I just need to let it out, his album MONO was so close to my heart but INDIGO is the best album he ever curated. Truly a masterpiece. Everything was just so intricate. Oh and Nathan, we love your nerdy comments. That's so JOONIE(Namjoon) of you!!! 💜
"Is this a play on words on purpose?" Yes! Namjoon loves wordplay with layered meanings like this...for an absolute masterclass on this, check out the rapline song "Ddaeng" 😁 As for the meaning of "Seoul" (this is a really surface level explanation), it's about his love/hate relationship with the city. It's the place where he's spent his entire adulthood and he does have an attachment to it, but he also resents the "concrete jungle" aspect of the "ashy" (cement gray, air-polluted) city, where you can be lonely and full of sorrow even amongst millions of people.
All of RMs albums are poetic. I personally read what the song is about before listening to it. It just helps me enjoy it more because I obviously cannot speak Korean. I do this with all non English songs. So now when I listen to BTS's music and solo works I know what the songs are about even though I'm hearing it in Korean. Also... he deserves a Pulizter. And I am so serious. He is young in comparison to classic philosophers but this man is unique. A gem, rare, precious, ahead of his time...the standard.
indigo is an amazing album, for me its a no skip album but everyone has their favourite song from the album and its hard to get people to agree on which one lol.
The keyboardist is DOCSKIM. He is also a amazing songwriter who composed 'wildflower' from RM and 'Lie' from Jimin. Please check out album 'Indigo'. This album is amazing.🔥🔥🔥 Thanks for the reactions 💜💜💜
Every thing in this picture and on the shelves is relative to Namjoon. You can see BTS on the shelves. DokSkim is jazzy and awesome. He played for V when he sang his Christmas song last year. RM's track 2 mv is epic!!! Anderson Pak is a dear friend to BTS and he is featured singing the opening and throughout the Still Life song.
How could we not have recommended RM's Tiny Desk to you?! Thank you for reacting to it and sharing your thoughts on it. All of the members of BTS are great, but RM and his big, well-read, poetically philosophical brain just draw me in. Definitely enjoy "Indigo." 💜
Seoul is about Namjoon having to move from his lovely hometown to Seoul when he became part of Big Hit. He is very much a nature lover, so there is a constant battle in his “soul” of loving every part of this “new” home and at the same time hating it (the noise, dirt, the buildings) and wanting to escape it. As a New Yorker I can relate.
Also if there is a play on words in a song with lyrics written by him, it is 100% on purpose 😂 that’s one of his signatures, especially managing to do it in two languages at once.
Seoul the first song is from RM's Mono and the whole album is like this. I play it to go to sleep or do yoga. Very mellow. Lovely. Docskim on keys has been around BTS for a long time and has a band called the Ghost Band which toured with BTS in the early days. John Eun incredible guitarist and very good friend of RMs. The other two I am not familiar with but clearly talented. You might really enjoy RM's live Rolling Hall performance of this album Indigo even if you don't watch with us, it is a great concert. When he had a chance to a solo concert he chose to go to a venue that was an inspiration for him as a young teenage rapper. I like that he did that. A very small venue. Only 600 people capacity. Finally, really enjoy how you approach your reactions. Geeking out is interesting.
I think the confusion comes from standing and sitting. 200 sitting, 4-500 standing according to Korea Trips, Korea Times says 600 and Seoul Therapy also comes in at 600. I wasn't clear and you are correct. 200 sitting! Thank you for clarifying. @@vikaursa
Thanks for checking this out. I love RM's Tiny Desk performance (as well as the one with BTS & V's). RM has such a chill vibe with meaningful lyrics. And the band is top tier. His entire Indigo album is amazing. FYI - by international age, RM is still 29 & won't be 30 until Sept (he was born in '94).
Namjoon is really 29, he was 28 here. Koreans count in the womb as 1 year old (9 months) and then when it hits January they turn the next age even if it isn't the month they were born. Poor Jin and V... V was one in the womb, and 2 days later turned 2... even though he has 12 more months to go. So whenever you hear them say their age subtract 2. They were really young when they left their parent's homes to pursue a career. I heard that Korea will start this year or next year with the international age like the rest of us.
Namjoon loves doing plays on words in his songs. He knows English well enough to do wordplay in both Korean and English. In Daeng he uses the word in like 6 different meanings or something. In 134340 (a song about the planet Pluto) he says "Us is just plural of U". In Am I Wrong he wrote there is a fish in our hearts called selfish. LOVE his intelligent wordplay!!
