EXO's Chen - Beautiful Goodbye - UK K-Pop Fans Reaction

[@rebeckaroy6790]

Everything but Chen is definitely supposed to look like it is just part of the landscape, a landscape where all the plants and reeds are dried out and done. All because he is singing about a relationship that is dying. I find the staging of this one simply beautiful and perfect for the song.

[@_dont_mind_me]

Chen’s first two albums were the first physical albums I bought with my own money and they’re still two of the most beautiful albums on my shelf.

[@peloarruffato84]

Fun fact: Chen was singing for real during ALL the MV filming cause he thought that doing this way he could have been able to convey more true feelings. I really think he has something that no one else has...he can touch your heart ❤

[@alongfortheridereacts]

You're absolutely right. His voice does something different!

[@Alimaviii]

That's why Chen is called the king of OSTs, even if we don't understand the song, his voice always touches our hearts😍

[@mareemaree]

Listening to Chen's songs and crying has become one of my hobbies lol. I think it's his delivery that makes them so heart-touching. The more I listen to him the more I'm convinced that he is in fact incredible.

[@tulanasom6818]

For bubble, i would say Kai's was the best. He used to send bubbles almost everyday and rant about his day with us 😂 Rest of the EXOs arent very talkative. However Suho, Kyungsoo and Baekhyun do send lots of texts whenever they are active on bubble. Chanyeol is active on both bubble and weverse. Xiumin generally sends message onces or twice a month😂😂😂. But these days he's been very active. Amd sehun used to send a weekly sou kor weather update on bubble Chen and Lay doesn't have bubble yet.

[@woodstock8d]

To add on... Kai and Sehun bubble service are temporary suspended due to military service, it will be resumed after they discharged

[@gigiflipp]

Missing the weather updates from Sehun

[@ooh_sehoney]

Xiumin is very active on bbl lately, and also he's active on bbl if he wants to spill a tea about comebacks 🤭😅 he also sends selfies as always, so cutieeeee

[@tulanasom6818]

@@ooh_sehoney hahahaha yes. Today, too, he sent bubble. I just spoke in general, he doesn't send bubbles frequently. But recently he's been very active on both bubble and IG

[@ooh_sehoney]

@@tulanasom6818 His new year's resolution might be became active on all his social medias hahaha 😅 and also he really must be so happy to be free from SM for his solos and unit 😅😅😅 that's why he is very active lately on bbl and ig.

[@charlenemorris]

Check out Chen's OST list. Best Luck is my favorite. Chen announced that he was getting married in Jan of 2020. He had been hiding his girlfriend for years except from the group, because they are not suppose to be dating. She became pregnant he announced to fans he was marrying someone he wanted to spend his life with and they had been blessed. They had a small ceremony just family & friends due to covid, but he still kept her hidden due to death threats for them both. Some toxic fans were demanding he be kicked out of EXO. Chen also did his military training during this time. A few months ago they had their huge wedding. It is on KZbin in some pics her face is blocked but some pics were leaked. She is beautiful and they now have 2 children. He was really nervous when he came back. Took a while for the old Chen to be back, and we are so glad he is and happy.

[@_dont_mind_me]

I don’t think the gender of their second child was ever officially revealed

[@charlenemorris]

@@_dont_mind_me you are right. I thought I had read it somewhere. Thank you

[@Kit10121]

​@@_dont_mind_meit wasn't officially, but sadly pictures of them have spreaded 😕

[@_dont_mind_me]

@@Kit10121 the whole family?? The only pictures I’ve ever seen was his wife at the wedding

[@Kit10121]

@@_dont_mind_me yep. There's footage of him and the kids both from during the wedding and from different times when they were spotted on the street

[@Strawberry_0408]

Chen will hit you with emotions EVERY.SINGLE.TIME!!

[@havok97818]

As of now. Chen is married with 2 kids. I will say that Chen is definitely a ballad and OST king, but those moments where we get, like, rocker Chen is a special treat.

[@Ela.z]

I’m all tearful every time I hear this beautiful song of our dear Chen~ Thank you for the Exo reaction ♡︎

[@blackpearl5826]

Chen brings out the emotions on the song. You can feel the heartbreak just listening to how he sings even if i don't know any Hanggul.

