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Jill Jan 11, 2024

Here is a friendly heads up that it is officially D.O.'s birthday in South Korea and therefore Happy D.O. Day to all who celebrate!

I will be posting especially to celebrate, as he is my #UltBias, so if that is not something you want to be spammed with, feel free to mute the #HappyDODay hashtag. 😁

If you are a fan of D.O., aka 디오, aka Doh Kyungsoo, aka 도경수, I invite you to use the HappyDODay hashtag to celebrate his birthday with me. 🥳

#DohKyungsoo #DoKyungSoo #디오 #도경수 #EXO #kpop #kdrama

Jill Jan 12, 2024

#HappyDODay ! It is still #DohKyungsoo's birthday here in the land of ice and snow and the long 'o', and I finally have time to sit down and post this celebration of my favorite celebrity! I want to highlight some of the many activities #도경수 was up to since his last birthday.

Let's start!

Jill Jan 12, 2024

#HappyDODay!
On his actual birthday last year, he kicked off a variety show called #NoMath_SchoolTrip where he and old (Zico and Crush) and new (Choi Junghoon, Lee Yongjin, Yang Sechan) friends had fun in Japan together.

Choi Junghoon heard it was #DohKyungsoo's birthday and gave him a very thoughtful gift, tho he'd never met him before: a lovely book. 🥰

Was it Zico or Crush who immediately asked, "Kyungsoo-yah, when was the last time you actually read a book?!" 😳😂

https://www.instagram.com/nomath_schooltrip

Jill Jan 12, 2024

#HappyDODay !
A few days later, D.O. had his first ever fan meet in years, as there was the pandemic and his enlistment before. He thoroughly enjoyed himself and hammed it up on stage.

Here is a video of when fans requested he sing some of an #EXO song and he had forgotten it existed, so he had to google it. 😅 Absolutely hilarious.
#도경수

https://youtu.be/Gn72-q-HtHo

[16012023] When Kyungsoo forgot the lyrics for Walk On Memories 😂 - Birthday party live #exo #DO

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Jill Jan 12, 2024

#HappyDODay!
Back to #NoMath_SchoolTrip... one of the challenges the friends had to do was to take photos and then the producers would post them on Insta and ask fans to "Like" the ones they liked best. Whoever took the photos that the most people liked won the challenge. But the photographer was not revealed at first!

Fans, fully knowing #DohKyungsoo's keen eye for a good photo, figured it out, though...
https://www.instagram.com/p/CoQriKcBwnC/

Jill Jan 12, 2024

#HappyDODay!
Some more fun winter photos of the #NoMath_SchoolTrip group, along with a bus conversation between #DohKyungsoo and Lee Sechan about how different he is in real life versus as his #EXO D.O. #디오 music video persona.

#HappyDODay!
One more big event from #NoMath_SchoolTrip that is really #DohKyungsoo specific is when he got to meet PENGUINS.

See, each member of #EXO has an animal symbol, and #디오's is the penguin.

Here is a minute clip (no English subs, sorry) of the group meeting penguins in Japan.
https://youtu.be/kMWS1NcAOik

[티저] 펭귄 관광 후 퀴즈 시간🐧 모두를 놀래킨 도경수의 상상초월 오답은?!🤣 #수학없는수학여행 #nomathschooltrip | SBSNOW

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Jill Jan 12, 2024

#HappyDODay!
In April last year, #EXO had a couple fan meets (the second was live-streamed). I will spare you from re-hashing all the fun stuff as you can find my toot-thread here: https://tech.lgbt/@jillithd/110163502903951295

HE HAD SO MUCH FUN! Here are some photos of how much #DohKyungsoo was smiling getting to be up there on stage with his fans.

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*rubs hands together* #EXO fan meet thread! Here's a good video of the whole group dancing to "Love Me Right"! (I'm not a dancers, but I would think dancing in jeans would be way no fun zone. The fabric isn't very stretchy!) https://twitter.com/x_yxxm/status/1644664138457845762

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Jill Jan 12, 2024

#HappyDODay !
Of course, there was dancing at the #EXO fan meet last year, including a group performance of "Love Me Right."

