BTS | RM Solo's 'Joke', 'Bicycle', 'Seoul', 'Persona' REACTION | I WAS NOT PREPARED FOR THIS...
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00:00 Intro
01:07 'Joke'
11:25 'Joke' Re-Watch!
17:27 'Bicycle' Lyric Video
23:13 'Seoul' Lyric Video
32:14 'Persona' Comeback Trailer
38:05 Outro Thoughts
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people usually ignore the “trivia: love” but this is one of my ABSOLUTE favorite solo songs of rm, i love it so much :( definitely recommend to listen this one (maybe along with other rap line members ‘trivias’)
Please it's so good😭😭 I'll always be pissed about not being able to hear it at a concert
@@ot7biasedmashups LITERALLY 😭 it would make me so happy 😭😭😭😭
It is a good and I do like the wordplay. Personally I just not the greatest fan of the production of that song. I think it is mostly the chorus that isn’t for me. However the rest of the song is awesome. Just my opinion though.
@@amberpearce710 understand u! even tho its fully perfect for me 🧎🏻
Trivia:love is absolutely one of my favourites...... I love love that song
So basically RM wrote 'Joke' to mock rappers who were hating on him saying he can't rap (and also BTS were making at that time songs on more 'softer' side). He showed them that: cool he can also rap like them with lyrics that don't make sense at all and just rap fast...
RM is fascinating. He has so much out there - do a part 2 with "Do You", "Moonchild", "Change"... so, so much. He writes most of their lyrics and the concepts largely come out of his brain as well. Namjoon is BTS. Obviously all 7 are essential to be what they are and live the concepts, but the tone and the messages are him. Mad respect.
You’re one of the few who really understood where he was going w “Joke” You are as philosophical n poetic as he is and you seem to recognize his lyricism w your 1st listen. Wow! Your intelligence must be at another level 👏👏👏👏👍
I relate to you with almost crying to Seoul sm, RM is called the philosopher who raps for a reason, he’s able to articulate how he feels exactly but still generalising it just enough so that almost every human could relate to his lyrics, It’s been 5 years since I’ve moved away from my home country and even tho I like the city I’m living in now, I can’t help but feel a weird type of hatred for it BCZ I associate it with the painful parts of growing up while I associate my home country with childhood and happiness
Honestly the album Mono makes me cry and i feel so understood. Moonchild and Everythingoes are my favs and the ones i relate the most
@@LudmilaRamirez7 the first time I heard everythingoes I cried so hard I could barely breathe, till this day I can’t listen to it without crying
@@ayoidek6571 I still remember bawling my eyes out at everythingoes even before I'd looked at the lyrics. It was like I had felt the meaning before I'd read it. It still hits me the hardest and also comforts me the most. 💜
@@ayoidek6571 same here, i even have it tattoed
If Seoul hit you like that, you should listen to the entire "Mono" album.
His lyrics are not bad but he lacks to reach One of a kind
@@christianricardocupepadin6873 what r u on about
the thing that made bang pd hire namjoon was his wordplay and lyricism, he's the start point of bts and may i say it couldn't be better! he's so good at making speeches and writing songs with deep and/or double meanings
namjoon has always been heavily into the lyricism of his songs but people (who think rap is just about being fast) have tried to diss him about stuff like that. so 'joke' is just a raw display of his rap skills (super speed, flow changes at least 6 times, etc). it's satire with him calling it meaningless wordplay in the song itself. VERY SEXY OF HIM ACTUALLY !!!
I feel Joke was him saying "I'm better than you at what you do, but you can't do what I can"
RM is so *deep* and it always suprises me how smart and reflective he is of himself and the world around him...His album/playlist "Mono" is a legit masterpiece in my opinion
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honestly, even if you dont react to it, you should check out his mixtape "mono", it is so comforting and one of my favorite things i ve listened to. 4 of the tracks are actually some of my absolute favorite pieces of music ever
Its my fav album in the whole world. Its my comfort album, my safe place
@@LudmilaRamirez7 mine too!!!
