RM has had it. The lies hate campaigns and death threats. The government trying to use him like a diplomat and mouth piece for the establishment. Hes rebelling reminding people who he really is. The brakes are off as he says hes ' no monk'. ...... and what we get is an album that has all us little music nerds bouncing for joy. This album is going to be called seminal, a cult classic. This is the real deal. Real RM... Real Music. One minute the album has sounds that remind you of Beetles Psychedelia, turn a corner and its Frank Ocean, or Brit rap, there are no brakes here, nothings off limits. The whole album needs to be in order. Its a trip.

It’s cool that people give artists that they have no idea about a listen. Honest reviews are the best. Ratings are subjective and that’s all good bro. I’ll keep a look out for your channel and wish u all the best on your journey.

It’s always interesting to see an outsider get introduced to RM especially since this is a big experimental album and he’s known for his lyricism. With your way of listening you would probably enjoy his previous album much more called Indigo. It has many more stand alone songs. This is an album meant to be listened as a whole experience so I understand your POV. Good luck. If you just want a song from RM I would say listen to Wildflower or even Lonely. Back in the day maybe Persona. But K-pop is a different experience. You need to read the lyrics and see the visuals. People will say Joke by RM if you want to experience his rapping skills. Good luck.

Oh you went in to this BLIND blind. Haha the long story short, RM is a guy that started off a smart guy at school who fell in love with hip hop, became a rapper then ended up somehow leading the biggest kpop boy band in the world and felt massive responsibilities fall on his shoulders regarding music, race and even politics. He's now 30 and got to a point where he's kind of trying to shed all his baggage with this album, he's likely to return from military a bit lighter I say.

Oh, if you're interested in trying a BTS album, I would recommend trying Love Yourself: Tear, it's from 2018, and it's second in a trilogy, but I think it works pretty well on its own, and is diverse enough to kind get more or less the group, although it doesn't have a lot of hip-hop, which is an essential part of BTS, but that you can get to know later.

This is very jazz timing based. If you don’t enjoy rapid changes and dissonance, then you’re most likely not going to like experimental music like this. Domi and JD Beck were the musicians that were featured in the song that you said sounded like typical critically acclaimed albums. That’s their thing, they’re really popular in the musican-sphere because it’s more like you’re just in awe of their timing and key changes. Super cool to see more people giving music like this a chance!!

Imo this is arguably the best RM album and possibly even the best BTS solo album. That’s a very high compliment, especially considering how extremely amazing the other members’ solo albums are. The quality of the other members’ albums is top-tier, which speaks volumes about this album. Somehow, it manages to feel both original and nostalgic at the same time. Whenever I listen to it, I get Regular Show vibes.

I lost at the bisexual king 💀btw listening the songs with lyrics gives the best experience..and tbh his lyricism is top notch

K-Pop is not a genre, it's an industry. K-Pop, or what Koreans mostly call the IDOL system, has incorporates many genre's into their music. RM is the leader of BTS, a Poet, and an amazing rapper and songwriter. This album is in the Alternative genre. Also, there are 4 or 5 music videos you could watch to these. The first one that came out was Come Back to Me, LOST, Groin, Domodachi, and NUTS (live video).

Btw Domodachi is a tri-lingual song. Domodachi means friend in Japanese and the chorus that repeats in that somber voice is also in Japanese “All my friends let’s dance here (dance right now)”. RM is fluent in Korean, Japanese and English.

That intro song made me wonder if RM listens to darkwave or stuff like gost. Probably. Heaven feels like if RM toured with Jesus and Mary chain too. Whole album is amazing. It’s not k pop. It’s experimental. Damn near like a spoken word album. RM is simply an artist who raps, sings, and produces, and happens to also be an idol. He speaks English and Korean mostly in this album, some Japanese.

