D.O.
도경수- Name
- Doh Kyung-soo
- Born
- 12 January 1993
Wrote the Korean lyrics of "Rose", the title track of his first solo EP.
Their story
Six months after the army
D.O. had sung with EXO since 2012 and acted under his own name, Doh Kyung-soo, for years before he made a record alone. He came out of the army in January 2021, and in July SM released Empathy. Its title song, "Rose", is acoustic folk with a guitar rhythm, with music by Emanuel Abrahamsson, Benjamin Ingrosso and Axel Ehnström and Korean lyrics by D.O. himself. Its two bonus tracks are an English "Rose" and a Spanish take on "It's Love".
A company of his own
The quiet, guitar-led sound stayed. Expectation in 2023 was led by the folk-pop "Somebody". A month later he moved his solo work from SM to Company Soosoo, set up by his long-time manager, while staying in EXO. Blossom followed in May 2024 with the mid-tempo "Mars" and the early single "Popcorn", and that June he started his first solo fan concert tour, Bloom, in Seoul.
The first full album
Bliss, his first studio album, came out in July 2025. Zico worked on the title track, "Sing Along!", a sunny song with tropical rhythms, and D.O. added to the lyrics. Twelve days later he opened the DO it! tour in Seoul and took it through Asia. In November he signed with Blitzway Entertainment, which said it would support both his solo and his group music.
Where he is now
After the single "DUMB" with PENOMECO, he returned in September 2026 with DOPAMINE, his fourth mini album. Its title track, "Guitarist", is R&B and soul about the way two people connect, like a player and his guitar. In October the DAY OFF tour began with three nights at KINTEX near Seoul, after both presales sold out, with new choreography and a toy camera for every fan, and it is booked through Asia until March 2027.