[TRANS] 120629 EXO-M @ So Cool Magazine

speech marks from top to bottom
Lu Han: “stop playing around, quickly stand up properly, boss Lu is going to make a speech!”
Kris: “ah~ the camera is facing me, I need to seize the time and act cute”
Lu Han: “hello everyone, we are MIB’s new partners K&L”
Lu Han: “are our minds wandering off? No, we are thinking about McDonald’s chicken wings”
The name ‘EXO’ comes from the phrase ‘EXOPLANET’, it represents an unknown planet outside our solar system, it contains the meaning that they’re a new star who comes from an unknown world. The ‘M’ that is included after ‘EXO’ represents ‘mandarin’ and it refers to the group that has promotional activites in China. EXO-M wishes to become an outstanding mainland group that is recognised by the public, and also to gradually expanding to the entire planet, and have EXO-M’s music become the entire world’s inspiration. The members include leader Kris, Lu Han, Lay, Tao, Xiu Min and Chen. The first four members are the Chinese members while Xiumin and Chen are the two Korean members.
On the 8th of April 2012, on the stage of the 12th Music Billboard Charts Annual Ceremony, EXO-M officially announced their debut. This method of debut caught the attention of everyone, drew the curiousity of anticipation from various eyes. EXO-M’s slogan is “We are one!” The Chinese meaning is that “we’re one”, this represents the determination of the 6 men who want to accomplish the same dream, and how they will not let any obstacles on the road affect their “brotherhood”. The position that SM Entertainment has given to this group is “a mixed Chinese-Korean group that focuses on Chinese people that is produced by a Korean company.” We hope that EXO-K and them can develop together, together holding onto a brighter future.
In life, the six cute grown men of EXO-M live together in the same dormitory. Xiumin, was acknowledged by everyone to be the member who loved cleanliness the most, and he’s good at keeping the rooms neat, Tao, who lives together with him said, “Xiumin-gege especially loves cleanliness and he’s very particular about the smell of the room, I think that this is an exceptionally good point of him.” Lay is the group’s “cooking master”, every time, he’d whip up delicious food for everyone, relieving everyone’s “pain of instant noodles”. Kris is the leader, and he’s best at gathering everyone, and having activites together as one. Lu Han and Lay live in the same room, he (Lu Han) has a special habit, which is he doesn’t like others resting on his bed, at times, Lay will test his limits, but in the end, he’d end up getting kicked off the bed mercilessly.
During the process of shooting, the entire afternoon EXO-M showed off their speciality of modesty and politeness; not only did they immediately start to greet and bow continuously upon entering the door, but also, they completely followed the shooting plan, and caused the studio to be filled with the atmosphere of youth. We especially prepared EXO-M’s title song to help them get into the mood of shooting, at the end this unexpectedly managed to give us the chance to have a glimpse of some close-distance handsome dance poses; Tao was even more intimate as he changed his phone in order to play music for everyone, every time it came to a member’s solo shot, he’d change the song to what they liked, letting us once again feel the strong relationship between the members. When Lu Han was resting, he unknowingly knocked over a bottle of Coke, and became flustered, looking around for tissues to wipe the mess, even though we said that it was okay and that he didn’t need to do it, but he still insisted that he should clean up, even though he himself got dirtied, but in this turbulent entertainment industry, this type of outstanding artist really deserve to be praised. There is also an “outside story” that deserves to be shared, after the shoot, the 6 EXO-M boys under the guidance of their leader, faced all the SoCooL staff and said their thanks one by one, along with a 90-degrees bow filled with sincerity, the editors all cheered that they were too polite and the claps that resounded in the studio were all from the inside of their hearts.

(Source: 不知道叫什么的招财喵’s weibo / Trans by: xuan and hyerin @exom-trans)

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