#RM's Cyanotype Experience with SUGA and Jimin

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i'm so soft 😔

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[BANGTAN BOMB] RM's Cyanotype Experience with SUGA and Jimin - BTS (방탄소년단)

https://youtu.be/98oXJvAkKRU

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Art with Joon

(Technically, RM’s Cyanotype Experience with Suga and Jimin, but I will forever think of it as “Art with Joon” or “Indigo Art with Joon Can You Believe It Here’s Yoonmin!”)

They got so shy when Joon referred to them as two of the hottest people in SK.

What is there to say about this?:

Yoongi says that he wants to go to more art exhibitions, and he clearly says this to Jimin not Namjoon who is a certified art adorer and goes to art galleries all the time, and who is also his dear friend. Interesting!

This moment! They decide that Joon will say “Indi-” and Jimin and Yoongi will say “-go!” Yoongi says “go,” but quietly, and Jimin doesn’t hear him. Jimin tells him he needs to say it too, and Yoongi gets so soft and a bit pouty when he explains that he did say it.

This moment is so cute and I suppose it’s open to interpretation. To me, this moment shows that their dynamic is not simply Jimin and his hyung. Not only can Jimin chide Yoongi, he elicits a very soft and almost submissive (no, not like that) side of him. I find this aspect of their dynamic so fascinating.

Aren’t they lovely?

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"RM's Cyanotype experience with SUGA and Jimin" -Bangtan 💣 pt.2

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Indigo

Release date: 2 December 2022

Official page

Notices:

Announcement

Pre-order notice

Content Recording Participation Details

Identity Film: Twitter, Youtube

Photo (see below)

I-Log Puzzle: 1/6  (translation, alt text), 2/6 (translation), 3/6 (translation), 4/6 (translation), 5/6 (translation), 6/6 (translation)

Tracklist

MV (see below)

Album Magazine Film (teaser)

Weverse live

Indigo Short Behind on Weverse

Naver post

Official Youtube playlist

[BANGTAN BOMB] RM's Cyanotype Experience with SUGA and Jimin

Stories on BTS Instagram

RM’s SNS posts: Weverse (Eng), Instagram stories, post #1, post #2, post #3, post #4, letter on Weverse (Eng)

Performances

Tiny Desk (Home) Concert (Today’s Bangtan) (RM’s Instagram post)

Live in New York @ Dia Beacon (Today’s Bangtan) (Episode) (RM’s Instagram post)  (thread presenting the museum and the featured art)

Live in Seoul @ Rolling Hall (Episode) (RM’s Instagram post) (video of the special gifts that were given)

Photo Sketch

RM’s Instagram post about all the performances

Thanks to (Eng)

Official merch:

Concept Teaser

Texture Teaser

Mood Film

RM is the third member to do a solo release in Chapter 2. According to his posts, notably the identity film and the preview of the content, this album is:

Record of RM : Indigo From the colors of nature, human, etc.

Use it

While taking a walk a shower, drive, coffee-break, work, dance, read a book, when flowers bloom or fall.

Documentation of my youth in the moment of independent phase. An honest, unadorned record with shades.

Sun-bleached record faded like old jeans.

the last archive of my twenties

He explained in the episode of the jacket shoot, that after releasing Mono that’s black and white, Indigo is the color that express himself (he also mentions it in the interview of Proof collector edition (src)). He adds brown too, with natural and warm shades.

The studio Sparks Edition was in charge of the album design.

Some people also noticed that in Korean, indigo is written 남색, which can be interpreted as an acronym for 남준의 색깔, meaning Namjoon’s colors (cr.).

RM posted several stories on Instagram before the release, including a picture of Oregon blue, a pigment considered as the bluest blue (src).

Tracklist

Yun (with Erykah Badu)

Lyrics

Doolsetbangtan’s translation

@immbbzxbangtan noticed that the song was used 3 months before Indigo’s release, in the teaser for RM’s Me, Myself &

Still Life (with Anderson .Paak)

Lyrics

Doolsetbangtan’s translation

All Day (with Tablo)

Lyrics

Doolsetbangtan’s translation

Rin’s (ktaebwi) translation

건망증 (with 김사월) (Forg_tful with Kim Sawol)

Lyrics

Doolsetbangtan’s translation

Closer (with Paul Blanco, Mahalia)

Lyrics

Collabo MV: a video associating a lo-fi remix of the song with extracts from the movie 헤어질 결심(Decision to Leave)

Interview for Park Chanwook’s anniversary book. He’s the director of 헤어질 결심(Decision to Leave)

Interview with art director Ryu Seong-Hee about the collaboration.