Mono= comfort
Agree! I esp rec that he listen to the whole album in one go (I think it's abt 30 min long) bc of how the songs play off of each other.
I remember watching the MV for the last track, *forever rain,* first, but later, coming away with a different and, I think, a deeper perspective on it after listening through the entire album.
I'm absolutely agree 💜
Honestly RM is my fav poet and artist, periodt.
Rm writes most of the lyrics for bts songs he’s so talented and introspective it’s really amazing
Your reaction to Joke was so me haha! If I am not mistaken, it was created in response to those who have the prejudice that idols can't rap. Just as a reminder that he started in the underground and that he could flow even with nonsense words.
One of the things I love about BTS rap line especially RM & SUGA is they get real and raw with their lyrics and swear, break things down and go all out. K-pop idols are meant to be above reproach, perfect and pure, and it’s testament to their relationship with BANG PD that they negotiated to do their solo stuff in a more real format. 💜
RM acts as the primary lyricist for bts. Having songs like black swan, spring day, Fake love under his name. Also he writes for other mmbrs solo and units like serendipity, zero clock, singularity and 100 more. RM is so versatile so it's difficult to box his style.
You won't get bicycle until you jump on one and just ride around exploring with it by yourself for a day. It's just a vibe which is very different to everything else out there you can experience(imo).
Your freaking reaction to joke is so appropriate. I'm saying. Like people don't GET how good these guys are, for real. Like this is lyrical GENIUS. And it somehow doesn't make sense while it WAY WAY does.
Joon loves riding bicycles 🚲 it's like one of the things he is passionate about, just like Suga & his "First Love" the piano 🎹.
37:37 yeaaah, namjoon for a long time had this battle of not knowing who he truly was, bc when he started after leaving the underground hiphop scene people started saying that he was "just" an idol, but for him he was an artist who could do way more than the kpop industry wants from idols, so he started struggling with this dilemma of "idol, rapper, artist" in one of his livestream a time ago he finally said that he's just him doing what he wants to do, and in the song idol he sang "you can call me artist, can call me idol, call me whatever you want, i don't care" and a year later they dropped persona, showing that he's now confident in who he is!! ( my opinion: he's a freaking g.o.a.t, the man can do EVERYTHING)
I love Seoul and the entire mono album so much. It really hit me when he said
"What is it that holds me by your side like this
I don’t even have memories of you"
His range gives long time fans like me a whiplash , you are new still, it doesn't get better . He is too good , an all rounder!!
His words "song is about bicykling,that´s all."
Namjoon is incredibly intelligent, it's mind blowing..I agree that most of the concepts for BTS come from Namjoon.. Joke, Do You, and Persona are some of my favorites
RM Is a genius with the lyrics. these 3 songs were great and needed to been more popular in views.
Anyone else surprised by the success of BTS? With such a leader, it is impossible not to succeed! Every member of BTS is a diamond! 💜💜💜
I loved this! (Happy birthday RM!)
FYI he was only 20 years old when he wrote Joke, it’s unbelievable how talented he was even back then. I think he still had a lot of anger inside him at that time (from his so called “friends” who didn’t support his career choices), which mellowed out a bit as he grew up. I think Bicycle and Seoul are more representative of his solo music style, he loves chill, melodic, introspective songs. Even his first 2015 mixtape that joke is on is quite evenly balanced between slow/chill songs and aggressive ones like Joke.
There are several essays that could be written about Persona, so I won’t go too into it (you can watch an explanation video if interested?) but basically the whole album is inspired by Carl Jung’s theory that the human personality is divided into a persona (the side of ourselves that we show the world), our shadow (the side we keep hidden and are scared/ashamed of) and the ego (the side that we see and accept as our identity). So RM is literally asking himself the question of who he is, especially his stage name RM vs the person Kim Namjoon, and what is “real”? (As seen by the freaky giant CGI version of him!) And he comes to the conclusion that ”I just want to give you all the shoulders when you cry”.
