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Article: [M! Countdown video] EXO's 'Growl' first reveal, like a scene out of a dance movie

Source: News 24 via Naver

1. [+255, -7] The title didn't appeal to me at first but I think it sounds better than I expected. EXO is trustable when it comes to performance/dance.

2. [+177, -27] Way better than 'Wolf'... but I think the song places too much emphasis on the performance aspect. The performance is great but they're all practically lip syncing.. I think singers should be better singers than they are performers. I hope they'll develop into singers who emphasize their vocals instead of performance eventually.

3. [+147, -4] Even as a guy, I can say that they're good dancers.

4. [+134, -3] I'm iffy with SM about anything else  but think they're the best when it comes to choreography... Can't take my eyes off of them ♥

5. [+112, -7] Their performance is great but I think it's more important to be better singers... SM is making them lip sync to show off their performance but I trust they'll sing live as time goes on ^^

6. [+110, -7] Why didn't they give EXO this song from the get go? That Wolf song was so bad.

7. [+91, -5] That Matrix dance made me go wow... Thumbs up!

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Reader request.

Article: EXO, an anticipation of an idol group different from the others

Source: Kang Myung Suk's Column

1. [+3,043, -80] EXO's biggest problem is their fans... Yesterday was such a mess

2. [+2,500, -93] One of the representative examples of a group's fanbase dragging them down... Exactly how bad do you have to be to be banned from a music program? I like this song better than their prior one, however

3. [+2,220, -86] More like sasaeng fans different from the others

4. [+2,085, -80] EXO's sasaengs come down the generation of HOT and TVXQ

5. [+1,964, -71] Are these the guys that have the crazy fanbase who can't even receive admission to music programs?

6. [+1,825, -64] I saw some EXO sasaengs shave their heads just so they can get into the male bathrooms... Fans are the problem to EXO.

7. [+1,694, -177] I feel like SM is saying with EXO: "We didn't know what you fans would like so here's a little bit of everything."

8. [+1,194, -23] I feel so bad for EXO, their image just continues to drop because of their fans. I'll never forget the gates of hell that I saw open up in front of the broadcast hall when fans started running in front of my car... I was too scared to drive after that and had to take the subway instead. Fans should realize that their artist's image depends on how they act.

9. [+984, -29] I feel like EXO directly inherited the worst of HOT and TVXQ's fans

10. [+246, -4] I'm just curious why labelmate SHINee barely have any sasaengs and have a clean fanbase for the most part but EXO is under SM as well and have such crazy fans??

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Notice basically says that EXO fans will no longer be allowed into the Inkigayo recording hall, as Inkigayo alerted fandoms that they will no longer be distributing entrance tickets specifically to the EXO fandom because they've failed to follow staff orders and have broken too many safety rules (running into the street to chase the members, using cheer items in dangerous ways that put others at risk, police have also been receiving reports, etc).

Source: Instiz

"I'm serious at a loss as to how much more the rest of us have to apologize on behalf of fanclub members like that. I want EXO to go on a long two year hiatus so that they'll leave the fandom. What's the point of waiting for EXO for a year if we can't even go see them?"

"They should realize that the image of fans = image of the artist."

"I saw with my own eyes just how bad the EXO fandom can be at the Busan festival today. They ran to the front and shoved everyone once people were being admitted, and other fans were on the floor being stepped on. I even saw a few try to sneak in through holes in the fences."

"This is getting really serious, isn't it..."

"I think at this point, if the fandom doesn't fix itself, it won't only be the fandom that isn't allowed at broadcast halls but EXO as well."

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Telzone: Immoral idol fans

"I was at an EXO fan signing and an old ajumma was on the floor picking up trash by herself so I tried to help her with my friends but the other fans told us to stop acting like we were retarded ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ EXO fans are so immoral..."

1. [+50] SM's stupid fangirls are such an embarrassment to their parents. What a shame for EXO.