Change pt.2

Lyrics

Lonely

Lyrics

Doolsetbangtan’s translation

Hectic (with Colde)

Lyrics

Visualizer

Doolsetbangtan’s translation

들꽃놀이 (with 조유진) (Wild Flower with youjeen)

Lyrics

The title is a wordplay on 불꽃놀이 which translate to fireworks but literaly means “fire flower” (src)

Youjeen is the vocalist of the rock group Cherry Filter. The collaboration was announced even before the release of the tracklist (src #1, src #2)

Several people noticed the title is connected to a letter RM published on the fancafe in April 2017 (src #1, #2)

ZIN and Youjeen's"Wild Flower" recording VLOG without RM

Doolsetbangtan’s translation

No.2 (with 박지윤) (parkjiyoon)

Lyrics

Visualizer

Doolsetbangtan’s translation

Rin’s (ktaebwi) translation

Producer John Eun talked about the song during an Instagram live (summary)

Photo

Photo: Twitter, Weverse

Photo Sketch

Episode of the Jacket Shoot Sketch

RM’s Instagram post

In his photos, RM is surrounded by props meaningful to him:

a painting (see below) by Yun Hyongkeun, called Blue, 1972 (src #1, #2, #3, you can also check page 4 of this PDF for more info). RM admires Yun a lot, to the point that the first song of the album is named after him and has citations from him in the lyrics

Pierre Jeanneret’s desk and chair. He’s a Swiss architect RM likes

Namjoon’s old jeans and stools. He mentioned that jeans feat well with the concept as the more you wear them, the more comfortable they get

들꽃놀이 (with 조유진) MV

Teaser

Photo Sketch

Episode of the MV Shoot Sketch

Outfits and accessories

You can see traditional Korean firework in the MV, called Nakhwa Nori (src #1, src #2)

The exterior scenes were filmed at Mount Hwangmae in Hapcheon (Gyeongnam) (src) and in Saemangeum (Jeonbuk).

RM 'Still Life (with Anderson .Paak)

Teaser

MV Photo Sketch

Episode of the MV Shoot Sketch

The female crew member was played by Emiko Tokuda (Instagram)

Press releases/Promotion

Weverse magazine: “The musicians on RM’s Indigo: Part one”

Weverse magazine: “The musicians on RM’s Indigo: Part two”

Weverse magazine: “RM paves the way”

Weverse magazine: “Development notes on RM’s solo album, Indigo”

Press pictures

Spotify: teaser, Hero Film: Behind the Scenes, K-Pop ON! Track catches up with RM of BTS

NME: “RM of BTS: ‘My whole twenties were an exhibition… but I chose to be a star’”

Variety: “BTS’ RM on His ‘Indigo’ Album, Duets With Erykah Badu and Anderson .Paak, Military Service and Why Solo Careers Will Bolster the Band”

Consequence: “With Indigo, RM Makes Fleeting Moments Feel Permanent”

RM on Melon station (English translation: episode 1, episode 2)

Rolling Stone: “BTS Leader RM Pushes Against the Weight of Fame, Looks Towards a Bright Future on ‘Indigo’”

Zach Sang Show: “RM Breaks Down His Debut Album 'Indigo'“

Artnet:”How K-Pop Star and Budding Mega-Collector RM Wove His Favorite Art and Artists Into His First Solo Album, ‘Indigo’”

KBS news: Behind story of ‘Indigo’ / KBS 2022.12.19. (unreleased footage)

Hypebeast: “RM of BTS Wants To Be More Like a Wildflower”

Psick Show: Asking RM of BTS on Income tax (teaser)

Newsis: “’RM and Soyoon collab.’ Park Jiyoon, the ‘old future’ of young writers musicians” (eng trans)

Promotion in Spain

El País: “RM, the leader of K-pop band BTS: ‘We work so hard in Korea because 70 years ago there was nothing’” (original English version of the interview)

Vogue Spain: “RM, líder de BTS: “Si me muriera esta noche, creo que nada cambiaría. Un granjero o un barrendero son más relevantes para el funcionamiento de la sociedad”” (English translation)

EFE: “BTS leader isn’t thinking about future, but would like to work with Rosalía” (English version)

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https://youtu.be/98oXJvAkKRU

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