Скачать или смотреть a deep dive into RM's "mono."

To celebrate the three-year anniversary of mono, we'll dive deep into the meaning of this playlist. I hope you'll enjoy this video!

00:00:00 Intro
00:02:20 Disclaimers, on author vs. speaker & the ambiguity of art
00:04:50 A look at the cover, track list & title
00:08:05 tokyo
00:19:06 seoul
00:33:53 moonchild
00:43:48 badbye
00:47:23 uhgood
00:55:16 everythingoes
01:06:12 forever rain
01:16:11 Mono as a whole & the structure of the playlist
01:18:16 Closing thoughts

TW: mention of suicide! (25.50-26.16 min.)

Links to the sources I got my information from:
RM name change: https://www.soompi.com/article/107697...
Mono record on iTunes: https://headlineplanet.com/home/2021/...
HONNE podcast interview: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p06...
About mixtapes und albums in the hip-hop industry: https://artistshortcut.com/difference...
https://alldifferences.com/difference...
RM Mono Behind VLive: https://www.vlive.tv/video/96907
Namjoon’s 27th birthday VLive: https://www.vlive.tv/video/262753
BE-hind Interview Namjoon & Jimin:    • BTS (방탄소년단) RM's BE-hind 'Full' Story  
About the meaning of “han”: http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/natio...
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-x...
Korean interview with RM: https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR2018102...
KOMCA: https://www.komca.or.kr/foreign2/eng/...
Minidance’s video on “seoul”:    • BTS RM “Seoul” Explained by a Korean Fan (...  
RunBTS! Episode 141: https://www.vlive.tv/video/247499

Links to other (music) videos I used:
Seoul:    • RM 'seoul (prod. HONNE)' Lyric Video  
Moonchild:    • RM 'moonchild' Lyric Video  
Forever rain:    • RM 'forever rain' MV  
Blood Sweat & Tears:    • BTS (방탄소년단) '피 땀 눈물 (Blood Sweat & Tears)'...  
Persona:    • BTS (방탄소년단) MAP OF THE SOUL : PERSONA 'Per...  
BTS at the UN General Assembly:    • BTS - "Permission to Dance" performed at t...  
Ddaeng stage:    • [BANGTAN BOMB] BTS PROM PARTY : UNIT STAGE...  
(to better understand the wordplay in Ddaeng I highly recommend DKDKTV’s video on it:    • BTS - DDAENG Explained by a Korean  )
Namjoon vlog:    • 180511 RM  
RM - Bicycle:    • RM - Bicycle #2021BTSFESTA  

Photos from Unsplash with thanks to…
Andre Benz
Dave Weatherall
Matthew Henry
Abhay Santhosh
Joshua Rawson-Harris
Jaime Street
丁亦然
lilartsy

Other photos I used:
All “namjooning” pictures (+ selcas from Namjoon and Jimin): https://www.weverse.io/bts/artist
Seoul landmarks: https://english.visitseoul.net/index
Namjoon 2018 award show https://weheartit.com/entry/321772624
RM mixtape cover https://bts.fandom.com/wiki/RM_(mixtape)
Shamisen https://www.senzoku-online.jp/TMDL/e/...
BTS group photo   / 1391407618673975300  
eAeon https://www.deezer.com/de/artist/1638565

Main sources for lyrics translations:
Seoul:    • BTS RM “Seoul” Explained by a Korean Fan (...  
https://genius.com/Genius-english-tra...
Moonchild: https://doolsetbangtan.wordpress.com/...
https://genius.com/16017515
Badbye: https://genius.com/Genius-english-tra...
Uhgood: https://lyricstranslate.com/de/uhgood...
https://doolsetbangtan.wordpress.com/...
Everythingoes: https://bangtankorean.com/rm-everythi...
https://doolsetbangtan.wordpress.com/...
https://lyricskpop.net/lyrics/everyth...
Forever rain: https://bangtankorean.com/albums/mono...
https://doolsetbangtan.wordpress.com/...
https://genius.com/Genius-english-tra...
4 O’clock: https://genius.com/Genius-english-tra...
Life: https://genius.com/23649612
Adrift: https://genius.com/Genius-english-tra...
Sea:    • [LYRICS] BTS (방탄소년단) - 바다 (Sea) (Hidden tr...  
Voices: https://genius.com/Genius-english-tra...
Reflection: https://genius.com/Genius-english-tra...
Ma City: https://lyricstranslate.com/en/ma-cit...
https://genius.com/Genius-english-tra...

Shoutout to my sister for supporting me during the process of making this video, helping me with interpreting the musical aspects of these songs and for introducing me to BTS in the first place. Hab dich lieb, sis
#mono #Namjoon #RM #BTS