BTS Leader RM Pushes Against The Weight Of Fame, Looks Towards A Bright Future On ‘Indigo
BTS Leader RM Pushes Against The Weight Of Fame, Looks Towards A Bright Future On ‘Indigo
The crowned head is heavy . RM, the leader of BTS, seems to be aware of this fact. With the seven-piece band on the world stage, the 28-year-old singer, songwriter and producer, thanks to his fluent English, found himself not only as a de facto representative of his band, but also as an ambassador for his country. House Asians throughout South Korea and the diaspora. While his scathing speeches before the United Nations General Assembly (three times!) and at the White House were praised, he spoke of mounting pressure to represent the views of others.
"I started out as a singer and I took responsibility for the community, even the world," he said in June, when the band announced it would stop promoting the group. "For some reason we can't even claim all of these things."
On his debut solo album Indigo, artist-born Kim Namjoon reaches back to his pen and finally frees himself from the obligation to be anything but himself. Though he likens his life to a painting "permanently on display" on the upbeat hip-hop track "Still Life," he sings about moving forward on his own terms, free from yesterday's regrets and tomorrow's expectations. "You can't frame me, I'm moving," says Anderson. Puck sings over the chorus, accompanied by the sounds of the horn. Fueled by this proven personal commitment, Indigo is an sonic adventure portrait of RM's inner world, the work of an artist finding his voice by combining influences that resonate with his soul.
After waiting a while to confront the pressures of capitalist industry, RM writes about reconnecting with a young man on the album opener Yoon. “I want to be a man before I make art,” he sings determinedly over a dusty beat after Erykah Badu speaks about the importance of silence in her piercing voice. The song's hook reinterprets the advice of the late South Korean artist Yoon Hyun-Kin, whose voice was used on the track and who is known for his monochrome paintings that combine traditional Korean ink calligraphy with Western abstraction.
Likewise, on "Yoon," RM fuses his appreciation of contemporary Korean art with the golden age of '90s American hip-hop and R&B, paying tribute to their innovations and creating a sonic counterpoint for the meeting of these two legends. The juxtaposed work is reminiscent of BTS RM's earlier bibliography as it references both Haruki Murakami and Jung's philosophy, creating a world of references that makes it easy to get lost in their music.
Based on the frigid loneliness that permeated his 2018 mixtape Mono , Indigo is a project steeped in RM's thoughts on loneliness. On stadium rock-influenced pop track "Lonely," RM sings about being stuck in a hotel room surrounded by "buildings I don't know" during "Closer," an R&B ballad featuring the British singer-songwriter Mahalia and Korean rapper Canadian Paul Blanco, who saw her lust after someone on Late Night found her "rolling deep inside." Meanwhile, on "Change," RM bitterly describes how everything and everyone around him is changing when the production suddenly shifts to jazzy piano chords.
RM isn't entirely alone at Indigo, inviting musicians from up-and-coming K-indie artists like Kolde and Kim Saul to join Epic High's hip-hop group Tablo, with whom they discuss creating their own "all-day" swap ride. The light acoustic guitar song “No. 2" also features Park Geun, the lead singer of 2000's "Adult Party," an artist who continued to release music on his own label after claiming his previous agency created an image for him that led to his have little success. general criticism. more important words.
Past, present and future come together in Indigo's groundbreaking "Wildflower," an explosive rock track whose chorus Eugene, lead singer of popular Korean rock group Cherry Filter, promises to "light up in the sky" as a "flower piece." Although the lyrics refer to RM's endless fears — "when that damn mask finally falls off," he wearily sings — he uses the symbol of an exploding flower to represent his hope, conjuring up an image of an open field as the place where he can reconnect with his destiny and his inner child.
Towards the end of the song, RM recalls his early days as a boy whose "beginnings were poetry / My only strength and dreams that saved me for so long". It's a reminder that her writing has become her superpower as her introspective, heartfelt words are recognized by millions around the world. As he found solace and resilience through inspirational art, today's Indigo is an opportunity for RM to do the same for millions of his listeners.
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