EXO’s Kris Wu – The “Mysterious” Member

Here it is! A post on EXO‘s mysterious member, Kris (크리스)!
Kris‘ Chinese name is Wu Fan/Wu Yi Fan (吴凡/吴亦凡), whereas his English name is Kris Wu. He knows four languages: English, Cantonese, Mandarin, and Korean. He was born in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China and grew up in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Kris is currently 21 years old (Born on November 6, 1990 – a Scorpio). He is the leader, lead rapper, and sub-vocalist of EXO-M, the Chinese sub-unit of the 12 member South Korean-Chinese boy group, EXO (the other sub-unit being, EXO-K, for Korea), and has been trained by SM Entertainment since 2007 (he was cast into the company through the SM Global Audition in 2007 held in Vancouver) for acting, rapping, singing, and dancing. There is a high chance that he will be acting in the near future. On an interesting note, Kris was supposed to be in EXO-K, but due to SM Entertainment having a large market share in China, he joined EXO-M.
With a height of 187cm, Kris is currently known by the public as the tallest person working under SM Entertainment (Changmin of DBSK/TVXQ previously held onto this title until Kris became known). Additionally, it has been stated that he is better looking in real in comparison to the way appears in pictures and videos. Other interesting “facts”: Kris used to be the captain of his basketball team in China when he was 15 and he likes to read books that are inspiring and are about self-improvement. Furthermore, he is known to be sociable and is looked up to as an elder brother.

Although Kris was initially seen in the music video for EXO‘s first prologue song, “What Is Love” (Chinese and Korean version), on the 30th of January, 2012, he was officially revealed in EXO‘s Teaser 17 on the 16th of February, 2012. Here the viewer can see that Kris has the power to bring on an eclipse…and fly.
Kris was already rumored to be in EXO when a fan cam. capture of him and Tao crossing a street in Seoul, South Korea had been uploaded on YouTube prior to the announcement of EXO‘s first teaser. His appearance and aura is what captured many viewers’ attention. No doubt, his prominent features are his face, hair, and height (mashAllah – “As Allah wills”; a term, we Muslims, use in place of “God Bless”. It is used when we appreciate or praise someone). His eyebrows seem to get attention too and are often compared to those of Siwon from Super Junior (I think they are cool).
Kris is also well-known for his rap in the beginning of EXO-M‘s version of “Two Moons” It has been stated that he was the one that sang the popular and somewhat amusing line, “Roll like a buffalo…” xD The number one topic about Kris, however, is that we haven’t seen a picture of him where he smiles AT ALL. I don’t know if it’s just him or if this is part of SM Entertainment’s marketing strategy for promoting Kris ’cause I am pretty sure he has AT LEAST ONE picture of him smiling and we just haven’t seen it yet. OR maybe someone stole his candy when he was young and hence, he hasn’t smiled ever since =P
Pre-debut video (fan cam. capture) of Kris and Tao: Pay close attention to Kris‘ denim jacket. I spotted him wearing the same one in one of SM Entertainment’s official pictures for EXO. Here, he is wearing a black undershirt with his denim jacket, whereas in the official EXO picture, he is wearing a white undershirt. Since he has often been seen wearing the denim jacket during his pre-debut days, many people that did not know his name decided to give him the nickname, “cowboy/jean boy.” It is interesting to note that in most of his pre-debut pictures, he is seen wearing black. After EXO was revealed, he is seen wearing white clothes! The transition from black to white is noticeable.
Surprisingly, Kris made an appearance in SNSD’s Tour Concert VCR some time late last year. At that time, nobody knew who he was but SM Entertainment was secretly revealing the members of EXO since then, it seems. I thought Kris‘ face resembled Cloud’s from the popular video game, Final Fantasy 7, and that his hair was kind of like Angeal’s, who is from Final Fantasy 7: Crisis Core. Update: For the fan cam. capture of his appearance in SNSD’s Tour Concert VCR, click here (Personally, I find it creepy because of the eerie music. Nevertheless, I agree with some fans that he does look like a Chinese fairytale prince ^^).
Kris was also seen in a short news coverage about SM Entertainment on Japan TV (I can do the dance move that the choreographer is teaching in the video =P) called “Close-Up Gendai – Behind the Scene ‘K-Pop Girls Boom’.” Here you can see many trainees, including some of the EXO members! Kris appears at 0:07-0:15 in SM Entertainment’s well-recognized dance practice room and is wearing a gray top, black pants, and a round necklace (look at the right-hand side of the screen where the white block appears). He can also be seen at 0:22-0:35. Kris is the one practicing his rap skills to the song, “Fireworks” by Drake (also notice that he is wearing black clothes and a round necklace, which I will mention again later on).
Interestingly, Kris had a Facebook account (or is it RenRen?) and he deleted/deactivated it after fans had found out about it. Nobody knows whether he did this out of his own will or whether SM Entertainment had told him to. Of course, it would have been an issue if he continued using Facebook (RenRen?) and ended up getting several friend requests. I suggest that Kris uses Twitter like all of the other celebrities. That would be a nice option or he can continue being mysterious xD However, it seems as though he is back on the social-networking site. His latest status update seems to be from RenRen.
Kris‘ previous update on the social-networking site included a picture of him at the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles in late December, 2011 with the caption, “Hollywood i will have my name there one day,” and, “wait for me” (Be careful what you wish for, Kris…earthly desires never last. Also, why wait for that one day when one can achieve this by using the Hollywood Walk of Fame Star Generator in only a few seconds?). In the following picture, the star that Kris is standing on seems to have Andy Garcia’s name on it. The star is located in 7000 Hollywood Boulevard near the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel:
I have noticed many other things about Kris. It’s not just his lack of smiles but most of his photos include a necklace that he seems to wear quite frequently and his black clothes. I’m assuming that black must be his favorite color. I was once like that too. In my teenage years, I used to love wearing black clothes, bandanas, black/silver necklaces, that many of my friends would notice and point that out too. Black and silver were my favorite colors. Then there was a time when I used to like wearing a lot of white clothes. I, however, have changed since then and love colorful things now! xD Now imagine Kris wearing pink pants like Lay and Kai…that would be quite a sight!
Here are Kris‘ pre-debut pics. that have been revealed so far (NOTE: These photos are all from a Facebook Fan Page):
You may also check out this pre-debut video on YouTube and see Kris in the left-hand side wearing black clothes, his round necklace, and no smile.
The grown up and groomed version of Kris that we know today:

Kris is definitely looking forward to the future!
That wraps up my post for now. I have uni. tomorrow and it’s late >_< Good luck, Kris! Wish you all the best for your future and I hope that you don’t pay a lot of attention to fame. Just continue being yourself and being inspired by the positive things around you. We all are looking forward to seeing a charming smile on your face, inshAllah ^_^


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