Here is an official D.O. #디오 fancam of that performance. My favorite are the non-jazz hands at the end: https://youtu.be/lMaBKwAke2U

[#D.O. Cam] 'LOVE ME RIGHT' | EXO @2023 EXO FANMEETING "EXO’ CLOCK"

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Jill Jan 12, 2024

#HappyDODay!
Here is a fun duo of photos from the #EXO fan meet last year. The picture and the picture being taken!

#DohKyungsoo had mentioned he'd never taken a photo with a fan's camera before, but had seen other celebrities do it, so he wanted to try, too.

Jill Jan 12, 2024

#HappyDODay!
I will preface this photo from the #EXO fan meet with the fact that I have NO IDEA what was being discussed or WHY #DohKyungsoo was making this gesture. He oftentimes has no clue that what he says or does could be taken euphemistically.

I 💖 him with my whole entire soul. This photo is a gosh-darned keeper if there ever was one.

Jill Jan 12, 2024

#HappyDODay!
In Q2 of last year, #EXO filmed and released another season of their variety show "EXO Ladder" which usually involves the whole group spending the weekend together, competitive games, and lots of cameras.

Full disclosure: I have not watched this yet. (I haven't even completed No Math School Trip yet!)

BUT! These pictures where #DohKyungsoo is wearing light-up fairy wings DEFINITELY HAPPENED, so they must be shared. You're welcome.

Jill Jan 12, 2024

Ope, I forgot an event from the #EXO fanmeet last year! They performed a brand new song! "Let Me In" was their first single on the album "Exist" that they'd release a couple months later. This performance was the grand reveal!

Note: LOOK AT HOW PACKED THAT STADIUM IS! They had fanmeets two days in a row. They packed that sucker twice!

D.O. opens, then goes to SUHO, Kai (💔), Xiumin, Baekhyun, Chen, Chanyeol and Sehun. Nice re-intro of all of them.

https://youtu.be/R122XwstQis

EXO - Let Me In | EXO' THE BEST DVD | EXO 11th Anniversary FANMEETING 2023 (Japan)

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Jill Jan 12, 2024

Never one to shy away from maximizing album and merch sales, #EXO had THREE themes for their 2023 album "Exist." One for each single. #kpop

Here is the official music video for "Let Me In":
https://youtu.be/91VhCIQNjIc

This was my least favorite of the three themes. Here are two D.O. #디오 photos from it.

EXO 엑소 'Let Me In' MV

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Jill Jan 12, 2024

The second single from #EXO's 2023 album "Exist" was a fun, laid-back, funky song called "Hear Me Out."

D.O. #디오, unfortunately, had very few lines in this song, but we can see him ace them in this behind-the-scenes clip:
https://youtu.be/kSGixCrXOI4?t=15m51s

Official music video here:
https://youtu.be/r2VZQa2IgP4
#kpop

Here are some Hear Me Out themed photos of D.O.

EXO 엑소 ‘Hear Me Out’ Recording Behind The Scenes

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Jill Jan 12, 2024

#HappyDODay !
I think they had plans to do dance performances of "Hear Me Out", but SM Entertainment fucked up and Kai suddenly had to do his military enlistment with less than two weeks notice.

Here's a behind-the-scenes dance practice video of what could have been.
https://youtu.be/fFapahgjwew

Bonus #DohKyungsoo behind the camera for some shots. (More on this for him, later.)

EXO 엑소 'Hear Me Out' & 'Cream Soda' Dance Practice Behind The Scenes

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Jill Jan 12, 2024

#HappyDODay!
The third single from #EXO in 2023 was "Cream Soda." It included super challenging choreography and falsetto singing. Wowza.

There were multiple themes FOR JUST THIS SONG. It was a song they performed on multiple TV stages, too.

First up: the official music video
https://youtu.be/i5nUufn_FmE

Three key outfit choices on D.O. #디오 in that music video are:
1. Big Chain Necklace
2. Bowtie Tuxedo
3. Sexy Vampire
#kpop

EXO 엑소 'Cream Soda' MV

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Jill Jan 12, 2024

#HappyDODay!
1. Big Chain Necklace theme for Cream Soda

This outfit theme was in #EXO's MNET K-POP TV performance. D.O.'s outfit is fine, really. I prefer SUHO's pink satin shirt. Xiumin's sequined suit and mullet, though? 😬
#kpop

Performance:
https://youtu.be/kD-wty74zXs

D.O. face cam:
https://youtu.be/j7AUKMbgY88

[K-POP 시간 여행 특집] EXO (엑소) - Cream Soda #엠카운트다운 EP.810 | Mnet 230817 방송

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Jill Jan 13, 2024

#HappyDODay!
1. Big Chain Necklace Redux

I had not seen this #EXO Cream Soda performance before today!

