in april 2015, baekhyun released its first song solo since its debut titled "beautiful" like the soundtrack of the drama "exo next door". the song became the first soundtrack of a web drama that was within the best positions of several musical lists. in may 2015, baekhyun was announced that it would be the protagonist of the action film "dokgo" alongside actor yeo jin-goo. however, the film's production was announced to be canceled in january 2016. in december 2015, baekhyun paid a tribute to the late south korean singer kim hyun-sik performing his song "like rain like music" on "sbs gayo daejeon's" end-of-year music program. the recording of a song performed by baekhyun was digitally published.