RM rapping is on a different plane....but when you hear RM sing a whole song you just want more of it....rap or sing RM lyrics...style...voice...just makes him one of a kind superb💜
Rj, you really said range with this selections of songs. I really appreciate that! For the "joke", the title is already telling so much. Basically RM describes this song as a meaningless wordplay. But even that song had it's own meaning to it. Rm just wanted to show off his rapping skills, changes of flow, wordplay. The are some bars in this song but for me I would describe it as auditory pleasure. Maybe that feeling is intensified for me because even with english subs and some context I can't fully understand the lyrics as I'm not a Korean speaker.
Moonchild and Forever Rain by RM is also a must listen. Namjoon has so many good songs. 🥺
if you like calm, soothing sound then RM Mono is the perfect album to listen. every track is so moody, emotional, makes you rethinking about your life. and 'everything goes' makes me cry 😂
They way these tracks show his range. Which is mind you THE RANGE . His catalog is immaculate
i’m crying to the whole mono album. absolutely a masterpiece and feels like a warm hugs from friends.
"Do You" and "Seoul" are my favorite songs from RM. 💜 I feel the same way when I listen to "Seoul".
Namjoon's lyrics are powerful. And his beats gets under your skin and stay there. When I listened to mono I cried like a baby, tears were just flowing and I didn't even know why. Tokyo, moonchild and everything goes just kill me every time. Please give them a losten. Also you should defenetly listen to trivia:love, it's another masterpiece of his.
persona is a song that really makes me think long and hard about things he talks about his trueself
every single song of namjoon just HITS somehow to every single person. His second album Mono is a lyrical masterpiece.
I'm so glad you reacted to his music:))
the way there's no chorus in joke and its just continuous verses with a huge amount of flow changes is insane to me and its similar to persona in a way but that's got a chorus towards the end of the song so that's defo his style. joons defo my fav rapper in the industry for various reasons and he's going to be releasing his 3rd album/project by the end of this year he said
Namjoon is a very cerebral and introspective writer and I would love to see your reaction to his Mono playlist (Seoul is one of its tracks ) in order . I'm sure you're going to relate to a lot of the lyrics and enjoy the beats and melodies of the different songs.
You are so spot on with your Joke analysis. You’re the first reactor I’ve seen analysis it correctly and succinctly.
You are a great communicator. I really enjoy watching you.
I love Seoul... I love the whole Mono mixtape really!! RM is so poetic and introspective.
If you include "Shadow" when you do Suga's solos please listen to the full song version, the music video version is only a sample.
The intro for every BTS album except for 1 is a solo song. Before the album or title music video is released BTS do "Comeback trailers" which instead of normal trailers like most groups is actually that solo intro track along with it's own music video. Back in the old days BTS didn't have money for another music video and they were all animated and because they were still hip-hop focused it was always the rappers who did them. In 2016 they became actual music videos and in 2017 the vocalists started taking turns as well.
"Persona" is one of those "comeback trailer" music videos but all the members have them. The title track is the title track and usually has the most press and gets performed a lot, but the comeback trailer/intro songs are very beloved by fans and are actually much better gauge of the sound and theme of the next upcoming album.
Fun fact! the beginging of "Persona" is actually a sample of an intro RM did for their 3rd album back in 2014 and the animation at the beginning is also a sample of that old school animated video they had. This very much set the tone for the "Map of the Soul" album project where every single song sampled or made lyrical references to a past song. It's the album they did during their 7th year right before Covid. They were going to tour that album and then take a break to work on solo albums but because Covid kept postponing their tour they decided to realease some singles and the "BE" album (that one album without a solo into) and wait and see if they could resume their plans.
Now they release "Proof" thier anthology album and are resuming that original plan
I'm impressed by your honest confusion about RM's writing, and the MVs. They do actually reflect the depth of his work, so, yes, confusing sometimes. Thank you for greeting RM on his birthday too.
One thing I feel urged to say - RM's writing is very personal, and all of these songs reflect the ways he has faced his issues.
