What a Life (Exo-SC song)
2019 single by Exo-SC
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"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]
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| Single by Exo-SC | ||||
| from the EP What a Life | ||||
| Language | Korean | |||
| Released | July 22, 2019 | |||
| Recorded | 2019 | |||
| Genre | Hip hop | |||
| Length | 3:23 | |||
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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
Live performance
Credits and personnel
Credits adapted from the EP's liner notes.[11]
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
- 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) | Peak position |
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| South Korea (Circle)[12] | 83 |
| South Korea (K-pop Hot 100)[13] | 1 |
Accolades
| Critic/Publication | List | Rank | Ref. |
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| PopCrush | Best Songs Of 2019 | 24 | [14] |
| Refinery29 | The Best K-Pop Songs Of 2019 | 29 | [15] |
Music program awards
| Program | Network | Date | Ref. |
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| Music Bank | KBS | August 2, 2019 | [16] |
Release history
| Region | Date | Format | Label |
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| South Korea | July 22, 2019 | ||
| Various | SM Entertainment |