RM of BTS Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

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[@Carolina-wz2qo]

I just wanna say that Namjoon's been really into art for years and he definitely did know what still life paintings are, but he had probably never heard the term in English, that's all. He said in the Magazine Film for this album that the term in Korean directly translates to "inanimate object," so it doesn't carry the same potential for the double (I think in the song he uses for even a triple) meaning. He does a lot of wordplay in his lyrics, so he used "still life" as the actual painting type, as the meaning he described in this video (he said he thought about how his life has been captured in still frames and you can see moments of his life online even when they're in the past), and also "still life" as in "I'm still alive."

[@eight8592]

Try to watch RM's STILL LIFE which he was inspired and saw this word while visiting one of the museum of arts.

[@iduli02]

RM knows what still life is, the dude loves art, he explained that he chose to interpret it this way because it's what came to his mind as a non native English speaker, for him it gave the meaning of "still alive" :) Still life painting in Korean are just called "inanimate objects" so he said that felt the title in english gave him more room to take liberties with the word and concept.

[@ts4592]

I agree. In french, still life is "nature morte" which means dead nature. Same type of painting, but different language and different meaning.

[@MaggieAttanasov]

I love seeing people appreciating RM as the artist he is. 💜💜

[@Random-qi3vv]

Indigo is my favorite album this year. RM really produced a great one

[@썬-f8e]

RM.....KimNamjoon...BTS

[@zbeamu1020]

that ending about pissing off fans lol okay. thanks for the reaction

[@ktsleeve]

There is a lot to know about the painter Yun. What I was most struck by is that he grew up during the Korean War and in the years after when Korea was a military dictatorship. He had many near death experiences but also was jailed and tortured on numerous experiences and almost executed for standing up for his beliefs. Namjoon has a painting by him hanging in his living room that he looks at every day.

[@ccx7004]

I loved his tiny desk too, such a good introduction to his solo work for new/casual listeners. It’s really evident in his album indigo how much he’s inspired by paintings and artwork - he’s known for going to museums and galleries very regularly, and dreams of opening/sponsoring his own in the future. He’s said before that his love for art has become so big that it’s starting to rival his love for music - which makes his ways of combining them in Yun and Still Life even more meaningful to me.

[@ipsitagupta9125]

You really should watch track no 9. It's the title track of the album and has the official music video posted on the BangtanTV channel of BTS. It's called Wild Flower. It's a beautiful song! 💜

[@airyfairy2396]

Thank you for this reaction! Rm's new solo single is also great. Plz check the MV, "wild flower". The lyric, the flow, the vocal, the scenery, the production value. You will like it : ) (also you are the only reactor who searched Yun's painting. I appreaciate it.)

[@zetayoung6694]

With Yun, the lyrics that says “you’re nothing without your team” is actually what other people are telling him, which is why he says fuck that shit. Because after all, he is not just nothing on his own, he is Kim Namjoon, a strong intelligent human on the inside and bts isn’t all he is. Basically for a few of the lines at the start it’s what others are telling him, like “listen to me, or you’ll lose it all”

[@papasquat08]

I must have missed the lines around that line. Sorry for the misinterpretation!

[@zetayoung6694]

@@papasquat08 it’s fine haha, sometimes when lyrics are translated they need more context than they are given by the translator and this is one of those moments I guess

[@loftyradish6972]

I definitely recommend checking out the entire album Indigo as the songs are all so different, and maybe also mono. Mono is one of my all time favourite albums for the lyrics, it is such an empathetic and comforting album. I'm pretty sure RM had heard of "still life" paintings before, but he called that style of painting by a Korean word or phrase. "Still life" and "still alive" is a play on word that works with the English term for "still life" paintings, but you won't get that same meaning/pun/interpretation from the Korean word for it. For example, in Korean, love is sarang 사랑 and person/people is saram 사람 the only difference between them is the final letter, the ㅇis pronounced ng in love, but the ㅁ is pronounced m in person. These are Korean words RM has played with in lyrics due to their similarity, he uses that to talk about the nature of humans and love. But that play on words doesn't work in English because there is no relation between the sounds and meanings of love and person/people. I think he was surprised by the English words for this kind of painting because of how it offered him a totally different perspective to the Korean word for it due to the way he could play with the sounds. Remember, puns don't translate, which is why some BTS lyrics might not seem to make sense and connections may be drawn between totally different words and ideas. RM especially loves playing with language in this way so you encounter it a lot in his lyrics.