[@myk785]

Thank you for reacting to Chen. He has an incredible voice and is so kind and lovely.

[@nikki.exosnoona]

they rarely send messages on bubble. the one that sends the most was Kai. like literally spamming pics 😂 but now the ones that sends messages a lot is Suho & Baekhyun. Sehun was our weather reporter before he enlisted. Xiumin sends cute messages. D.O. sends sometimes but when he does he sends a lot. Chanyeol sends a lot of pics of his dog Zzar.

[@mapalomukupa6459]

The Korean title of this is something like "when April ends, let's break up" so Exo-Ls named it April 32nd, meaning we never want April to end. He was so touched when heard of this

[@uminsomuchtome]

Chen’s albums are masterpieces! Always so touching. While mostly ballads, his Last Scene album have some upbeat songs that he carefully picked and his Polaris album is a whole genre jump and brilliant!

[@orangezoo6748]

Chen is a beautiful man with a beautiful soul ❤

[@Soondingie]

Ooooooooooooooooooooooohhhhhh my bias!!!!!!! this man is such an angel! Thanks for the reaction and for Chen.

[@MrsDogeva]

I personally like Suho and Xiumins bubbles the best. I’m 10+ years exol and I don’t have a bias in Exo anymore😀 I subscribed to each member as soon as they started bubble. Suho is always really sweet and texting quite often, send selfies and sometimes even voice messages. He contact on important occasion like anniversaries, awards winnings, holidays. Talks a bit about other Exo members too. Always thankful and sweet to Exo-ls🥹 Xiumin was very promising in the beginning😀 I think he is more active when he has schedule, I remember he was messaging almost every day during his solo promotions. The way he speaks is really cute because he uses lots of text emojis. He sends a lot of selfies maybe even more than Suho. Chanyeol sends messages not really often and usually just a few messages at a time. He sends more Zzars photos than selfies 😆 He likes to tease Exo-ls and do little spoilers when he has any schedules. I would say D.O. is unintentionally cute he just has that kind of unique personality. He like to talk about food, sends music recommendations and even KZbin video links sometimes. He shows up to talk about his schedule usually. Rarely sends photos of nature and his dogs but send voice messages of him singing. Baekhyun shows up as much as Suho I think. Usually just talks with exols about his daily life. Sometimes shows up and sends sweet messages to exol how much he loves and misses us. He also clears misunderstanding through bubbles messages if something serious come up or some rumors spreads around him and group. More sends voice messages than selfies. He is really active on twitter though. Kai was so overwhelming for me 😆 So many messages I thought he was my boyfriend. Tons of photos too. He is really cute and childish in a good way. I miss him a lot 🥲 Sehun was sending weather updates every other day😀 Or just messages like eat delicious food, rest well, you can do it, drink more water, be careful of cold or heat. Maximum two or three messages a day. Rare photos of sky and Vivi❤️ Unfortunately we don’t have Chen or Lay on bubble. Chen avoids it because it’s not rare for idols to get hate messages through bubble😔 Usually almost every one of them shows up to congratulate exol for anniversaries and holidays. That was my experience with Exo bubble I tried to be as accurate in my description as I can. I’m sorry if made any mistakes hope other exol correct me if I said something wrong. Hope it will help ❤️

[@alongfortheridereacts]

This is very helpful! Thank you xx

[@woodstock8d]

Your description is very accurate 👍🏼

[@idont5471]

Thank you I learned a lot 🤍

[@idont5471]

His Polaris album (Japanese) is a masterpiece. It's still my favorite album to this day. The variety of genres in one album makes me float in the air

[@TheNauglafel]

The only way I can describe Chen's voice is divine 🥰 This song is so beautiful, still my favourite solo Chen ballad.. But you should also know that sometimes he turns into a rock star and blow our minds even more 😀 That part of him is known as 'rocker Chen' among us and we have been praying for his comeback ever since he performed a solo called Uprising on stage 😅 You really should check out Watch Out live performance from Japan, it is his solo song in one of the CBX albums.. It is an upbeat song.. The amount of charisma, sexiness and energy he brings to the stage is amazing 🔥

[@syelaman2]

11:43 “Obscenely powerful vocals”! Couldn’t agree more!

