it’s been around a week now and i usually don’t talk about things like this or bring this kind of stuff onto my account. but honestly, it’s gotten to a point where i’m starting to get tired of seeing it all over my timeline and trying to ignore it every time.
i’ve stayed quiet because i genuinely don’t have the energy to argue over this. if you’re disappointed, that is okay. if what happened changed the way you see someone, that is okay too. i am able to understand why some people reacted the way they did, even if i don’t personally feel the same way.
you are allowed to decide that something changed the way you see someone. i’m not going to tell anyone what they are or aren’t allowed to feel because it is not my place to do so, and neither is it anyone's.
but somewhere along the way, disappointment turned into something else entirely. what i don’t understand is how quickly it all has turned into this absolute hatred toward namjoon specifically. watching people who have spent years loving his music and talking about how much he has meant to them suddenly call him names and speak about him with so much contempt is honestly insane to me.
you can disagree with someone without deciding that everything they have ever said was fake. you can be disappointed without turning a person you’ve loved for years into a villain overnight. you can acknowledge that someone made a decision you don’t agree with while still remembering that they’re a human being whose entire life and personality cannot possibly be contained in one decision. especially someone you don't even know personally.
and with namjoon, some have spent years watching him grow, question himself, change, learn, make mistakes, create, reflect and constantly try to understand the world around him. we’ve heard him talk about his insecurities, his doubts, his relationship with fame, responsibility, art, music and overall the weight of being the person he is. we’ve watched him put so much of himself into the things he creates and shares with us that he never actually owed us in the first place.
those are actually one of the many things i’ve always admired about him. he has never seemed interested in presenting himself as some perfect person with all the answers. if anything, so much of his work comes from learning and trying to make sense of things.
and now i see people acting as though they have the complete picture of who he really is.
people are complicated. circumstances are complicated. growing up, different cultures, different generations and different experiences all shape how someone sees the world. not everything can be reduced to good person vs bad person, right vs wrong, or just "this proves everything about them." life is simply much more gray than just black and white.
he doesn’t stop being kim namjoon because the internet is angry with him. he doesn’t become a different person because people decided they no longer want to see him the way they did. and so many years of his life and the things he has shared with us don’t suddenly disappear because people are disappointed.
because behind all of it, he is still a person who is allowed to be imperfect. allowed to make decisions you wouldn’t make, allowed to have perspectives you don’t share and allowed to exist outside of what you expect from him.
you don’t have to forgive him. you don’t have to agree with him. you don’t even have to keep being his fan.
but you also don’t have to destroy him to prove that you’re disappointed.
i just hope that somewhere beneath all the noise he can always remember that there are still people who see him as a whole person and people who don’t expect him to be perfect, because no one could ever be.
i will always leave room for nuance. i will always leave room for things i don’t know. and most importantly, i will always remember that there is a human being behind all of this.
Happy 30th Birthday to the gorgeous, mega talented chart-topping, history-making Rapper, Singer, Lyrical Maestro, Composer, Producer, Reality & TV Star and Cultural & Global Icon, the One & Only RM! RM rings in his 30th birthday on top of the World, trending at #1 on X Worldwide with Namjoon, at #2 Worldwide with #HappyBirthdayRM and at #5 Worldwide with #30YearsOfJooniverse👏🥳🎂🎉🎈🌟💥1⃣,2⃣➕5⃣✖️🌎🐐👑💙
#RM found Fame as the leader and lead Rapper of the legendary Group #BTS, who paved the way for many! He is a perfect leader, and an inspiration to many! RM has an amazing deep baritone voice, and is an incredible Solo Artist in his own right, having surpassed 2.250 BILLION streams on his solo Spotify profile, the only K-Pop Rapper with #AgustD and #jhope to reach this milestone! He is the 3rd most followed K-Pop Soloist on Spotify after #V & #jhope, and the 6th most followed K-Pop Act with over 16.5M followers! He ties for the 2nd most #1s in World Digital Song Sales chart history! In 2015 he released his first solo mixtape, 'RM', followed by his record-breaking 2nd mixtape, 'mono.' in 2018, which broke the record for the Most #1s in iTunes history (125)! 'mono.' became the highest-charting album by a K-Soloist in U.S. history, peaking at #26 on the Billboard 200! With 'mono.', RM became the 1st Kpop Soloist to reach #1 on the Billboard Emerging Artist Chart!
