in april 2016, chanyeol wrote and performed rap for the song "confession" of yesung's debut ep, "here i am". on exo's third studio album, "ex'act", released in may 2016, he co-wrote the lyrics for the track "heaven." in june 2016, chanyeol starred with actresses yuan shanshan and seohyun in the south korean-chinese film "so i married an anti-fan". he and yuan shanshan also recorded a duet titled "i hate you" as the soundtrack for the film. in october 2016, chanyeol and singer tinashe participated in the song "freal luv" by artists far east movement and marshmello. the song, which he helped write and produce, was released on october 14. in december 2016, she collaborated with singer punch on the song "stay with me," part of the soundtrack for the "goblin" drama.