Lee Youngji Spills The Details On How D.O. Surprised Her With Their Kiss Scene

Lee Youngji and EXO‘s D.O. shared a sweet kiss scene in the music video for “Small Girl.” Her realistic reaction to the sudden kiss made fans believe that the scene was improvised on spot!

뽀뽀 쪽 소리 이후에 영지 반응땜에 미치겟음ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ pic.twitter.com/KoGqHstPLx

— 부농 (@xopinkpink) June 21, 2024

During a recent interview with Na PD, Youngji shared the behind-the-scenes story behind the iconic scene. It turns out that the kiss was 100% scripted. Her reaction on the other hand, was very much real. The scene was filmed with the two of them by the beach, and the crew was standing off at a distance. Through a megaphone, the director gave them the cue to kiss. In order to help ease the mood, D.O. kept talking to Youngji, asking her various things, while the director began to count down to the kiss. As he counted down, D.O. didn’t stop talking, even when the director reached the mark. As a result, Youngji was greatly confused and taken by surprise when D.O. kissed her in the midst of their conversation!

영지랑 도경수 뽀뽀씬 찍을 때 경수가 아이스브레이킹 하려고 계속 말 거는데 뽀뽀씬 카운트 들어가도 계속 말 걸다가 갑자기 뽀뽀했대
이런 ㅁㅊ 이건 아니야 존나 설레 연상콤 발현 pic.twitter.com/6RfADEcvaX

— 쇼코 (@_oxdko) June 25, 2024

But the scene came out so well because D.O. was so professional. I’m not sure how to explain it, but anyway, we were at the edge of the beach like that, while the staff and director were all at the back. The director was counting down like ‘3, 2, 1’ through a megaphone. This was the first time I was meeting D.O. so he said he would try to do some icebreaking by talking to me. This is what’s heart-fluttering. He kept talking to me, asking what I do normally, if I read, stuff like that. Then from the back, the director was counting down. I couldn’t hear anything, be it the director, or what D.O. was saying. I remember the director saying ‘3, 2, 1,’ but D.O. didn’t stop talking. That’s how the scene ended up like that. He was really smart about it. After we filmed it, I thought that I needed to do this to become a professional like him. You really can’t tell if this was a planned shot or anything.

— Lee Youngji

Thanks to D.O.’s quick thinking, the results were so great that the scene went viral. You can watch the full music video below.