2. [+43] Girls are more emotional than boys so there's nothing more scarier than stupid fangirls. I remember that fangirls stepped up onto book cases and broke display cases, ripped up books, etc at Block B's fan signing. No matter if their artist drunk drives, smokes marijuana, or assaults someone else, these stupid fangirls will firmly believe, "Our oppa didn't mean it."

3. [+41] Even helping that ajumma wouldn't have been enough and yet they had the audacity to make fun of her for looking like a mentally handicapped person? SM's stupid fangirls are all psychopaths. I thought they were just psychos on online community boards so it absolutely disgusts me to think that they act like that in real life as well.

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Instiz: An EXO sasaeng finally crosses the line... followed them into the bathroom

Pann: Collection of things sasaengs have done to EXO

Fans started shoving each other to see Luhan at the airport. When Luhan fell, they didn't help him up but started groping his body. Baekhyun picked him up looking pissed.

Kai fell because of a sasaeng and hurt his foot. The other members had to eventually hold him up because he was in so much pain.

A sasaeng held on to D.O.'s arm like she's his close friend when she's not.

A Chinese sasaeng fan started making sexual remarks at Xiumin, asking if he slept with Luhan and if Luhan treats him well at night. Since Xiumin can't understand, Luhan got mad at the Chinese fan and grabbed Xiumin away from her.

D.O. walked out comfortably only to be scared and run back in after spotting sasaengs.

D.O.'s eye was bruised after being hit by a DSLR camera. It looks like he's saying "It hurts" in the gif.

Photos taken of Tao resting at a hotel.

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1. [+144, -3] I feel so bad for Kyungsoo in that gif of him running back scared. They became singers because they liked singing but I think having to deal with people like that every day will make me want to quit. This makes me so angry and sad for them... Sasaeng b*tches will burn in hell, I swear.

2. [+134, -5] Imagine how scared Kyungsoo was just casually walking out and seeing all those sasaengs. Posts like this make me so upset. EXO gets hated on mostly because of what their fans do.

3. [+124, -4] Do sasaengs not have brains??;;; How could that girl be holding onto Kyungsoo's arm when he clearly looks uncomfortable. And who wouldn't be surprised like that when they see sasaengs waiting outside for them. There needs to be a law made for these sasaengs. I heard some of them even follow them into the men's bathrooms. Too disgusting to even call them fans, just screw off.

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Article: Is JYP changing... No longer hear the 'JYP' at the beginning of songs

Source: OSEN via Nate

Article talks about JYP artists now working with other composers instead of using songs written by JYP as their title tracks. JYP reps explain that if there's a song that sounds better than one produced by JYP, they'll use that song for promotions. It's a decision they've been making since Baek Ah Yeon's debut.

1. [+357, -12] These days, it's not JYP that's the problem but SM ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Are they called EXO?? That group that comes out in a pack with a song that nobody can understand. SM's the one that gave them a win on each music program, right? ㅋㅋㅋㅋ Tell me that's wrong ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

2. [+265, -10] JYP isn't doing well, SM keeps crossing the line, YG is up in controversies

3. [+158, -7] EXO? They're under SM right? That nugu group with a hell of a lot of members. I bet none of the broadcast officials even know who they are. I heard it's gotten so bad that singers have to wear name tags when they rehearse because nobody knows who they are ㅋㅋㅋ It wasn't like that in the past...

4. [+30, -2] Every song release by SM, JYP, and YG have been weird lately;;; EXO's 'Wolf' will go down in history as the trashiest song to have ever been released. It only won because their Chinese fans bulk bought their albums. SNSD's 'I Got a Boy' just gave me a mental breakdown.... 2PM's song... ㅋㅋㅋ I burst out laughing while listening to it. and YG's CL... They were obviously joking when they made that song, they had to have been ㅋㅋㅋ The only groups with decent songs have been B2ST, SISTAR, and 4minute. SM really needs to swap out the bulk of their composers.

5. [+17, -4] SM's the real trash lately

6. [+16, -1] You have to admit EXO winning #1 is hilarious ㅋㅋㅋ Nobody knows who they are and yet they have a trophy... daebak.

