What a Life (Exo-SC song)


"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.
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Personnel

Accolades

Critic/PublicationListRankRef.
PopCrushBest Songs Of 201924
Refinery29The Best K-Pop Songs Of 201929