SM’s RIIZE are back with their second comeback of the year, and this time they return with “Fame,” a track that dares to ask some uncomfortable but honest questions:

Do I really need all this fake fame?

Do they — the public — actually love me, or just the surface version of me?

And what if a real connection means more than all the noise?

“Fame” is reflective, vulnerable, and quietly rebellious — a rare look behind the glitter.

Today we dive into these lines:

“어떤 날, 원할까, 겉모습 말고

진짜 나인 내 모습

터트려 난 지금뿐”

“Someday… will they want not the façade,

but the real me —

bursting out only in this moment?”

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💫 1️⃣ 어떤 날, 원할까 – “Someday… will they want (me)?”

• 어떤 날 → “one day / some day”

• 원하다 → to want

• -ㄹ까 → wondering / questioning ending

💡 Interpretation:

This is a quiet, uncertain question:

“One day… will they truly want me?”

It sets the emotional tone of doubt and longing.

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🎭 2️⃣ 겉모습 말고 – “Not my outer appearance”

• 겉모습 → outward look, surface, appearance

• 말고 → not / instead of

💡 Language note:

This line hits hard —

it points at the fear of being loved only for the image,

not for the human behind it.

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💙 3️⃣ 진짜 나인 내 모습 – “My true self — the real me”

• 진짜 → real, true

• 나 → me

• -인 → “that is…”

• 내 모습 → my appearance / how I really am

💡 Meaning:

This line is vulnerable:

a hope that someone sees past the brand, the idol, the shine —

to the real person underneath.

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⚡ 4️⃣ 터트려 난 지금뿐 – “Bursting out only in this moment”

• 터트리다 → to burst, to explode

• 난 → I (contracted from 나는)

• 지금뿐 → only now / only at this moment

💡 Interpretation:

This expresses urgency —

the feeling that the “real me” only slips out in rare flashes,

before the world’s expectations close back in.

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✨ Why It Matters

“Fame” is RIIZE asking the questions idols rarely get to ask out loud:

Is the spotlight love?

Is fame real?

And will anyone ever want the real version of me?

The lines

“어떤 날 원할까 / 겉모습 말고 / 진짜 나인 내 모습 / 터트려 난 지금뿐”

are a quiet plea for authenticity —

the hope that someone, someday,

will want not the image, not the hype,

but them.

It’s vulnerable, honest, and beautifully human.

💭 What other RIIZE lyric felt surprisingly emotional to you?

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