EXO to pre-release 'Let Me In' ahead of July album drop

The cover image for boy band EXO's upcoming album ″Exist″ [SM ENTERTAINMENT]

Pre-orders for EXO's upcoming full-length album, "Exist," began Monday at online and offline stores.

"Exist," set to drop on July 10, comes two years after EXO's special album "Don't Fight the Feeling" released in June 2021 and the first new full-length album in three years and eight months since "Obsession" (2019).

The album will include nine tracks, including "Let Me In," a pre-release track that will be made available for streaming starting Monday at 6 p.m.

The song was first performed in April during the band's fan meet and greet.

The news comes amid turmoil for both the band and its agency, which has been in a legal battle since the start of this month.

Members Chen, Baekhyun and Xiumin — also members of the subunit EXO-CBX — claimed that SM Entertainment forced artists to sign unfair contracts and demanded the agency terminate their contracts immediately.

The agency has refuted the members' claims, arguing that they have been influenced by a third party with "absurd" intentions.

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BY YOON SO-YEON [yoon.soyeon@joongang.co.kr]