Joke is, of course a diss track, addressed to all the many many many critics (one-time peers and "friends" in the hip hop world) who said (sometimes to his face, in public, in settings where he could not respond) that he had "betrayed hip-hop, that idols are not musicians, that how dare he get on stage and do songs he's been given (not actually accurate anyway), and his lyrics are not rap"... much more too. There's a lot of anger there, and a lot of irony, and no one has done it like that. Now, well, guess what, he doesn't need to respond any more ....
Bicycle is a love song to his bike, and is quite a literal exploration of why he likes biking, (not perhaps a very rapper thing to do) and uses it to chill. It's a pretty literal expression of what helps him and supports his mental health. RM is always under an unimaginable amount of pressure, but we hardly ever see any of that ... because he has a bike. Last year he did a Vlive on his birthday and at one point went out of the room and came struggling back in to show us the bike that Jin got him for his nirthday. He was soooo chuffed. Pretty bike, too. Another reason we love him.
I always think Seoul reflects his actual experience of Seoul, often portrayed as a beautiful and glamorous city, but when other young people were out playing in the beautiful areas, he was working, often in buildings that looked very similar - practice, record, practice, eat, dorm, do not rinse, repeat. So, he can appreciate how some others see Seoul, and wants to do that too, but knows only a limited view of the city.
And Persona - yep, you need to look into Map of the Soul, basically. For me, the song (if not ALL aspects of the MV) is very simple and very direct. He questions who he is, what is his real identity, and pares all the different parts of him down to the essence - he just wants to give us all the shoulders when we cry. I find it incredibly moving.
RM bares his soul in his lyrics, with quite incredible bravery, and, more remarkable, he has always done this, even as a young teenage boy. He's been met with a vast amount of hate, but he still shows us his heart.
Seoul is my drive around and chill song
"so the song is... supposed to be... a joke" that was so hilarious to me somehow HAHAH. i knew you would be surprised watching joke so i was excited to watch!! (and yeah the video may be long but i like your long videos, dw~)
i loveee his chill songs, there's something so comforting about them. and his lyrics are always amazing, he's a genius i swear. really enjoying following all your bts reactions, i can see you falling for them a bit more every video haha! thanks for the reaction as always~
RM is Artist and Poet
RM. I am totally, absolutely in-love with this man. So powerful, so brilliant and beautiful, among other things. I’m not even into rap. at all. until BTS. Some personal favourite live rap line performances are that of Trivia: Love (RM), Outro: Tear, Ugh, Cypher 1-4 and Ddaeng. There are videos explaining the lyrics as well. They’re genius and literally mindblowing. Hope you could check them out. I really enjoyed watching this reaction and all the others. Finished all the BTS ones. Please keep em coming! New subscriber here. 💜
The song Seoul hit me really hard when I found it. I had previously been living abroad in Barcelona and I was having very similar feelings. Both in Barcelona and when I came back to Stockholm. The way he captured that feeling made me bawl my eyes out on my first listen.
My personal favorite RM songs:
-Seoul
-Moonchild
-Do You
-Adrift
-Change
-PDD
-Persona
-Champion by fall Out Boy ft. RM
-Shut up or vote (pre-debut)
-Umbrella cover
-Seoul Town Road by Lil Nas and RM
-winter flower by Younha and RM
-Bicycle
Edit:
-Crying Over You by Honne, RM, Becka (just discovered this one and love it)
I love this list!!! Cuz they all are my favs too😭
same but i'd add don't too
Crying Over You by Honne, RM, Becka (just discovered this one and love it)
The ost for fantastic 4 is really good too
@@smjchiang yesss
RM is a genius. BICYCLE The beat is like he is really riding a bike. Why would people talk him over is beyond me. Jealousy is so evil. Love RM and the boys
Thank you. This is also my first look at RM's solo work. I appreciated the variety and the candid reactions.
I understood Bicycle, cuz I ride too. Letting go of the handlebars and feeling like you're flying. It's almost as chill as strolling, but with the wind in your hair.