[@judycasley108]

I have watched this clip so many times, but today is the first time I have laughed at the pianist with her twigs. I just knew you guys couldn’t resist commenting and snickering. Chen is married and has two daughters. Can you imagine him singing lullabies to his daughters and wife!

[@pinwi2304]

Chen doesn’t have dances practices, but he has a youtube channel, there are covers and his songs like a recording studio.

[@halima-L-1485]

Chen have three ballad albums every time he drop album i always got emotional by his vocals and the songs he choice, and beautiful goodbye is my ult chen solo songs. And not only chen but also kyungsoo when guys going react his solo you won't get any dance practice too . 😉

[@Ming3484]

If I were a singer and heard Chen I think I would be like, " I don't think I will ever be able to sing like this, but, what can I learn from this amazing singer to improve my vocals and performamces." Same thoughts I have when I listen to Dimash. Chen's voice is just WOW!! He has such an emotional way of singing you can even see and feel the emotion in the way his eyebrows move.

[@alongfortheridereacts]

Absolutely right. So much to learn from with him

[@nikki.exosnoona]

there were some interpretation of this as a metaphor of the relationship that was ending. the girls have veils because he's trying to forget the memories they had so that he can let her go easier. the line that gets me was "so meet someone that's better than me.. i hope you can smile with him." literally like someone jabbing my heart. 😭😭 when this came out fans made a calendar with just April 1st on all the days of the month because we didn't want Chen to break up with us. ❤

[@mira-1485]

God bless your daughter she has Cool parents 😇 , Chen chen oooh the loudest member with amazing vocals and great personality, but he make it rain on my face ༎ຶ⁠‿⁠༎ຶ , I used to listen to this song all day long when my husband past away , I don't know what I was thinking about hhhh

[@woodstock8d]

"Love Words" and "Flower" are my favorite song from this Chen's 1st mini album, hope u will listen to it. Chen released 3 Korean mini albums and a Japanese mini album, hope u will react to them. 1. April, and a Flower - "Beautiful Goodbye" (thanks for the reaction) 2. Dear my dear - "Shall We" 3. Last Scene - "Last Scene" 4. Polaris - "Light of My Life" (Japanese)

[@gigiflipp]

Love Words and I Don’t even Mind are my favorite Korean songs from Chen and from Polaris Free World is my Favorite ❤️

[@NessaAnd9]

i still remember watching and listening to this, I was on my way to work and i was on public vehicle.. the lyrics is piercing.. the vocals is killing.. i was crying the whole trip and people are staring at me but i dont care! 😂😂

[@micheller.8370]

Chennie❤❤ Hearing Beautiful Goodbye always makes me a little sad, but then I remember he's got a wife with two beautiful children, and I'm happy for him again.

[@exomykings0740]

From the first day i heard his voice , a voice full of emotions ,he became my favorite singer of all time

[@archdweller]

Chen❤That man just loves to make us cry. I love him so much. He is also wonderful lyricist. While he didn't write these lyrics, he has written beautiful lyrics to his solo songs like 'flower', 'my dear', and ' i don't even mind'. (He has also written lyrics to several EXO songs.) Please try to watch some of his live solo stages, his voice ❤ And happy birthday to your daughter!

[@adamstijerino5630]

Chen Vocal King 😍😍😍

[@dearstarX]

Our Emperor Jongdae 👑🤍 His voice is masterful ❤️

[@OnTopReggie]

I've always thought about the dancers in that sutil pale rose as cherry blossom petals that are falling completing their cycle, and it's fitting because cherry blossoms actually bloom starting in March and ending on April, as the song says, when April fade away, as our love.... damn, the MV is beautiful, sad you couldn't appreciate it more.

[@rooo8099]

I was so happy you finally got to Chen!!! I would recommend watching live stages for Chen over MV personally. His Japanese album is just rock music which suits Chen's voice so much. Japanese songs are not reaction friendly due to copyrights but that would give you the chance to listen to all songs on the album hopefully. Happy birthday to your daughter!

