EXO’s popularity is indeed on an unstoppable. Their special album ‘Don’t Fight the Feeling’ topped the iTunes Top Albums chart, and 11 of their music videos reached more than 100 million views on YouTube. As EXO’s D.O. has recently set out to solo activities for the first time, he is expected to draw new fans. With ‘K-Pop King’ EXO, let us introduce the must-eat food they eat to beat the scorching summer heat.
 

#Achieved Top in 85 Countries
Recently, EXO topped the iTunes Top Albums chart with the special album ‘Don’t Fight the Feeling’, placing first in 85 countries around the world including Europe, Asia, and the Americas. 
It was also ranked first in China’s QQ Music, Kugou Music, and Kuwo Music Digital Album sales chart, especially receiving certificate as ‘Triple Platinum’ on QQ Music within 2 hours and 19 minutes of release. Triple Platinum is a certification given to albums that have sold over CNY 3 million (about USD 462,765). Recently, EXO has also set a record of surpassing 11 music videos with more than 100 million views on YouTube. ‘Monster’ became the first boyband music video by SM Entertainment to reach 200 million views, and the music video for ‘Love Shot’ became the first music video of an SM Entertainment artist to record 400 million views. This is the fastest trend among artists in SM, Korea's largest entertainment company. 
Since debuted in 2012, EXO has been reigning as a top-class idol through steady care. EXO has released 37 albums in total and built a spectacular career, winning 25 awards at various ceremonies. Recently, a song by Baekhyun, one of the EXO members, had the honor of being selected as the ‘Best K-Pop Song of 2021’ by Time magazine in the United States.

#All-round Talent, D.O.
EXO’s ‘all-round talent’ D.O. recently released a single album. With this first solo album, D.O. has set out to independent singing activities for the first time in 9 years of his debut. The album consists of 8 songs in total including 6 new songs and bonus tracks, full of D.O.’s sweet and mellow tone. 
So far, D.O. has been drawing huge popularity as an EXO member for his attractive vocals, excellent singing ability, and powerful performance. As the nickname ‘all-rounder’, he has also shown off his splendid acting skills on the screen. The films D.O. starred as supporting and leading roles, ‘Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days’, ‘Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds’, and ‘My Annoying Brother’, were also very popular in Korea.

In addition to his singing and acting activities, D.O. is known for his impressive Korean cooking skills. Not only did he enjoy cooking as a hobby, but he also served in the military as a ‘cooking officer’. Through Naver V Live, Korea’s major portal site, the nickname combining D.O. and chef even spread as he showed his fans how to cook Korean food. Changmin, another SM artist and the member of top boyband TVXQ!, D.O.’s cooking skills, “D.O. is an idol member with superb cooking talent. I know he’s also obtained a Korean food chef’s license.”

Tip. Check out D.O.'s Korean recipes on V Live!
https://www.vlive.tv/post/1-18266976

#Most Sought-after Menus by EXO in the Summer
Foods that can beat the sweltering heat become popular in the summer. The same goes for EXO members. In a radio broadcast, they answered on the topic ‘What they want to eat in the summer.’ Let’s check out the most sought-after summer menus by EXO as shared on the famous Korean radio show ‘Cultwo Show’.