7. [+16, -4] Watch JYP add 'JYP' at the end of his songs to change it up a bit

8. [+14, -4] I wouldn't necessarily say JYP has lost his touch considering that he composed and wrote Ivy's song and it sounds nice.

9. [+10, -1] EXO's biggest flaw was that they were too obvious with SM buying things out for them.

10. [+10, -0] I'm a wolf, I'm a wolf awooooooooh~ I'm a wolf, I'm a wolf awhoaaaaaa~~ Gotta have next level lyrics like this to be #1 these days, you know?

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Article: EXO wins #1 on 'Inkigayo'... Triple crown on the public broadcasts achieved

Source: Star News via Naver

This article legit has 10,500 comments. This is pretty much the hottest topic on Pann, etc, and it's not anything pretty.

1. [+7,477, -854] Am I the only one who doesn't understand how EXO won?

2. [+6,631, -208] The only thing I thought when I saw them win is... they're going to get a lot of hate again.

3. [+7,274, -1,029] Vote up if you don't know who they are

4. [+5,144, -595] I'm not hating on EXO or anything but this song is just.. so bad... EXO seemed talented enough, but the song..

5. [+4,317, -464] Further proof that the three broadcast channels are just puppets to SM... Korea's music industry is getting dumpstered

6. [+2,921, -188] I don't have a problem with them having a large fandom... I just have a problem with the huge difference there is between their digital chart ranking and winning music programs with text votes.

7. [+2,904, -385] Fu*king ridiculous

8. [+1,688, -192] Finally this is on the main page... I have a lot of fu*king things to say about this.

9. [+603, -41] What a stressful life for those kids ㅋㅋㅋ Win #1 and still get hate (from the public), not win #1 and still get hate (from their company)

10. [+630, -84] Triple crown? More like a triple shock for the public

11. [+521, -97] I'll admit that I'm a fan and that I wished they wouldn't win... Look at all this hate they're getting... Just hoping that EXO isn't on the internet today.

12. [+466, -80] Yes wolf, I'm a wolf, awooooooh......... sigh.......

13. [+443, -86] There was so much talk about these kids so I decided to watch Inkigayo. All I could do was fu*king sigh.

14. [+411, -58] Ranked 50th on Melon... What the fu*k?

15. [+395, -46] I'm an EXO fan so I should be happy about them winning but everything about this just makes me sad...

16. [+388, -76] Even as a fan, I'll admit that this is utterly wrong.

17. [+333, -32] First group in history to get 10,000 comments of hate after getting a triple crown ㅋㅋㅋ

18. [+326, -40] They have to be the #1 idol group that achieved getting the most amount of hate in the shortest amount of time

19. [+240, -23] Well obviously SM is composing music with their feet now since they know they can trust the power of their stupid fangirls

20. [+233, -28] This was all planned by SM. Look at all these people searching up who the group is because of all the buzz, even if it's negative ㅋㅋㅋㅋ Now the public knows who they are. They just need a good song next time and they'll be on their way to fame thanks to SM's media play ^^

21. [+220, -17] I wonder if it was worth getting a million antis over one trophy

22. [+201, -33] RIP Korean Music Industry June 2013

23. [+211, -59] How do their fans listen to this song without their ears rotting off?

24. [+127, -16] I think the 'three little bears' song has more musicality than 'Wolf'

25. [+118, -10] Literally three days of nonstop hate... I don't think the wins were worth any of this, SM.

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Article: 'Music Bank' EXO wins first #1 music program since their debut 'tears'

Source: Star News via Nate

1. [+1,013, -130] I've seen a lot of #1 wins in my life but today was just a wall nobody could climb over, the most ridiculous win I've ever seen ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

2. [+960, -122] I'm just really curious... because I've never heard their song once. Does this mean I'm not up to date with current K-pop?

3. [+920, -117] I bet they were thinking this is unbelievable as well... Who the hell would think that such a trashy song could win. I'd get on my knees and sob over how unjustified the win is.

