He’s Mr. Rover, and he really is coming over (to slay).
On March 13, 2023, EXO member KAI released his 3rd solo mini album titled “Rover”, along with the music video for the mini album’s title track of the same name. This marks KAI’s return to solo music after the release of “Peaches” 1 year and 3 months ago.
Kai’s 3rd mini album consists of 6 new tracks, including the title track of the same name, “Rover”. The mini album dives into genres such as dance, R&B soul, R&B hip-hop, and pop. Prior to the EP’s release, Kai had teased some of his newest songs on EXO’s official TikTok and Instagram pages, bringing in a lot of anticipation for the EXO member’s newest music release.
“Rover”, the title track, is described as a dance song with a heavy bass, marimba, bells, and a variety of percussions. Its lyrics encourage listeners to break free of other’s opinions and to live freely as “wanderers”. The music video sees Kai dancing with hip-hop dancers and ballerinas in a variety of scenes.
EXO-Ls in particular, were highly anticipating Kai’s newest music release, especially with how good his sound was in his past 2 EPs.
the transition of kai with the hiphop dancers and then with the ballerinas I’M OBSESSED #KAI_RoverOutNowpic.twitter.com/n7D2pBmAMO
— ari 💌 (@oshcuddles) March 13, 2023
Kai leaving the studio after recording rover https://t.co/TEE3LfdLFJ
— Anna🍖| Swim Coach 🏄🏾♀️ (@strawbrry_Baek) March 13, 2023
this part is enough to kill me to resurrect me again so that the first thing i see when im brought to this world is this jesus christ kim jongin you're a legend#KAI_RoverOutNow#우주의방랑자_미스터카이 #KAI_Rover
pic.twitter.com/n0izkLvsvV— p. (@jonginivrse) March 13, 2023
Kai changing identities in the rover MV pic.twitter.com/FTSR4B508R
— Anna🍖| Swim Coach 🏄🏾♀️ (@strawbrry_Baek) March 13, 2023
“Take a ride with me. Do you wish to be free? Only I can take you there.” — KAI, ROVER pic.twitter.com/O3kAV9DhEw
— ur local crystal (@ELYXIONVERSE) March 13, 2023
MMMH — PEACHES — ROVER
KAI WILL ALWAYS BE THE STANDARD 🔥 pic.twitter.com/B4gAqthSRj
— klau (@kokokbop) March 13, 2023
KAI ARE YOU KIDDING ME THIS PART pic.twitter.com/sxuAdxLOzB
— kai ᡣ𐭩 •｡ꪆৎ ˚⋅ (@zkdlinedits) March 13, 2023
Kai's ID card on Rover MV:
•Mr. Frank William
•Mr. Elliot Billy
•Mr. Atlas
•Mr. Zion#KAI_RoverOutNow#우주의방랑자_미스터카이 pic.twitter.com/gR9fPJ2kFM— 귀여운 복쯍아🍑 (@dyonigiri) March 13, 2023
https://twitter.com/saamoo97/status/1635206669474086912?s=20
EXO's Kai drops the music video to ‘Rover.’
Watch: https://t.co/MMdL9mwwGk pic.twitter.com/XPjVwWwC1N
— Pop Base (@PopBase) March 13, 2023
https://twitter.com/EX0POP/status/1635231027240243202?s=20
kai literally saved kpop pic.twitter.com/MVVQA6jxgX
— kai ᡣ𐭩 •｡ꪆৎ ˚⋅ (@zkdlinedits) March 13, 2023
ONLY HEARD FEW SECONDS OF ROVER AND I KNOW IT'S THE BEST OUT OF KAI'S TITLE TRACKS pic.twitter.com/YEilvfGIQa
— maria ✴︎ (@ohsenh) March 13, 2023
KIM JONGIN, YOU’RE INSANEEEE 😭 #KAI #카이#EXO #엑소 #weareoneEXO#Rover #KAI_Rover pic.twitter.com/51zN2pnM1x
— ⋆｡˚ iciel ☁︎ ˚｡⋆｡ (@baekwoniee) March 13, 2023
Jongin with KAI, Peaches, and Rover: pic.twitter.com/KFjGFpnrHY
— 🧚🏼♀️ (@xiurotonin) March 13, 2023
the youtube reaction videos titles to rover are so funny😭😭😭 KAI FATHER #CONFIRMED pic.twitter.com/LbqBrGNt3f
— sum saw kai (@jonginsdoII) March 13, 2023
https://twitter.com/cottonshuai/status/1635227052369645568?s=20
CALL ME ROVER pic.twitter.com/zpKDWytVno
— rare/old kai (@rarezkdlin) March 11, 2023
Another no skip album by Kai as expected pic.twitter.com/64Xy1vDMhv
— Ana | (@legendsexo_) March 13, 2023
his deep voice, the outfits.. this is insane pic.twitter.com/mEnPB4qSZJ
— ً (@zkdlindaily) March 13, 2023
Kai devoured and mothered this era, just as any other era. EXO’s year is this year, we believe.
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