EXO is releasing their eighth studio album REVERXE today (the 19th), announcing the true "return of the king" to the K-pop scene in 2026.
This album is EXO's first new release in about 2 years and 6 months, and at 6 p.m. today all tracks will be released on various music sites, and the title track "Crown" music video will also be opened simultaneously on the YouTube SMTOWN channel, drawing high interest from fans worldwide.
In particular, the title track "Crown" is a hard dance song that breaks genre boundaries by blending Atlanta trap drums, heavy metal guitar and EDM synths, with siren effects and powerful vocals building tension, and likening a precious person to a crown, EXO's tribute song expresses the desperate resolve to stake everything and protect them to the end in its lyrics.
In addition, the "Crown" performance adds viewing pleasure with symbolic elements from EXO's three-dimensional universe and a pointed move that looks as if the performer places a crown on their head after seizing it, and the performance highlights can also be seen through the music video, promising to captivate viewers.
The album includes the cozy winter song "I'm Home," which was presented at the year-end fan meeting, and the much-talked-about new songs such as "Back It Up," which was revealed as a surprise with an intense performance at MMA 2025, as well as other dance tracks like "Crazy," which expresses the maddening emotion of being trapped in the snare of love, and "Suffocate," which delivers the pain of parting with a restrained groove.
Also included are the R&B pop "Moonlight Shadows," which paints a romantic scene of shadows touching under the moonlight; the danceable R&B "Back Pocket," about wanting to stay close to an attractive partner; the rhythmic pop "Touch & Go," which likens the process of falling for someone to dominoes; and the lyrical midtempo pop "Flatline," which compares life to a voyage, rounding out a total of nine tracks.
Meanwhile, EXO will meet fans at a showcase held at 7:30 p.m. today at Kyung Hee University's Peace Palace in Seoul, which will be streamed live online via the EXO channels on YouTube and TikTok.
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