To answer you. Seoul - it's play on words: soul and seoul city. It's all about his love and hate relationship with the city but also included some emotion on it hence the use of lyrics referring to soul as well. What sets RM apart from the others is they way he creates his songs. He's very poetic and the way he uses english and korean is just amazing. He used eng-kor words intelligently put together! His vision for his music is not as simple as i want it I'll release it done, the flavor of his chosen genre in every song is entirely different, feels warm, feels classic, that in 10-20yrs i'd definitely still enjoy them. Ps: idk im not sure if u're the reactor who asked about 'mixtape' but they dont consider their mixtapes as their official album tho they are under their discography. The reason is if im not mistaken was the beats used. It's just tracks they said just to showcase their skills. Pps: i love when reactors shares something abt them, no prob listening to your little stories here and there.
Hi, Nathan! 👋🏻 This reaction is really helping me chill out for the evening; thank you so much. I'm getting my tea - I usually drink Sleepytime tea at night. 💜 Anyway, I wanted to tell you 2 things: One is, your notes about click tracks made sense because I watched SUGA's tour video yesterday (behind the scenes of his USA leg) and he said one night the crowd was so loud the only thing he could hear was the click track! It was his lifeline. The other thing I wanted to tell you was about the guitarist, John Eun, being one of RM's main collaborators for the Indigo album. RM released a video about the album, and that's where we got to see how he and John worked together on several songs. (They seem to be good friends based on his IG.) One P.S. Another commenter told you a bit about the keyboard player, DOCSKIM. He's actually a fantastic Korean-American producer and musician! He used to be BTS' band leader (Ghost Band) for their tours until recently. I think you would really love his work. Would you be willing to do one of your nerdy producer videos comparing the original track for Jimin's "LIE" with DOCSKIM's version of the song? DOCSKIM wrote and produced both versions, but the album one is a bit less flashy (from my amateur opinion). I'd be really interested to hear your analysis, because I've never heard anyone react to his version.
Enjoyed your reaction. Definitely check out his album. Would love a reaction of Still Life mv, and Wildflower, unless you have already done Wildflower. Yes, RM birthday is in Sept 12,1994. He may have been referring to his Korean age when he said he would be 30. Korea just changed so they would be universal. Also, he has talked about a new album. If you attend Suga concert in April in theaters, you will see RM perform. I hate to give spoilers. Not all the members did a solo act, but RM did one of his new songs. Suga concert in theaters is April 10th and 13th. I was not into rap either, but this was am amazing concert. Again, no spoilers. Not sure if it was just a rumor but originally RM was going to enlist when J Hope did April 2023 but he came up with an album after he released Indigo. So he waited and enlisted in Dec. 2023 with Jimin, V, JK. So Army is hoping an album will be released soon from RM. Blessings
RM says to him rapping is poetry put to music. RM is a true poet and lyricist. Because of being fluent in English he can easily mix the languages. While writing lyrics for a song, if there is no word in Korean to rhyme and keep the flow he will switch to an English word that rhymes with the same meaning. Thank you for reacting to RMs Tiny Desk. 💜🫰
Namjoon is an amazing lyricist/rapper. Not only are his lyrics deep, but, as you said, he’s able to rhyme Korean words with English words. As for staying on the beat, he’s one of the best. There is a concert video where he deliberately raps offbeat, which I’m sure you know, is very difficult. It was sort of funny to watch certain “rapper” reactors get thrown by this, not understanding his genius or playfulness. You are a great reactor because you know your craft and we, the audience, learn from you.
This one is really close to my heart. I haven't bought any physical albums for decades now, but after listening to the whole album, made me get my first ever physical album again.
I HIGHLY recommend checking out RM Live in Seoul @ Rolling Hall concert (on Bangtan channel)!! It is soo good! He performs songs on Indigo & some of the people who feature actually perform with him. It is a small theater of like 200-600 ARMY. It is so good!!
Like the straight on room view, and maybe you need a YETI cup with closable lid for your tea! RM made an incredible album, and I am so proud of him! If you haven’t yet seen the videos for Wildflower and Still Life, you should!💜
Namjoon is so brilliant! I love how thought provoking his lyrics are and his music is just amazing to me. He is truly an incredible artist and person. I honestly feel he would get so terribly bored if all that existed were love songs. Indigo is one of my all time favorite albums. I can listen to the whole thing and honestly say I like every song on it.
Hi Nathan. I love your reaction videos of BTS. I am an Army and I stumbled upon your channel because it came up on my feed. I watched one ( your reaction to ON), and I was hooked that I binged watched the others too 😅. I love how you react and at the same time gives technical insights on music and their vocals, it’s like a tutorial 😊. Thank you and more power to your channel 💜😍
Love Namjoon! And I hope you recognize how amazing he is as an artist, as a philosopher, as a leader, as a rapper, as a lyricist, as a producer, and as a human being. Thanks for watching his tiny desk! He’s album is amazing! And his generosity in having collaborated with someone on almost all the songs is humbling. Thanks!
