Love Shot (Exo song)

"Love Shot" is a song by South Korean–Chinese boy band Exo, released on December 13, 2018, for the repackaged edition of the group's fifth studio album Love Shot. The music video was released on the same date.

"Love Shot"
Single by Exo
from the album Love Shot
ReleasedDecember 13, 2018
Recorded2018
StudioSM Studios, Seoul, South Korea
Genre
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Rice N' Peas
Exo singles chronology
"Tempo"
(2018)		 "Love Shot"
(2018)		 "Bird"
(2019)
Music video
"Love Shot (Korean ver.)" on YouTube
"Love Shot (Chinese ver.)" on YouTube

Background and composition

Produced by Rice N' Peas, "Love Shot" is described as a pop dance track that features a memorably addictive chorus and heavy 808 bass. Members Chen and Chanyeol participated in writing the lyrics that talk about hoping to be together and rediscover the meaning of true love, which seems to be disappearing more and more from a dreary world.[1]

Talking to Billboard about co-composing the song, Mike Woods stated that the song was created in January 2017, and stated that him and the other composers MZMC, Bazzi, Kevin White and Anthony Russo, "wanted something that was very, very performance-driven, very dance-driven — something that would sound good loud and in an arena. We like the fact that it's kind of in a different time signature — it's in 6/8, so that's not like a generic pop song.", Woods also stated that the original title of the song is "Love Shop".[2] Despite comments by Woods that the song is in 6/8 time signature, this track makes use of 4/4 timing at the tempo of 72BPM. It is in the key of C minor. Both the instrumental and vocal melodies feature the use of sixteenth note triplet rhythms.

Music video

On December 6, the first teaser of "Love Shot" music video was released.[3] On December 11, the second teaser of "Love Shot" music video was released.[4] The official Korean music video of "Love Shot" was released on December 13. The Chinese version of the music video was released on December 14.

The music video shows the members switching places between the gritty locale of a gas station and luxurious trappings, before participating in a shoot-out with unexpected enemies. The video also shows the group's sensual choreography.[5]

On March 4, 2019, the Korean music video surpassed 100 million views on YouTube. It surpassed 200 and 300 million views on October 15, 2019, and August 18, 2020, respectively, becoming their fastest music video to reach all three milestones.

Promotion

EXO began promoting "Love Shot" without member Lay on South Korean music shows starting from December 14.[6]

Reception

"Love Shot" topped Billboard's World Digital Songs for three consecutive weeks, making Exo the second K-pop act to do so.[7]

Charts

Sales
Downloads
Region Sales
China[17] 2,079
United States[18] 4,000

Accolades
Awards
Year Organization Award Result Ref.
2019 Melon Music Awards Best Song Nominated [19]
Best Male Dance Track Nominated
2020 Golden Disc Awards Digital Bonsang Nominated [20]
Gaon Chart Music Awards Song of the Year – December Nominated [21]
Year-end lists
Critic/Publication List Rank Ref.
JawaPos 9 K-Pop Songs Popular Throughout 2018 9 [22]
KultScene 25 Best K-pop Songs Of 2018 5 [23]
i-D everything that happened to k-pop in 2018 7 [24]
SBS PopAsia 25 best K-pop dances of 2018 18 [25]
Music program awards
Program Date
Music Bank (KBS) December 21, 2018
December 28, 2018
Show! Music Core (MBC) December 22, 2018
Melon Popularity Award
Award Date (2018–19) Ref.
Weekly Popularity Award December 24 [26]
December 31
January 7
January 14
January 21

References
  1. "'K팝의 왕' 엑소, 신곡 'Love Shot'으로 연말 가요계 정조준 예고". entertain.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved December 8, 2018.
  2. "EXO's 'Love Shot' Album: The Producers & Songwriters Break Down Every Song". Billboard. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
  3. SMTOWN, EXO 엑소 'Love Shot' MV Teaser #1, retrieved December 8, 2018
  4. "EXO 엑소 'Love Shot' MV Teaser #2". December 11, 2018. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  5. "EXO Take Aim With New Single 'Love Shot': Watch the Music Video". Billboard. Retrieved December 22, 2018.
  6. "엑소, 오는 14일 뮤뱅서 컴백 첫 무대 공개…금일 자정 'Love Shot' 뮤비티저 공개". entertain.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  7. "EXO's 'Love Shot' tops Billboard chart for third week". kpopherald.koreaherald.com. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
  8. "EXO Chart History (Japan Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved December 31, 2018.
  9. "Top 20 Most Streamed International & Domestic Singles in Malaysia" (PDF). Recording Industry Association of Malaysia. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
  10. "NZ Hot Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. December 24, 2018. Retrieved December 25, 2018.
  11. "Singapore Top 30 Digital Streaming Chart – Week 51" (PDF). Recording Industry Association (Singapore). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 28, 2018.
  12. "Digital Chart – Week 50 of 2018". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Retrieved December 20, 2018.
  13. "Kpop Hot 100". Billboard. December 10–16, 2018. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
  14. "Official Independent Singles Breakers Chart Top 20". officialcharts.com. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
  15. "Exo Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
  16. "Gaon Digital Chart - 2019". Gaon Music Chart. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  17. Love Shot's Cumulative Sales in China:
  18. "EXO's 'Love Shot' Scores Second Week Atop World Digital Song Sales Chart". Billboard. December 28, 2018. Retrieved December 29, 2018.
  19. "Melon Music Awards 2019 Announces Nominees For Category Awards + Voting Begins". soompi. November 14, 2019. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
  20. "34th Golden Disc Awards Announces Nominees". Soompi. December 6, 2019. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
  21. "Winners Of 9th Gaon Chart Music Awards". soompi. January 8, 2020. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
  22. "9 Lagu K-pop Ini Populer Sepanjang Tahun 2018". JawaPos (in Indonesian). December 26, 2018. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
  23. "25 BEST K-POP SONGS OF 2018". KultScene. December 25, 2018. Retrieved January 8, 2019.
  24. "everything that happened to k-pop in 2018". Vice. December 17, 2018. Retrieved January 8, 2019.
  25. "25 best K-pop dances of 2018". SBS PopAsia. December 19, 2018. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
  26. "Melon Weekly Award". www.melon.com (in Korean). Archived from the original on June 21, 2018. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
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