EXO-L Demanded ‘Run’ Three Times, and EXO Ended Up on the Floor

Featured photo: EXO’s leader Suho in May 2026. Photo: K-POPit / TV10, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0.

EXO’s sixth tour peaked on the night of November 8 with all five members lying flat on the floor of Seoul’s KSPO Dome. Their fandom, EXO-L, would not stop shouting “one more time,” so EXO ran through “Run” three times in a row, and that final night was playing live in 757 cinemas across 23 regions (Sports Kyunghyang, Sports Donga, November 8). It was where a solo tour they had reopened after six years landed, 27 shows and seven months later.

I’ll be honest: when I got to the part where Suho said, “I wish this moment would stop,” I had to pause the screen for a long while, as a fan. A group that debuted in 2012 running out of breath and sinking onto the stage, while the arena and the cinemas laughed along with them: just knowing a night like that came back was enough to fill my heart.

‘Run’ three times, and “I want to get serious for the first time in 15 years”

The scene came during “club time” in the middle of the show. EXO ran across the stage through an EDM medley of “Lucky One,” “Power,” “Don’t Fight The Feeling” and “Run,” and when “Run” ended, the crowd erupted with “one more time.” The members sang it again, but the chant didn’t stop, and after the third “Run” the five of them lay down or dropped to the floor (Sports Kyunghyang, November 8; Star News, November 8).

“Power,” one of the songs in that medley, has 105,031,443 views on its official music video (SMTOWN, checked November 9, 2026).

Catching his breath, Chanyeol said, “This isn’t something to take for granted,” and Kai brought the house down with, “I want to get serious for the first time in 15 years” (Sports Kyunghyang, November 8). The signs were there from early in the show. “Something huge happened in the middle of yesterday’s show. It was so unusual it shocked even EXO,” Chanyeol said. “With the energy right now, I don’t think twice is going to be the end of it” (Sports Donga, Herald Muse, November 8).

Then it was the fans’ turn. To give the exhausted members a rest, EXO-L sang “Don’t Go,” the song D.O. asked for, harmonies and ad-libs included, and followed it with “Unfair,” Suho’s request. “You sing better than we do,” Suho marveled (Sports Kyunghyang, November 8).

This official stage video from the tour’s Seoul shows has 2,812,353 views (EXO official channel, checked November 9, 2026).

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‘The First Snow’ on the day of the first snow

Seoul saw its first snow of the winter that day (Sports Kyunghyang, November 8). Late in the show, EXO moved into a winter medley of “Sing For You,” “For Life,” “Universe” and “The First Snow,” and when the intro to “The First Snow” began, the crowd cheered and sang along. Then “History,” “Love Me Right” and “Growl” came back, along with outfits that looked like school uniforms (Sports Kyunghyang, November 8).

The 2013 “Growl” music video stands at 353,715,916 views, and “Love Me Right” from 2015 at 161,975,264 (SMTOWN, checked November 9, 2026).

It was raining outside the venue, but the lines formed early. Liu, a 23-year-old university student from China who has loved EXO since “Growl” in 2013, was at an EXO concert for the first time in 13 years. Cheng, a 30-year-old office worker from China who became a D.O. fan only three months ago, took time off and caught a dawn flight. Asked why, she answered, “His voice is so good, and he’s so cute.” Chloe, 25, came from Malaysia; her boyfriend, both hands full of her bag and shopping bags, laughed: “I have to wait outside until the concert’s over” (Sports Kyunghyang, November 8).

Popcorn and cola in 757 cinemas

The final show was broadcast as a live viewing, a real-time screening in movie theaters, in 757 cinemas across 23 regions, including Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, Australia, the UAE, Spain, the U.S., Mexico, Brazil, Peru, Chile, Argentina and Bolivia (Top Star News, November 6; Sports Donga, November 8). Suho greeted the theater audiences, too. “I hear you’re watching this concert lying back in cinemas all over the world. With popcorn and cola, they tell me.” Then he added, “Those of you watching in the theater, please don’t kick the seat in front of you or jump around too much” (Sports Donga, November 8).

