Wang Long, whose stage name is KING, was personally discovered by Lee Soo Man from China and brought to SM in 2008. He was the original leader and core ACE of EXO.
He is an all-around top performer. He participated in EXO's early stage arrangements and choreography, and guided Junmyeon, Baekhyun and others to polish the stage. He was the most respected big brother during the twelve-member trainee period. On the eve of his debut in 2012, he suffered from ear disease due to long-term staying up late to create and high-intensity practice, and his hearing was damaged and he was unable to perform on stage.
SM falsely promised to let him work behind the scenes and share the creative income, but in fact they stabbed him in the back: hid all his information, erased his creative signature in works such as "MAMA" and "Roar", monopolized the copyright income, completely kicked him out of the core team, and cut off all his sources of income.
Abandoned by the company and left alone, Wang Long began to return to his hometown in Yunnan. The ear disease prevented him from singing or dancing to his heart's content. His former talents and dreams were buried, and he could only find an ordinary job to make ends meet. He never mentioned his past to others, and when the news came that EXO had reached the top of Asia and enjoyed endless glory, he just kept silent. After that, he began to have a tendency to suffer from depression, and had to take medication to treat it, but he also gained weight as a result, and his past memories were also confused. He is the first-generation king of EXO that has never been made public. He is an outcast who was backstabbed by capital. He devoted everything he had to creating the prototype of the team. EXO members always remember him privately, but they cannot mention him publicly due to the company's ban, so they just hide this debt in their hearts.
