HAPPY 30TH BIRTHDAY TO OUR LOVELY CHENCHEN!!

And we're back in business with another celebratory double update!

I know I've already said my welcome back speech, but I just want to reiterate how happy I am that you're finally back from the military, Jongdae.

It was a long eighteen months without you, but so much growth has happened in both of our lives.

And in the five months you've been back since, it's so heartwarming and relieving to see you traveling around the world and performing on stage again. To see your smile, to hear your voice, and to witness you thrive after a long winter.

Spring has returned because of you and I hope it never ends.

You belong on stage, more than anyone else, and to see you under the spotlight again has never made me happier.

It's a gift I will never take for granted. A gift I will cherish with my entire soul.

And when the opportunity for us to meet again arises, I will be there in a heartbeat to cheer you on to the stars and back.

Though the valleys may be dark and difficult to navigate, these dips are only temporary. A valley can't exist without a slope upwards and your presence has lit the way for me to find my way back up the hill again, out of the pit I was previously stuck in.

You've shown me that a new day will always arise after a bleak night. That the sun will always shine and bring warmth to chase away the cold.

And now that you're also officially thirty years old, now that EXO is finally a decade old, we've truly begun a new chapter in our lives. In this book we're writing together.

And I know I can't wait to see what's in store for you, for all of us, in this new era.

Even if things will never be the same as they were before, that's okay.

Because the present with you in it is already the greatest gift.

And while it doesn't compare to what you've given us over the years, I hope our constant support is a gift that brings you everlasting peace and happiness.

Just as your voice, your music, your presence—just as you bring us serenity and comfort.

THANK YOU FOR NEVER GIVING UP ON YOUR ART AND STAYING TRUE TO YOURSELF, NO MATTER WHAT.

THANK YOU FOR BEING A HOME I CAN ALWAYS COME BACK TO WHEN I NEED IT MOST.

THANK YOU FOR WALKING THIS BEAUTIFUL FLOWER ROAD ALONGSIDE US.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOVE, CHEN OF EXO.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOVE, KIM JONGDAE.