{"id":136024,"date":"2025-01-11T17:26:28","date_gmt":"2025-01-12T01:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=136024"},"modified":"2025-01-11T17:26:28","modified_gmt":"2025-01-12T01:26:28","slug":"exo-star-d-o-and-his-lightstick-launch-have-a-mixed-reaction-among-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/exo-star-d-o-and-his-lightstick-launch-have-a-mixed-reaction-among-fans\/","title":{"rendered":"EXO star D.O. and his lightstick launch have a mixed reaction among fans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>EXO\u2019s<\/strong> vocal king, <strong>D.O.<\/strong>, just became the group\u2019s first member to debut his very own <strong>lightstick<\/strong>, and the fan reaction is\u2026 complicated! On January 11, 2025, a surprise awaited EXO-Ls at his official pop-up store in Jamsil Lotte World Mall. The item? A sleek new lightstick\u2014 except the design is stirring debate, with some fans calling it a glorified water bottle, while other stans are simply happy now that D.O. has his own lightstick.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BojaJaju\/status\/1877901118598168830?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1877901118598168830%7Ctwgr%5E137958ce5e59e97afc7e21059eb9b66335081529%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pinkvilla.com%2Fentertainment%2Fd-o-becomes-first-exo-member-to-launch-solo-lightstick-fans-unhappy-with-its-price-and-quality-1366904\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"ko\" dir=\"ltr\">\uc57c \uc774\uac70 \ubb50\uc57c \ub3c4\uacbd\uc218 \uc751\uc6d0\ubd09\ud314\uc544&#8230;&#8230;.. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/srzKrtEg8l\">pic.twitter.com\/srzKrtEg8l<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; dan_doll (@BojaJaju) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BojaJaju\/status\/1877901118598168830?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 11, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Priced at 45,000 won, this glowing <strong>fan light<\/strong> is causing wallet problems among certain EXO-Ls! They&#8217;re questioning if the lighting is worth throwing those big bucks. Some netizens joked it reminds them of a kitchen blender, pointing fingers at the design team for a perceived lack of creativity. Either way, it is palpable that many fans aren&#8217;t so thrilled about the new item.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/love_soo930112\/status\/1877929991431999511?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1877929991431999511%7Ctwgr%5E137958ce5e59e97afc7e21059eb9b66335081529%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pinkvilla.com%2Fentertainment%2Fd-o-becomes-first-exo-member-to-launch-solo-lightstick-fans-unhappy-with-its-price-and-quality-1366904\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"ko\" dir=\"ltr\">\uacbd\uc218 \uc751\uc6d0\ubd09\ud83e\udd70 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WUGxYP98Ol\">pic.twitter.com\/WUGxYP98Ol<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \ud83c\udfb9love_soo\ud83c\udfbc (@love_soo930112) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/love_soo930112\/status\/1877929991431999511?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 11, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Fans discovered this surprise without any formal announcement, sparking a flurry of tweets and online chatter. Some call it the worst lightstick ever; others like it regardless of the price and design. Anyhow, D.O. has officially joined the ranks of solo K-pop stars who are sporting their own merchandise beyond group activities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EXO\u2019s vocal king, D.O., just became the group\u2019s first member to debut his very own lightstick, and the fan reaction is\u2026 complicated! On January 11, 2025, a surprise awaited EXO-Ls at his official pop-up store in Jamsil Lotte World Mall. The item? A sleek new lightstick\u2014 except the design is stirring debate, with some fans [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":136029,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,16],"tags":[939],"tmauthors":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-136024","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-kpop","9":"tag-exo"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136024\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136024"},{"taxonomy":"tmauthors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tmauthors?post=136024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}