[@gigiflipp]

Beautiful Goodbye is so beautiful, I think. The song, mv, lyrics. And, he sounds the same live !! Chens always emotional, his latest album, Polaris is different but it is Japanese. But, everyone reacting to the title track seems to not have a problem.

[@BlancaMarquez-wo8mo]

My King Vocal Chen ❤😊

[@fanchenworld]

Chen has many masterpiece songs 😍 this is the most streamed male idol solo still in melon(korean streaming platform) . His first album is ballad 2nd album is half pop half ballad ,3rd one has 4 ballads with one pop & 1 rnb japanese album polaris has rnb,ballad ,soul,blue rock etc

[@kchat4625]

and the man sang live for 6 hours for this.

[@eris3909]

This is my favourite among all of his songs..

[@iam_regina]

Chen-day! Jongdae! Sunday! I love how the song barely started and Kerry is about to break out in hives and Simon is already in denial. 😅 You can listen to rocker Chen with his latest Japanese songs Free World (my fave!) and Break Out. Happy 6th birthday to your daughter! 🎂🎁🎉 I'm excited to learn our club's name. 😂

[@natty9112]

Happy birthday to your daughter 🎉 Hope she has an amazing year ahead! Chen’s japanese version is much more rock solid you could check it out😊

[@C467ZZ]

Chen❤

[@juliebear947]

Bubble data (lol): since I have them I did a little research for you. Baek: Dec 8 days active, 1 pic, 1 video. For Jan, 1 day. Baekhyun is usually more active. He tells us his day, sends heart fluttering comments, etc. Chanyeol: Dec-7 days active, 6 pics, 2 videos. Jan- 1 day. Many pics are zzar (his dog) but he mixes in him too. He tells about his day and other sweet things. Suho-Dec 9 days active, 11 pics, 2 videos. Jan- 0. Suho talks about everything, he seriously is the best leader. D.O.- Dec-5 days active, 11 stickers, 2 pics. Jan-0. Bless him, we rarely get pics of him and the 2 he sent were not of him. In Nov, he sent was active 1 day. We mostly get food updates, but he has also given us a mini concert once through voice messages. He will also share his movie/drama recommendations & his sticker use is hilarious. Xiumin: Dec- 5 days active, 2 pics, 1 voice memo. Jan-1 day. He will also have months that are very minimal. But he sends randomly cute pics of himself and shares what he’s been up to. Hope this helps :)

[@alongfortheridereacts]

This helps loads! Thank you x

[@gigiflipp]

There’s also a couple of Instagram lives in there from Baekhyun ( an hour long serenade at Christmas) from Baek and short live New Years Eve from Chanyeol.

[@nataliederricutt2957]

He has a new album out too called Polaris it is good I would recommend.

[@pamelafaerye7941]

I love you guys when you're honest about not getting some part of the set or whatever. It's hilarious and refreshing because we know you love them! I love EXO silly, but I don't get some stuff either. And that's ok! I just love it anyway! Also, in his solo work, he makes a point to not hit as many high notes as in EXO songs. He elaborates on Chen FM (please let that be on your to-do list!). ... Hard what?!👂... and for those of us who reach the end, how about ... The AFTeR Enders! Or maybe just the AFTeRs!

[@Tinkerbell-nf5vt]

I'd suggest subscribing to Kyungsoo, baekhyun and Suho's bubble..and when kai returns,his one too Edit: upsss...just heard you saying "one msg in a week" 🥴🥴🥴 Sorry but none of the exos send bubbles so regularly...i can't tell exactly but i feel like everyone sends bubble with minimum 10 days gaps??!! I guess so

[@yaseminkaraca9591]

Vocal King 🎉

[@Strawberry_0408]

OMG Chennie Chennie pie 😍😍😍😍

[@dhyexo9173]

Wow my number 1 bias wrecker😘

[@tsp94]

When Beautiful Goodbye came out i remember the whole fandom cried their heart out because of the lyrics.. the whole Timeline in Twitter was just 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 About Bubble.. generally all exo members were not as active as Stray Kids' members i believe 😂 since I'm both updated with Stray Kids' members and exo's members Bub update. Chanyeol & Baekhyun i guess are more on the active side aka sending messages on more than 5 different days (that consider a lot in our fandom) in a month 🥲

[@nikenhestika]

Try listen...my we bye..chen feat onestar..

