KAI (开)

KAI (开) is the eponymous debut studio EP from EXO’s Kai, released on November 30, 2020.

The title of the project includes the Chinese character “开,” romanized as “kāi,” meaning “to open” or “to start” in direct reference to this being his first release.

In early July 2020, SM Entertainment confirmed his solo debut, while the project itself was announced in November of the same year along with leading track, “음 (Mmmh)” one week later.

On November 26th, EXO revealed a short film containing snippets of each track on the project.

With it, he becomes the group’s fifth member to debut as a soloist, following Suho with Self-Portrait, Baekhyun with City Lights, Chen with April, and a Flower and Lay with Lose Control.