XLOV Fan Archive

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Muti told the story about how she asked Haru to join xlov, how they really didn't understand each other that well but Haru heard "debuting in a group together with Wumuti" and just said yes I wanna do it with you even without understanding fully😭😭😭😭 she said her and the other ppl from the company after went to see Haru's family and explained everything properly but Haru heard Muti leader Muti producer amazing music with Muti and immediately said yes😭😭😭 Muti said she asked Haru when he had a fanmeeting in Yokohama and Harusita came to see him so this must've been when they talked about xlov for the first time🥺🥺

source: gayandevol on x/twitter

XLOV 1ST EP ALBUM 'UXLXVE'

With their first mini-album 'UXLXVE', XLOV aims to redefine the stereotypes of negative thoughts and emotions, as well as the various expressions that come with them, with XLOV's own message.

They took the original word “UNLOVE” and used the witty wordplay format they’ve consistently used since their debut, replacing the ‘N’ and ‘O’ with ‘X’, and focused on the meaning of a ‘double negative’, a possibility that can change into a positive number, just like how a negative number multiplies to become a positive number. ‘We don’t have to always live suppressing our NO’, ‘Thoughts or feelings that come across as negative have the right to be expressed as they are’, and by meeting like-minded creatures, they aim to additionally convey the message that ‘everything can end up being positive or the right answer’.

XLOV, their own bold challenge is once again truly contained in this album. The diverse thoughts, like the hearts of all beings who live while constantly colliding with various emotions, are expressed through diverse genres and stories. XLOV's stubbornness to not be limited to one genre and their identity 'freedom' is expressed through various music genres and styles, along with the ambition that 'we become a genre in and of ourselves as we are'. In addition, this album also aims to get closer to the public and fandom EVOL (이불) step by step with the unique producing of member 'Umuti', who is both the leader and producer. 

The songs start with the main title track 'Rizz', a hip-hop R&B track based on the 808 trap sound, the sub-title track 'Biii:-p', which combines hyper-pop elements and is made with a strong bass and wide synth, 'Scent', an R&B number with a spoonful of sexiness on top of a sticky and dense track, 'Dirty Baby', which expresses one's own voice for freedom in the genre of Trap R&B on top of a sexy and dreamy groove, 'kiss and say goodbye', a ballad song in XLOV's style that expresses a mature breakup with a dreamy yet beautiful piano sound and melody, and the last track 'Drip Drip', which is a harmony of exciting uk garage rhythm drums and contrasting calm acoustic guitar, among these, the main title and sub-title tracks 'Rizz', 'Biii:-p', and the first ballad track 'kiss and say goodbye' show that Umuti's lyrics created the overall harmony and artistic sense of the songs. 

-Wumuti

I'm an EVOL who got really into XLOV and wanted to learn everything I could about them. Somewhere around being neck-deep in Twitter and Reddit posts with 50 tabs open and 35 new bookmarks, I thought I should write down what I learned. Then I thought why not make a Tumblr?

This is a personal project that I'm doing for fun, but hopefully it will also be useful as an archive!

Ah, Mona Lisa, Lisa Call me papi chulo, mamacita Mixing you up like I'm serving margaritas Muy fine si bonita chica

The papi chulo, mamacita line means that fans can choose to see Wumuti as both/she can be both. Not that he is papi chulo talking to mamacitas!