💜🇧🇷💜Thanks so much for this video! Love love love his album Indigo, it’s a masterpiece with amazing collaboration, the lyrics, the vibe, RM’s voice, just love it. His mix tape Mano has a completely different vibe, but still very powerful lyrics. Maybe we will see more RM soon?!☺️thanks again 💜
RM’s album Indigo is a masterpiece! Every song is a different genre but are all interconnected in how they make you feel. By the last song it feels as if it’s at the end of this wonderful journey. By the end of the album I almost feel like this catharsis and relief wash over me. The last song also makes me feel as if he is comforting me and telling me things will be alright. Thanks for reacting to his tiny desk performance even if no one requested it! Keep doing you! React to what you feel like and please always give your honest reactions. I also love hearing you nerd out and learn more about the details of music production. God bless!
It took that long for his album to be released because of the pandemic. They were supposed to go on the break they are on and start going into the military and releasing solo albums at the end of 2020. Instead they got a postponement on their military service and we got the album Be (You need to check it out) and Dynamite, Butter and Permission to Dance. Also the collab with Coldplay on My Universe. Still Life is my favorite on his album. Don't know if you can react to it but check out his live at Rolling Hall where he performed this album.
I love RM, he was what drew me into BTS in the beginning. The tone of his speaking and rapping voices are just heavenly to me. He’s just such a cool guy. I’ve watched this probably 20 times. ❤
Tiny desk is great, but you should listen to it on his mv's. Also he was the second one after JHOPE's Jack In the box.... RM's Indigo album is so good. He had artists on most of the songs. Paid tribute to one of his favorite painting Artists at the start. Anf of course the big track with Flower works!!!
Nathan thank you for giving RM’s Tiny Desk Concert some love. And I watch you a lot, but he is uber brilliant and a wordsmith that thinks BIG thoughts and weaves in Korean culture and history in the way a tenure professor would teach. So, his lyrics are so special and profound. He is as sincere as they come. So sometimes your tangential thoughts about VR or etc kind of distracted from RM’s solo effort that he spent an entire decade writing and producing. Respectfully. The music is amazing. The musicians primo talented. But with RM’s music, the focal point always are the lyrics. imho
I think you'll LOVE Indigo. Even Mono as well, if you can get around to it. Indigo has a lot of promotional stuff, but if you look up the Magazine interview, you get a nice breakdown of the songs and the artists he worked with. Joonie is very thoughtful with his music and the messages he puts out, and Indigo is a prime example of that.
Omg I cant believe no one suggested RMs tiny desk ( Army sucks 😅, they havent been good with our leader) Anyway check RMs live at Rolling Hall. Or the special he did from New York. RM is truly an Artist.
I cannot believe nobody requested this 😭. I’m an ARMY and have loved all of the members solo albums, but Indigo…is probably my favorite. It’s such a beautiful collection of different sounds from RM. Please listen to it in its entirety. RM also performed the entire album live which you can watch on UA-cam, called RM Live in Seoul @ Rolling Hall.
Indigo is one of the best album I've heard in my life. It catered to my taste just right, combined with the incredible songwriting and producing of each track. Literally will never get bored of Indigo.
RM's style is so unique and special. Love his voice. It's so soothing in Seoul, and I think both the guitar and bass players were singing with him, but I could be wrong. 💜
Ok genuine question, not a complaint, I'd really like to understand why people are so interested in whether there's a track playing during the live. Why does it matter? There seems to be an implication that it's fake or they're somehow cheating. The track was them anyway, they're playing with themselves. I get that if it isn't live there are corrections that can have been made but if they were horrible they would clash with the track no? So they're legit no? The vocal effect on Yun, by the way, is a clip of the painter he was talking about, the song is based on the ideas talked about in the clip. RM as a singer breaks my heart, I find him just beautiful, you should really check out his solo mixtape Mono, I'd be really curious to hear your producer thoughts on Tokyo. 💜🇨🇦
I have the indigo CD in my car, if I can’t figure out what I want to listen to, i just listen to it again. I love it so much. Ps. The new setup is nice! I like the lighting on your left (?) side but where the big frame is on the other side, that light is a bit distracting.
Indigo is a grest album, showcase a different side of RM. Love his mixtapes too but all are different styles which show how diverse and talented RM is and also his stories as he move alomg in his lifr and career. Hope you react to his whole indigo album. Every song is good.
Don't worry about nerding out. I appreciate the insider perspective of the music production. Like the others, I recommend checking his live performance @ Rolling Hall. He has some of the artists that collab with him on his album.
