https://youtu.be/tmuUOALe5pc This one is great! Taken from one of their concerts in Seoul.
Haidee Nicasio
2021-08-03 20:36:57 +0000 UTC
FUCKING INCREDIBLE is right.
especially the one, two punch of Chen's incredible vocals and Chanyeol going off with his rap!!!!
hi_k99
2021-08-03 15:25:41 +0000 UTC
OMG, it's been so long since I've heard DO go 'nae goddess', was this always this satisfying?!
hi_k99
2021-08-03 15:20:31 +0000 UTC
3:06 That dude's my bias DO (Lay is also my bias, yes i have multiple biases, fight me!) and yes he's a vocal legend!!!! and an acting legend!!!! You HAAAAAAAVE to check out exo's FOR LIFE performed by DO and Chanyeol!!!! It's prolly my fav song sung by DO and his vocals and insane on it, simply beautiful!!!!! The concert performance for that is awesome!
hi_k99
2021-08-03 15:15:13 +0000 UTC
The vocals for Monster and Obsession are live, with some selected vocal tracks for parts and harmonies. In the Overdose performance, they are also singing live, but the live vocals are mixed with a full vocal track. As they got older, it seems like SM trusted them more to sing live without any training wheels.
And if you haven't done an album listen to the entire Obsession album, you should. It's solid, all the way through, no filler. It's R&B groovy, and in some ways it doesn't seem pop. It's very SM style.
Robert Arthur
2021-08-01 04:43:08 +0000 UTC
ah, thank you for posting this! I needed an excuse to enjoy live EXO again! Monster just fucking HITS. One of my favourite videos for live EXO vocals is their acoustic medley from EXO'rDIUM in Seoul. Since it's a medley I'm not sure you'll want to listen to it yet, but man it's great -- just acoustic guitar and vocals.
mianne
2021-08-01 01:33:44 +0000 UTC
I really recommend their performance of the b-side Gravity at SMTOWN 2019, I'm no expert in live vocals at all, but it sounds pretty live to me and the song is great! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcgnezlG2wM) They also performed Love shot and Tempo, but since you haven't watched those yet you might want to wait with them.
2021-07-31 07:08:48 +0000 UTC
they are singing live for the most part (sm groups/artists in general are great live and they have live albums from their concerts), music shows for the longest time was very strict about the live singing too and groups had to sing live at least for most of the song (it would depend on the choreos)
Here's a performance from one of their concerts 2016 (it has mama intro alongside with monster & wolf it's really great I feel you would like it (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCw4dNlVjsQ)
Luna
2021-07-31 07:08:27 +0000 UTC
For good live vocals, you should check out one of their concert performances of El Dorado. The notes in that are epic. I also really like their cover of Open Arms, which is only 4 members, but you still get the flavor of EXO.
The OG_SG
2021-07-31 06:19:55 +0000 UTC
You nailed the names, you recognized Kai, Chen, D.O, Chanyeol and Lay. Good luck with Sehun and Suho, it took me years of casual listening to finally distinguish them from each other. I'm not a huge EXO fan, so I can't recommend concert videos, but I really enjoyed them on JYP's Party People (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-H47wvggw2M). It's more casual and laid-back, so maybe not the EXO that you're familiar with. Hopefully EXO-Ls recommend you great performances because I want to watch them too.
And to be honest, I never noticed how cool the choreo of Overdose until Purple Kiss covered it (in a relay dance). The camerawork can be really hit or miss, and it was mostly a miss for me in this performance.