"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. The song resulted in Exo-SC first music show win on KBS's Music Bank on August 2, 2019.
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".
On July 31, a cam video of the two members separately of their performance of "What a Life" on their showcase were released.
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. On July 21, "What a Life" music video teaser was released. On July 22, the official music video of "What a Life" was released.
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.
On July 22, EXO-SC performed "What a Life" at their two showcases for the press and for the fans.
Credits and personnel Credits adapted from the EP's liner notes.
Studio SM Big Shot Studio – recording Doobdoob Studio – digital editing SM LVYIN Studio – engineered for mix SM Blue Cup Studio – mixing 821 Sound – mastering
Personnel SM Entertainment – executive producer Lee Soo-man – producer Lee Sung-soo – production director Kim Young-min – executive supervisor Yoo Young-jin – music and sound supervisor Exo-SC – vocals Loey – lyrics Sehun – lyrics Gaeko – lyrics, composition, vocal directing, background vocals Devine-Channel – producer, composition, arrangement Lim Kwang-wook – bass, synthesizer Aris Maggiani – producer, composition, arrangement, bass, synthesizer Ryan Kim – electric piano Lee Min-kyu – recording Jang Woo-young – digital editing Lee Ji-hong – engineered for mix Jung Eui-seok – mixing Kwon Nam-woo – mastering
Charts Chart (2019) Peakposition South Korea (Circle) 83 South Korea (K-pop Hot 100) 1
Accolades
+Year-end listsCritic/PublicationListRankRef. PopCrush Best Songs Of 2019 24 Refinery29 The Best K-Pop Songs Of 2019 29
Music program awards +Music program awardsProgram Network Date Music BankKBSAugust 2, 2019
Release history +RegionDateFormatLabel South Korea July 22, 2019 Various SM Entertainment
References