Yeah the production of the live performances are almost always significantly different from the production of the originals. It'd be super interesting if you did a comparison!
RM is an amazing human being and talent artist, the best leader for our boys. INDIGO is a masterpiece and most important thing was he gave notoriety the other artist on his album when he made collab with them
There is a live intimate concert of indigo RM has done where he brings on stage all the artists he collaborated with on his album I think you'd really like that one!
On the part when you were questioning about the 2 vocals you heard, it’s not actually backtrack. RM was singing with the background vocalist who is also the guitarist, John Eun. He’s also an amazing musician, you should checkout his music 💜
yes ur right. its a wordplay... that's RM's specialty .... and yoongi and jhope heheeh just like DDAENG... and the band members are his close friends .... the vibing so well together ...
He's got a real close relationship with all members of this band, Docskim on the keyboard got his passion for music revived from working on indigo's title track Wildflower and John Eun on the guitar worked closely with RM on songs in the album too
I would love to see you react to rm's change 2 as a producer and the way that song is made the movement the changing Pace the coordination of sounds to it's just a beautiful production and I hope that at some point you get to actually listen to it.
I always enjoy watching your reactions. So I know about the click tracks since my hubby and daughter will use them sometimes when they sing. RM is an amazing writer and his songs have deep messages. 💜 I wish He knew how many have been touched and saved by his music.
My fav song on the album and in the MV is Still Life. Anderson Paak is cool on the track with him. In 2022, Anderson featured on Moment is Yet to Come. During non Concert Days while in Vegas (Permission to Dance) they filmed in the desert. Loved the whole vibe! Love the new studio!!! Attic rooms are so cool! Make sure you have ample supply of paper towels!!🙃 When's your cover of Jimins Lie ? Can't wait!😊
You'll love RM's solo stuff. He is so artistic rap, not just crazy rap. Which... he CAN do. He has proven it. But I love how he is more about the words and meaning in his music. Anyway, cannot wait to see your videos diving into more of his solo work. :]
Please react to or explore the sound engineering for LOUDER THAN BOMBS. No live performance or MV, but we really do love the song because of its sound. Would be interested in hearing your take.
Listening to namjoon talk and explain the meanings of his songs, i could listen to this man all day. He would be so fun to talk to
I miss his lives when he will explain the album process.
@@iamme1566me too 😢
I just need to let it out, his album MONO was so close to my heart but INDIGO is
the best album he ever curated. Truly a masterpiece. Everything was just so intricate.
Oh and Nathan, we love your nerdy comments. That's so JOONIE(Namjoon) of you!!! 💜
"Is this a play on words on purpose?" Yes! Namjoon loves wordplay with layered meanings like this...for an absolute masterclass on this, check out the rapline song "Ddaeng" 😁 As for the meaning of "Seoul" (this is a really surface level explanation), it's about his love/hate relationship with the city. It's the place where he's spent his entire adulthood and he does have an attachment to it, but he also resents the "concrete jungle" aspect of the "ashy" (cement gray, air-polluted) city, where you can be lonely and full of sorrow even amongst millions of people.
The Love/Hate Seoul reminds of folks from LA or SF who have that sort of relationship with their home.
Check out RM’s indigo concert at Rolling Hall!
Love Love.. actually Love this alb7m
Yes please 🙏! It was so good!
YES PLEASEEEE
Yes do that!
Listening to this album beginning to end is a lovely experience. My current fave song on it is Closer!
I’m glad you watched the Taylor documentary.
Hope you have the opportunity to watch RM Live in Seoul @ Rolling Hall. I think it highlights his music and generous/gracious personality.
She basically came out of retirement to do be on this track. It's a huge feather in RM's cap.
Mono and Indigo are two very chill albums. RM is a master at double and even triple entendres, using words in different ways, a true master lyricist.
All of RMs albums are poetic. I personally read what the song is about before listening to it. It just helps me enjoy it more because I obviously cannot speak Korean. I do this with all non English songs. So now when I listen to BTS's music and solo works I know what the songs are about even though I'm hearing it in Korean. Also... he deserves a Pulizter. And I am so serious. He is young in comparison to classic philosophers but this man is unique. A gem, rare, precious, ahead of his time...the standard.
indigo is an amazing album, for me its a no skip album but everyone has their favourite song from the album and its hard to get people to agree on which one lol.
The great thing is that all the musicians who are there with him were part of the production of every music that Nam composed.
The keyboardist is DOCSKIM. He is also a amazing songwriter who composed 'wildflower' from RM and 'Lie' from Jimin.
Please check out album 'Indigo'.
