I know, I have been showing you all a bunch of older stuff recently. Quite a bit of EXO and GOT7. I promise you, there will be new things, they are just all stuck in the mail, or haven’t shipped yet, or are pre-orders. Since those haven’t arrived yet, you will be getting a number of older albums. So, we are going to start with EXO’s The War. I personally LOVE this album. When this album was released (before the repackage) it very quickly became one of my favorite albums out there. The music is just so good.
Things to know about the EXO (엑소) The War The Fourth Album:
Released on July 18th, 2017, EXO The War is the 4th full studio album from EXO. This album had the highest number of pre-orders for any K-Pop album at the time with more than 800 thousand copies on pre-order. After only 24 days of release, the album was certified platinum, selling over a million copies. This was also the first EXO release to not feature Lay in it. Although still a member of EXO, he was in China doing solo-promotions during the release. The album’s single “Ko Ko Bop” top the charts in four non-consecutive weeks. EXO also became the first male group to top the Gaon charts for 4 weeks.
- There are 3 versions (shown in this order):
- Each version comes with the following:
- CD
- Photobook (92 pages)
- Photocard (1 of 9)
- Poster (9 versions)
- Songs on the album:
- 前夜 (The Eve 전야)
- Ko Ko Bop
- What U Do?
- Forever
- 다이몬드 (Diamond)
- 노의 손짓 (Touch It)
- 소름 (Chill)
- 기억을 걷는 밤 (Walking on Memories)
- 내가 미쳐 (Going Crazy)
K-Points: 489/5
Okay, I am 100% biased here. EXO is my number one group. I would push any other idols out of the way to see EXO. I may also not get to push others out of the way because I would be too busy being crumpled up on the floor crying about how much I love EXO. For me, I think this album is amazing. Not as amazing as the repackage, as the repackage just took this album up like fifteen more notches. The music on this album is amazing and the albums are great as well.
Should you buy a copy of this album? Yes. The original or the repackage? Get the repackage. If you are going to get this, which version should you get? Private version. Hands down. Unless you want the big photo card, then go with A. If you aren’t a hardcore EXO fan do you need yet? Yes, but just get the repackage instead.
If you want to watch me fangirl, I do also post reactions on my YouTube Channel. I have posted one for EXO SC Telephone, which you can watch below:
Where Can I Buy It?
You can get a copy of this at the following places:
- Music Plaza (I purchased mine here)
- Ebay (Can get Cashback with Rakuten)
- Amazon
- SubK Shop
If you want to see where I get almost all of the products I buy, you can see that here.
What is Rakuten?
Rakuten is a cashback site that gives you money for purchases you may have already made. They even have an extension for multiple browsers so when you go to a website that uses Rakuten, it will automatically pop up the cashback button to make sure you are saving money. I use this all the time, and I got over $80 back from them for purchases I was going to make anyway. That’s about 3 more albums I can buy!
If you’ve never used Rakuten before, you can use this link to get $10 when making a qualified purchase of $25 when using Rakuten. You will also get whatever percent cashback is being offered from the site you are purchasing from. Sephora, typically has 4% cashback, through here. Ulta typically has 3%. These are just some of the companies on the website, but there are other major retailers on there as well!
Rakuten also has a Google Chrome extension that will tell you as soon as you log onto a site that has cashback with a little pop-up in the corner so that you can ensure you are saving money!
Which EXO member is your favorite? Which song on this album (or the repackage) is your favorite, K-Nuggets?
사랑합니다!
–Rachel
