I mean... Let’s look at the material together... we can go track by track

First off.Who starts a whole fucking album with OBSESSION? How the exos managed to sound fresh while keeping true to their already established sound is something a lot of artists are still trying to figure out.They mastered it. And the choreo?*Chef kisses*

And the whole exo vs xexo concept they had. It was hilarious and interesting. They really stepped out of the box for it and had everyone hype af. Minseok would have ate this concept UP btw

Now trouble. Not gonna lie the first time listening to it I wasn’t a fan but when I say something CLICKED in my head one day and I’ve never looked back? I’m not lying. Listen to the production value! And the way the exos rode this beat and matched the energy perfectly

most of this thread is going to be me praising chanyeol because the way he SHINED In this album. Sechans verse to the end is pure musical excellence.The 90s feel to it with baek and Chen’s ending vocals made me feel nostalgic. Also Jongins “baby you’re my goddess” is iconic

Jekyll. That’s the tweet

Where do I even start with Jekyll? Should I start with Chanyeol? Because that’s who’s song it was

the instrumental to Jekyll is so fucking CREEPY and Eeire. Like I want to look behind my back when I listen to it.The instrument matches the original story of Jekyll and Hyde about how things and people are not as they seem.The dark minors the drums whew the producers showed out

Jekylls chorus. Y’all hate her but just don’t get it. The story of Jekyll and Hyde deals with a Theme of duality in Human Nature. The “shouting” is supposed to represent Hyde(I think) the inner voice and struggle between good and bad. “man is not truly one, but truly two”

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Also what do y’all know about a BRIDGE?? Chen truely the bridge king. The change in the instrumental really gave me whiplash. And you know the exos always come with the vocals and harmonies

Jekyll should have been the title. Period

And then there’s Groove. gave us one of Sechans best Verses. The Versaility that Chanyeol and Sehun give us is something I think is highly underrated. And Baekhyuns harmonies and Adlibs are pure disrespect. Look how they ate that. You can’t tell me you didn’t bop to this.

One of the smoothest choruses I’ve ever heard in my life. Like straight up SHEA BUTTER. Like coconut oil. Like an exfoliated vag after a brazillian wax. And Baeks ad libs are the perfect cherry on top.

And the Flute solo in Groove? They were actually insane for this.

Now Black Exols.... let’s talk about Ya ya ya.

First off. Baekhyun still deserves a good ass whopping for the sht he pulled at the end of ya ya ya. When I say this man sang like rent was DUE. Baekhyun is a SINGER. singing is what he does. Now imagine if we added kyungsoo

Exo sampled one of the CLASSICS “You’re the one” by Swv and they DELIVERED and didn’t let us down. I was so shook because I’ve never seen K-POP artists sample like this. Do y’all understand how I gagged finding out they would be sampling a group that I listened to all my life?

This is out of order in the thread but Jekyll Kai needed to be shared