EXO M’s Xiumin

Hello!

New EXO fan? Or an exotic/exostan since the beginning?

I have a question for you.

Do you know who Kim Min Seok is?
Yes? No?

Kim Min Seok is the eldest member of EXO. He is also known as ‘Xiumin’ or ‘Baozi’.

Some of you may or may not know who he is and I’ll help you get to know him.

I’ve seen lots of EXO fans talk about the members especially Kai, Lay, Kyung Soo and Chen. Have you ever spared Xiumin a glance? I’ve never came across a Xiumin biased on Facebook or Twitter yet. It’s really heartbreaking seeing Xiumin always on the side, singing a line or two in their songs, etc.

Angel/Into Your World
在你的世界降落 yeah
就算世界都冷漠

365
我像一个骑士
考验我们的命运线

Peter Pan
可惜时间却不能随心所欲的倒退

Baby
那一点 只一点
在耳边 我耳边
这一天 每一天
啟程日就在今天 去往你那边

That is just an example of his parts from their songs.
Xiumin trained for 4 years in SM Entertainment after winning SECOND place in EverySing contest in 2008. THIS IS WHAT HE GOT. Can you believe it?!

Xiumin has a cute face just like the classic kind of a korean guy. Min Seok is an intelligent guy and knows his identity. He doesn’t have a lot of appearances in variety shows where he can show off what he really got. Have you seen their high note battle on Weekly Idol?

He’s amazing, right? (I was really happy when D.O. said that there’s a hidden high note master in EXO, none other than Xiumin) He has an impact every time he dances but because of his height and built, he wasn’t ‘capable’ of being the main dancer. Yes, he is small and the other tall members can easily block him but fans should love him also not just their biases. It’s really unfair for Xiumin!

Xiumin wasn’t able to show off his dance skills and show only his aegyo which is always the duty of the most maknaes.

I wonder what Xiumin feels to be pushed at the back and barely sing any lines even if he’s better than the others. Honestly, he is the first guy among EXO who caught my eyes. He wouldn’t steal the limelight just to get noticed.

Lately, the other EXO members are complaining that he wants to lose weight. Why?! A lot of fans calls him fat. Like, what the heck are you talking about?! He’s perfectly fine if you ask me. I keep on worrying about him because of that.

See?!

Even though I don’t know him personally, I think he’s the kind of person that will put others before himself. He’s the eldest but he has to show the aegyo, not his REAL talent. He contributes silently but nobody acknowledges his existence as one of the most important, responsible and mature members of EXO. You will always see a small faded smile hanging on his lips every time, watching the other younger members play around happily.

There’s this one particular photo at Disneyland that really touched me the most. (Sorry. I can’t find it anymore) Xiumin was giving Tao a piggyback and carrying Lay’s bag at the same time, trailing behind the others.

The person who invented his nickname ‘baozi’ is a genius. I think it’s Luhan? I’m not really sure though. Anyway, they kept on calling him baozi on interviews to promote him. Have you ever noticed Chen and Xiumin’s forced smiles? They have the least fans out of the 12 of them. It pains me seeing him say that the ‘shouting’ he always do is his ‘talent’. As international fans, we cannot show him directly how much we support and love him.

I’m not asking EXO fans to list him as their ultimate bias but take some time to appreciate Xiumin and his amazingly God-given talent. He is working hard as much as the others and all of his efforts shouldn’t be wasted. They have feelings too and I feel like he’s really lonely inside.