"Cream Soda"
Single by Exo
from the album Exist
LanguageKorean
ReleasedJuly 10, 2023
Recorded2023
GenreDance-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
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.

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

  • SM Entertainment – executive producer
  • Exo – vocals
  • Moon Seol-li – lyrics
  • Tre Jean-Marie – composition, arrangement, instruments programming
  • Kwame "KZ" Kwei-Armah Jr. – composition, arrangement, instruments programming
  • Ebenezer Fabiyi – composition
  • Bobby Candler – composition
  • Adrian McKinnon – composition
  • IMLAY – arrangement
  • Young Chance – vocal directing, background vocals
  • Lee Min-kyu – recording, digital editing
  • Lee Ji-hong – recording
  • Kang Eun-ji – recording
  • Kim Cheol-sun – mixing
  • Kwon Nam-woo – mastering

Charts

Release history

Release history for "Cream Soda"
Region Date Format Label
Various July 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.
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