This song is basically a satire for those who made fun of him and suga after leaving underground rap. They told them that they weren’t real “rappers”, that they didn’t have skill because they don’t rap fast. So he made this song as a “joke” to show off his skills. Just 9 different flows and no chorus. Also he was dissing the rappers who rap without substance thus the “bibidi babidi” lyrics. RM is known for his wordplay and intricate lyricism. You should def check out more of his solo stuff.

Don't let 'Dynamite'fool you. They legit rappers with nothing but respect to Hip hop.They the most versatile open minded artist ever.

He’s not called Mr. IQ 148 for nothing. What a king UGH

Yeah, Namjoon could look like a cinnamon roll, but he'll destroy you with his skills in just seconds

A young RM 15, 16, 17 NOBODY wanted to battle him, he was That GOOD! Scary thing, he's still just as good if not better. We actually don't know how good, he's never been let loose before. Joke is the closest and he wasn't even serious! C'mon. Thanks for the reaction 💜 🙂

It’s called Joke because he’s wasn’t even trying to directly say something, he just “threw this song together” in order to show off the number of flows he could hit. The man’s a legend Still, we know how lyricism is RM’s forte so even when he’s not trying to say anything he’s still hitting you with insane wordplay

RM is such a lyrical genius, it's stupid.

“hope we can keep up with rm’s insane rap” 😂 TY FOR THIS REACTIONNNN

I really love that you guys pause and give your honest opinions and actually paying attention to the video because I hate those reactors that look up to talk to the camera and miss half of the video

this is the guy who wrote spring day to....omg Rm's duality in insane....Mr.genius

Btw you have to watch the cypher medley. It is a must if you like the rap line. Their stage presence and skills are too notch

"If RM spent a few years in the us, he'll be one of the most wanted producer, songwriters, he's just that good" - Josh

Fun fact: RM was at one point one of the top students in all South Korea, boy is a GENIUS...

RM’s rap is no joke! I have listened to this so many times and love it more each time I hear it! The change in cadences is other worldly and he doesn’t even stop to breath!

RM has a song with Wale- "CHANGE" you should react to it. Its amazing.

namjoon is the best rapper, producer, songwriter,composer and leader on earth #RM

*9 flows, no chorus, straight bars! 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.* *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 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.

BTS Rap-line is no Joke (No pun intended). I would suggest that you check out 'Agust D' by Agust D. That is him basically dissing the haters in the most Agust D way possible. If that even makes sense.

theres a lot of korean wordplay that doesnt come through in the translations. the song is called joke because namjoon is basically making a joke out of the underground hiphop scene that has criticised him (and yoongi) for leaving the scene to become idols. a lot of the lyrics are meant to value wordplay, rhyming and so on above meaning to show off his skills while mocking the poor lyric capability of some of these rappers. he essentially mocks and makes fun of how incapable these people are at rapping while those same people are the ones who claim namjoon cant rap cause hes just an idol. its really smart

Can you guys please react to their live performances? Its INSANE. They will blow your mind😩 PLEASE IM BEGGING

RM is known as the lyrical King. It doesn’t matter what type of songs he writes. He has helped many of his bts member in lyrics to their songs and also teach them to be confident to write their own lyrics of what they want to say. I hope you guys get the chance to listen to his mono album cause that is very different but extremely deep. Also the song Sea which is only available if you buy the bts physical album but you can find the lyrics version on yt. That was suppose to be for his mono album but Bang PD asked if he would give it to the group to sing cause it was so beautiful. 💜

he legit rap in 9 flows namjoon is srsly INSANEEEEE

RM is a born genius.His artistic versatility, his knowledge,his passion towards music, his lyricism....gosh I'm gonna stop in here or else I'll have to write about him for the rest of my life.He is that much rich in everything.

You know he collabed with Wale, right? Change. It's so tight.

Keep in mind this was done back in 2015; it was his solo debut mixtape

The Joke is that he can rap better than most rappers with just by saying nonsense/random stuff. If you want a song that BTS plays homage to a lot of hip pop artists, I recommend: -Hip Pop lover (I prefer live with English subtitles) I also recommend watching: -Agust D by Agust D (Agus=Suga backwards TD=his hometown)

I will give you an interesting fact abt the music video : RM is the patient, RM is the security guard abusing the patient, RM is the doctor , RM is also nurse if you notice👀

Best part personally it’s the fact that he barely took a breathe during this song and he had breathing problems while making this song.

What i love about RM and Joke is that no matter what country is watching, the stank face bouncing reaction when RM shoots fire is universal.