Thanks for your honest reaction. You admit you don’t know much about Korean music, which is cool-i like it when people have no preconceptions (or maybe they do) and one of the BTS members blows them out of the water. I’ve been BTS army from pandemic times and the diversity of their music makes being their fan a rollercoaster ride of surprise and delight 🥲

I think what is seriously interesting to in this album, is how the use of "unease" of the musical instrument, tones, off-beats etc. used, which really goes well with the lyrics and some of the themes (I believe) he's talking about. Like occasionally there's a "relief" of something familiar or on-beat etc., which makes you relax more. But when and why do you feel those? Also the sudden changes in "mood" so to speak. RM has a song called "Change pt 2" on his album where the song literally changes throughout to emphasize the lyrics. It gives me a similar feeling, that this is most likely very intentional - maybe reflecting his constantly changing experiences, thoughts and states of mind. This album is so well done! Like, chef's kiss. But it's definitely challenging. But the more I unpack, the more respect I have for it. Love it!

RM can't be encased only into kpop. RM is a musician like any other so he experiments different genres. Considering this album is completely different to his previous album Indigo he has proved to be able to show his art from many angles.

🐨Timestamps💙 2:52 - Right People, Wrong Place 5:26 - Nuts 8:40 - out of love 10:56 - Domodachi 13:10 - ? (Interlude) 14:44 - Groin 17:03 - Heaven 19:24 - LOST! 21:43 - Around the world in a day 25:05 - ㅠㅠ (Credit Roll) 26:07 - Come back to me

Within BTS (the group) discography, there are easily 7 genres vastly different from each other. And their discography is massive. Then comes each member's solo music. Out of which the rap-line which is where RM is has a longer history of their solo works. RM has two mixtapes and two albums including this one. His first mixtape is straight raw aggressive HipHop. Then you see his evolution as a person and in his musical progression with indie sounds in his second mixtape. His 3rd endeavor (first album) shows the growing finesse and advancement in his experience with varying genres and artists (almost every song was a collab) and then his 4th. This album is like an ode to all his past works including his Runch Randa days (his name when he was an underground rapper before BTS was formed). The aggression from the past mixed with eclectic sounds, carefully intertwined with his mastery of somber slow tracks and an ode to his alternative music collab- this album underlines his advancement as a musician. RM's lyrics are known to be introspective and extremely well articulated with poetic metaphors and humanistic observations. A reason why he is often called this generation's poet. This album though is a tiny step away from his metaphors as he responds to his surrounding noises. It reminds me of his lines from his first mixtape about how when he disses he needs to tone his poetic nature down so they actually understand they are being dissed lol. Also anyone unaware of the legacy of the BTS boys and associate them with a pop mindset will be astounded by the sociopolitical history and commentary they have in their music. They are men who opened doors into the skeptical (of Asian) Western world, before breaking through the big 3 Kpop labels' massive influence and media power, post-success deal with South Korean politicians making use of their popularity, go to court to clear themselves from baseless rumors and file folks for defamation at a time when their company was close to being bankrupt and so on. To be the leader of such a group meant pressure and responsibility that is hard to comprehend!

Is he a bisexual king? Well, he's been dropping hints for years but I think cryptic lyrics and cryptic moments in interviews are as close as we're gonna get for now, since it's seemingly impossible to come out in Korea without immediately ending your career... he's really letting loose on this album though! Rooting for you Namjoon!

The songs may not be everyone's cup of tea, but thank you for giving the album a chance and keeping it respectful! I appreciate your honesty :) I'm seeing twenty one pilots next year, so I'll keep an eye out on your tier list!

BTS are like musical chameleons when it comes to exploring music genres, not everything is like dynamite. Though i can apreciate a song with an uplifting positive message, but i really like when they write about societal expectations, mental health and Jungian psychology... I realized they're kinda nerdy, they reference books sometimes.