This is a nice video for RM's bday. He has some really good solo songs.
Mono is a frickin masterpiece and Seoul I would call my go to relax / study/ concentration song. That song is simply magical. Lyrics are what they are ( kinda sad) , but when I play it on repeat ( for hours and hours on no end) I never tire of it, I never grow bored with it.... it just resonates. In other words I have never encountered a song that would feel that RIGHT and would make me THAT relaxed. If a song could be magically transformed into a signature scent, Seoul would be mine :-)
If you liked Seoul, listen to full Mono. I am sure you will like it.
I really love your reaction!! RM is the most philosophical K-pop artist I’ve ever seen, and his lyrics are so interesting and impressive.
Tho i love joke, cuz c'mon the wordplay, bars and 9 flows straight..it's genius..but Persona, Seoul & Bicycle are really close to my heart..they speak to me..i love joon..he's my fav rapper out of rapline..like BTS rapline is top teir..but joon's style..i prefer it more..idk how to explain it..but joon is someone you can talk for hrs about life with..he's just a love & comfort personified! He's such an eloquate person.. philosophical, well spoken..well mannered.. understanding..gentle..caring..giving..with presence of comfort around him..& that shows in his music as well..every sentence that comes out of his mouth is like a quote..a poetry, which makes you think..as i said earlier..a person you can talk with for hours about life! The level of love, respect & admiration i hv for this guy..is unmatched ✨ Happy joonie day ARMYs💜
oh man, I genuinely appreciate how much time and thought you put into each reaction. very glad I rediscovered you!!!
(for private listening, if you're still in an RM mood, two of my favorite songs of his - and generally - are "everythingoes" off mono and "don't" with eaeon. they transport me to different spheres.)
Joke is infact just him flexing his skills and ultimately it doesn't have any message he is trying to send other than dissing them. Although don't be fooled that he is just throwing random things together. while it doesn't have a cohesive subject he talks about, other than dissing those people, It is FULL of wordplay and amazing cadence, flow etc that shows off his rapping skills. So basically how i would take the song is, He is dissing the people that fast rap without any subject but with waaaay better wordplay, flow and cadence to shut them up. Basically saying that "I can do what you do but I'm better at even that"
Explanation/my interpretation/thoughts on these song’s:
Joke: literally is about meanless wordplay and also to focus on the flow. Suga and RM got a lot of hate/flack for leaving underground to be apart of BTS. People said he could rap or his rap was bad etc. (yes a diss track) So he created this song. Personally I not really a fan of this song. It isn’t a bad song it is very good. This song just isn’t for me.
Persona- connects to Carl Jung theory. I recommend dkdktv explanation.
Seoul- the love/hate relationship with hometown or places we have lived a long time. RM came to Seoul to pursue his dream. When he came to Seoul he has faced many hardships but has made him where his is today. He now sees the beauty of Seoul. It is like a love hate relationship…
Bicycle-perfect song to listen to on a drive or when going Namjooning 😉 (🥾🖼🌳🚲👯♀️🏞).
Namjooning (verb or noun) widely used by 50m+ global fans of BTS (S. Korean boy band) to describe mindful enjoyment of exploring art, nature and architecture. Derived from name Kim Namjoon, leader of BTS band who shares his Namjooning on social media.Sep 11, 2021
“The act of living as Kim Namjoon. This includes, taking walks in the park, admiring nature, hanging out with crabs and having fun witty friends” -Kim Namjoon
RM❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
Seoul is my fave RM song. It’s really gorgeous the way it flows And the sounds- really looking forward to his solo album. Btw I think you are favorite new BTS reactor. You are very thoughtful and inquisitive and I Think you have to be to love their music. 💜
about people are saying him `don`t rap`... he was supposed to be a businesman as his father, it was his family wish - they planned for him a peaceful rich future as businesman. but from young age he wanted to be a rapper and songwriter. so he started rapping and writing lyrics, his mum even throw out his mic and computer with written texts🤭because she don`t want him to be a rapper and artist in general. family said him that rap and songs do`nt bring him money, even a little bit, they said he couldn`t earn money from music. also not only family said this, his haters also said this to him, that he`s not talented and couldn`t make big money etc. i`m so happy they all was wrong, now he have a lot of money, success and attention, he reseived so much)) i wish he also will be happy on personal life in future because everything else he already have
I'm fine! I'm totally okay and not at all flustered by RM at any point.
