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 (Seoul)
  • SM LVYIN (Seoul)
  • SM SSAM (Seoul)
Genre Dance-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
Producer(s)
  • Tre Jean-Marie
  • Kwame "KZ" Kwei-Armah Jr.
  • Imlay
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 .

Contents

Background and release

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

"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

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

Credits and personnel

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

Studio

Personnel

Charts

Release history

Release history for "Cream Soda"
RegionDateFormatLabel
VariousJuly 10, 2023

References

  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.