There is so much to say abt this album and the current situation BTS and RM has been in for the last 4 years. I’m so happy they have the freedom to do whatever they want as artists and explore different genres, etc. I’m glad RM could release his emotions in this album. This album was made to be listened to in full and not as stand alone songs, so I understand your POV, whenever I find myself listening to one song of the album I end up just listening to the whole thing bc it always draws me in and I’ve seen fans say similar things. So don’t feel bad abt it. RM even mentioned wanting to do a full 30 min video for the entire album instead of stand alone MVs but he didn’t have enough time. Just a couple of important information. BTS is not K-pop. K-pop is not even really a genre as much as it is an industry. The music in South Korea isn’t/can’t ALL be grouped together as “K-pop”, there are many indie, rock and ballad artists in SK that are not part of the K-pop industry. Sadly in America and western countries K-pop is used to pigeonhole all music that comes out of South Korea (the ones capable of at least bubbling under mainstream pop) into one category to prevent them from competing with western acts for the categories they deserve to be in. One example just last year that was very egregious was Suga of BTS who had the highest grossing arena concerts by rappers in the US (#1-4) but was excluded from Billboard’s list of the Top 10 Highest Grossing Rap Tours of 2023. Suga is a rapper, his show is filled with full on rap songs, but he is not acknowledged as a real rapper bc he is Korean and raps in Korean. He is the first rapper in US history to earn over $3 Million in a single arena concert. His entire world tour (US and Asia) was 26 shows totaling $57.1 Million. But his tour was grouped together with K-pop tours. BTS it self is VERY different from typical K-pop. For starters all the members have always been very involved in their music. All member have contributed as writer, composer or producers in every album since 2013. BTS also explore countless different genres and subjects in their songs, and despite the huge success of their English mainstream pop singles “dynamite”, “butter” and “permission to dance”, mainstream pop is the genre they have explored the least. Their songs can go from hiphop, to r&b, to ballads, to edm, to reggaeton, you name it, they’ve done it bc as per RM’s influence on the group members, they all became students of music and love to challenge themselves”. RM is the leader, one of the main songwriters and a rapper. Although that might seem odd coming out of this album as your first impression of him, like I said, they are not afraid to explore genres, this is the first time we are seeing this experimental indie/alternative rock side of RM in a solo project. He has had some collaborations that I recommend if you want similar sounds to this like “Sexy Nukim” and “Smoke Sprite”. If you want to see more of his raw rapping skills I recommend Joke which is a song written in stream of consciousness, and it’s made to be a joke, a dig at his haters who said he can’t rap fast, the song was made to prove a point that rapping fast with meaningless lyrics doesn’t make you a better rapper, but it server to show the extant of RM’s skills in terms of flow and delivery pretty well. Lyrically I recommend either his song Do You from his first mixtape or Intro: Persona which is a solo song from BTS’ album Map of The Soul: 7 which is based jungian psychology. Suga is a rapper and the main producer among the members, he also produces for other artists. J-Hope is a rapper and dance leader Jin is a vocalist V is a vocalist Jimin is a vocalist Jk is a vocalist and used to rap in the early days of BTS Each of the vocalists and rappers have unique talents and styles. I hope you do check out RM’s last album indigo and also give some BTS songs a chance. “ON, Black Swan, Fake Love”

17:31 HAHAHAH THE H0MOPHOBIC DOG😭😭😭😭 i had the exact same thought when i heard it the first time 😭

come back to me was a pre-release, that’s why it has the most streams, lost! is the title track

i love how enthusiastic us armys are when it comes to our boys' music 😂 please dont get scared of all these essays as comments its just that we love their music and want to tell other people about it !! really glad for your blind reaction thank you and hope you give all of them a chance 💜

I feel like BTS is beyond kpop at this point whether musically or success and reach wise

6:20 I spilled my coffee all over my desk😂😂 RM's albums and mixtapes are definitely NOT kpop. All of BTS members did albums that are far from kpop. Also kpop is not exactly a genre, it's more of industry.

People who don't know the history of BTS don't know that BTS started as a hip hop group. And at their core most of their songs are still hip hop and R&B. They do have pop songs as well but most of their discography is not pop.

This album is about RM feeling like he's always the wrong person even when he's in the right place. The album is just pure art and his feelings. It's not an easy listening album and the songs are supposed to make you feel lost and out of place as well as anxious at times, they make you feel what he felt, which is why they switch up so abruptly and use such disconcerting sounds :) I know it's not everyone's cup of tea but this album is actually one of my favourite albums bts or any bts member has released. All the members of bts are currently serving in the military, and this album wasn't supposed to happen but RM still wanted to get some things off his chest so he pushed his military service back by a few months to make this album and enlisted with the younger members. Before this album RM released his album "Indigo" (a masterpiece) in which he talked about some stuff, but after releasing it he said he didn't feel any lighter. It was when another artist he worked with said that he had a contradictory and interesting personality when he started thinking about himself and his thoughts more and decided to say just fck it and release all the anger and anxiousness he felt onto this album. RM talked about the album with Jimin of bts in a video "Mini & Moni Music" on their KZfaq channel BangtanTV, if you're interested in listening to his thought about the album I recommend watching that.

