2014: Overdose, Kris and Luhans lawsuit and Fanclub Production On 1 April 2014, SM Entertainment announced that EXO will be having a comeback on April 15.[45] The company then began to reveal individual teaser photos. The title track of the upcoming album will be called Overdose.[46] On April 15 at 8PM (KST), EXO held their comeback showcase, broadcast live online through Samsung Music, where they revealed their performance and music video for Overdose for the first time. They also performed to their major hit songs. EXO-K and EXO-M will be separate for promotions for Overdose, promoting in Korea and China at the same time.[47] Due to South Koreas ferry accident, EXO-K who originally scheduled to make their comeback stage on April 18 at Music Bank, on April 19 at Music Core and on April 20 at Inkigayo have decided to postpone to next week.[48] EXO-M will attend their comeback stage at Global Chinese Music on April 19 as scheduled. Their 2nd mini album which suppose to be released online and offline on April 21 also have been rescheduled to May 7, 2014.[48] EXOs Overdose performed exceptionally well on real-time music charts, achieving an all-kill within just seven hours of its release.[49] On May 15, 2014, S.M. Entertainment confirmed through an interview that EXO-Ms leader, Kris, had filed a lawsuit against the agency to terminate his contract.[50] as of the submission date of the lawsuit the band promotes with 11 members.[51][52] In August 2014, S.M. Entertainment officially announced EXOs fandom name, EXO-L. The logic behind the name is the letter L in EXO-L stands for Love. The letter L also goes between the letters K and M in alphabetical order, the letter represents fans that show their avid support for both of the groups sub-units, EXO-K and EXO-M. The letter L is also the twelfth letter in the English alphabet, signifying the twelve members of Exo before Kris leave.[53] The group as well as launched an official app and website release for their fanclub, EXO-Ls official Korean website and the app, EXO-Ls official Android application page. EXO is the first K-pop band to launch an app in the K-pop Entertainment Industry. The app is available to Android and Apple users as of August, 16, 2014.[54] As of August, 25, 2014, the website has garnered a total of 2,330,278 members and counting, as the site has encountered technically difficulties due to heavy traffic.[55] S.M. Entertainment has expressed their appreciation for the fans support as they fix both the app and website.[56] On October 10, Luhan filed a lawsuit against SM Entertainment to nullify his contract, mainly because of health issues.[57][58] Members Main article: List of Exo members EXO-K Stage name [59] Birth name Date of birth[60] Nationality Name Hangul Hanja Hangul Romanized Suho 수호 金俊勉 김준면 Kim Jun Myun May 22, 1991 (age 23) South Korea Baekhyun 백현 邊伯賢 변백현 Byun Baek Hyun May 6, 1992 (age 22) Chanyeol 찬열 朴燦烈 박찬열 Park Chan Yeol November 27, 1992 (age 21) D.O 디오 都暻秀 도경수 Do Kyung Soo January 12, 1993 (age 21) Kai 카이 金鍾仁 김종인 Kim Jong In January 14, 1994 (age 20) Sehun 세훈 吳世勳 오세훈 Oh Se Hun April 12, 1994 (age 20) EXO-M Stage name [61] Birth name Date of birth[62] Nationality Name Hangul Hanja Hangul Romanized Xiumin 시우민 金珉錫 김민석 Kim Min Seok March 26, 1990 (age 24) South Korea Luhan[a] 루한 鹿晗 루한 Lu Han April 20, 1990 (age 24) China Kris[b] 크리스 吳亦凡 우이판 Wu Yifan November 6, 1990 (age 24) Canada Lay 레이 張藝興 장이씽 Zhang Yixing October 7, 1991 (age 23) China Chen 첸 金鐘大 김종대 Kim Jong Dae September 21, 1992 (age 22) South Korea Tao 타오 黃子韜 황쯔타오 Huang Zitao May 2, 1993 (age 21) China Luhan is currently an Inactive Member, due to his lawsuit against SM Entertainment since October 10, 2014. Kris is currently an Inactive Member, due to his lawsuit against SM Entertainment since May 15, 2014.
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