![]() I’m really happy how it turned out and blessed to be a part of their story. We didn’t know where the song would end up, but I’m grateful that it ended up with EXO because they always execute the records at a unique and high-quality level. It took a few sessions after that back in the states with the rest of the writers to finish it up, and then Digi, the main producer, brought it home with the final touches. ![]() Leven Kali: Two years ago I went to Seoul for the first time for a writing camp with SM, and we started “Tempo” during that trip. We had voice notes of it from the first or second day we got there, but we wanted to save it for the end ’cause we knew it would be a big song for them. We saved it for the last day ’cause we knew we wanted to end the camp with a bang, and in our heads, we knew what song we wanted to make. We like to do things that just sound big - I feel like that’s our niche with me, Kevin, and Bazzi. ![]() We really like the anthemic - even “Oasis,” that’s what we strive for. Things like that translate a lot better than they do in America. With Korea, we like to do things that push the boundaries, not super generic, because they’re very musical. We like the fact that it’s kind of in a different time signature - it’s in 6/8, so that’s not like a generic pop song. We wanted something that was very, very performance-driven, very dance-driven - something that would sound good loud and in an arena.
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