EXO’s catalog just keeps growing — even the classics. On October 14 at approximately 4 p.m. KST, the music video for EXO-K’s 2012 track “History” surpassed 100 million views on YouTube, becoming the group’s 15th music video to cross the milestone.
EXO-K’s “History” (Credits: Our Insane Blogs)
The numbers tell a story of remarkable staying power. The “History” MV was originally released on March 8, 2012 — back when EXO-K was introducing itself to the world as the Korean unit of SM Entertainment’s ambitious new boy group. It took the video just over 14 years, 7 months, and 5 days to reach nine digits, a slow-burn achievement that says as much about the loyalty of EXO-Ls as it does about the song.
“History” now joins an elite club of EXO videos that have crossed 100 million views: “Overdose,” “Growl,” “Call Me Baby,” “Monster,” “Wolf,” “Ko Ko Bop,” “Love Me Right,” “Lotto,” “Tempo,” “Love Shot,” “Obsession,” “Don’t Fight the Feeling,” “MAMA,” and “Power.” Fifteen videos past 100 million is a feat very few K-pop acts can claim, and it spans nearly every era of the group’s career.
A Debut-Era Track With a Second Life
There is something poetic about “History” hitting this mark now. The song comes from EXO’s earliest days — the prologue-single era, when the group was still split into the Korean-promoting EXO-K and the Mandarin-promoting EXO-M, and the industry was watching to see whether SM’s grand experiment would work. More than a decade later, the answer is written in view counts.
The milestone also highlights a quieter trend in K-pop: catalog power. While the industry obsesses over first-week numbers and real-time chart battles, EXO’s older videos keep accumulating views year after year, powered by new fans discovering the group’s history and longtime fans revisiting the songs that started it all. A 2012 video crossing 100 million in 2026 is the definition of evergreen.
One of K-Pop’s Most Decorated Videographies
With 15 videos in the 100-million club, EXO’s videography remains one of the most decorated in K-pop. Each milestone is a reminder of the group’s run of era-defining hits — from the growling swagger of “Growl” to the sleek seduction of “Love Shot” — and of a fandom that has kept streaming through lineup changes, enlistments, and solo ventures.
Congratulations to EXO and EXO-Ls on yet another nine-digit milestone. If “History” is any indication, the group’s past is still writing new records.
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