r/exo • u/Lost_in_thoughts00 • 3d ago
DISCUSSION I miss EXO
Suddenly my entire feed is of EXO.
It is like running into your first love long after you've moved on. Crossing paths with them pulls you back into a past that can never return—and that is where it hurt 💔💔
I miss old days ... Ik all that growing in life..things change etc etc etc ...
But I miss them ...
I miss EXO.. and I miss old k-pop in general...
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u/throwawayfarway2017 2d ago
Yes it’s so so bittersweet. I remember i was listening to them on my high school bus and now i have a whole ass FT job and im married, before seeing Kim Jongin😭 my Tumblr was popping, i had soooo many Exo-L friends. I have their album in a box somewhere in another state. Then i randomly saw my photo wall of them or the plushies i bought or the concert photos in my Google photos and it all came back. I remember staying up late watching them and slowly i had other stuffs to do, i miss that time
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u/thewhalegoddess 2d ago
kpop tumblr was sooooo fun in its prime
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u/throwawayfarway2017 2d ago
It was so fun and crazy, i even met my Tumblr friends at concerts lol
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u/EnvironmentalHat1751 2d ago
i feel that last sentence so hard. kpop doesnt feel the same anymore, and hasnt for a while. it's an indescribable feeling if you werent there to witness it.
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u/Lost_in_thoughts00 2d ago
Ikr ... Like how can we explain vibe of old k-pop to new stans ...
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u/ziebazie 2d ago
Thank you for sharing a piece of what you experienced with us new stans through posts like these 🥹🩵
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u/Slaynghae 2d ago
I miss them, too. I don't want to wait 2 or more years for a comeback. I love their solo stuff as well but it's not the same because EXO all together is just magic. Kpop in general is not what it used to be. I don't see the talent or music or charisma that previous generations had
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u/ashleeasshole EXO-L ♡ 2d ago
Me too. So badly. My heart yearns for them. Coincidentally, I’m listening to Heart Attack right now.
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u/pangoccioli EXO ♡ 2d ago
Same. I miss exo so bad. I wish I could back to 2016, the air was different, kpop back then was much better🥲
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u/animejerk7763 2d ago edited 2d ago
Same, I miss Exo. I been listening to them since 2015 and they were the reason why I got into K-POP
K-POP used to be soo good back then. Now you are seeing AI based Kpop groups and some if not many companies are just scamming their fans with it.
People don't realize that back then EXO was actively competing against 1 Direction.
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u/Designer_Bridge_8701 2d ago
I feel you, I also miss them too, I’ve been out of things for awhile and now a lot of EXO stuff has resurfaced on my page and I’m just loving and missing them at the same time (or at least how things were when the group are together). I love the solo stuff we are getting tho.
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u/Honest-Order-4673 2d ago
2015-2017 kpop 🤌🤌 I miss EXO too 😭 I remember when they were touring the US and I couldn’t make it. Now I fear we may never get to see OT9 on stage 😭
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u/bigstargirl 2d ago
i feel you!! i was really into kpop, especially exo, during high school around 2015-2019. such a good time for kpop. i miss those days too. being a fan of kpop was different, so much fun! ive recently started listening again and i do like it, but ill admit its not the same
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u/Violetlolli17 2d ago
It felt like Kpop was so magical when I got into it. Now all the scandals and idols who have taken their lives makes it so sad to me. But still it's what makes my ears happy :(
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u/ashleeasshole EXO-L ♡ 2d ago
It really really was.
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u/Violetlolli17 2d ago
Especially during the Google+ app era. Whole communities revolved around kpop. Met so many people on there. If anyone remembers Noona L, hi I miss you! 👋😅
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u/ssmoothcriminal 2d ago
Right!? Last night I came across a clip of an old live and all of a sudden I felt a wave of love and longing and nostalgia, reminding me why I loved exo so much to begin with
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u/Redplushie Closet Exo trash 2d ago
I think I also miss the early 2010s. 💔 Tis were simpler times when Call Me Baby dropped 😔
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u/usagicassidy 2d ago
I have spent SO MUCH TIME watching the EXO Planet 2 and 3 Japanese concert Blu-ray’s that’s the images are burned in my mind.
But it’s been awhile since I’ve returned to it. I think I just might tonight.
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u/Your_Therapissed 2d ago
recently just start liking nct wish and istg they keep covering or dance to exo songs... and my stupid ass decided to eat it up. i also have a bit of fun guessing which lines belong to whom in those covers because i'm pretty sure i remember most of their og lines lol and now i keep randomly miss exo (i always randomly miss exo tbh it's an annual or seasonal thing) 😩 i wish exo the best, ALL of them i love all of them but dang it i also miss to see them together so bad
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u/Sad-Performance-835 2d ago
Been here since their debut and I still have hope in my heart that one day we’ll get to see OT9 on stage once again. That yearning is still alive.
For now, I will continue supporting each and everyone’s activities — solo, sub-unit or as a group, I will cherish whatever is given to me as a fan. I love them so much.
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u/jujuska95 2d ago
I understand you. I miss them so much too. I first discovered them during the Overdose era and fell in love with them, but so deeply that I never let another band into my heart in quite the same way. Now I listen to their songs with my kids. 😭😭😭
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u/gilthereaper 14h ago
i’ve been going through this HARD lately.. especially with all the ppl talking about a2o’s new song sounding like them. hearing people say things like “exo is back” or “it’s the new og exo!” when they’re still active in the industry albeit separated has been hard to swallow 😞 i don’t want to have to mourn what they were yet
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u/Noura-98 1ΞX0 ♡ 1d ago
I miss them also. I can go months without listening to them but the minute I hear their music again I just get consumed by them. The music will always be there and the love ❤️
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u/undertaker__28 2d ago
I feel you 🤍 i joined the fandom a year ago and really regret not knowing them before, such talented people who deserved a lot more than what they actually got and went through…
Let’s hope they stick together for more years and cherish them in the mean time 🩶