You can check out the MVs for: Groin, Nuts (this one is live), Come Back to Me, Lost! and Domodachi

loved your reaction, you seem super chill, love the calm vibe! felt like such an authentic first reaction vid. also, the -bi- lighting in the room is GIVINGGGG!

If you wanna get into bts albums... here are the best selling ones. Map of the Soul: 7 2020 BE 2020 Love Yourself: Answer 2018 Wings (you never walk alone) 2016 The most beautiful moment in life: young forever 2015 I don't fully know what type of genres you like to make a specific recommendation so here are the works of all the 7 members. You can pick what want to listen to (if you are interested in doing more album reactions). RM Indigo (Indie Pop/rap/rnb) J-HOPE Jack in the box (old school hiphop/Grunge rock) AGUST D D-day (hiphop/alt rock) V Layover (Rnb Jazz) Jimin Face (retro pop/rnb) Jungkook Golden (Pop) Jin The Astronaut (Pop Rock) (Single,Not album) This is basically all of their debut works. In the case of BTS as a group, there is no genre to even point out specifically so any album you listen to will have various blends of hiphop, rnb, pop, edm, dance, ballads. Have fun exploring. Its a musical rabbit hole for nerds basically. The discography is endless, you will need a year to get through the whole thing. 😂

KZfaq ARMYs yall doing great. Keep promoting👏👏👏👏 Also thanks for the listen. If you want you can also check out Indigo and Mono by RM.

Rm. Leader of BTS, labelled as K-pop group. But RM is more than a K-pop artist. He is beyond that.

Around the world in a day took me a couple listens and now it hits me like a hammer, the way it builds and switches up it sounds like prog rock or a rock opera anthem 😂-i love its musicality and the journey it takes me on 🥹

This is not what your typical KPOP sound in case you want to check out more, within the realm of korean music it's still firmly on the alternative side. If you're interested in RM's music, maybe check out Indigo or Mono (his other two albums with Mono being my favorite). RM is one of my favorite musicians because you see such tremendous growth in all his projects, and it's even all good music but it changes and the themes evolve. It's genuinely been really cool to witness in real time. Out of the BTS albums, my personal favorite is You Never Walk Alone, but I saw other people recommend Tear and that's a solid recommendation.

Here is some extra info on RM for you... Name Kim Namjoon Born in 1994 He is BTSs leader, main rapper, composer, songwriter, producer... he has over 220 song copyrights and is the youngest and most credited Idol and a full member of the Korea copyright association He is known for his deep lyrics and moving speeches. Predebut RM, known under the names Runch Randa, Largo, Stealo, and the Nexist in the underground hiphop community was already a prodigy in rap despite being 13years old (he started in the underground scene at 11 years old) impressing other rappers. RunchRanda which basically meant 'I am Runcha', he has said it was inspired by a Maple Story game character he had at the time. He was known to be so good that even older underground rappers in their 20s and 30s didn't wanna battle against him. Also, because of his low-midtone voice, philosophical lyrics and flashy rap skills he gained quite the popularity among hiphop fans. (Jungkook joined the same agency as he had been so impressed the first time he saw RM perform...) Throughout 2008-2010 , RM (Runch Randa or Randa ) was mentioned multiple times by other rappers in their songs mostly complimenting RM or wishing they had skills or fame as him. An example for that is when Zico* made a diss song to Philophon (35yo) who is also a rapper saying "you got your ass handed to you by a 13 yr old Runch" referencing that Philophon already lost to teen Namjoon. RM joined BigHit in 2010 at 15 years old. His audition.was watched by the CEO BangShiHyuk and RM was offered a contract on the spot.... He was 18 when BTS debuted.

Thank you for giving this a listen, and I'm glad you enjoyed the experience even if you couldn't completely vibe with a song. This has been one of my favorite albums, and I'd say the tracklist is probably built to be listened together (it reminds me of one of RM's earlier album, mono, which is definitely structured to be best enjoyed by listening to the full album from start to finish). I do recommend getting translations if you check out anymore of his (or most BTS) work (doolsetbangtan or muish are good translator sources). And yes, fans of his grp absolute did not miss the nuts and groin titles when he revealed the tracklist before releasing the album. I'd recommend his grp's (BTS) music too. They cover a vast range of music genres (I think they're near or over 200 grp songs?). Or I rec checking out the other solo albums by the rest of the members.