[@sophia_kim0613]

Yes😅 I think every korean knows what 'still life' is. We(I'm Korean) have learned it in drawing class from elementary school.😅😅 RM said he realized all of a sudden 'still life' means so ironic.

[@papasquat08]

Yes, I get that, too. But the way he said it made it sound like the term was new to him.

[@tinytangerines6926]

he knows what a still life painting is... he just says that for him who speaks english as a second language, the words evoke another layer of meaning. he plays on the word still as in "even now" and "not moving". sometimes people who learn a language later in life notice patterns, meaning and sounds in a way someone who is a native speaker wouldn't. it's not about him not understanding that it's the name of the genre, it's just that not every language has an exact word for word translation for it. for example in my native language it's called something like "silent painting", which evokes a very different connotation than "still life". he's talking about realizing the connotations of the english name of the genre.

[@tildatiger]

Hi, loving your reactions as always! Your BTS reaction journey became something for me and my husband to connect over daily while we were staying with our child at the hospital, trying to forget our fears. Your commentary based on your own likes/experiences/knowledge and your growing knowledge of the BTS members is a real pleasure, and I know that you read comments and pick up more facts every time! About Namjoon/RM and "still life", I think you might be happy to learn that he is an extreme art buff (Google Namjoon/Namjooning + Rothko if you like, btw!), and even though he can't express himself as elegantly in English as in Korean, those who are deeply familiar with his mind know that he is always using his linguistic skills to approach familiar terms from a new perspective, often by mixing languages or using homonyms to twist their meaning. Because of that, and because of a promotional shot for Indigo where he appeared to frame himself as a stilleben object rather than a model in a portrait, I guessed in advance that the song "Still Life" would contain the twists "still alive" and/or "it's still life, though, better than not being alive". With your mind, I hope for you to get to enjoy playing this game of predictions in the future, based on your knowledge of him and the other BTS members! Have a great week with Indigo!

[@doraaaa0613]

oh that’s a neat connection! that promo shot seems even cooler now after listening to still life. honestly im always so in awe of the way he can introduce such fresh perspectives about seemingly ordinary things to me. he’s such a poet and romantic at heart. i remember gasping listening to trivia love and reading the lyrics for the first time. ^-^

[@papasquat08]

So sorry to hear you and your family are dealing with all that. I'm glad I can give you and your husband a little break now and again. I wish you all the best! Also, I'll check out what you mentioned regarding Namjoon and Rothko (I loooove Rothko's art, so any excuse to check it out is a plus!) Be well!

[@tildatiger]

@@papasquat08 Thank you so much! Side note: One of my hobbies (which I subject my 8K twitter followers to) is to draw connections between Namjoon and Peter Gabriel, so I have a thread coming up about the song "Fourteen Black Paintings"! I'll be thinking of you when I write it!

[@tildatiger]

@@doraaaa0613 Trivia: Love - the lyrical gift that keeps on giving!

[@susank2283]

Thanks for your reaction. His Indigo album is amazing. It is totally different from most music coming out of Korea. I've listened to the album many times...each time I find something different I like. If you have time please listen to Fujii Kaze - Matsuri or shinunoga e wa. He appeared recently on one of my feed...very interesting artist.

[@boramuffin12]

Thanks for this video. Always nice to see people enjoying RM's music. And just a blind shot here but I think you will enjoy Tablo's music too. He is from a group called "Epik High", literally one of RM's inspiration to become a rapper. One of favourite song from them is "Home is Far Away". Again, thank you for the video. You got my like 👍🏼 Have a great day 😊

[@papasquat08]

Ah! I've listened to a song from Epik High and really liked it! I didn't know the names of the members, so it's cool that Tablo is from that group! I'll have to check out that track!

[@alipotter0613]

Just a couple of things you may want to react to: Still Life m/v was just released INDIGO Magazine Interview - RM going through each album track and contributions from his collaborators Obviously I would like to hear your view on each track!!💜

[@suzigwinn9433]

Please watch the Wildflower MV!

