Chen isn’t the only EXO member to have been affected by the Love Shot.
Former EXO member Tao followed in the footsteps of his groupmate, who got married in 2020, by announcing his engagement on Chinese social media platform Weibo.
Despite one of his representatives formally dismissing marriage rumors between him and his rumored fiancée, Xu Yiyang, in July, Tao brazenly dropped the bombshell via a cheeky comment.
Xu shared photos of the couple holding red marriage certificates, or buzheng, with the caption: “I want to be in a relationship with marriage as the goal,” to which Tao replied: “Goal achieved,” without embellishment.
The wedding rumors, initially vehemently denied by Tao and his team, were sparked by what appeared to be leaked photos of a marriage proposal.
The couple confirmed their relationship to the public in July on social media, with Tao proposing amid a sea of roses a few weeks later in August in a viral video.
“From the first meeting until this moment, from the beginning of our journey, everything had already been decided… you are the one who will stay with me until the end. My whole life, this life, every day, every moment, every night, I want that person to be you,” Tao said in a heartfelt speech.
Xu Yiyang, the lucky girl in question, is a former SM trainee, who became known to the public when she was introduced together with aespa’s Ningning in 2016. The two are close friends, having trained together. While Ningning debuted with aespa in 2020, Yiyang made a previous debut in 2019 as part of the group Legal High.
Xu Yiyang/Weibo
Xu Yiyang/Weibo
