RM

• RM
• Kim Nam-joon (BTS Universe)
• Do-geon
• Kim Namjun (BTS World)
• RM (BTS Island: In the SEOM)
• Rap Monster (Hip Hop Monster)
• Koya
• RM (TinyTAN)

Concept photo for Right Place, Wrong Person (May 2024)
Concept photo for Proof (May 2022)
Background
Birth name	Kim Nam-joon
Hangul	김남준
Hanja	金南俊
Stage name(s)	RM Rap Monster (랩몬스터) (formerly) Runch Randa (런치란다)(formerly)
Nickname(s)	Namjoonie (남준이) Joon (준) Joonie (준이) RapMon (랩몬) Leader Rapper (리더래퍼) Moni (모니) God of Destruction (파괴의 신) Kim Daily (김데일리) Brain Monster (브레인몬스터) Sexy Brain Man Bangtan Brain (방탄의브레인) Bangtan's Last Remaining Reason (방탄의 마지막 남은 이성)
Birth date	September 12, 1994 (1994-09-12)
Birth place	Ilsan-gu, Goyang, South Korea
Height	181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	73.6 kg
Sign	♍︎ Virgo
MBTI	ENFP-T
Career
Occupation	Rapper-songwriter, record producer
Genres	Hip hop, R&B
Group debut	June 13, 2013 (BTS)
Solo debut	December 2, 2022
Years active	2010–present
Awards	Hwagwan Order of Cultural Merit (2018)
Agency	Big Hit Music
Associations	BTS Dae Nam Hyup (former)
Personal life
Relatives	Seo Ji Yeon (cousin)
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“	Tell me your story. I want to hear your voice, and I want to hear your conviction. No matter who you are, where you’re from, your skin colour, gender identity: speak yourself.	”
–RM, 2018.09.24, United Nations speech.

Kim Nam-joon (김남준), better known by his stage name RM (short for Real Me, formerly known as Rap Monster (랩몬스터) and Runch Randa (런치란다)), is a South Korean rapper-songwriter and record producer under Big Hit Music. He is a member of the boy group BTS, and has the positions of leader and rapper.

As a solo artist, he has released his first mixtape RM, on March 20, 2015 and his second mixtape Mono, on October 23, 2018. He then made his official solo debut with his first studio album Indigo on December 2, 2022.

In 2020, RM was promoted to full member of the Korea Music Copyright Association.

Early life

Kim Nam-joon was born on September 12, 1994, in Dongjak-gu, South Korea, and grew up in Ilsan-gu, where his family moved when he was four or five. He is the elder of two siblings and has a younger sister.

As a child, RM largely learned English by watching Friends with his mother. As a student, he actively wrote poetry and often received awards for his writings. He posted his work to an online poetry website for roughly one year, where he received moderate attention. Through this, RM grew interested in pursuing a literary career but decided against it. At the age of 11, RM became interested in hip-hop music after hearing Epik High's "Fly" in fifth grade. He found that the song had provided him comfort, and, due to this, decided to look further into the genre. Following an introduction to American rapper Eminem by his schoolteacher, RM grew interested in lyricism, printing lyrics he felt were "cool" and sharing them with his friends. RM transitioned to writing lyrics then, stating that his poetry became lyrics when it combined with music. In 2007, as a first-year middle school student, RM began rapping in local amateur hip-hop circles, creating his first self-composed recording for the first time using the program Adobe Audition (then called Cool Edit). He later participated in his first concert in 2008. RM eventually became more active in the underground Korean hip-hop scene under the moniker "Runch Randa", releasing a number of tracks and collaborations with other underground rappers, such as Zico.

In school, RM scored in the top 1% of the nation in the university entrance examinations for language, math, foreign language and social studies and had an IQ of 148. RM's parents were strongly opposed to his interest in a musical career due to his academic achievements, and initially, RM decided to set music aside to focus on his studies. In order to convince his mother to allow him to be a rapper, he asked her if "she wanted to have a son who was a first-place rapper, or a 5,000th-place student".

Name

RM selected the name "Rap Monster" during his time as an idol trainee. Though commonly misunderstood that the name means that he "raps like a monster", it actually derives from the lyrics of a song he wrote, inspired by San E's "Rap Genius". The lyrics contained a segment where San E declares he should be called a "rap monster" as he "raps non-stop". He adopted the stage name because he felt it was "cool". RM has described himself as having a love-hate relationship with the name, feeling that it was not selected for being of "incredible value" to him.

He formally changed his stage name to "RM" in November 2017, as he determined that "Rap Monster" was no longer representative of who he was or the music that he creates. In an interview with Entertainment Tonight RM stated that "[the name] could symbolize many things. It could have more spectrums to it. "Real Me" was provided as a possible current meaning.

Career

2010-2013: Big Hit Entertainment and debut with BTS

RM promoting 2 Cool 4 Skool in June 2013.