Can I just say what an excellent selection of songs to kind of portray all the sides of RM
a few years ago i`ve saw a theory video about Persona clip, about visuals and all this. and damn, it containes so many detailes about personality, a parts of Carl Jung`s theories was incorporated in MV. it`s literally a visual masterpiece, we can`t recognise it with first or even second watch. i hightly recommend to watch theory videos about Persona MV to understand what`s going on))
Which video?
Bicycle is the one that resonates the most for me. When I was much younger, I was very limited in where I could go or what I could do, but I could ride my bicycle almost anywhere I wanted to go. To get away from the problems in my life, I would get on that bicycle and ride it for hours. It's less about "Hakuna Matata" and more about putting things on hold. Living in the moment, focusing on the physical aspects of riding a bike, like the wheels turning, pedaling, feeling a breeze, the scents and sounds of everything around you. It's a way of hitting the pause button on all of your stress and burdens. All the negative stuff is still there when your bike ride ends, but during the bike ride, it's all suspended and you can take a moment to just breathe. RM does a very good job of describing all of that, but if you've never been there yourself, it can be a bit difficult to really understand what he means. Like most of his songs, it's very deep.
If you loved seoul I think you'd love mono (the album from which seoul is)
Omg tysm for this 💜💜💜 could you react to his “mono” album, it’s truly a comforting masterpiece with the best lyrics I’ve ever seen
Definitely react to mono of RM it feels like a warm hug always
RM has evolved as an artist and human being which is evident in the different chapters of his catalogue. Throughout BTS’s career they have been constantly bombarded with hateful criticism and early on, it deeply affected RM which influenced the cyphers and his first mixtape. Persona follows RM and Bangtan using Jungian psychology to help reconcile and express their feelings as the now super global band they are and as individuals experiencing the host of emotions associated with that. RM is in many ways the heart and brain of BTS and his inner struggles (if love and hate are the same words - I Love You Seoul , I hate you Seoul) permeate their sound, philosophy and intention - he is still reconciling those feelings as they evolve with his ongoing life experiences - it’s a lifetime endeavor … he’s a very precious human being.
IM SO EXCITED TO WATCH THIS BC RM’S WORK IS INSANEEEE
rm was literal monster back in the days.. i am still waiting for that JOKE level of release from him.. please rm, bring that monster back..
Seoul`s one of my fav songs in general, out of genres and all this. i mean it so peaceful, i like to listen to it wherever i`m now, walking, sitting in bus, in my appartment... i always have a mood to listen to it. that`s why in my opinion it`s genius song. also i think everyone has similar emotions about place they live now or lived in past. i have similar emotions to one city i lived while ago)) RM have this special talent to write lyrics with universal thoughts and ideas, universal for all people. this song is deffinitely a masterpiece))
Joke actually is a diss track aimed at all the rappers at the time that were talking shit about him. They were saying he wasn’t a real rapper bc he was an idol and would rap “slow” in some of BTS’s group songs. It’s a Joke and he’s using satire by rapping very fast while sounding at times like he was speaking nonsense how all those rappers do. But being him lol he actually used layer upon layer of deeper meaning and double entendre so he basically did what those other rappers do but better. Those rapper might spit fast but they’re saying nothing. RM can spit fast and say multiple things with each verse.
Seoul it's one of the most relatable songs tbh! That song it's part of one of his mixtapes, it's called MONO!! u would love itttt
"Joke" is literally a song for his haters who making fun of his name and face and belittling him being an Idol.
