Nominee Confirms ‘Obsession’ For an Iconic EXO Song

In a recently-resurfaced interview with TIDAL, Mitski was asked if there is a pop song that she has been deconstructing as of late. Interestingly, the “Nobody” singer revealed that her choice is an iconic EXO song.

“There’s a K-Pop song called ‘Call Me Baby’ by this band… I don’t know what you would call a K-Pop… group… by this group called EXO,” Mitski said.

She went on to say that, “the chord progressions in that are fascinating.”

This isn’t the first time that the songwriter expressed her admiration for “Call Me Baby”. In another interview, Mitski said that she was listening to the iconic EXO song on repeat at the time. She even pointed out that there is a good reason why the track is so catchy.

“One of Michael Jackson’s old producers produced it and it makes sense because it’s so Motown pop-y,” Mitski said.

It’s awesome to know that Mitski couldn’t stop listening to “Call Me Baby” for a time. But is it possible that she has moved on to another song for a change? For now, there are no updates on Mitski’s playlist but we’ll keep you updated soon.

Mitski debuted in 2012 with the self-produced album ‘Lush’. She would later work on the song “This is the Life” with the legendary David Byrne and the band Son Lux who produced the soundtrack for “Everything Everywhere All at Once”. The song would go on to be nominated for Best Original Song at the 2022 Academy Awards but lost out to “Naatu Naatu” by M. M. Keeravani and Chandrabose featuring Rahul Sipligunj and Kaala Bhairava from the “RRR” soundtrack.