having a twin sized bed all your life and moving up to a full or a queen will have you sleeping with things in your bed you would’ve never imagined before
In Fashion Neurosis, RM says that in his 20s he thought he should have an edge or something that could define him. Now he sees his identity as more complex, full of contradictions & dualities
The word edge here caught my attention because he’s been returning to his image for years, to think about his identity
While in Malta in 2018, he wrote:
Everyone has their own big & small 모서리들 or corners or edges in their heart. And perhaps he was always meant to become 이런 모양 or this shape
In Trivia: Love, he fleshed this out with 사람 or person placed in contrast to 사랑 or love, with the ㅁ in 사람 representing a person’s shape
In 2022, he returned to this image of a 모서리 or corner or edge in The Dictionary of Useless Human Knowledge. Comparing himself with hip-hop artists he admired, he said he believed there was 나만의 모서리 or an edge that was uniquely his & what he also called his own original frequency
If we stay with this image, he has moved beyond one corner of his ㅁ or box in Fashion Neurosis. One’s inherent contradictions do not have to be resolved before they can belong to the same person
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That also helps make sense of the ARIRANG tour setlist from they don’t know ’bout us to SWIM
They don’t know ’bout us begins with the limits of how other people can understand them, especially when he also doesn’t fully understand himself
Then comes Like Animals, moving deeper within ones’ hidden instincts
FAKE LOVE then returns to the danger of shaping oneself around what others expect
And in SWIM, they find there is no final answer to who they rn. So they keep going despite the blur of life’s waves
Me telling my mom about the torrential rain in Toronto during the concert today.
Mom: that type of rain is always a good sign. Maybe it’s the universe’s way of a cleanse. Washing away all the bad things. Like a fresh start after everything. She’s blessing them. They’ll be ok.
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💜 What if we turned a birthday into a reminder?
A reminder to slow down.
To check in with ourselves.
To listen without judgment.
To remember that struggling doesn’t make us weak.
On 12 September, we are marking Kim Namjoon’s ( RM of BTS) birthday by coming together for a FREE Mental Health Webinar because caring for your mind is something worth celebrating.
One day. One conversation. A little more understanding. 🌱
📅 12 September | 🎟️ FREE
Come be part of the conversation. 💜
Form link
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💜 PROJECT MINDFIT | DAY 3 UPDATE
📅 22 AUGUST 2026
💰 ₹2,850 COLLECTED SO FAR
We want to be transparent with you - one sports kit distribution itself requires a minimum of ₹5,100. 🥺
With the current pace of donations, we may not be able to support even one of the two planned initiatives.
🏀 1 SEPT - Sports Kit Distribution
🧠 12 SEPT - FREE Mental Health Webinar
📅 DONATION DEADLINE: 31 AUGUST
If you are able to contribute, please do. And if you can’t, please share this post so it can reach someone who can.
We still have time. Let’s come together and make this happen for our September boys. 💜