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Cream Soda (song)

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"Cream Soda"
Single by Exo
from the album Exist
LanguageKorean
ReleasedJuly 10, 2023
Recorded2023
Studio
  • SM Big Shot Studio
  • SM Lvyin Studio
  • SM SSAM Studio
GenreDance-pop
Length3:05
Label
Composer(s)
  • Tre Jean-Marie
  • Kwame "KZ" Kwei-Armah Jr.
  • Ebenezer Fabiyi
  • Bobby Candler
  • Adrian Mckinnon
Lyricist(s)Moon Seol-li
Exo singles chronology
"Hear Me Out"
(2023)
"Cream Soda"
(2023)
Music video
"Cream Soda" on YouTube

"Cream Soda" is a song by South Korean-Chinese boy band Exo, released on July 10, 2023, by SM Entertainment as the third single and title track for their seventh studio album Exist.

Background and release

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In January 2023, the group's leader, Suho, announced that the group was set to release new music after spring.[1]

From July 3 to 6, 2023, a set of individual and group teaser images was released on Exo's official social media accounts with the caption "EXO 'Cream Soda'".[2] On July 9, the music video teaser for "Cream Soda" was released.[3] On July 10, EXO released the song alongside the music video and the album's release.[4]

Composition

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"Cream Soda" was composed by Tre Jean-Marie, Kwame "KZ" Kwei-Armah Jr., Ebenezer Fabiyi, Bobby Candler and Adrian Mckinnon, and arranged by Jean-Marie, Kwei-Armah and Imlay.[5] Produced in the key E Minor, with a tempo of 156 BPM, it is a dance-pop song with an exotic rhythm and upbeat brass, keyboard and drum instrumentation. It features sensual vocals, and the lyrics, which were written by Moon Seol-li, compare the soft yet thrilling moment of falling in love to cream soda.[6]

Accolades

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"Cream Soda" won a first place on the music program Music Bank on July 21, 2023.[7]

Credits and personnel

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Credits adapted from album's liner notes.[8]

Studio

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Personnel

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  • SM Entertainment – executive producer
  • Exo – vocals
  • Moon Seol-li – lyrics
  • Tre Jean-Mariecomposition, arrangement, instruments programming
  • Kwame "KZ" Kwei-Armah Jr. – composition, arrangement, instruments programming
  • Ebenezer Fabiyi – composition
  • Bobby Candler – composition
  • Adrian McKinnon – composition
  • IMLAY – arrangement
  • Young Chance – vocal directing, background vocals
  • Lee Min-kyu – recording, digital editing
  • Lee Ji-hong – recording
  • Kang Eun-ji – recording
  • Kim Cheol-sun – mixing
  • Kwon Nam-woo – mastering

Charts

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Release history

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Release history for "Cream Soda"
Region Date Format Label
Various July 10, 2023

References

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  1. ^ Kim Yu-rim (January 5, 2023). '군백기' 끝난 엑소, 완전체로 돌아온다 [EXO is back as a whole group after Baekhyun's military service]. MoneyS (in Korean). Archived from the original on January 5, 2023. Retrieved July 19, 2023 – via Naver.
  2. ^ Exo teaser images:
  3. ^ Hwang Hye-jin (July 9, 2023). 엑소, 신곡 'Cream Soda' MV 티저 공개...무더위 날리는 쿨섹시 바이브 [EXO unveils new song 'Cream Soda' MV teaser... A cool sexy vibe that blows away the heat] (in Korean). Archived from the original on July 21, 2023. Retrieved July 19, 2023 – via Naver.
  4. ^ Will Richards (July 10, 2023). "EXO drop music video for 'Cream Soda'". NME. Archived from the original on July 11, 2023. Retrieved July 19, 2023.
  5. ^ "Cream Soda". MelOn (in Korean). July 10, 2023. Retrieved July 19, 2023.
  6. ^ Gong Mi-na (July 3, 2023). 엑소, 7집 타이틀곡은 '크림 소다'...쿨하고 섹시한 여름맛 [EXO's 7th album title song is 'Cream Soda'... cool and sexy summer taste]. SpoTV News (in Korean). Archived from the original on July 4, 2023. Retrieved July 19, 2023 – via Naver.
  7. ^ Yoon Sang-geun (July 21, 2023). '뮤직뱅크' 엑소 'Cream Soda' 방송출연 없이 '1위'[★밤TView] ['Music Bank' EXO's 'Cream Soda' won no.1 without appearing on the show. [★Night TV View]]. Star News (in Korean). Archived from the original on July 21, 2023. Retrieved July 21, 2023 – via Naver.
  8. ^ Exo (2023). Exist (photobook). South Korea: SM Entertainment; Kakao Entertainment. Credits.
  9. ^ "Exo Chart History (Global 200)". Billboard. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
  10. ^ "Digital Chart – Week 28 of 2023". Circle Chart (in Korean). Archived from the original on July 20, 2023. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  11. ^ "Exo Chart History (World Digital Song Sales)". Billboard. Archived from the original on November 13, 2018. Retrieved July 19, 2023.
  12. ^ "Exo Chart History (Vietnam Hot 100)". Billboard. Archived from the original on 26 July 2023. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  13. ^ "Digital Chart – July 2023". Circle Chart (in Korean). Archived from the original on August 10, 2023. Retrieved August 10, 2023.