RM made his official solo debut in 2022 with the release of his hugely successful history-making studio album 'Indigo', which features #ErykahBadu and #AndersonPaak amongst others. The album reached #3 on the Billboard 200, becoming the highest-charting album by a K-Soloist in US chart history at the time! All songs of 'Indigo' debuted in the Global Spotify Top 100 with 8 tracks simultaneously charting on the World Digital Song Sales chart! 'Indigo' debuted at #1 on the Billboard World Albums Chart and became the longest charting album by a Kpop Soloist on the chart at the time! "Closer" debuted at #19 on the Billboard Hot R&B Songs chart, with RM becoming the 1st K-Artist to enter the chart! RM became the 1ST Asian Soloist to chart an album and title track at #1 on iTunes in the 8 biggest markets! "Wild Flower" became RM's 1st Hot 100 hit, debuting at #83 and surpassed 100 #1's on ITunes, with 'Indigo' reaching #1 in over 90 countries!
RM released his 2nd critically acclaimed studio album, 'Right Place, Wrong Person' on May 24, 2024! Powered by the hits "Lost" & "Come Back to Me" which reached #24 on the US Hot 100! RM became the 1ST Asian Rapper and the 1ST K-Pop Act of 2024 to debut at #1 on both the Worldwide and European iTunes Song and Album Charts simultaneously! The Album debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 with 54,000 album-equivalent units sold, earning RM his highest debut entry on the chart and the largest opening sales week of his career! RM became the 1ST K-pop Soloist with multiple albums debuting inside the Billboard 200 Top 5 in chart history! RM was also the 1st K-Act to hit #1 on the R&B, Hip-Hop & Digital Sales Charts. The Album also debuted at #1 on the Top Rap Albums chart in America and at No. 2 on the Korean Circle Album Chart with over 585,000 copies sold of its two versions and debuted at No. 2 on the Japanese Oricon Albums Chart with over 23,000 sales.
RM has had numerous very successful collabs including his latest masterpiece, "Neva Play" with #MeganTheeStallion which debuted atop the Worldwide, European & US iTunes song charts and broke the record for the highest debut on Pandora by a K-Pop Act with 314,555 streams! RM has also collaborated with #FallOutBoy, #Gaeko, #KrizzKaliko, #LilNasX, #MeganTheeStallion, #MFBTY, #Primary, #SoYoon, #Younha, #Wale & #WarrenG!
RM has won numerous awards as a member of BTS and also as a Solo Artist! In 2020 he was honoured with the Art Patron of the year Award and in 2023 he won Collab & Music Video of the year for his track "Sexy Nukim" at the Korean Hip-hop Awards! #Namjoon is the youngest most credited Artist by the Korean Music Copyright Association, and the 2nd most credited Idol overall! He has officially 226 songs credited to his name in KOMCA since "Come back to me", the latest song from his album #RightPlaceWrongPerson, was included! It's the 8th single from the album to have been credited so far! 'Right Place Wrong Person' was voted by Billboard's staff as the #1 best K-Pop Album of 2024! Genius named RM's “Domodachi” ft. #LittleSimz as one of the best songs of 2024 so far and RM's 'LOST' was named by Vimeo staff as one of the best short films on the internet! In 2018, RM was awarded the 5th-class Hwagwan Order of Cultural Merit by the President of South Korea for his contributions to spreading Korean culture. On June 1, 2023, RM was appointed the PR Ambassador for South Korea's Ministry of National Defense Agency Remains Excavation and Investigation Team.
RM is an active philanthropist and donated ₩100 million (US$85,810.58) on his 25th birthday to the Seoul Samsun School to help hearing-impaired students receive music education. In December 2020, the Arts Council of Korea named him one of its ten 2020 Patrons of the Arts in recognition of his ₩100 million donation to the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art for the printing and distribution of various rare art books to schools and libraries in rural and mountainous regions. Since September 2021, RM has donated ₩100 million each year towards the preservation and restoration of cultural artifacts overseas, through the Cultural Heritage Administration (CHA) and the Overseas Cultural Heritage Foundation. His first (private) donation, was used for treatment of a hwarot owned by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) at the time, while his 2022 donation was used for the creation of an art brochure introducing Korean paintings. In September 2023, he donated ₩100 million to the National Forensic Service of South Korea, to develop forensic science in the country.
