Unexpected EXO-L Mitski Listens To EXO's "Call Me Baby" On Repeat

Did Asian American singer-songwriter Mitski reveal she’s an EXO-L?

In a resurfaced TIDAL interview, Mitski was asked, “What’s a pop song you’ve been kind of deconstructing lately?” Mitski revealed that it was none other than the iconic song “Call Me Baby” by EXO.

There’s a K-Pop song called ‘Call Me Baby’ by this band… I don’t know what you would call a K-Pop… group… by this group called EXO.

— Mitski

Mitski explained that she was deconstructing EXO’s “Call Me Baby.” She said that she found its chord progressions fascinating.

And the chord progressions in that are fascinating.

— Mitski

In another interview with i-D Magazine, Mitski said that she was listening to EXO’s “Call Me Baby” on repeat at the time. She heard a Motown influence in it from a producer who worked with Michael Jackson.