EXO's Chen uploads soulful cover of Park Hyo-shin's "Breath"
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EXO-Ls also showed support to Chen as they made “Jongdae” trend on Twitter.
After his back-to-back announcements of marriage and welcoming his daughter, EXO member Chen is back to make EXO-Ls' hearts melt with his soulful cover of Park Hyo-shin's “Breath.”
On YouTube, the 27-year-old K-pop idol covered the soulful ballad, easily hitting note after note.
The lyrics go, “On a night like tonight, if I can stay in this dream / If I can hope for things I can't, if I cannot be afraid just like you. / On a day like today, when old tears that I thought dried up flowed again / My small heart that hasn't fallen asleep, breathes.”
As of this writing, the YouTube video holds a spot at the platform's trending videos and has garnered more than 900K views in less than 24 hours.
Since the upload, fans have openly spoken up about their excitement over Chen's return in social media by making his name, “Jongdae,” trend in Twitter's Worldwide topics.
Here are some fans' reactions over his return:
NOOOOOO THIS IS SO CUTE😭😭😭 #CHEN #JONGDAE pic.twitter.com/rtMrhjrt3q
-- KJD (@ChenMoments) June 24, 2020
JONGDAE REACHED 1.61M SUBSCRIBERS HE GAINED 80K SUBSCRIBERS AFTER HE UPDATED CHENTUBE OH MY GOD pic.twitter.com/ZXarpVu1o4
-- CHENNIE UPDATED CHENTUBE (@misspoutykjd) June 24, 2020
I removed the background music and here's a masterpiece from the nation's vocalist Kim Jongdae pic.twitter.com/t2iJmVHQo1
-- 𝒴𝓊𝓂𝒾 (@yu_myeon) June 25, 2020
it took jongdae's first youtube video 20 hours to reach 800k views, his breath cover is already at 550k after 7 hours 👀 pic.twitter.com/elhCva5mGC
-- chentube update NOW (@smolkjd) June 24, 2020
jongdae's youtube channel really saw an increase of 80k subscribers (and going strong!) in less than a day for his FIRST cover song of 2020 please his power is truly out of this world 😭 pic.twitter.com/xtQzSSbaNF
-- ayesha 📺 1B VIEWS (@whinyjongdae) June 25, 2020
Chen, whose real name is Kim Jong-dae, made his debut as a member of EXO in 2012, The group recently released their sixth studio album, “Obsession.”
Welcome back, Chen!
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