This album is amazing.🔥🔥🔥
Thanks for the reactions 💜💜💜
Hi, Sophia! Nate has already listened to Wildflower. 😊 Check out his reaction!
@@AngelaSealana oh....Yes I forgot I saw that🙄🙄🙄
I'll correct my comment😋
Thanks Angela💜💜💜
Every thing in this picture and on the shelves is relative to Namjoon. You can see BTS on the shelves. DokSkim is jazzy and awesome. He played for V when he sang his Christmas song last year. RM's track 2 mv is epic!!! Anderson Pak is a dear friend to BTS and he is featured singing the opening and throughout the Still Life song.
How could we not have recommended RM's Tiny Desk to you?! Thank you for reacting to it and sharing your thoughts on it. All of the members of BTS are great, but RM and his big, well-read, poetically philosophical brain just draw me in. Definitely enjoy "Indigo." 💜
Seoul is about Namjoon having to move from his lovely hometown to Seoul when he became part of Big Hit. He is very much a nature lover, so there is a constant battle in his “soul” of loving every part of this “new” home and at the same time hating it (the noise, dirt, the buildings) and wanting to escape it. As a New Yorker I can relate.
I like your comment about the dryness of Joon’s mic…I always think the sound engineering for NPR Tiny Desks is so good.
Also if there is a play on words in a song with lyrics written by him, it is 100% on purpose 😂 that’s one of his signatures, especially managing to do it in two languages at once.
I love that he can also sing and often does harmonise in BTS all 3 of the Rappers can and do sing.
Seoul the first song is from RM's Mono and the whole album is like this. I play it to go to sleep or do yoga. Very mellow. Lovely.
Docskim on keys has been around BTS for a long time and has a band called the Ghost Band which toured with BTS in the early days. John Eun incredible guitarist and very good friend of RMs. The other two I am not familiar with but clearly talented.
You might really enjoy RM's live Rolling Hall performance of this album Indigo even if you don't watch with us, it is a great concert. When he had a chance to a solo concert he chose to go to a venue that was an inspiration for him as a young teenage rapper. I like that he did that. A very small venue. Only 600 people capacity.
Finally, really enjoy how you approach your reactions. Geeking out is interesting.
let me put some corrections -Seoul is 2.track and that venue is even smaller, only 200 ARMY won the place to come there.
I think the confusion comes from standing and sitting. 200 sitting, 4-500 standing according to Korea Trips, Korea Times says 600 and Seoul Therapy also comes in at 600. I wasn't clear and you are correct. 200 sitting! Thank you for clarifying. @@vikaursa
RM proving that he is a great artist and human being. Along with the rest of the rap line, they made me like Hip Hop to the point of veneration💜
I love this Tiny Desk so much, it suits his vibe so well. Everything sounds so warm and intimate, and I love hearing him talk about his music.
Thanks for checking this out. I love RM's Tiny Desk performance (as well as the one with BTS & V's). RM has such a chill vibe with meaningful lyrics. And the band is top tier. His entire Indigo album is amazing. FYI - by international age, RM is still 29 & won't be 30 until Sept (he was born in '94).
Actually, RM speaks Japanes 😊. Better check out the full Indigo album. It's a masterpiece💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜
RM's thought is too deep and sincere 🥹💜
Namjoon is really 29, he was 28 here. Koreans count in the womb as 1 year old (9 months) and then when it hits January they turn the next age even if it isn't the month they were born. Poor Jin and V... V was one in the womb, and 2 days later turned 2... even though he has 12 more months to go. So whenever you hear them say their age subtract 2. They were really young when they left their parent's homes to pursue a career. I heard that Korea will start this year or next year with the international age like the rest of us.
You should see their full album, it is truly a gem, I dare to say that it is one of the best solo albums by the members of BTS
Namjoon loves doing plays on words in his songs. He knows English well enough to do wordplay in both Korean and English. In Daeng he uses the word in like 6 different meanings or something. In 134340 (a song about the planet Pluto) he says "Us is just plural of U". In Am I Wrong he wrote there is a fish in our hearts called selfish. LOVE his intelligent wordplay!!
To answer you.
Seoul - it's play on words: soul and seoul city. It's all about his love and hate relationship with the city but also included some emotion on it hence the use of lyrics referring to soul as well.
What sets RM apart from the others is they way he creates his songs. He's very poetic and the way he uses english and korean is just amazing. He used eng-kor words intelligently put together! His vision for his music is not as simple as i want it I'll release it done, the flavor of his chosen genre in every song is entirely different, feels warm, feels classic, that in 10-20yrs i'd definitely still enjoy them.
Ps: idk im not sure if u're the reactor who asked about 'mixtape' but they dont consider their mixtapes as their official album tho they are under their discography. The reason is if im not mistaken was the beats used. It's just tracks they said just to showcase their skills.
