Love Shot (Exo song)

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"Love Shot"
Jo Yoon-kyung (Korean)
  • Lu Yiqiu (Chinese)
    • Producer(s)Rice N' Peas
    Exo singles chronology
    "Tempo"
    (2018)     		"Love Shot"
    (2018)     		"Bird"
    (2019)
    Music video
    "Love Shot (Korean ver.)" on
    YouTube

    "Love Shot" is a song by South Korean–Chinese boy band

    Love Shot
    (2018). The music video was released on the same date.

    Background and composition

    Produced by Rice N' Peas, "Love Shot" is described as a pop dance track that features a memorably addictive chorus and heavy 808 bass. Members Chen and Chanyeol participated in writing the lyrics that talk about hoping to be together and rediscover the meaning of true love, which seems to be disappearing more and more from a dreary world.[3]

    Talking to

    BPM, and is in the key of C minor
    . Both the instrumental and vocal melodies feature the use of sixteenth note triplet rhythms.

    Music video

    On December 6, the first teaser of "Love Shot" music video was released.[5] On December 11, the second teaser of "Love Shot" music video was released.[6] The official Korean music video of "Love Shot" was released on December 13. The Chinese version of the music video was released on December 14.

    The music video shows the members switching places between the gritty locale of a gas station and luxurious trappings, before participating in a shoot-out with unexpected enemies. The video also shows the group's sensual choreography.[7] On March 4, 2019, the Korean music video surpassed 100 million views on YouTube. It surpassed 200 and 300 million views on October 15, 2019, and August 18, 2020, respectively, becoming their fastest music video to reach all three milestones.

    Promotion

    Exo began promoting "Love Shot" without member Lay on South Korean music shows starting from December 14.[8]

    Reception

    "Love Shot" topped Billboard's World Digital Songs for three consecutive weeks, making Exo the second K-pop act to do so.[9] British fashion magazine i-D ranked the song number seven in their list of K-pop highlights of the year[10] while SBS PopAsia ranked it the 18th best K-pop dance of 2018.[11]

    Accolades

    Awards and nominations
    Year Organization Award Result Ref.
    2019 Melon Music Awards Song of the Year Nominated [12]
    Best Male Dance Track Nominated
    2020 Golden Disc Awards Digital Bonsang Nominated [13]
    Gaon Chart Music Awards
    		 Song of the Year – December Nominated [14]
    Music program awards
    Program Date
    Music Bank
    		 December 21, 2018
    December 28, 2018
    Show! Music Core December 22, 2018
    Melon Popularity Award
    Award Date (2018–19) Ref.
    Weekly Popularity Award December 24 [15]
    December 31
    January 7
    January 14
    January 21

    Charts

    Sales

    Downloads
    Region Sales
    China[25] 20,380
    United States[26] 10,000

    Credits

    Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.[27]

    Studio

    • doobdoob Studio –
      digital editing
    • SM Big Shot Studio – engineered for mix
    • SM LVYIN Studio – engineered for mix
    • SM Blue Ocean Studio – mixing
    • Sterling Sound –
      mastering

    Personnel

    • SM Entertainment – executive producer
    • Lee Soo-man – producer
    • Kim Young-min – executive supervisor
    • Yoo Young-jin – music and sound supervisor
    • Exo – vocals
    • Jo Yoon-kyung
      – Korean lyrics
    • Lu Yiqiu – Chinese lyrics
    • Mike Woods (Rice N' Peas) – producer, composition, arrangement
    • Kevin White (Rice N' Peas) – producer, composition, arrangement
    • background vocals
    • MZMC – composition
    • Anthony Russo – composition
    • Onestar – vocal directing, background vocals
    • Eugene Kwon – recording
    • Min Sung-soo – recording
    • Jang Woo-young – digital editing
    • Lee Min-gyu – engineered for mix
    • Lee Ji-hong – engineered for mix
    • Kim Cheol-sun – mixing
    • Chris Gehringer – mastering

