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RM

Rapper, songwriter and BTS leader

Born 1994

RM is the stage name of South Korean rapper and songwriter Kim Namjoon, the leader of BTS. His prepared United Nations address describes his childhood in Ilsan and the search for a voice that shaped his public work. Before BTS, he developed through underground rap as a teenager; BIGHIT then built the group around him. BTS debuted in 2013. Wings expanded the group’s recording catalogue. Love Yourself: Answer brought together that series of releases. Map of the Soul: 7 followed in 2020. BE continued the group’s album work later that year. RM’s solo catalogue includes the 2018 release mono. Indigo arrived in 2022 with a wide range of collaborators. Right Place, Wrong Person followed in 2024. Lee Seokjun’s Right People, Wrong Place follows the creation of that solo album. Bao Nguyen’s BTS: The Return records the group’s later return. The group released ARIRANG in 2026. Its Seoul comeback concert also became a screen credit. RM’s parallel interest in visual art led to a collaboration with SFMOMA on an exhibition. He also contributed a bilingual exhibition audio tour.

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Merry Go Round video
The video reaches YouTube.
25 Sept 2026Source checked
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A museum collaboration approaches its public opening
SFMOMA records Between You and Me and RM’s audio tour. The public opening remains scheduled for October 3; member previews differ.
4 Aug 2026Checked original or explicitly attributed report
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A conversation on writing and returning to BTS
The direct interview reflects on creativity, group work, diary writing and walking. A hoped-for future book is not an announced publication.
29 Apr 2026Checked original or explicitly attributed report
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BTS concert and documentary
The Seoul concert and BTS: The Return accompany ARIRANG.
27 Mar 2026Official source
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BTS writing camp
The interview describes shared work in Los Angeles.
13 Feb 2026Source checked
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Solo creative work becomes a documentary
The official report records the worldwide release of Lee Seokjun’s RM: Right People, Wrong Place after its Busan premiere.
6 Dec 2024Checked original or explicitly attributed report
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A public memorial for a family companion
An attributed livestream report records RM remembering Moni. The dog remains a historical companion rather than a present pet.
16 Aug 2023Checked original or explicitly attributed report
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A reading record beside Indigo
Weverse Magazine places his recently mentioned reading alongside his interest in visual art and music. Exact owned editions remain unspecified.
9 Jan 2023Checked original or explicitly attributed report
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A prepared address at the United Nations
UNICEF retains RM’s speech about identity and self-acceptance as part of BTS’s public campaign work.
24 Sept 2018Checked original or explicitly attributed report
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Latest Index

Merry Go Round video

A museum collaboration approaches its public opening

A conversation on writing and returning to BTS

BTS concert and documentary

BTS writing camp

Solo creative work becomes a documentary

A public memorial for a family companion

A reading record beside Indigo

A prepared address at the United Nations