I really love that song💜😚
Following his solo career, you can see just how much RM has grown as an artist. Happy birthday Namjoon.
My beloved Mexico City, I hate it and I love it. It is as Seoul, a complicated but beautiful city. Love how RM can do everything and anything from the hardest to the softest beautiful songs.
Joon is poet and philosopher who raps.
U should absolutely take a reaction video for RM's "do you" and "god rap" 💙
DEFINITELY!!!! These are also peace of art!🤩👌👍💜
@@haisuli9583 CERTAINLY 🥺🛐💙
That deep dark dirty beat in Joke is actually a sample from "Oh My Darling (Don't Cry)" by the hiphop/rap duo Run The Jewels (aka Killer Mike & EI-P)... I definitely prefer Joke though. 😄 I'm really only familiar with Killer Mike as an activist and Bernie supporter though, American rap is just a little too much for me these days in general... I was very happy to have found rappers like RM, Suga & JHope... made me love the genre again.
RM is the most versatile of the rap line. He switches his style and flow a lot. RM’s playlist “Mono” would absolutely resonate with you. It is introspective and somewhat melancholy, but it is so good. Seoul is from that playlist or mixtape. All of the songs have that vibe, where he is sing rapping and it is substantive but very chill. I highly recommend.
Persona is the first part of the Map of the Soul 7 album - it's Intro to the album, please check out Suga's Interlude: Shadow, and J-Hope's Outro-Ego for the complete trilogy. It's all about Carl Jung's psychology theories etc.
Map of the Soul - Persona album. Map of the Soul 7 came after that.
As so many people have said… listen to Mono. Even if you don’t want to listen with us. That album is so so healing. When I need soothing nothing works like Mono. Suga is my bias. He always has been and his music is so important to me and my life. That said Namjoon is comfort and Mono is Namjoon. His first mixtape feels very much Rap Monster which is so great. Do not get me wrong. I play it loud and proud all the time. Mono feels less like RM or Rap Monster and much more like him showing us Kim Namjoon and it is comforting the way he is.
Absolutely love Seoul. Amazingly written and performed.
Actualy Joke is really a joke. RM dissing the haters who says you're rapping slow and soft, you don't have skills like rapping fast etc. And RM trying to say "yeah i can rap fast and i have so many skills but if you're write your meaningless lyrics just for rhyme and flow we are not the same level." Cause he's the type of rapper who really care meanings. Also he's using meaningless things in lyrics but still has the message. I mean yeah he's my man 10 out of 10.
Trivia: Love one day please the wordplay is just so beautiful. Use doolset for the translations. =] Borahae.
Yeas! DOOLSET is a must! 👌
I LOVE LOOOOVE JOKE and when it came out it was such a F you to all the people who had been trashing them. The fandom was so different back then, we were always cautious bc everything could become into other fandoms hating on them. When nam dropped this mixtape it was like BOOM! I listen to it now and feel the adrenaline again lmao also I'm 25 now so remembering the craziness from back then it's hilarious
For "persona's" ending with all these CG "humans" I interpret it as: maybe public sees me (rm) or us (bts) as these unnatural creations, that look the same and do the same thing like a robots or machines, but I want to stand out as an individual, or I want to change the norm/stereotype, that world expects me to be like everyone else, but I want to live as I want. Because RM is not standing in a row with these "humans", he's standing in a middle. He's not doing the same moves as them. And although he's wearing a suit as them, his outfit seems more casual, untacked shirt, loose tie, open jacket. All this makes me think of wanting to be unique, wanting to me seen as individual, not conforming to the norms.
also, once you get to yoongi's solos, i suggest you watch the last and first love along with some of his more famous tracks (i.e daechwita) to get a full idea os his lyricism, as the first two are some of his most personal and vulnerable songs yet
100% agree. Those two songs are the two song that are best to get to know Yoongi on a deeper level.