    References

    1. ^ "[MV & Album Review] EXO – 'Love Shot'". AllKpop. December 20, 2018. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
    2. ^ Pangerang, Andi Muttya Keteng (January 24, 2019). "Agensi EXO Akui Love Shot Jiplak Lagu Mantan Personel One Direction?" [EXO agency admits Love Shot plagiarized former One Direction member's song?]. Kompas.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved October 12, 2023.
    3. ^ "'K팝의 왕' 엑소, 신곡 'Love Shot'으로 연말 가요계 정조준 예고". entertain.naver.com (in Korean). Archived from the original on January 8, 2021. Retrieved December 8, 2018.
    4. ^ "EXO's 'Love Shot' Album: The Producers & Songwriters Break Down Every Song". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 14, 2019. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
    5. ^ SMTOWN, EXO 엑소 'Love Shot' MV Teaser #1, archived from the original on December 5, 2018, retrieved December 8, 2018
    6. ^ "EXO 엑소 'Love Shot' MV Teaser #2". YouTube. December 11, 2018. Archived from the original on December 11, 2018. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
    7. ^ "EXO Take Aim With New Single 'Love Shot': Watch the Music Video". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 15, 2018. Retrieved December 22, 2018.
    8. ^ "엑소, 오는 14일 뮤뱅서 컴백 첫 무대 공개…금일 자정 'Love Shot' 뮤비티저 공개". entertain.naver.com (in Korean). Archived from the original on April 4, 2019. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
    9. ^ "EXO's 'Love Shot' tops Billboard chart for third week". kpopherald.koreaherald.com. Archived from the original on April 21, 2019. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
    10. ^ "everything that happened to k-pop in 2018". Vice. December 17, 2018. Archived from the original on January 8, 2019. Retrieved January 8, 2019.
    11. ^ "25 best K-pop dances of 2018". SBS PopAsia. December 19, 2018. Archived from the original on September 1, 2019. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
    12. ^ "Melon Music Awards 2019 Announces Nominees For Category Awards + Voting Begins". soompi. November 14, 2019. Archived from the original on November 14, 2019. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
    13. ^ "34th Golden Disc Awards Announces Nominees". Soompi. December 6, 2019. Archived from the original on December 20, 2019. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
    14. ^ "Winners Of 9th Gaon Chart Music Awards". soompi. January 8, 2020. Archived from the original on September 23, 2020. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
    15. ^ "Melon Weekly Award". www.melon.com (in Korean). Archived from the original on June 21, 2018. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
    16. ^ "EXO Chart History (Japan Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved December 31, 2018.
    17. ^ "Top 20 Most Streamed International & Domestic Singles in Malaysia" (PDF). Recording Industry Association of Malaysia. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 27, 2018. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
    18. ^ "NZ Hot Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. December 24, 2018. Archived from the original on December 21, 2018. Retrieved December 25, 2018.
    19. ^ "Singapore Top 30 Digital Streaming Chart – Week 51" (PDF). Recording Industry Association (Singapore). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 28, 2018.
    20. ^ "Digital Chart – Week 50 of 2018". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Archived from the original on January 11, 2016. Retrieved December 20, 2018.
    21. ^ "Kpop Hot 100". Billboard. December 10–16, 2018. Archived from the original on December 21, 2018. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
    22. ^ "Official Independent Singles Breakers Chart Top 20". officialcharts.com. Archived from the original on December 30, 2018. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
    23. ^ "Exo Chart History". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 21, 2018. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
    24. Gaon Music Chart. Archived
      from the original on January 12, 2023. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
    25. ^ Love Shot's Cumulative Sales in China:
    26. ^ "EXO's 'Love Shot' Scores Second Week Atop World Digital Song Sales Chart". Billboard. December 28, 2018. Archived from the original on December 29, 2018. Retrieved December 29, 2018.
    27. ^ Exo (2018). Love Shot (photobook). South Korea: SM Entertainment; Dreamus. Credits.
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