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#AgustD is the #1 Artist on iTunes worldwide for a 5th day with 3 tracks still charting in the Top 10 of the Worldwide iTunes song chart and "People" holding at #2 for a 2nd day! All 3 of Agust D's Albums hold in the Top 20 of the Worldwide iTunes Album chart with D-Day at #6 after breaking the record for the 1ST Asian Soloist in History to chart 3 albums simultaneously in the Top 5! 💪1⃣🌏👨🎤🎵✖️5⃣🕛➕3⃣🎶📈🔝2⃣0⃣🌎🎵💥🏆🥇🌏👨🎤📈3⃣💿🔝5⃣🔥🐐👑🖤💜
Agust D still dominates the Worldwide iTunes Song chart with 3 songs charting in the Top 10 and 16 songs charting in the Top 150! 🔥
Worldwide iTunes Song Chart - 16 songs charting :
2. People
5. The Last
6. Polar Night (2 days at #1)
15. Snooze
25. Life Goes On
30. Haegeum (3 days at #1)
43. D-Day
48. People Pt.2 (3 days at #1)
65. Amygdala
85. Daechwita
90. Interlude:Dawn
105. Huh?!
123. Tony Montana
128. SDL
133. Agust D
147. Dear My Friend
Agust D dominates the European iTunes song chart with 15 songs charting in the Top #122 and 3 in the Top 10! 👏
2. People
7. The Last
9. Polar Night (2 days at #1)
29. Life Goes On
30. Snooze
43. People Pt.2 (2 days at #1)
46. Haegeum (2 days at #1)
51. D-Day
61. Amygdala
69. Huh?!
76. Daechwita
98. Agust D
106. Tony Montana
119. SDL
122. Interlude:Dawn
Agust D is still charting 3 songs on US iTunes:
#25. People
#55. The Last (1 day at #1)
#156. Polar Night
Agust D is still charting all 3 of his Albums in the Top 20 of the Worldwide iTunes Chart! 👏
WORLDWIDE iTUNES ALBUM CHART
6. D-DAY - 7 days at #1
12. D-2 - 5 days at #1
16. Agust D (+1) - 1 day at #1
Agust D is still charting all 3 of his albums in the Top 50 of the European iTunes chart! 👏
39. D-DAY - 3 days at #1
44. Agust D - 1 day at #2
46 D-2 - 6 days at #1
Agust D is charting all 3 of his albums in the Top 70 of US iTunes👏
50. D-2
65. Agust D
69. D-DAY
PEOPLE - 32 x #1's on iTunes
#1. Armenia
#1. Azerbaijan
#1. Belarus
#1. Brazil
#1. Bulgaria
#1. Cayman Islands
#1. Costa Rica
#1. Denmark
#1. Dominican Republic
#1. Finland
#1. France
#1. Greece
#1. Honduras
#1. Hungary
#1. India
#1. Kenya
#1. Kyrgyzstan
#1. Latvia
#1. Malta
#1. Nepal
#1. New Zealand
#1. Paraguay
#1. Philippines
#1. Poland
#1. Romania
#1. Russia
#1. Saudi Arabia
#1. Sri Lanka
#1. Taiwan
#1. Turkey
#1. Uganda
#1. Ukraine
ARMYS LOVE YOONGI
ARMYS PRIDE YOONGI
BTS IS 7
#ARMYStandsWithSuga
#YoongiNeverWalksAlone
#BesideSuga
#BTSisSeven
#SugaStays
#ARMYShieldsBTS
#BTSPurpleRibbonProject
#ItsGonnaBeAlri
“I hope you never laugh at someone else’s misfortune
Because you never know if you’ll find yourself in the same situation”
-@BTS_twt Yoongi “Snooze”
#BTS#SUGA
some artists can’t even make their new releases reach #1 on US itunes and there goes The Last… an 8 year old song
CONGRATULATIONS AGUST D
WE LOVE YOU YOONGI
#YoongiNeverWalksAlone
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