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Before he was a solo artist, RM was the leader and main rapper of BTS, the group that carried South Korean pop to a global audience. On his own records he steps back from that scale, working in hip-hop with folk, indie, and R&B shadings, and writing plainly about doubt, identity, and life in his twenties. The man from Goyang who once performed as an underground rapper named Runch Randa has grown into one of the more thoughtful lyricists in Korean music.
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Indigo (2022). His first official solo album, and the fuller picture of him as a writer. "Wild Flower" with Youjeen is the centrepiece, and "Still Life" with Anderson .Paak shows how easily he moves between Korean and English, rapping and singing.
Biography
Kim Nam-joon (Korean: 김남준; born September 12, 1994), known professionally as RM (formerly Rap Monster), is a South Korean rapper, songwriter, and record producer. He is the leader of South Korean boy band BTS, under Big Hit Music. Born in Seoul and raised in Ilsan, RM began his music career in the underground Korean hip-hop scene as a teenager, going by the name Runch Randa. He joined Big Hit in 2010, and debuted as part of BTS in June 2013.
RM released his first solo mixtape, RM, in 2015, followed by his second mixtape, Mono, in 2018. The latter became the highest-charting album by a Korean solo artist in the United States in history when it peaked at number 26 on the Billboard 200. He made his official solo debut in 2022, with the release of his studio album Indigo. The project featured contributions from various artists including Erykah Badu and Anderson .Paak. It peaked at number three on the Billboard 200, becoming the highest-charting album by a Korean solo artist of all-time. In 2024, he experimented with alternative music on his sophomore album Right Place, Wrong Person, which peaked at number five on the Billboard 200 and garnered critical acclaim.
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Studio albums
Discography
Official studio albums and EPs.
- 2024Right Place, Wrong PersonAlbum
- 2022IndigoAlbum
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