This is a very experimental album even for RM 😅 but its so gooood! I recomend his last album Indigo as well! If you could search for lyrics with translation to follow along even better!

The nice thing about BTS is that they have something you will enjoy because they do so many different genres. V does more jazzy stuff, his album Layover is amazing, Hip Hop you can go to the album D Day from Agust D (my favourite), more pop stuff Jungkook’s Golden is really good.

FYI, for NUTS, DOMODACHI, LOST, HEAVEN, COME BACK TOME have MV that have substitle in english. It could help you to understand the lyrics and the nuance of the songs..

BTS might be know for their pop music but they explore so many other genres, both as a group and solo artists. Unlike other k-pop groups, they're not afraid of going outside the box or grabbing a pen to write and produce their music. Anyways... do you like fast beats and rap? I'd recommend you to listen to j-hope's "Jack In The Box" he also mixed rap with a bit of rock in it. Would love if you could read his lyrics too. BTS rappers come from underground rap, debuted in 2013. They have collabs with Juice Wrld, Fall Out Boy, Erykah Badu, Wale, Steave Aoki... and many more.

It's okay if it's not your cup of tea, Im very thankful that you gave this album and to RM a chance without being disrespectful, at the end of the day, music is made to be enjoyed and if you don't vibe with this, its totally okay. I hope that you can check out bts or any of the members of bts in the future, they have a lot of music and they do a lot of different genres, im sure you will find something in their catalog that you'll enjoy, have a great day/night💜💜

rm is an artist you MUST have lyrics while listening his songs!!! note this for future reactions

Thanks to much for reacting to this! I really appreciate that you were totally open to just trying something completely new, as an ARMY (BTS fan) that’s all I can ever really ask for when people react to their/the members music, even if you came out of this going wow I really didn’t like it, you were giving it a go and overall really respectful in what you were saying which is always appreciated, if you’re up for more I’d definitely recommend RM’s previous solo album Indigo, it’s got a much wider range of sounds so real potential to be much higher on your rating scale (or maybe much lower depending lol) but overall more of a ‘song’ album than this one which is definitely more of an ‘album’ album if that makes sense, anyway sorry for the long comment and thanks for the great reaction (also the editing in this was really fun!)

I love when reactors are honest and not just say they like everything so people stay engaged. You were honest yet still respectful. This album might not be for everyone since it’s very alternative and experimental. I personally am addicted to it 😂. I love all different kinds of genres and especially songs that are unpredictable and this whole album is exactly that. To each his own ofcourse. If you’re interested enough to explore more, there is a whole lot of music from BTS (both group & solo work) to check out. BTS doesn’t really do 1 genre, they ARE the genre.

This reaction was amazing I appreciate the video and I admire you liking each one of these comments it’s beautiful there’s been plenty of comments giving their recommendations and I would also like to suggest his Indigo and Mono Albums they are both great most of the lyrics you can find on google or KZfaq and lyrics are a big thing with RM and personally my favorite thing about his music I hope you react to more in the future it would be great to see💜

k-pop is not a genre, so neither bts or rm do 'k-pop' like that

We don't know the sexuality of any of the members, but I mean, I don't know how one would understand that line any other way so I'm with you on the bi king train 😭 Funny thing is that this album is critically acclaimed hahahahahah I'm dying u also caught the "i know what you are" lol So to explain it simply, k-pop is more like an industry, not a genre. Yes, bts does pop music, but it's like 20% of their discography (including the solo works), and in their solo works specially is where they differ from pop the most besides Jungkook and Jimin (vocalists). The rappers in special almost never do pop. This album is like a mix of alternative rap, jazz and some rock I'd say, it's experimental. If you'd like something more like a lot of songs together making a cohesive work and not an one body kind of work like this, you can try his album "Indigo", for RM, I mean, the songs there are less experimental. But personally, if you like pop you'll probably enjoy Jungkook's album "Golden" more, it's basically mainstream pop.

