EXO’s Sehun and Kai will debut as a new unit in December, releasing their first mini album, the pair confirmed on stage during the group’s encore concert in Seoul on November 8.
Sports Kyunghyang reported from the encore show of EXO PLANET #6 – EXhOrizon [dot] at KSPO DOME in Seoul’s Songpa District, where five members — Suho, Chanyeol, D.O., Kai and Sehun — took the stage.
Toward the end of the concert, Sehun told the audience that reports about the unit had already surfaced and that new content would likely begin appearing from next week, though he said he did not know the exact timing. Kai asked fans whether they were ready for a powerful performance, and Chanyeol, who said he had been watching the preparations, called the performance amazing. Sehun added that he was confident in what they had prepared and asked fans to judge it coolly once they had seen it.
The on-stage talk also turned to Chanyeol’s “scorpion dance” in “Sweet Lies,” a move in which he plants his hands on the floor and lifts his legs. Chanyeol said he had never attempted the move before, practiced it repeatedly without success, and was still unable to do it on the morning of the first show. Sehun coached him one on one until he mastered it, then demonstrated the move on stage and broke it down step by step. At Chanyeol’s suggestion, Suho tried it too and landed it on his first attempt, drawing cheers from the crowd. Sehun joked that fans should try the move at home, film themselves and upload the videos, saying he would watch them all.
Kai and Sehun are EXO’s two youngest members and have long performed together as the group’s dance line. The December debut will make them the group’s newest unit, following EXO-CBX — Chen, Baekhyun and Xiumin — who debuted as a trio in 2016. EXO, which debuted under SM Entertainment in 2012, remains one of K-pop’s defining boy groups, and the Seoul concert was the encore of the group’s sixth tour.
No exact debut date, album title or tracklist has been announced yet. If Sehun’s on-stage hint holds, the first teasers should arrive as early as next week.
