As BTS’s career has skyrocketed, RM has become the group’s de facto spokesperson. On his solo debut ‘Indigo’ he delivers a strong statement of musical and personal purpose. BTS_twt RM
r found himself becoming not only as his band’s de facto spokesperson due to his English fluency, but also an ambassador for his home country of South Korea and Asians across the diaspora. Though praised for his moving speeches at the United Nations General Assembly and the, he’s spoken about the mounting pressures of having to represent the opinions of others.
“I debuted as a singer and happened to take on a responsibility in society, and even the world,” he said in June, when the band announced that they would be pausing group promotions. “In a way, we might not even be qualified for all those things.”, the artist born Kim Namjoon reclaims his pen, finally unrestricted from the obligation to be anything but himself.
Longing for a time before the pressures of capitalist art-making, RM raps about getting back in touch with his younger self on album opener “Yun.” “I wanna be a human, before I do some art,” he raps with determination over a dusty boom-bap beat, after Erykah Badu offers her sagacious vocals about the importance of silence.
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