What a Life (Exo-SC song)

"What a Life" is a song recorded by South Korean hip hop duo Exo-SC, the second official sub-unit of the South Korean-Chinese boy group Exo. It was released on July 22, 2019, by SM Entertainment as one of the three title tracks of their debut extended play What a Life. The song resulted in Exo-SC first music show win on KBS's Music Bank on August 2, 2019.

Background and release
"What a Life" is described as a hip hop track with a unique pluck sound and an addictive chorus, and the lyrics contains a pleasant message of "Let's all work and play happily".

On July 31, a cam video of the two members separately of their performance of "What a Life" on their showcase were released.

Music video
On July 18, a teaser of "What a Life" was released along with the other two title tracks of What a Life EP. On July 21, "What a Life" music video teaser was released. On July 22, the official music video of "What a Life" was released.

Live performance
Exo-SC performed "What a Life" for the first time on Exo's 5th concert EXO Planet #5 - EXplOration on July 19, and will continue to do so for all the concerts in the tour.

On July 22, EXO-SC performed "What a Life" at their two showcases for the press and for the fans.

Credits and personnel
Credits adapted from the EP's liner notes.

Studio
 * SM Big Shot Studio – recording
 * Doobdoob Studio – digital editing
 * SM LVYIN Studio – engineered for mix
 * SM Blue Cup Studio – mixing
 * 821 Sound – mastering

Personnel
 * SM Entertainment – executive producer
 * Lee Soo-man – producer
 * Lee Sung-soo – production director
 * Kim Young-min – executive supervisor
 * Yoo Young-jin – music and sound supervisor
 * Exo-SC – vocals
 * Loey – lyrics
 * Sehun – lyrics
 * Gaeko – lyrics, composition, vocal directing, background vocals
 * Devine-Channel – producer, composition, arrangement
 * Lim Kwang-wook – bass, synthesizer
 * Aris Maggiani – producer, composition, arrangement, bass, synthesizer
 * Ryan Kim – electric piano
 * Lee Min-kyu – recording
 * Jang Woo-young – digital editing
 * Lee Ji-hong – engineered for mix
 * Jung Eui-seok – mixing
 * Kwon Nam-woo – mastering