People I consider important to SM Vs the people I really truly don’t (Staff edition). Let’s all drop some hot takes 🧍‍♀️👀

People who can go:

1. Min hee jin. Thank you. For already leaving. Love this for me her #1 hater circa 2016

2. Yoo Young Jin. The more he stays away from EXO the happier I am.

3. Dem Joinz. He isn’t directly under SM but if he stops working with my favs I ain’t mad about it.

People who shouldn’t ever stop working with SM

1. Shim Jae Won. The legend. The icon. Every SM group should be glad for his existence cuz he’s the reason why we get stellar cons.

2. LDN Noise omgggg bestiessss please keep working with SM 😭😔

People I don’t really care if they stay or leave

Kenzie. I mean I don’t hate it but even if she isn’t there it’ll be just fine. She hasn’t really done a lot of EXO beyond writing lyrics and working alongside some producers so she can go or stay idc.

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You are a big SM Stan on you care about their staff so much.

Of course? These people are responsible for exo’s musical direction? And there are ppl I dislike and like?

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Someone I miss working with EXO is Marz. I know he's not in sm anymore or the most ethical producer out there and dragged many groups in name of EXO, but he did great bops with them that I love so much...

I agree LDN Noise x EXO is great. One of the greatest combinations of K-pop.

Dem Joinz only made one song for EXO I like.

I've always been very indifferent when It comes to what Min Heejin did for EXO. Same with Kenzie (except when LDN Noise is there...)

I don't have an opinion on other acts cause I don't follow who produces/directs what for them. Except for Shim Jaewon work with SHINee that is as great as with EXO.

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All of this is based solely on what work they’ve done with EXO kekekek. So it’s pretty biased.

Kenzie works wonderfully with LDN indeed. She sines when given a good demo. People overstate her importance without ever looking into what she’s actually done.

Regarding Marz the amount of songs he’s done for exo is actually not a lot. Marz team gets credit as MZMC (something like that) and there are multiple ppl working there. I believe some of them have continued to work with SM.

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I think Kenzie is essential, her and Yoo Young Jin.

Kenzie shapes stuff for groups but I can’t think of anything she’s been vital for that’s been a huge hit in recent times.

YYJ is SM’s BANE. The quicker he goes the better. But anyway he can make Korean hits so good for their GGs. But his music is dated af

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I honestly can't think of a better suit for Sm than Kenzie. I love her work with Key, so I'm a big fan of her.

I kinda like YYJ's spontaneous, like sure he made savage and wolf (two songs I love btw), but he also made rising sun. I understand the dated comment though.

She’s good. But people are confused about her role at SM I think.

She’s not their hit maker or their vital song writer.

She’s important more for polishing demos and creation of other song writers pre dominantly. While she also has some original contribution but she shines best as a support.

I mean I don’t have a problem with her tbh overall.

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And I like that about her, she may not compose songs by herself, but when she does they are usually great tracks

Yeah but there have been songs great without her too. So that’s why she’s in the she can stay or go category Kek.

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YYJ is a really, really hot take wow. I thought he was essential to the SM sound, why do you think he's disposable? Genuinely curious

For my take I think Kenzie is pretty essential

Dem Jointz isn't really essential

Ryan Jhun isn't exclusively an SM guy but they really need to get him on more TTs

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YYJ never worked with EXO beyond the earlier years (MAMA EP was his biggest contribution) So overall thank fucking god first of all.

And his songs are incapable of appealing to an international audience according to me.

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As long as Yoo Young Jin does not leave SM i am fine

You don’t mean this do you