D.O. #디오 has a big chain necklace again, but this time Xiumin has the satin shirt, Chen and SUHO have coin-themed shirts, and Sehun's pants are distracting.

The camera cuts are very choppy and tough to watch, imo. Not my favorite directing.
#kpop

Whole group performance
https://youtu.be/bR1cxmb9jkA

D.O. fan cam
https://youtu.be/hS7_sBnLZwg

EXO (엑소) - Cream Soda | Show! MusicCore | MBC230715방송

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Jill Jan 13, 2024

#HappyDODay!
2. Bowtie Tuxedo theme for Cream Soda

#EXO performed Cream Soda on Inkigayo in black bowtie tuxedos.

There are multiple versions of this, so I think they had to dance it 3 or 4 times in a row!
#kpop

Group performance
https://youtu.be/noIAZcwCDA0

D.O. #디오 fan cam
https://youtu.be/5d3ukE3iI4Y

EXO(엑소) - Cream Soda @인기가요 inkigayo 20230716

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Jill Jan 13, 2024

The Cream Soda jeans theme? That's the best way I can describe #EXO's Seasons performance costume theme.

(Some views of the audience in this video. I admit, I would probably cry, too, if I were sitting that close to a live EXO performance.)
#kpop

Group performance
https://youtu.be/MyYBRo4MHsU

Cream Soda - EXO エクソ (The Seasons) | KBS WORLD TV 230804

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Jill Jan 13, 2024

#HappyDODay!
I'm going to interrupt this thread of Cream Soda performances and focus for a second on the jeans theme.

D.O. #디오 had a photo shoot for the #EXO Exist album that had him in a studded jean jacket and pants. The outfit itself is underwhelming, IMHO, but the PHOTOS! 🤩

This was my favorite outfit of all the Exist outfits for D.O. I even got that green/orange as one of the merch cards in their album. 😍

Jill Jan 13, 2024

OK. Are you ready for this?

3. Sexy Vampire theme

*ahem*

SEXY

VAMPIRE

THEME

Jill Jan 13, 2024

I repeat

SEXY

VAMPIRE

THEME

Jill Jan 13, 2024

3. Sexy Bedroom Vampire Theme for Cream Soda

#EXO graced the stage at Music Bank with this Sexy Bedroom Vampire outfit theme and *fans self*

Group performance:
https://youtu.be/pMM2X6Lk4-M

Full stage choreography video:
https://youtu.be/j-tW1JkhZVI

D.O. fan cam:
https://youtu.be/RJkmwpmCYCw

(Note: the group performance has 1.5mil views, and the D.O. fan cam has 500k views. I think fans appreciated this outfit and performance.)
#kpop #디오

Cream Soda - EXO [Music Bank] | KBS WORLD TV 230714

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Jill Jan 13, 2024

Brightsoo remains the best fanvid maker ever.
#디오

A YouTube short of that sexy vampire performance to Rod Stewart's "Do You Think I'm Sexy"
https://youtube.com/shorts/5WtXDhH40cQ

230714 kyungsoo 🔥 #kyungsoo #dokyungsoo #exo #kpop

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Jill Jan 13, 2024

OK, final #EXO Cream Soda video I want to share is their baseball uniform theme dance "practice".

https://youtu.be/F2uUs9MKDyA

I think in every single one of these videos, D.O. #디오 does an awkward stutter-step around the 0:36 mark when Chen's first verse starts. Every single one. 😅

D.O. is wearing the number 12 because his birthday is on January 12th. 😁 So, just like penguins are his animal, 12 is his number.
#kpop

EXO 엑소 'Cream Soda' Dance Practice

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Pixelcats⁷ Jan 13, 2024

@JillsJoy Yay .. this was my favourite performance for Cream Soda .. even tho I missed baekhyun's fluffy pink jacket

Jill Jan 13, 2024

@pixelcats that fluffy pink jacket is ICONIC.

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I checked out the No Math show but it requires Viki Plus, which I'm definitely not going to invest in just for that. It's on my watchlist, just in case something epic takes me back to the Plus!