The numbers inside the arena say the same thing. Over the three encore nights, about 33,000 people came to KSPO Dome, and every show sold out, down to the obstructed-view seats (Sports Donga, November 8). Fans singing back to the stage has become one of K-pop’s great scenes this year, from 85,000 BTS fans singing “Arirang” in São Paulo to this dome in Seoul.

Six years of waiting, then 27 sold-out shows

That night was the last chapter of a return that had run for almost a year. EXO came back last December with a fan meeting and a stage at the MMA, and in January this year they released their eighth studio album “REVERXE,” their first in two years and six months (NewsQ, November 8; Nocut News, February 27). Its title track “Crown” won five music show trophies, and the album became EXO’s eighth million-seller (Top Star News, November 6; Nocut News, February 27).

The “Crown” video has 51,297,853 views (SMTOWN, checked November 9, 2026).

The April Seoul shows were billed as “EXO’s first solo concert in six years” (Money Today, April 13). The tour that began on that stage went on to Ho Chi Minh City, Nagoya, Taipei, Bangkok, Macau, Osaka, Jakarta, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Tokyo, Kaohsiung and Singapore, selling out all 27 shows in 14 regions (My Daily, November 8; Top Star News, November 6). Five members, Suho, Chanyeol, D.O., Kai and Sehun, took the stage for this encore (Sports Kyunghyang, November 8). Like BIGBANG’s 20th-anniversary stadium tour, this was a veteran group proving the seats still fill.

Another official stage video from the Seoul shows, with 901,632 views (EXO official channel, checked November 9, 2026).

In his final goodbye, Sehun divided up the credit for the show: “The staff, 30%. EXO, 30%. The fans, 40%.” Suho said, “Wherever we go in time, whatever space we’re in, EXO will be your Peter Pan forever,” and then they closed the roughly three-hour show with their last song, “Peter Pan” (Sports Donga, Sports Kyunghyang, November 8).

In December, Kai and Sehun come first

The next chapter has already been announced. Kai and Sehun will release a first mini album as a two-member unit in December (Sports Kyunghyang, NC Press, November 8). On stage, Sehun hinted, “Something will probably go out starting next week,” then added, “Performance-wise, I think ‘we just smashed it’ is the right way to put it,” and Chanyeol chimed in: “I kept watching it, and it’s insane” (Sports Kyunghyang, November 8). Suho promised, “EXO will come back as soon as possible with new music and new performances. Please wait for us” (Sports Donga, November 8).

Kai and Sehun, who were lying on the floor after the third “Run,” will be standing up again as a duo a month from now. Sehun asked for an honest verdict, but I already know I’ll replay that first video at least three times, just like “Run.”

Sources

• Sports Kyunghyang, November 8 (concert report): https://sports.khan.co.kr/article/202611082345003?pt=nv
• Sports Kyunghyang, November 8 (overseas fans): https://sports.khan.co.kr/article/202611082216003?pt=nv
• Sports Kyunghyang, November 8 (Kai and Sehun unit): https://sports.khan.co.kr/article/202611082341003?pt=nv
• Sports Donga, November 8: https://sports.donga.com/ent/article/all/20261108/134987938/2
• Star News, November 8: https://www.starnewskorea.com/music/2026/11/08/2026110817164216769
• Herald Muse, November 8: https://www.heraldmuse.com/article/10929753
• NC Press, November 8: https://www.nc.press/news/articleView.html?idxno=630514
• My Daily, November 8: https://www.mydaily.co.kr/page/view/2026110821535534767
• NewsQ, November 8: https://www.newsq.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=500792
• Top Star News, November 6: https://www.topstarnews.net/news/articleView.html?idxno=16269706
• Nocut News, February 27: https://www.nocutnews.co.kr/news/6477279
• Money Today, April 13: https://www.mt.co.kr/stock/2026/04/13/2026041315331624840
• YouTube views: EXO and SMTOWN official channels, checked November 9, 2026