Pps: i love when reactors shares something abt them, no prob listening to your little stories here and there.
Hi, Nathan! 👋🏻 This reaction is really helping me chill out for the evening; thank you so much. I'm getting my tea - I usually drink Sleepytime tea at night. 💜
Anyway, I wanted to tell you 2 things: One is, your notes about click tracks made sense because I watched SUGA's tour video yesterday (behind the scenes of his USA leg) and he said one night the crowd was so loud the only thing he could hear was the click track! It was his lifeline.
The other thing I wanted to tell you was about the guitarist, John Eun, being one of RM's main collaborators for the Indigo album. RM released a video about the album, and that's where we got to see how he and John worked together on several songs. (They seem to be good friends based on his IG.)
One P.S. Another commenter told you a bit about the keyboard player, DOCSKIM. He's actually a fantastic Korean-American producer and musician! He used to be BTS' band leader (Ghost Band) for their tours until recently. I think you would really love his work. Would you be willing to do one of your nerdy producer videos comparing the original track for Jimin's "LIE" with DOCSKIM's version of the song? DOCSKIM wrote and produced both versions, but the album one is a bit less flashy (from my amateur opinion). I'd be really interested to hear your analysis, because I've never heard anyone react to his version.
Enjoyed your reaction. Definitely check out his album. Would love a reaction of Still Life mv, and Wildflower, unless you have already done Wildflower. Yes, RM birthday is in Sept 12,1994. He may have been referring to his Korean age when he said he would be 30. Korea just changed so they would be universal.
Also, he has talked about a new album. If you attend Suga concert in April in theaters, you will see RM perform. I hate to give spoilers. Not all the members did a solo act, but RM did one of his new songs. Suga concert in theaters is April 10th and 13th.
I was not into rap either, but this was am amazing concert. Again, no spoilers.
Not sure if it was just a rumor but originally RM was going to enlist when J Hope did April 2023 but he came up with an album after he released Indigo. So he waited and enlisted in Dec. 2023 with Jimin, V, JK. So Army is hoping an album will be released soon from RM. Blessings
RM says to him rapping is poetry put to music.
RM is a true poet and lyricist. Because of being fluent in English he can easily mix the languages. While writing lyrics for a song, if there is no word in Korean to rhyme and keep the flow he will switch to an English word that rhymes with the same meaning.
Thank you for reacting to RMs Tiny Desk.
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Namjoon is an amazing lyricist/rapper. Not only are his lyrics deep, but, as you said, he’s able to rhyme Korean words with English words. As for staying on the beat, he’s one of the best. There is a concert video where he deliberately raps offbeat, which I’m sure you know, is very difficult. It was sort of funny to watch certain “rapper” reactors get thrown by this, not understanding his genius or playfulness. You are a great reactor because you know your craft and we, the audience, learn from you.
This one is really close to my heart. I haven't bought any physical albums for decades now, but after listening to the whole album, made me get my first ever physical album again.
I HIGHLY recommend checking out RM Live in Seoul @ Rolling Hall concert (on Bangtan channel)!! It is soo good! He performs songs on Indigo & some of the people who feature actually perform with him. It is a small theater of like 200-600 ARMY. It is so good!!
Like the straight on room view, and maybe you need a YETI cup with closable lid for your tea!
RM made an incredible album, and I am so proud of him! If you haven’t yet seen the videos for Wildflower and Still Life, you should!💜
I’m here early ✋🏻 glad that you’re listening to that side of Namjoonie 💕
The day you'll hear forever rain by RM will change your life.
Namjoon is so brilliant! I love how thought provoking his lyrics are and his music is just amazing to me. He is truly an incredible artist and person. I honestly feel he would get so terribly bored if all that existed were love songs. Indigo is one of my all time favorite albums. I can listen to the whole thing and honestly say I like every song on it.
Indigo is an album I’m sure I’ll listen to even years from now. Timeless masterpiece!
Hi Nathan. I love your reaction videos of BTS. I am an Army and I stumbled upon your channel because it came up on my feed. I watched one ( your reaction to ON), and I was hooked that I binged watched the others too 😅. I love how you react and at the same time gives technical insights on music and their vocals, it’s like a tutorial 😊. Thank you and more power to your channel 💜😍
Awesome! Thank you for watching!
I did the same lol 😂
Ahhh Armys President. INDIGO is Masterpiece 💜
The Still Life MV is cool, I highly recommend 😁👍💜
Love Namjoon! And I hope you recognize how amazing he is as an artist, as a philosopher, as a leader, as a rapper, as a lyricist, as a producer, and as a human being. Thanks for watching his tiny desk! He’s album is amazing! And his generosity in having collaborated with someone on almost all the songs is humbling. Thanks!
