{"id":154765,"date":"2025-12-21T09:30:22","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T17:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=154765"},"modified":"2025-12-21T09:30:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T17:30:22","slug":"exo-breaks-the-internet-with-their-2025-melon-music-awards-comeback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/exo-breaks-the-internet-with-their-2025-melon-music-awards-comeback\/","title":{"rendered":"EXO breaks the Internet with their 2025 Melon Music Awards comeback"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>EXO<\/strong> officially reminded everyone why their name still carries serious weight. On December 20, 2025, the boy group took over the <strong>Melon Music Awards<\/strong> with a performance that instantly went viral across social media. Fans were already hyped just seeing EXO back on an awards stage, but the group went further by debuting their brand new song \u201cBack It Up\u201d live for the very first time.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Z1oeUV45EsA?si=Hgo_co3ujMaKwKSH\" title=\"[#MMA2025] EXO - \ub291\ub300\uc640 \ubbf8\ub140 + Monster + \uc804\uc57c + Love Shot + \uc73c\ub974\ub801 + Back it up (4K) | #EXO #20251220\" width=\"1240\" height=\"698\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Z1oeUV45EsA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>During their performance, EXO delivered a powerful run through some of their most iconic tracks, including \u201c<strong>Monster,\u201d \u201cGrowl,\u201d \u201cThe Eve,\u201d and \u201cLove Shot,\u201d<\/strong> before surprising the audience with <strong>\u201cBack It Up.\u201d<\/strong> The song\u2019s first live performance quickly became the highlight of the night, sparking clips, reactions, and thousands of reposts online. Within hours, \u201cBack It Up\u201d shot up to number one on MelOn real-time search, proving that EXO\u2019s impact is very much alive and loud.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AboutMusicYT\/status\/2002351509716013261?s=20\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Back It Up by EXO trends at #1 on MelOn real-time search. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9XiKEFdYww\">pic.twitter.com\/9XiKEFdYww<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; About Music (@AboutMusicYT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AboutMusicYT\/status\/2002351509716013261?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 20, 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>What makes this moment even bigger is the timeline: The 2025 Melon Music Awards marked EXO\u2019s first awards show performance in eight years, turning the stage into a sour reunion moment for fans. This grand return is missing three members: <strong>Chen, Xiumin, and Baekhyun<\/strong>, who have expressed their desire to be a part of the reunion. However, the trio is currently going through a legal feud with their company (SM Entertainment) stemming from financial transparency and unfair contract issues. Despite their wish to join the rest of the EXO members, the company said that their ongoing lawsuits have made full-group promotions impossible.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pannchoa\/status\/1983355233658180039?s=20\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">SM officially states that CBX are no longer EXO<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/d8s8E1xyHS\">https:\/\/t.co\/d8s8E1xyHS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zuNmOuPsZx\">pic.twitter.com\/zuNmOuPsZx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; pannchoa (@pannchoa) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pannchoa\/status\/1983355233658180039?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">October 29, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EXO officially reminded everyone why their name still carries serious weight. On December 20, 2025, the boy group took over the Melon Music Awards with a performance that instantly went viral across social media. Fans were already hyped just seeing EXO back on an awards stage, but the group went further by debuting their brand [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":154768,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,16,7],"tags":[939],"tmauthors":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-154765","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-kpop","9":"category-news","10":"tag-exo"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154765","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=154765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154765\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/154768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154765"},{"taxonomy":"tmauthors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tmauthors?post=154765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}