That's our leader for everyone who came for him and saying he isn't a real rapper just bc he became an idol and left the underground rap and look just how far he came and a true legend he is 💜 I would love if you guys react to Agust D - Agust D MV you will love it so much, thank you for your reaction 💜

Been loving the rap reactions recently. I think next you should do a vocal line song like "The Truth Untold"

Just to make it clear once again....As RM has mentioned in a press conference that this song is called joke just because it's a joke itself.....it has no wrong intentions......that's why the song itself is called joke.

I always think about the pocket monsters as in "I got 6 pokemon in my pocket here: welcome the rest of BTS". I mean whether it was intentional or not the fact remains that the numbers add up right 😈 Also, in case you want to redo this reaction with lyrics *on* the MV this time (or if you want to watch it by yourselves again) here's a link to the music video with english lyrics - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hd59paV_p73Po4E.html I suggest freezing the frame when longer explanations appear though or you'll never be able to read everything, he's so fast 😂

AGUST D by AGUST D please!! it's suga spitting on the haters in the most disrespectful yet respectful way for 3 mins straight HAHA an iconic song. loved this reaction/perspective:)

Finally!RM Joke is no joke.

Ladies and gentleman, this is the same man who uwus at crabs and cycles everywhere and reads books outside and has a minor bonsai tree obsession and is probably the cutest, clumsiest, most endearing human on this Earth

LOL. You should react to Do You and Awakening by RM (really the whole mixtape), take a breath, then listen to mono, and see/hear the growth in music and lyrics. He doesn't go verbally as hard on mono, but the themes and ideas hit deep. Noah mono is for you!!!!

this song is just a "Joke" lmao I love RM so much

RM is really *top tier* in the rap scene like /literally/ just look at his flow, his lyricism, his wordplay and all that comes in between. anyway, love your reaction guys! looking forward to your reactions! 💜

the amount of flow, lyricism, passion, and power that this video holds is no joke itself. He is for sure one of the best rappers alive.

4:03 me while watching their mv and reading the lyrics 🤣🤣🤣

RM the lyrical genius

Here he the patient rm is his old self when he used to listen to all those critics and haters.. Nd at the end of the video the patient escaped... Means he is no longer caring about what they say...

Bts are lyrical geniuses, there are still so many puns and references we will never get because it can’t be directly translated

Just reminding everyone who forgot: RM ruled the underground rapping scene where he lived from his late middle school years until he was scouted. Suga also had deep ties with producers who saw talent in him from his competing in underground rapping battles. Jhope was in the underground dancing scene that has super close ties with the underground rapping rings and had always admired old school rapping. People who call them out for not being “real rappers” are fools. These boys were real rappers long before they were scouted for BIGHIT.

Rm=from another world 🔥🔥🔥

Since BTS has been in a couple American award shows, there has been more and more music artist that want to work with him and BTS as a whole. The artist are starting to see how unique he is, and he is really getting praised for his work, and the talent that he has. It would be awesome if he could work with really good artist and not the ones that think they have talent but really don’t.

LMAOOOOO @ 4:08 Noah "It hurts my eyes trying to keep up" lmaooooooooooooo you guys are literally on a vibe high!! These guys (BTS RAPLINE) are just bringing out what we have all missed for a long ass time!!!! RM is FIRE!!

the thing is, Joke is for purely auditory pleasure, but it does not take away it's amazing lyrics. It's a satirical response to rappers who think that rapping fast is what you have to do to be called "rapper". Joon is a poet that raps. Also, you can't appreciate or even begin to understand the double and triple entendres just by reading lyrics in genius. There's a whole thread explaining and disecting Joke. I'll try to find it and link it here. Basically Joke has: 16 flow switches 90% has rhymes 7 bilingual rhyme schemes 1 rhyme every 1.26 seconds

Since I heard you mention Wale. I also recommend you check RM's collab with Wale in their song called "change" .

I relate to the guy on the right so much, like his facial expressions are *everything*

In 2000 RM would have been 6 years old, while Eminem was tearing up the charts. I do know that BTS got tickets, in 2012, to see Eminem in concert at Jamsil Olympic Stadium in Seoul, Korea. RM and Suga have talked about seeing that concert. When Suga first played Jamsil stadium, he reminisced about going to see Eminem in concert. Eminem concert would have been a year before BTS debuted.

When I see comments like bts are overrated......like how the hell can you call this overrated. He's such a talented rapper, producer and songwriter.

I'm going to suggest that when it comes to the rapline's solo stuff you do one thing then the other. Listen to the lyrics, then watch the mv because that is the only way you are going to get the full effect when the rapline is feeling themselves and hitting 5th gear lol! Also please use doolset lyrics, they are more accurate. And I absolutely loved your expressions in this reaction. They spoke volumes lol. Can't wait for the next reaction!

yall for sure NEED to react to namjoon's first mixtape and then his second mixtape. you'll see the growth and versatility

This is one of the reasons I appreciate rap more. Bangtan's RAP LINE are over the top! I'm hoping you'd listen to Change It's RM and Wale. It's one of his best collaboration! Thank you for this!