He is POP, and Korean. Wait until RM’s iconic rapping and well known poetic lyricism. And that recent “Don’t ever say love me”… Chills🥶🥶🥶

Right Place, Wrong Person album is RAGE & GRACE. If you know the behind the story of the album you will know why the album is made like this. Better to read the lyrics too/translations.

Thank you for reaction. Yes, check his other albums Indigo and even Mono. Lyrics are very important for his work and if you interested in them you can find them on Genius. Also every member of BTS has also solo projects and albums. If you more into pop listen Jung Kook's album Golden, Jimin's album Face, Jin's song Astronaut, V's album Layover - if you more into rap check AgustD's album D-day and J-Hope's album Jack in the box. Sorry for long post. Wish you a fun journey with BTS.

6:35 on that note HAPPY PRIDE MONTH 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🤗💜

Sometimes this album makes me feel real good; at other times my head spins listening to it.

"you don't need to hide I know what you are" me when I heard nuts

I loveeeee this album so so much. Thanks for reacting so sincerely.

You could do livestreaming about RM album or another BTS member solo album and interact with us..

I loved your honest reaction bro. I would highly recommend you Indigo if you want to listen more to RM. anyway, best of luck for your journey 💜

It's very exciting to me as a BTS ARMY that RM is getting new listeners from this album. It is the most alternative work he has released. He is experimenting with the sounds that he has been most into lately, creating with the people who inspire him. Funny that you called him bisexual king listening to Nuts, as there has been some argument about it in the fandom. Some of us suspect strongly that is true but none of the members of BTS have ever explicitly stated their sexuality. There have been many strong hints from some of them, but never a declaration.

BTS is not K-pop is only by association...even K-pop industry said same thing...thx for your reaction..he has 5 MV for this album...and you need to press Cc for translation..Rm..is a genius of lirics plizzz plizz put a subtitle for each songs . you found on internet but if you watch a MV has subtitles

RM ❤ He’s incredible, I think about his music every day

I enjoy honest reactions so much thanks for that! hoping for more bts as a group and solo work!

I love how open you are :)

Thanks for the honest reaction

I really appreciate you giving this a listen. RM is incredibly talented and Around the world in a day is my favourite track on there. The fact that you listened to something new and found something that you liked is awesome. Thank you so much!

thank you so much for giving something different a chance haha - this reaction was so funny, honest and interesting and I thoroughly enjoyed it! If you wanted to give bts a chance, I recommend the album 'loveyourself: tear' from their loveyourself series in 2018! Its defo one of their most popular and by far my personal fav!

I recommend to you listen to INDIGO, his previous album, but I really need you to look at the lyrics because RM is known for his ability as lyricist 🫶

This is aoty ngl. People have different music tastes but objectively speaking this is quality music. I adore frank ocean's and tyler's music so this album is everything I needed and more. Will definitely be getting me a physical copy of this

Thank you for the reaction! I really enjoyed watching this

Your reaction is amazing,thank you so much ❤ please react to his previous projects like indigo ❤

Oh wow this is very interesting. Just popped up in my recced page. Nice to meet you, it's been awhile I've seen someone reacto to BTS and even more without knowing the group. It's refreshing to see your review! When you said, bisexual king? MY EXACT REACTION LMAOOOOO!!! For me, this album reminded me to the time I fell in love with music when I was a teenager and discovered Indie and Alternative genres. First listen I liked it, then the translation came out and I was SHOCKED, I loved it even more! That's my favorite part of the experience of listening to non-my nativa language artists, first listen i can enjoy the sound and feelings of their voices (they accomplish the saying "music trascends language") and when fan translators share the meaning of the songs, oooof boyyyyy it hits my heart and i love comparing my assumptions with their intended words. This is getting too long, sorry i get excited about it. I wanted to share a thought about this album, some fans theorized that korean lyrics can mean vulnerability, like he goes from english back to korean when he expresses his inner self and true feelings. I like that a lot because as a non native english speaker, english will never fully capture my feelings, there are words that simply doesn't exist there. And personally, i love that he stays true to his root because when BTS blew up in USA, there were a lot of pressure (by american public and media) for them to do music in english, they got the most ridiculous questions like "when will you release a full english album?" while the korean media said "BTS is losing their roots, they have americanized", and he as the leader was the only one fluent in english and beard all of that practically on his own, as representative of bts and often on prompt translator, he had a hard time! I love that he expreses his feelings about that on this album and even more that he once more changed his sound! Us, bts fans, have always wanted them to get them high enough for them to feel safe to release any kind of music they want, without creative limits, because we trust them as artists

yessss someone mentions Brockhampton! RM does listen to Brockhampton, Kevin Abstract etc