[@mae__]

Just a comment on "still life", it's just the English term which is different and that he discovered at that time. For example still-life is translated as nature morte in French which litterally means 'dead nature'. The Korean term is 정물 which just has the meaning of still/inanimate "object", so it does not have that "life" dimension and does not allow the wordplay/analogy. So just to clarify that he did not discover still-life paintings on that day, just the English terminology.

[@papasquat08]

Ah! I've listened to a song from Epik High and really liked it! I didn't know the names of the members, so it's cool that Tablo is from that group! I'll have to check out that track!

[@mae__]

@@papasquat08 i believe you replied to the wrong comment😅

[@papasquat08]

You're right. TouTube was being weird with uploading and updating correctly. Thanks!

[@answerme2543]

RM is very much aware what a still life is. He is heavily educated on art.

[@papasquat08]

Again, I'm basing my reaction on what is in the video.

[@ramolano27]

RM - Mono album I listen to every weekend, in my back patio with a cup of coffee watching the sunrise!

[@Young_97_forever]

if you could react to his title track wild flower it would be great to hear your thoughts about it!

[@Young_97_forever]

Yay!! Thank you for the reaction. Looking forward to more BTS content

[@aishu_k02]

I hope to see a reaction and review of full album from you...! Please do react ti it, the Album is a MASTERPIECE🥺💙

[@user-yj7mz7mt6z]

Still life is said differently in Korea. (정물 it means an object that cannot move by itself) So, from his point of view, whose native language is Korean, the word "still life" may have taken on a new meaning. It reminds me of the saying that learning another language is like opening another world.

[@papasquat08]

Yep, I totally get that and agree. I thought is was cool to hear how he internalized it.

[@Shire3366.]

💜💜😁

[@VanCityGal]

I'm sure that the fact that he may not have had experience with "still life" before has everything to do with the fact that english isn't his first language. I'm guessing the term for it in Korean may be different in its expression.

[@papasquat08]

Exactly. It wasn't a criticism at all.

[@tracydowd4013]

RM's Global Age is 28, and Korean age is 29, and he would be 30 on January 1st, because actual birthdates aren't counted. It's counted on January 1st. His real birthdate is September 12, 1994. His whole album has songs similar, I think any song from his album would fit with NPR. But yes, they are great songs, and I think he chose them because of the collaborations. People in America know who Erikah Badu is, and Anderson Paak, more than they would know the Korean singers. I think you will like the song with Tablo, he's from the group Epik HIgh that is still an active group. They debuted in 2003. Tablo is a great rapper, and RM and SUGA both were inspired to rap when they first heard Epik High, and so it's come full circle that they are working together. Here is the song, and there are interview clips about their collaboration at the end of the video. You can play it or skip it, but the translations are accurate. Please use this link if you are going to check it out. RM 'All Day' (with Tablo) - kzbin.info/www/bejne/gqe5fKeliZaSq7M

[@papasquat08]

I've listened to one Epik High track and liked it a lot! I didn't know Tablo was from that group, but now I'm interested in checking out that track! Thanks for all the info!

[@tracydowd4013]

@@papasquat08 Anytime 💜

[@Dom-zy1qy]

Nah kpop fans are different, there is damn near 20 essays clarifying X human's misuse of Y term was due to a language barrier.

[@papasquat08]

Definitely. And I love that sort of thing. New language, new words, new ideas.

[@janetuss6496]

how is it a misuse of the word if he's not giving the textbook definition but rather his own interpretation of the term?

[@halohalo3029]

React to new Thaiboy Digital album Back 2 Life, it's amazing

[@rema51095]

❤️❤️❤️

[@doraaaa0613]

the term that describes still life painting in korean is “inanimate object”. so as someone who isn’t a native speaker it struck him in a different way than it would for people whose first language is english. it’s a very interesting and creative way to look at the term still life. he is familiar with still life, he’s a huge art buff.

[@papasquat08]

I agree. Pretty cool.

[@doraaaa0613]

@@papasquat08 yeah! there’s benefits to learning more than one language, haha.

[@amandaclark9302]

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[@softbunny4112]

Can you react to his new song “Wild flower” please

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[@bazza1024]

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[@papasquat08]

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[@Shire3366.]

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