EXO’s Lay Zhang Reportedly Includes Palestine, Ukraine, And Syria In Performance
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EXO‘s Lay Zhang is being praised for his recent performance.
Since October 2023, over 37K Palestinians, many of which are women and children, have lost their lives. 85,523 have been injured in Israel’s war on Gaza, with Palestinians staved, displaced, and having lost their homes, families, and friends. Many netizens are using their platforms to raise awareness and make a difference, and some celebrities, too, are speaking out.
At his recent Nanjing concert, Lay sang his new song, “Human In You,” from his debut English album STEP. The song’s message is about love, humanity, and world peace.
We’re all from the world. Love’s got no borders. When I hold you closer. I see the human in you. All from the world. Don’t forget that we’re family.
— Lay, “Human In You”
“Human In You" (2/2)
cr: DAWNXING_#GRANDLINE4inNJ_Day1 #LAY_STEPbySTEP #LAYs_Step #LAY #Yixing #张艺兴 @lay_studio @layzhang pic.twitter.com/ZIwemV9244
— Lay Zhang Base 🚢⚓ (@LayZhangBase) June 15, 2024
Fans noticed that, as Lay performed, the screens displayed not only live footage of him but photos of children around the world.
The kids featured are allegedly from Palestine, Ukraine, and Syria, whose children are all victims of ongoing wars against their countries.
lay using his platform to show support for palestine 🥺🥺🥺🥺 pic.twitter.com/xP64jJ1eIt
— 𐂂 (@loveheemi) June 15, 2024
The child in the photo with the inscription "NO WAR" is actually a Ukrainian…. Yixing is a very precious person… thank you so much Lay Zhang, i love u. Please do not forget Ukraine. 🇺🇦💛
谢谢你💜#GRANDLINE4inNJ_Day1 @layzhang #LAY_STEPbySTEP #LAYs_Step #Lay #Yixing #张艺兴 pic.twitter.com/RFfrnA50ib
— 𝒷𝜗𝜚 (@bbhiin_bc421) June 15, 2024
“the kids don’t look Ukrainian at all!!!!!”
or maybe you should stop thinking that genocide is only in Palestine and that celebrities can support people who are suffering around the world?
Lay showed his respect and support for children from Ukraine, Syria AND Palestine pic.twitter.com/6bbmC9z0dh
— 𝒷𝜗𝜚 (@bbhiin_bc421) June 16, 2024
Fans were pleasantly surprised to see Lay openly perform in solidarity with these countries. Netizens praised Lay for using these photos to make a statement for peace.
First EXO leader Suho, now EXO's Lay. Lay literally wrote a song called "Human in You" and performed it on stage.
So proud of you Lay. #lay #exo #exol #kpop #genocide #humanity pic.twitter.com/6ysEZsWDbM— Jenifa Akter (@JenifaYuri) June 15, 2024
“We're all from the world Love's got no borders
When I hold you closer I see the human in you
All from the world Don't forget that we're family
When you're looking at me I see the human in you”
— human in you (lay zhang)yixing ily 😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/dhNWOa1X7N
— sai ☁️✶ (@saiyeols) June 15, 2024
Ya allah so much respect for lay 🙏
Thank you for speaking for
Palestine children’s who suffers pic.twitter.com/kSQPNucamM— ✴︎ rest (@THEENANZ) June 15, 2024
Previously, EXO’s Suho joined a fundraiser for Gaza. Read more below.