[PANN] EXO'S DEBUT WAS PLANNED SINCE 2006

EXO debut in 2012... How much work did SM put into this??

• [PANN] EXO's debut was planned since 2006

Overall: +134

[+72] I heard that when SM debut EXO they already have the group's next 10 years planned out ㅇㅇ

[+58] Their teaser songs were released in a span of a few years too

[+38] SM does not just make idols, they do it with more sincerity/effort than we thought. When picking members for debut, they don't just simply pick them but it is done through intense selection and thorough planning ㅋㅋㅋㅋ They don't just look at the trainees individually, instead they would consider more on the group overall. And that's why i think the preparation for SNSD would have started 5 years earlier (from their debut), it's the same for Red Velvet, they would have started planning for it a long time ago ㅋㅋㅋ EXO would have taken them a little longer. For Aespa as well, they have been planning the group since 2015 ㅋㅋㅋ It doesn't matter whether the trainee has been training for a long period or short period, if they match the group they will debut them. Even songs too, they also get released years after they were written ㅋㅋㅋㅋ Even if people curse at their songs, the idol market hugely respects SM for their songs, styles, choreography and singing abilities ㅋㅋㅋ Also a lot of people used to curse at EXO's superpowers but look at them now ㅋㅋㅋ There are groups copying them and EXO has become the foundation ㅋㅋㅋㅋ SM has contributed a lot to the change in trends and honestly we have to acknowledge them when it comes to producing idols

[+14] It's fascinating how they thought of introducing superpowers and worldviews, also it was so meticulously and systematically planned it's like a puzzle. Like revealing little hints in drama and movies, they announce their next comeback concept teaser in their music videos and activities etc, and fans would get goosebumps if they guessed it correctly ㅋㅋㅋ Also i think X-EXO was something really innovative. There's another personality and i liked how they promoted with that other personality, they took pictorials of those personalities and when they joked around with fans were great too ㅋㅋ Sub-characters are popular lately and that trend was started by X-EXO wasn't it... Anyway, we could see that they're a group that the company has prepared a lot for. Even their visuals too, pretty boy + puppy looks + kitty looks + sexy, they have everything. It's just impossible that there is not 1 that doesn't match my preference ㅋㅋ

[+11] The crazy thing is that there is a possibility that they received inspiration back in 1976. In 1976, there were news reported of 12 UFO-looking objects in the sky. When EXO's debut was announced, there were 12 members and their concept were aliens as well, it matched the news perfectly. It's possible that they started planning for EXO in 2006, but they received inspiration in 1976.

[+9] EXO released song teasers a few months ahead of their debut, and yet there are still songs from there that aren't release yet, isn't that impressive...

[+8] If SM runs out of things to do in the future, i hope they will release a book about all SM artist's worldview. I'm really curious how they design their groups and their worldviews