[@Italian67foreverexofan]

Everything about this video is artistically beautiful ❤

[@exorvgg_]

my favorite exo solo title track 🥺

[@hamsagatas9455]

please, check out chen "may we bye" it's a special clip with onestar

[@maraina5]

love you guys little bickerings 😁 you guys are so cute. I could see you were trying to keep the mood light as Chen's song can be heart wrenching / hit you hard in the feels. Thanks for the react.

[@krynnalexia]

His vocals are excellent, he is the EXO powerhouse though, so no surprise lol. If you would like to hear a song or two that's not so sad and ballady....check out Break Out, which is from his more recent japanese solo album. Also Everytime OST, Make it Count OST and Years

[@Nishiexol]

Chanyeol sends bubble almost every week. His messages are sooo cute. Even on weverse he's active. Baekhyun is famous for he's fan services. Regularly replies on twitter, active on bubble. Shares every info with us. Xiumin is not that active on bubble Suho comes bubble time to time too. Whenever he gets time. He's now busy with his drama shoots! Kyungsoo is the adorable one who would come bubble once in a month with loads of messages lol. Kai's bubble used to be soo fun oh I miss him Sehun used to always make sure to leave a message on bubble eveey week. I miss my baby

[@eris3909]

You can check his OSTs like: Best Luck Everytime I'm not okay Cherry blossoms OSTs with EXO CBX Someone Like you For You Cry

[@mapalomukupa6459]

You guys are always fun 😂 And happy birthday to your daughter ❤

[@nikki.exosnoona]

hope you'll react to his itsLive performance of Last Scene & Traveler next! you have to check out his Polaris album. very different from the Korean releases that he have.

[@dokhtaremahtab]

Today was my birthday and happy birthday to your daughter. Kyungsoo has birthday on 12th Jan an Kai on 14th Jan too

[@anaclarapaniago4303]

I love this song ❤

[@Lovelyisimba]

Suho and Chanyeol and Baekhyun are the most who send messages on bubble hehe they are so cute

[@Moores1989]

Please listen to Chen’s most recent Japanese album and his Last Scene album. Those are my favorite. I suggest Free World, Break Out and I Don’t Even Mind. ❤Chen

[@newnumber2721]

Thanksss I love this song, so emotional!

[@2baekdo]

❤❤❤

[@ExoLisa783]

Sondingie here❤

[@milyverma7821]

Thank you for reacting to this beautiful song.... It's ok if you don't know the story or meaning behind certain things in the video, because until and unless you won't dig in you won't know.. Even I understand certain things after watching explanation and all..... What matters is you enjoy the song❤....

[@annie.hi.]

I’m part of the club

[@annie.hi.]

We are the ones that worry about your relationship

[@АннаСтепина-т7л]

👍💖❤️‍🔥💖

[@gigo518]

Your comment about “do other singers listen to this and just pack up and go” is so funny because a vocal teachers in Korea said they use this song to test their students because it’s hard to sing from a technical standpoint but also imo it’s testing how well a singer can use good technique to help them emote and deliver the feeling the song. Also, as for your comment about wanting hard metal/rock, you should absolutely check out Chen’s rock music. There’s his latest songs “Free World@ and “Break Out” from his Japanese album Polaris. These are hard hitting jrock songs and they’re awesome. No mvs but there are lyric videos. This album also contains the title track “Light of my Life” (with mv but no lyrics CC) which is more like a rock ballad, and the song “Mirage of Flower” (lyrics vid) which is a slow dark rock song. Chen fans waited a long time for Chen to release solo rock music ever since his solo live concert song/headbanger “Uprising” all the way from 2014. (There’s a video of that live and you saw a small bit of it in your Chen guide mv). In 2018, as part of Cbx’s album, he released the solo rock song “Watch Out” for which there is also an awesome live stage he does. So Chen fans have known since 2014 that Chen is not just great at ballads, but that he is a rock star as well, and finally in 2023 he gifted us with his solo album Polaris which includes the rock or rock-adjacent tracks I mentioned at the beginning of my comment and that I hope you will react to :) aka Free World, Break Out, Light of My Life, and Mirage of Flower.