I love how many times he switches the flow on this one!

RM - Awakening Lyrics. So dope, so much sauce🔥

He ain't called Rap Monster for nothing. Best humble Genius Lyricist RM 👈🤘🏻

Noah looks like he's going through a crisis for the last 2 minutes of the video 😂 Thanks for taking the time to film/edit/share! 💜

This is our king he is that genius and this song is a fucking masterpiece 🔥☄🔥🌋

He says hit me at the end, and apparently no one has yet.

they're nodding their heads on sync hihihihi, I find it cute HAHAHAHA

I love how y’all bob your heads in sync!! 💜💜💜 RM is definitely my favorite in BTS and Joke is my absolute favorite of his alone.

Re-watching joke with you I realized more about RM’s inner motor, like the way his urge to speak speak speak write write write is just how he’s wired. And his style and the video here are like, I’m reigning my mind/mouth/motor in every day. You actually can’t let me loose. I know how to keep me in there (when he’s dressed as the guard) but I’ve got this straight jacket on for a reason. Like why tf do you think I named myself Rap Monster?

RM and all of BTS are super versatile

JOKE is from his 1st mixtape. Whole mixtape is gold. This album debuted at #12 billboardcharts 2015. RM underground rapper at 13. And senior rappers were scared of him Suga said. If you want to hear vocal line written by RM it's the truth untold, zero o clock, dimples

More BTS MV’s pleaseeee and btw we soon be hitting 100k Subs🎉❤️

Everyone: wow he's amazing Me: RM as nurse

Yep, I was like OMG too when I watched this video for first time haha Do you know what it's good of your video reactions? I don't understand English at all, and even if the video haven't captions (like this), I can understand you perfectly thanks to your faces and gestures! What a good reactors! Hahaha Thanks for make this videos! I love that! Saluditoss!

Yessss the legend the king 'Joke' resurfacing 😭😭🎉

It’s so funny when you guys freak out bahaha love the reaction!

Hi I am back. Nice reaction, ty. So glad you guys are listening to more RM's solo stuff. He killed this one. My fav part is him on the chair rhyming. So catchy so good! I am not a big rap fan but RM is awesome. I hope u watch the video than watch it and read the lyrics. =0) Loved seeing your reactions, ty. stay safe. -baby Army NY USA

wait i kinda forgot to be ready bcus i had to hold my breath when he was going nonstop sheeeet aggresive cocky joon is so good

I love how you guys focus on the lyrics so much☺️

Back in the day, when he was still Runch Randa, other rappers were afraid to battle him. This shows exactly why.

Yasss RM’s reactions finallyyyyy🔥🔥

The beat is from Run The Jewels "Oh My Darling (Don't Cry)"

god he really is a genius

im so focus looking at their synchronize nodding

Lyrical magician....rm...💜

You absolutely need to react to his first mixtape "RM", it's a masterpiece! ❤️

listening to joke is literally feeling overwhelmed

The captions on the music video is better than the lyrics video

I WAS JUST WATCHING REACTIONS FOR THIS SONG HELP I WAS WAITING FOR U TO DOING THANKS

Yoongi is the one that loves Eminem. Namjoon is the one that is more into drake actually ! But they both love the the old school legendary rappers ! :) ❤️❤️❤️

RM - Do You

❤️❤️❤️ RESPECT RM and YOONGI next plz ❤️❤️❤️

rm is for the best guys please react to black swan

I just love your faces in this 😂😂😂 they locked him up for a reason. "Hit me" and nobody ever has 💜

Great reactions you guys! Thanks for pausing and really looking into the lyrical genius of our boy RM can you see why BTS is like no other .. look who’s leading them? Lol. Sexy intelligence. Enjoy the BTS rabbit hole…

RM back in the days when he still an underground rapper, he was 14 or 15 y.o. many rappers back then acknowledge him and were scared of being diss by him. he is talented. and why he is so different now? that's because RM said he wants to try different raps styles, he wants to try everything.

Pls, react to BTS “Black swan” , “Fake love”, “Mic drop”,”Fire”

💜🇧🇷💜RM is The Real Rap Monster!!!!💜💜🔥💜💜💜💜💜

RM rapping is really insane! Hope you can react to Hip Hop Lover where they talked about their hip hop roots and influence. Its a very great song and the live is insane too.

I just always love to listen all of your comments from the beginning till the end of the video without any skip at all, it's very interesting! TY

"Do you" by RM also disses haters

HES MY ULTIMATE!!!

4:03 the frustrated scream 😭😭😭😭😭

Next another RM song "Do You"..