Thank you for sharing your reaction! 💜

Love your reaction ❤❤❤

If you'd like to listen to another member's album, the latest album before this release is from J-Hope 'Hope On The Street'. It's very vibey. And RM's album prior to this, is 'Indigo'. I think you'd enjoy that album of his more. It's one of my favorite albums ever.

A LOT of plot twist in this album😂 I enjoyed it.

Listen again from start to finish. Feel comfortable in the discomfort. It really is a wonderful piece of work. IMAO. Enjoy!

I love the reaction in come back to me: yawning. 😭😭🤣 that was literally me listening to it for the first time when it came out. It was like midnight and it made me happy, calm and sleepy as hell.

kpop is not a genre, it is an industry. a lot of people don't know this. pop is a term used for popular music, they just slapped a k in front of it because it's from Korea, is in the Korean language. people who listen to kpop know that it's extremely diverse. like this album is an alternative album. but people who don't know that or just know that it's a member from bts will call it kpop simply because of him being Korean. there are so many different genres in kpop. kpop is simply just popular Korean music basically. i just wanted to let you know, so kpop isn't going to sound certain way, it's going to sound different all the time depending on what artists you listen to. bts makes more pop, hip-hop, edm, r&b, type music with so many other genres as well while the members as soloists make jazz, more og hip-hop, hard rap, rock, pop-rock, depending on which member you listen to. same goes for other groups. but because there is so many genres under this they just put it under the umbrella of "k-pop"

Heyy, nice video!! I really liked your editing style, it's kinda funny lol. I also liked hearing your thoughts and opinions about the album, I appreciate the honesty. As others have said, this one was more of an experimental album, with songs to release repressed feelings of RM (he explains it better in the video he recorded with another BTS member, Jimin- Worth watching if you want to understand better what he was going for with it). But if you liked Heaven and Come Back to Me, I think "Indigo" is the go-to album for you, it was released in dec. 2022, and it has a more polished, clean, sound. Another album that I think would suit your musical taste is Layover, released last year by another BTS member, V. It has 6 songs and a jazz-peaceful-chill vibe to it. Either way, thank you for the video!! 😊💜 (The "bisexual king" and "I know what you are" parts got me lmaooo same)

RM is a cerebral and fearless artist exploring the boundaries of music. His focus is not on gone-tomorrow trends but what he is passionate about

It will be interesting to see you react to his others albums, I’ll be here waiting for that, good luck this is a fun journey 🤍

This is definitely by far the most experimental album any of BTS has released so far. Personally I LOVE it, it couldn't be more my style!! Absolutely 10/10 album for me but I've always liked weird music lol. I think you'll find the rest of BTS group/solo discography much more accessible, including RM's other albums. Thank you for listening with an open mind and looking for the parts you could enjoy rather than focusing on the parts you didn't, I appreciate that kind of approach 💜

I appreciate the real review

Thank you for taking the time to get to know RM!

😮 How did you find this album? We appreciate your honest reaction.

First thank you for respecting the music even if you didn't like it all. Not everything is for everybody. We know that. I am old, some of this music took me back to the 70s - Around the World in a Day. Also the 80s indie music scene - Lost. Heaven gives me Steely Dan vibes. Do you know Steely Dan??? I have enjoyed all of RMs music so far. Not unlike other artists who change and expand as they grow. I want artist's music to change. Enjoy your exploration. Also, ARMY can be overwhelming. We mostly mean well.

