The young kai at this time didnt know he would grow up years later to be one of the best dancers of not only EXO but Kpop in general :)

"History" is EXO's second pre-debut track. It came out about 2 months after their first pre-debut song and MV "What is Love," and about 2 months before "Mama," which is EXO's official debut, so this is more than 8 years ago. Actually their origin story starts with "Mama." "History" is just the introduction of the storyline and it explains what led up to the events in "Mama." EXO's "History" MV is supposed to be an introduction for EXO and it was meant to begin to establish their storyline and concept as a group. As aliens from Planet Exo, the members are about to be sent to Earth on a mission. "History" is thought to be about how EXO are still on Planet Exo and they are preparing to be sent to Earth. So that is why, if you watch the MV, you will see it has a very futuristic look and feel to it. There isn't a whole lot of story because it is a pre-debut MV so this was meant to just introduce the members and establish their concept. In the EXO-K version of "History" you only saw the 6 EXO-K (Korean) members -- Suho, Baekhyun, D.O, Chanyeol, Kai and Sehun. However, if you watch the EXO-M (Mandarin Chinese) version you will see that the 6 EXO-M members -- Kris, Xiumin, Luhan, Lay, Chen and Tao -- are the main characters. This establishes how the two groups are separate and yet still are all part of one group which is EXO. Both versions may look the same on the surface, but the story is slightly different because it is being told from a different angle or different perspective in each version. To understand the story in "History" this is one time where it is helpful to look up the English translation of the lyrics. The song is called "History" and in the lyrics they talk about making history. It's about failing at something and trying again to make it right. So, the theory is that in this part of the story EXO made some sort of unknown "big mistake" on their planet, so they have been sent to Earth to try and right their wrongs by trying to prevent the Red Force from causing a "big mistake" or prevent humanity from allowing a "big mistake" to happen on Earth. They are trying to prevent "History" from repeating itself. And they want to make "History" here on Earth. It establishes the whole reason why EXO are fighting against the Red Force and why they need to find the Tree of Life and restore peace. They can't let whatever happened on their planet happen again on Earth, etc. However, just so you know, we didn't fully understand that was what it was trying to tell us, until several years later, after we had more context to go on, after we had several other MV stories and more information. But that is why we say, if you want to try and follow EXO's story you have to pay attention to everything and you have to remember as much detail about everything you have ever seen and heard from EXO. Because although you might think you understand one piece of EXO's story, with every new release from EXO, we get a little more information, and, sometimes it helps to confirm what we thought to be true and sometimes it turns the whole theory on its head and makes us realize what was happening wasn't what we thought after all. What complicates this even more is the fact that almost nothing in their storyline is in chronological order, so we fans have to become detectives and analyze every aspect of everything any of the members are involved in to try and piece it all together and figure out where each part fits within their larger storyline. And I literally mean everything, from their teaser videos, to their MVs, to their song lyrics and live performances, concert VCRs and even some of their choreography, as well as their sub-unit and solo work. Everything EXO does is connected. The part of the dance where they put their hands in their pockets and shake their pants, I interpret as the nervousness and uncertainty that they are feeling as they are about to embark on this new journey as they prepare to go to Earth and also as a representation of the nerves and excitement they are feeling as they are about to debut. As you can see, even the choreography is designed to tell the story.

This proves that EXO's choreographies are hard 😬

Throughout the video you will notice discomfort on kai .. He was actually in serious back pain during his debut days .. He always seen wearing pain relief patches at back in exo music stages .. He also go hard on himself to just make everything perfect..Now as he grow older he learned that he need to enjoy what he's doing to make others happy ..Only when he's happy can make other's happy ..He took care of his health and avoid getting hurt .

The pants choreography is iconic~~ Such a genius idea

EXO-WOLF

This is honestly one of my fave EXO choreo in existence. If I remember correctly, the shitkingz choreographed this.

Please react to EXO Diamond+ Coming Over+ Run This+ Drop That+ Power Medley.

exo acoustic live medley is a must!

cant believe this choreo was 10-11 years ago ..

YAAAS EXO

Sehun's nose 💙

History's iconic ENJOY THE MAYO misheard lyric and pocket shake still sends me everytime! thank you for the reaction i honestly even love their older songs like this :)

You should also look at exo-m’s dance practice of this because they look so neat and precise. I prefer that than this because it is so neat. the spacing and everything

Plz react to exo love shot sbs 2018. That performance was on another level.

Lovely baby exo..omg💕👍💛

Im not sure if its intentional but History was made before Growl and i remember Chanyeol sharing that the choreographer hid him at the back during Growl since his dancing wasnt really that good at the time. if i remembered correctly members who thought who were not good in dancing when they first debut was Chanyeol, chen, suho and D.o but now you wont even noticed because of how much they have improved over the years! All of them are great dancers now

Hey Chris! Thank you for checking out this dance practice! As always these boys are great at their choreo. This was EARLY as others have stated. Not bad for pre-debut! I love your honest reactions. I love those same combos that you brought up in this dance.

i hope to see more reaction videos of this dope dance practice

The pant choreo is so iconic!

Thank you for reacting to exo 🥺😍😎

Can you please react to exo acoustic session +lady luck +what if live in exoplanet 3

Oh..since 2012

They hiding chanyeol that time early years of exo cause is not yet as good as now but now he' s one of the most talented member of exo

You should also react to EXO-M -HISTORY dance practice too ...

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React to girls generation - catch me if you can live perfomance

Groove.

If you watch EXO-M dance practice of this song, It will be moreee clean i thiinkk 😂😂 EXO-M just more smooth for me for this DP And of course, EXO-K in heree is very great! But EXO-M is alsoo 🔥

EXO M’s version is a little smoother

React to EXO-M!!

Please react EXO M - History too :)

History song perdebut. ,, MAMA song debut Thank you

please next history mv

They were just rookies here..

pasensya na. meron talaga akong ibng tinitingnan sa video na yan. hhaha

React to SB19's "What" mv!!!!

React dance practice of *"Play" by Chungha"* please, please, please uwu♥

PLS REACT FOR SB19 - WHAT? M/V

Pls react to SB19's "What?" MV!!! I