I would also include Interlude: Shadow. It's such a beautiful, emotional, raw, emotive, honest, painful, deep song. And always makes me cry 💜
Then, of course as you say, you can't go passed Daechwita, and Agust D. But The Last, and First Love are incredible songs too. So are Nevermind, and Seesaw.
It would be so easy just to keep going, listing Yoongi's songs, because they are all incredible 💜
Actually "Joke" RM is the answer to "Come Here" Masta Wu ft dok2, Bobby (2014) ..
You can understand the lyrics of "Joke" if you look at the lyrics of "Come Here" and the historical background of both.. It's "not" about slow or fast rap but just rappers dissing each other that's why RM closed "Joke" by saying "HIT ME" (as if you dare to hit me again). But RM just silenced them from then until now and I think forever😉💜.. That's why I love him so much.. hehehe..
My favorite RM solo is the song "Reflection" from BTS's Wings album. Please react to it when you get a chance. I think you'll really like it.
Man filled with talent nd good looks..so fucking handsome 🥺😍
Seoul is a beautiful song, it's a fave on my playlist, joke is just awesome too, man that beat drop, wow.😎💜👌 Love persona too, I think that he's saying that we all have personas the one we show the world, and the one we show in private, both different, but both you at the same time, but never lose site of your real persona, the real you, that's what I got for that song 😎💜👌
PLEASEEE u gotta react to mono, his solo mixtape. seoul is on that mixtape and the whole mixtape is the most comforting thing ever
*9 flows, no chorus, straight bars!*
*Joke is a Masterpiece! BTW he has an IQ of 148 and you'll see why his lyrics always have double meanings. HE'S THAT IMPRESSIVE 🔥🔥🔥*
To explain why RM made this song :
So you probably know that RM and Suga received a lot of flak from the underground K-hip hop community when they signed with an Idol company. In addition to that people would try and shade his rap skills, saying he had no skills and no flow. So he made this song as 'joke' to show off his flow and speed and also shade back on the criticism by pointing out that you can rap as fast as you want but if you're just saying nonsense then what's the point? Hence there's no hook, just bars after bars and some nonsense words like 'bibbidy bobbidy.. *Joke is an intelligent sattire for people who think rapping fast without any meaningful lyrics and flow is cool or good.* The bibbiby babbiby verse you heard him say is the joke of him dissing the mumble jumble rappers. Joke is not just "fast rap" with no meaning. RM is the KING of wordplays. He focuses a lot on lyricism, double/triple entendre and flow. He gets his inspiration from 90's hip hop if you wanna check out his first mixtape.
but simply the other rappers are making fun of him because he can't rap fast and only focus on lyricism which is why he made this song for them. he said "hit me" at the end to allow others to diss him again. but nobody did anything yet. King's shit. fun fact: RM was at one point one of the top students in all South Korea, boy is a GENIUS...
*In short, RM GENIUS SONGWRITER OF THE CENTURY.*
His rap is not only skillful but extremely intelligent. Makes me wish I knew Korean to fully understand all the wordplay and references.
i love love love persona, especially after digging deeper into the meaning, and trivia: love, which you have to check out!
Really suggest checking out rest of his mixtape MONO, which is very emotional and relatable
RM has always been known to best at wordplaysssss. Best one I've heard is Trivia: Love. If you ever listen to that, recommend to watch an explanation as well hehehehe. 💕
i’m just saying: if you almost cried to seoul, i advice you to take some napkins with you when you react to the rest of ‘mono’. you are NOT prepared for the comfort that project is gonna give you
I would like to recommend a video called "bts vs radio". It shines a light on the payola-problem and I feel like not only Army but every genuine music fan of no matter what artist or genre out there really should be made aware of it!
If you´d like to, it would be amazing if you could react to it, because the more people get to know about the extent of the situation the easier it becomes to maybe even change something with time ...
If you want a more in depth meaning of persona, check out dkdktv explanation video. Map of the soul is based on carl Jung's book; Map of the soul which talks about one's persona, shadow and ego.
Omggg i lovedddd this reaction a lotttttttttttt ✨💜💜💜🔥🔥🔥