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EXO's annual winter-music release returns for its fourth year and boasts its most inclusive message yet. The boy band's vocalists shine on the moving title-track ballad and nail the vocal acrobatics in "Lights Out", while bringing an emotional depth to snappy, modern R&B productions via the hopeful, synth-heavy "Been Through" and acoustic-leaning "Fall". But what might be the biggest present to fans is how the entire album uses gender-neutral pronouns, a progressive decision that makes Universe a release that anyone can appreciate.