4. [+223, -30] I think I've been on this earth for too long ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ I never wanted to have to see a nugu group like this win #1 ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

5. [+216, -35] May our music industry rest in peace.

6. [+177, -22] Pretty sure we all knew they'd win with their fandom power alone. You know our music industry is fu*ked up when a group like them can overtake Jo Yong Pil.

7. [+175, -15] They're #70 on the digital charts ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ a song in #70 won #1 on a music program ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

8. [+120, -13] This might sound harsh but this win is more ridiculous than B1A4 winning #1 on Music Core a month ago

9. [+98, -8] Two things I don't get from this week's Music Bank: 1. EXO winning 2. SISTAR getting 3 comeback tracks when Ivy and Nell only had 1.

10. [+96, -11] I guess even EXO's stupid fangirls are admitting that the song is trash because none of them are talking about the quality of the song but bragging about how they bought out a record breaking number of albums to secure this win ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

11. [+76, -8] Congratulations to the EXO fandom for setting a new record breaking history! I don't think any other group can break the record of having a #50 song on the charts win #1~ ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

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Article: 'Music Bank' EXO wins #1 for the first time 2 weeks after comeback... overtakes the king Jo Yong Pil

Source: TV Report via Daum

1. [+1,669, -59] Who is EXO??

2. [+1,223, -48] Who?

3. [+1,079, -41] SM is really stretching themselves thin here;;; As if sticking in Lee Soo Geun in Knee-Drop Guru wasn't bad enough... They really need to know their limits;;; Nobody even knows who EXO are

4. [+859, -30] Kids I'm seeing for the first time in my life have won #1... Who are they? Singers?

5. [+814, -29] I guess the important thing here is that they have 0 points in the viewers' preference category.

6. [+679, -28] They come out in packs just to sing a trashy song... Who are you kids?

7. [+627, -23] Debuting under SM used to guarantee that you at least some public recognition but I guess that isn't the case anymore. Who are they?

8. [+544, -27] When I first heard their song, the first thing I thought was 'How is this trashy song allowed to exist'

9. [+515, -25] I consider myself a pretty nice person to the point that I could understand that paper idol group winning #1 but EXO??? This is just wrong.

10. [+154, -10] Such is the power of SM~~~ A trashy song like this can win #1...

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Instiz: Prediction of points for tomorrow's Music Bank (EXO predicted to win #1)

1. EXO - "Wolf"

Digital: 2,368 points
Viewer preference: 0
Physical: 6,430
Broadcast: 8,461
Total: 17,259

2. Lee Hyori - "Bad Girls"
3. Rainbow - "Sunshine"
4. 4minute - "What's Your Name"
5. Huh Gak & Eunji - "Short Hair"

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"Holy, look at their physical album points..."

"If they really win, it will be daebak ㅠㅠ I'll seriously cry at home ㅠㅠㅠㅠ"

"Let's try to win this time... but I feel like they're going to get a lot of hate if they win ㅠ"

"Wow, the difference in points is huge."

"I want EXO to win so we can see Junmyun cry ㅠㅠㅠㅠ"

"I'm a strong fan so I'm not worried about the reactions to them winning tomorrow. I just want to see the kids happy with the win ㅠㅠㅠㅠ It'll be like our fandom getting paid for a year of waitingㅠㅠㅠ"

"Yay, we finally get a win ㅠㅠㅠㅠ I'm going to cut myself off from the internet tomorrow, though ㅠㅠㅠㅠ"

"Even if they take out their broadcast points, they're still #1..."

"Proves that you don't need to be relevant with the public to sell albums... You just need a strong fandom."

"As a fan, I don't want them to win yet.. ㅋㅋㅋ The majority of the public has no idea about the song yet, and although they worked hard on the album, I don't want to see them getting hate."

"Also as a fan, I know that this win is going to have a negative impact on the group's public image..."

"Fandom needs to armor up with steel hearts tomorrow."

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