[@katy8605]

Kerry said she needs to react to something hard. You guys could react to Shinee's "HARD". The lyrics go "hard like a criminal hard like the beat. Hard like my flow" etc. . Whatever tangent you guys go off on, there always still seems to be some kpop reference we ppl in the comments can link it back to.

[@katy8605]

Oh yeah I almost forgot to comment about Bubble. Currently I have Chanyeol, Baekhyun, D.O. Suho, I felt like Xiumin's is a little bit less frequent so I don't have his now. I just catch up on his on a fan site's translations. Chen bubble does not exist. Kai and Sehun's currently on hold which is too bad since they were probably the best exo bubbles. Recently the four I have all used it a good amount because of Christmas and New Year messages and some sweet responses of thanks when they got award wins. Personally,, my ranking of these 4 members' bubble posts (not based on who my bias is) is currently 1) Suho 2) Baekhyun 3) tie between Chanyeol D.O.. I placed Suho's first because he's got a nice balance of photos and messages, and he's such a cute sentimental person. For example, some recent Suho bubble posts include a couple Sehun pics bc he was missing him and he wrote "babo maknae" (babo roughly means like foolish, dummy), a photo of himself in a bunny hat thing, teaching a Korean word and English word, and suggesting for everybody to fall asleep listening to Universe together with him.

[@alongfortheridereacts]

Super helpful thank you! X

[@katy8605]

@@alongfortheridereacts What do you recommend from Stray Kids bubbles? I'm most interested in Bang Chan's. When I stopped getting Xiumin's I decided to test out NCT Mark's. Still observing, but so far his is good. He kept up a steady stream of chatter while he was waiting at the airport.

[@alongfortheridereacts]

Honestly, I don't subscribe to bang chans because he wasn't very active but I hear he has been getting much better and even flirting wayyy more!

[@alongfortheridereacts]

I have Lee Know, Han, Seungmin, I.N and Hyunjin. Han is a once a week guy, Lee Know and Hyunjin once every few days and the Maknae are quite good and send messages every day or so. Xx

[@katy8605]

@@alongfortheridereacts Oh ok! Thanks! I might try out Seungmin's then bc he's my other favorite skz member

[@shanabear504]

Baekhyun is the most active on Bubble.

[@pauline4624]

i think the most active on bubble are Baekhyun and Suho, followed by Chanyeol, but i don't have any of them so im not 100% sure

[@ChocolateTeapot93]

Some day Simon will be found buried in the garden and this video will be shown to the jury 😂

[@HanazawaEternalIce]

I'm a uk exo-L i dont even know what bubble is ...

[@TheNauglafel]

I am really curious about the name of the secret club 😀 Ride or Dies maybe? Since you are Along For The Ride 😛 It is also the name of the one of Kai's songs 😅

[@2188엘]

Unfortunately the most active in bubble is not here. Kai, is the most random, chatty and ridiculous in bubble. He once sent 50 photos from his trip and made fans choose which one to upload in his insta😂. He got sulky when no one replied to his chat when bubble crashed😂. When he comes back, its really worth subscribing to his bubble. Other members are not aa active as other idols though.

[@mochimochi82]

I understand that this song was extremely popular with the general public, i.e., outside the usual pop demographic. I think virtually all of Chen’s music has an especially broad appeal. How could it not? (Off topic, why should you, as British people, know, on the fly, about an American astronaut and pacific whale? Completely out of context in a kpop mv, no less? 😂)

[@katy8605]

Now do the dance practice to this. jk jk 😜

[@alongfortheridereacts]

🤣 😂 🤣 😂 🤣

[@BlancaMarquez-wo8mo]

My King Vocal Chen ❤😊

[@BlancaMarquez-wo8mo]

My King Vocal Chen ❤😊

[@BlancaMarquez-wo8mo]

My King Vocal Chen ❤😊