Yes our fabulous leader the god of onomatopoeia I am so happy you listen to this tiny desk concert cuz he's a Slayer.
💜🇧🇷💜Thanks so much for this video! Love love love his album Indigo, it’s a masterpiece with amazing collaboration, the lyrics, the vibe, RM’s voice, just love it. His mix tape Mano has a completely different vibe, but still very powerful lyrics. Maybe we will see more RM soon?!☺️thanks again 💜
RM gave us so much context around this album. Maybe listen to Live@Rolling Hall to especially hear 'Closer' live.
RM’s album Indigo is a masterpiece! Every song is a different genre but are all interconnected in how they make you feel. By the last song it feels as if it’s at the end of this wonderful journey. By the end of the album I almost feel like this catharsis and relief wash over me. The last song also makes me feel as if he is comforting me and telling me things will be alright.
Thanks for reacting to his tiny desk performance even if no one requested it! Keep doing you! React to what you feel like and please always give your honest reactions. I also love hearing you nerd out and learn more about the details of music production. God bless!
It took that long for his album to be released because of the pandemic. They were supposed to go on the break they are on and start going into the military and releasing solo albums at the end of 2020. Instead they got a postponement on their military service and we got the album Be (You need to check it out) and Dynamite, Butter and Permission to Dance. Also the collab with Coldplay on My Universe. Still Life is my favorite on his album. Don't know if you can react to it but check out his live at Rolling Hall where he performed this album.
My fav on his Indigo album is Wildflower. 💜
Me encanta RM!!!💜💜💜💜💜💜💜
True about taking time also of course he was working on BTS music and doing BTS concerts, inteviews etc etc.
I love RM ❤
This tiny desk video made me get into his music 🔥🔥🔥
I love RM, he was what drew me into BTS in the beginning. The tone of his speaking and rapping voices are just heavenly to me. He’s just such a cool guy. I’ve watched this probably 20 times. ❤
Tiny desk is great, but you should listen to it on his mv's. Also he was the second one after JHOPE's Jack In the box.... RM's Indigo album is so good. He had artists on most of the songs. Paid tribute to one of his favorite painting Artists at the start. Anf of course the big track with Flower works!!!
Nathan thank you for giving RM’s Tiny Desk Concert some love.
And I watch you a lot, but he is uber brilliant and a wordsmith that thinks BIG thoughts and weaves in Korean culture and history in the way a tenure professor would teach.
So, his lyrics are so special and profound.
He is as sincere as they come.
So sometimes your tangential thoughts about VR or etc kind of distracted from RM’s solo effort that he spent an entire decade writing and producing.
Respectfully.
The music is amazing.
The musicians primo talented.
But with RM’s music, the focal point always are the lyrics.
imho
I think you'll LOVE Indigo. Even Mono as well, if you can get around to it. Indigo has a lot of promotional stuff, but if you look up the Magazine interview, you get a nice breakdown of the songs and the artists he worked with. Joonie is very thoughtful with his music and the messages he puts out, and Indigo is a prime example of that.
RM ❤
Omg I cant believe no one suggested RMs tiny desk ( Army sucks 😅, they havent been good with our leader) Anyway check RMs live at Rolling Hall. Or the special he did from New York. RM is truly an Artist.
The Rolling Hall concert is so much better. You really get the vibe. In NY there was no audience.
I love indigo 💜💜💜
Song called LONELY is my forevaaa ringtone 😂
Hola, RM es fabuloso y tardo en sacar su álbum porque también tenía que seguir en grupo y escribiendo canciones para BTS
I cannot believe nobody requested this 😭. I’m an ARMY and have loved all of the members solo albums, but Indigo…is probably my favorite. It’s such a beautiful collection of different sounds from RM. Please listen to it in its entirety. RM also performed the entire album live which you can watch on UA-cam, called RM Live in Seoul @ Rolling Hall.
The song is Seoul.
The Keyboard man is DOCSKIM PD The Legend himself🔥
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The one and only JOHN EUN on the guitar (Singer - Songwriter)
Namjoon is a rapper, his words plays can be comparable to Eminem. 😊
Indigo is one of the best album I've heard in my life. It catered to my taste just right, combined with the incredible songwriting and producing of each track. Literally will never get bored of Indigo.
Esto es una verdadera joya! Nam Joon es arte puro 💜
Indigo (& mono) are masterpieces!! I think you would actually like Indigo because it has a lot more melodic & vocals than you would then.
Indigo is a great album. My favorites are Closer, Lonely but all the songs are gems.