It’s your sign to start your BTS journey 🤭🖤

Someone thinking they are being introduced to k-pop while listening to RM's albums is HILARIOUS

It's okay if you don't see yourself going back to the tracks !! Thanks for listening, giving your honest reaction! It's not just baseless hate or something so I rcan respect that! For me it's been love at first sight and the more I listened to it the more I discover new easter eggs and very telling of where RM is at in his artistic journey and who is as a person so for me it's all on repeat😂 I have to say I agree i wouldn't really single out any particular song on its own all the songs are very well packaged together! I think you missed it but if you let it play the transition between Nuts and Out of love, you totally get that I think that's what was his intention. It's a body of work! Anyways thanks for the reaction

Thanks for your reaction. Being your first time, not knowing RM trajectory, it was very good! This album is like having a journey into his brain. The intro shows us how chaotic it was when all of that process started. Come back to me shows the ending (?) of it, his life, individually and roots coming to him, so he's ready for what's coming. He prepared this album before enlisting.

I fell in love with this album, but it definitely took a few listens. At first I was Wtf? But now I can’t stop listening to it. Thank you for reacting with an open mind! BTS is amazing if you listen to their Korean songs with English subtitles. RM is a genius lyricist mixing Korean and English. (Skip the three English feel-good songs written during the pandemic).

Thanks for listening. I love his new album. 💜

Easiest to think in these terms. K-Pop is an industry . It covers most genres and includes soloists and groups and is a term used mostly in the west to indicate that the artist is from Korea and has music that is popular. In Korea they don't really use the term K-Pop. They call groups like BTS... Idols (or Idol groups). BTS Members are all song writers, composers and producers... It is not common for Idol groups to write their own music or be so involved in their art. BTS has broken thru the barriers that come with being called "KPop Idols" and have become "Global Artists" instead. That said, they are extremely proud of their country of birth, so being referred to as KPop stars does not bother them.. The reason so many ARMY get upset is that it is usually used in a derogatory manner when people just dismiss BTS as some little KPop boyband. As you will find most (not all) of KPop and western boybands is being forced to sing innane lyrics to boppy tunes and no real substance. BTS bridges generational boundaries - for instance 5 generations of my family adore these 7 humble young men (from 90 yo grandma to my 2yo grandson)... I've been ARMY since 2016 (I'm 52) (Mamamoo is another "KPop" group that are incredible "Artists".... 4 woman powerhouse of vocals and visuals - check out their video AYA)

I think you would like Mono- very much a vibe.

the "i know what you are" meme 😭 literally the first thing i thought of when i first heard the song

i felt the same as u for some songs during my first listen. nothing particularly stood out to me and i thought the album (altho not a skip) wasn't something i'd go out of the way to listen to BUT I SWEAR after a few listens i slowly picked up the catchy parts and realized they were pretty cool. i kept repeating the whole album for those parts and realized that all the songs were fire. each one has its own personality. the tension build ups, releases, beats, they were all so good idk. its like perfectly weird ?

I would really like it if you looked up the lyrics of the songs you listen to of rm or BTS. BTS and RM are especially known for their lyrics. RM is poet turned rapper so he creates music through his lyrics.

His previous album, Indigo, is also brilliant but much more accessible. You should try that one, but make sure to have the lyrics! It has feats from Aderson paak and erikah badu

💜🇧🇷💜thanks so much for your reaction!! Please don’t cut the songs, we enjoy them so much.

these are my recommendations based on your comments throughout the video! *RM - **_Indigo_** (10 tracks)* ~ Hip hop, Contemporary R&B, Pop *j-hope - **_Jack In The Box_** (10 tracks)* ~ Hip hop, R&B, 90s Hip Hop *Agust D - **_D-2_** (10 tracks)* ~ Hip hop, Alternative R&B, Trap *BTS - **_MAP OF THE SOUL : PERSONA_** (7 tracks)* ~ multiple genres… j-hope and Agust D (or SUGA) are the other two rappers in BTS, alongside RM. If you’re interested, 3/4 vocalists in the group have albums/EPs as well. *Jimin - **_FACE_** (6 tracks)* ~ Synth-Pop, Alternative R&B, Trap Soul *V - **_Layover_** (6 tracks)* ~ Contemporary R&B, Jazz, Pop *Jung Kook - **_GOLDEN_** (10 tracks)* ~ Pop (Dance Pop, Retro Pop/Disco, Ballad, R&B) Jin, the remaining member, doesn’t have an album out yet, but it’s likely that he’ll be releasing something later this year. I’d say all the members have pretty distinct sounds, but also like to explore and dabble in different genres (like they tend to do in most of BTS’ music)

Great reaction!! I like all RM Music.. ❤