Sometimes I Miss My Ex...

Why Koreans care

The members call those peaks 리즈 시절 (rije sijeol, one’s prime era): here, it means the styling or promotional period when a member looked especially striking. The bracket makes that fandom shorthand concrete by pitting specific eras against one another.

In the Korean comments

The comments turn following ATEEZ into joining a ship. One reads, in translation, “I couldn’t help but board after watching the eight members’ past eight years. Thank you for filling those years so completely; I’ll scrub the deck hard for life.” Another calls themself a new ATINY who finally had the chance to “board”—an affectionate way of saying they joined the fandom.

What the words mean

The title 가끔은 전남친이 그립다 (gakkeumeun jeonnamchini geuripda, “Sometimes I miss my ex-boyfriend”) is not about an actual former partner. The members explain that “ex-boyfriend” means an earlier, exceptionally handsome era, while their present selves are jokingly the comfortable, familiar “current husband” version; the register is playful and affectionate.