What a Life (Exo-SC song)

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"What a Life"
Single by Exo-SC
from the EP What a Life
LanguageKorean
ReleasedJuly 22, 2019 (July 22, 2019)
Recorded2019
Genre Hip hop
Length3:23
Label
Composer(s)
  • Gaeko
  • Devine-Channel
  • Aris Maggiani
Lyricist(s)
Producer(s)
  • Devine-Channel
  • Aris Maggiani
Exo-SC singles chronology
"What a Life"
(2019)		"Just Us 2"
(2019)
Music video
"What a Life" on YouTube

"What a Life" is a song recorded by South Korean hip hop duo Exo-SC, the second official sub-unit of the South Korean-Chinese boy group Exo. It was released on July 22, 2019, by SM Entertainment as one of the three title tracks of their debut extended play What a Life. [1] The song resulted in Exo-SC first music show win on KBS's Music Bank on August 2, 2019. [2]

Contents

Background and release

"What a Life" is described as a hip hop track with a unique pluck sound and an addictive chorus, and the lyrics contains a pleasant message of "Let's all work and play happily". [3]

On July 31, a cam video of the two members separately of their performance of "What a Life" on their showcase were released. [4] [5]

Music video

On July 18, a teaser of "What a Life" was released along with the other two title tracks of What a Life EP. [6] On July 21, "What a Life" music video teaser was released. [7] On July 22, the official music video of "What a Life" was released. [8]

Live performance

Exo-SC performed "What a Life" for the first time on Exo's 5th concert EXO Planet #5 - EXplOration on July 19, and will continue to do so for all the concerts in the tour. [9]

On July 22, EXO-SC performed "What a Life" at their two showcases for the press and for the fans. [10]

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the EP's liner notes. [11]

Studio

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2019)Peak
position
South Korea (Circle) [12] 83
South Korea (K-pop Hot 100) [13] 1

Accolades

Year-end lists
Critic/PublicationListRankRef.
PopCrush Best Songs Of 201924 [14]
Refinery29 The Best K-Pop Songs Of 201929 [15]

Music program awards

Music program awards
ProgramNetworkDateRef.
Music Bank KBS August 2, 2019 [16]

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
South KoreaJuly 22, 2019
VariousSM Entertainment

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