RM's style is so unique and special. Love his voice. It's so soothing in Seoul, and I think both the guitar and bass players were singing with him, but I could be wrong. 💜
Ok genuine question, not a complaint, I'd really like to understand why people are so interested in whether there's a track playing during the live. Why does it matter? There seems to be an implication that it's fake or they're somehow cheating. The track was them anyway, they're playing with themselves. I get that if it isn't live there are corrections that can have been made but if they were horrible they would clash with the track no? So they're legit no?
The vocal effect on Yun, by the way, is a clip of the painter he was talking about, the song is based on the ideas talked about in the clip.
RM as a singer breaks my heart, I find him just beautiful, you should really check out his solo mixtape Mono, I'd be really curious to hear your producer thoughts on Tokyo.
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How could no one suggest this, army what are we doing
Amo a Indigo en todas presentaciones
I have the indigo CD in my car, if I can’t figure out what I want to listen to, i just listen to it again. I love it so much.
Ps. The new setup is nice! I like the lighting on your left (?) side but where the big frame is on the other side, that light is a bit distracting.
Indigo is a grest album, showcase a different side of RM. Love his mixtapes too but all are different styles which show how diverse and talented RM is and also his stories as he move alomg in his lifr and career. Hope you react to his whole indigo album. Every song is good.
NAMJOON PRESIDENT BY THE WORLD
I just love this cool, jazzy, soul ish side of RM . Indigo is a great album, you would love it💜
Don't worry about nerding out. I appreciate the insider perspective of the music production. Like the others, I recommend checking his live performance @ Rolling Hall. He has some of the artists that collab with him on his album.
RM performed most of "Indigo" live in concert with his collaborators, you can find it here: ua-cam.com/video/6ZIh3ZLbUv8/v-deo.html
Yeah the production of the live performances are almost always significantly different from the production of the originals. It'd be super interesting if you did a comparison!
RM is an amazing human being and talent artist, the best leader for our boys. INDIGO is a masterpiece and most important thing was he gave notoriety the other artist on his album when he made collab with them
اخيراً نامجون 🥺💙💙💙
There is a live intimate concert of indigo RM has done where he brings on stage all the artists he collaborated with on his album I think you'd really like that one!
On the part when you were questioning about the 2 vocals you heard, it’s not actually backtrack. RM was singing with the background vocalist who is also the guitarist, John Eun. He’s also an amazing musician, you should checkout his music 💜
yes ur right. its a wordplay... that's RM's specialty .... and yoongi and jhope heheeh just like DDAENG... and the band members are his close friends .... the vibing so well together ...
Excelente análisis y reacción como siempre!!! Muchas gracias y éxito en todos tus proyectos!!!
He's got a real close relationship with all members of this band, Docskim on the keyboard got his passion for music revived from working on indigo's title track Wildflower and John Eun on the guitar worked closely with RM on songs in the album too
People say RM analyzes the world in his songs
I would love to see you react to rm's change 2 as a producer and the way that song is made the movement the changing Pace the coordination of sounds to it's just a beautiful production and I hope that at some point you get to actually listen to it.
I always enjoy watching your reactions. So I know about the click tracks since my hubby and daughter will use them sometimes when they sing.
RM is an amazing writer and his songs have deep messages. 💜
I wish He knew how many have been touched and saved by his music.
My fav song on the album and in the MV is Still Life. Anderson Paak is cool on the track with him. In 2022, Anderson featured on Moment is Yet to Come. During non Concert Days while in Vegas (Permission to Dance) they filmed in the desert. Loved the whole vibe!
Love the new studio!!! Attic rooms are so cool! Make sure you have ample supply of paper towels!!🙃 When's your cover of Jimins Lie ? Can't wait!😊
You'll love RM's solo stuff. He is so artistic rap, not just crazy rap. Which... he CAN do. He has proven it. But I love how he is more about the words and meaning in his music. Anyway, cannot wait to see your videos diving into more of his solo work. :]
I love how you get inspired to talk about your own stories as Namjoon talks.
Pls react to RM live in seoul at Rolling hall!!! 😭 Índigo and mono its just a perfect albums✨
Hey, Nathan, thank you, you made my evening. day when some sh** happened, I need this
The music video for Still Life is amazing!!! Check it out!!
Please react to or explore the sound engineering for LOUDER THAN BOMBS. No live performance or MV, but we really do love the song because of its sound. Would be interested in hearing your take.
Still Live with Anderson Paak 😊
PROOF live 20220613 has Anderson Paak as drummer in one of the songs. I suggest you check out.
Oh, how I would love to just sit and have a chat over a cofee with this human. 💜
I wish you can check out his concert on Rolling Hall, it's a vibe!