I also remember researching the collab artists before hand, and they have remained on my radar since. As have the RPWP ones.
Those of you who were around here two years ago might remember the album got me back into art, buying a bottle of indigo ink on NYE 22.
It's still a very "go to" album for me, like Dark & Wild. If I don't know what I want to listen to, I'll probably pick one of those.
I wish one day RM would gain The Grammy award he secretly desires.
And then! There was live in New York at Dia Beacon #art #RM overload. That you can just do what you want? Indulgence. That "K-pop" has the ability to go 1,2,3, steps more than anything in UK music ( make a video, do an interview, go on tour, job done)
This is when I grew to love Change pt 2
I thought this was brilliant, this is about the size of the venue I helped at in UK. It would have been such an intimate gig. But again, it was Namjoon the boy dream to be here, so you achieve you dream eventually? Somehow?
The third song I think that originally hit me #Hectic with #Colde #RM just because it came after Lonely, & it had the same but different sentiments - does that make sense? Its the being busy for no reason of being busy, but still being lonely.
Two years on and I still haven't watched the art video, it was like the time passed? It's not relevant? But we had lots of worthy visualisers, which now hint at what was coming ( RPWP not military service)
The second song I'm going to pull out is sweary #Lonely #RM it took a few listens, but I remember on day two : I need to pay attention to all the translations on this one. This is a song full of the pain of being that famous idol ( from being that boy with idols) This is the reality of fame, world tours sat in hotel rooms alone. This is something I'd totally got from the local band I know who got famous - it becomes a rollercoaster..
I thought someone might have put this on YouTube...
Pre album release I was very excited to see RM had got to record a song with Tablo. It was only afterwards I found out how friendly they were, As opposed to being an idol (RM) with their idol ( Tablo). But when the album came out I was emotionally moved by this song first listen. Back in time this was a boy ( Namjoon) with an idol ( Epik High) dreams can come true
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