#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!

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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

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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

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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/

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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

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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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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.)

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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. 😍

#HappyDODay!

OK. Are you ready for this?

3. Sexy Vampire theme

*ahem*

SEXY

VAMPIRE

THEME

#디오