In 2009, RM auditioned for Big Deal Records, passing the first round along with Samuel Seo but failing the second round as he forgot all his lyrics. However, following the audition, rapper Sleepy exchanged contact information with RM, who he later mentioned to Big Hit Entertainment producer Pdogg. In 2010, Sleepy contacted RM, encouraging him to audition for Big Hit CEO Bang Si-hyuk. Bang offered RM a spot at the record label, and, without his parent's knowledge, RM accepted the offer immediately. The interaction caused Bang and Pdogg to start production of a hip hop group, which eventually became idol group BTS. RM joined Big Hit Entertainment shortly after at age 16. During his career as an idol, he enrolled at Global Cyber University.

RM trained for three years with fellow rapper Min Yoon-gi and dancer Jung Ho-Seok, who later became known as SUGA and j-hope respectively. During his three year trainee period, RM performed on five pre-debut tracks credited to BTS in 2010 and 2011. He also worked as a songwriter for girl group Glam and helped pen their debut single, "Party (XXO)", an explicitly pro-LGBTQ song which was praised by Billboard as "one of the most forward-thinking songs out of a K-pop girl group in the past decade." On June 13, 2013, RM made his debut with BTS, and has since produced and written lyrics for a variety of tracks on all of BTS' albums. On August 29, 2013, RM performed the intro track to BTS' first extended play O!RUL8,2?, which was released as a trailer ahead of the EP's September 11 release and marked his first solo released collectively as "BTS".

2014-2016: First solo collaborations, RM, and Problematic Men

RM promoting Problematic Men in 2015.

On August 5, 2014, Big Hit Entertainment released a trailer for BTS' first studio album Dark & Wild, which was set to release on the August 20. The rap track, later released as collectively under BTS "Intro: What Am I To You", was a solo performed by RM. Through reality television show American Hustle Life that was used to produce Dark & Wild, RM formed a working relationship with Warren G, who offered to give BTS a beat. In an interview with Korean magazine Hip Hop Playa, Warren G stated that he had befriended BTS through the program and had kept in touch with the band after they returned to South Korea. On March 4, 2015, RM released a single with Warren G entitled, "P.D.D (Please Don't Die)" ahead of his first solo mixtape RM, following an offer by Warren G to collaborate. This track reflected how RM felt towards those who hated and criticized him at the time, which he used to find very upsetting.

That same March, RM collaborated with hip hop project group MFBTY along with EE and Dino J as a feature for the song "Buckubucku". He featured in the music video for "Buckubucku," and also had a cameo in another MFBTY music video for their song, "Bang Diggy Bang Bang". RM first formed a lasting working relationship with MFBTY member Tiger JK during a TV show in 2013 when Tiger JK was promoting his song "The Cure", telling the rapper that he grew up listening to him.

RM was cast as a regular on the Korean variety program Problematic Men where cast members are given a variety of puzzles and problems to solve and work through them by talking about their own thoughts and experiences. The program began airing on February 26, 2015, however RM left the show after 22 episodes due to BTS' 2015 Red Bullet world tour.

RM shooting "Do You" music video in 2015.

On March 17, 2015, RM released his first solo mixtape, RM, which ranked 48th on Spin's "50 Best Hip Hop Albums of 2015". The mixtape featured a variety of topics such as RM's past on the track "Voice" and the idea that "you're you and I'm me" in the track "Do You". When discussing his work on the track "God Rap", RM described himself as an atheist, believing that the only thing that determines his fate was his own self. The entirety of his work on the mixtape took around four or five months, with RM working on it in between BTS' activities. The following year, RM recalled that he had largely written about the negative emotions he had been carrying, such as anger and rage, but stated that the songs are not "100% under [his] sovereignty" and that he felt many parts of the mixtape were "immature". He also added that he hoped his next mixtape to be something he worked on by himself. Following the mixtape, RM featured along with Kwon Jin-ah on Primary's "U" that April. That August, RM collaborated with Marvel for Fantastic Four's soundtrack in Korea, releasing the digital single, "Fantastic" featuring Mandy Ventrice through Melon, Genie, Naver Music, and other music sites. In August 2016, vocal duo Homme released a single titled "Dilemma" which was co-produced by RM and Bang Si-hyuk.

2017-2021: Second mixtape Mono and further collaborations

In March 2017, RM collaborated with American rapper Wale on a special socially-charged track called "Change", released as a free digital download along with an accompanying music video filmed about two weeks prior to the track's release. The pair first formed a relationship over Twitter with Wale reaching out to RM in 2016, having seen RM's cover of his track "Illest Bitch". RM decided on the topic of "Change", saying that though the two rappers were extremely different, their commonality lay in the fact that both America and Korea had their political and social situations and both of them wanted the world to change for the better. That December, RM featured on a remix of Fall Out Boy's song "Champion". The track reached number 18 on Billboard's Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles and helped RM reach number 46 on the Emerging Artists Chart for the week of January 8, 2018. On December 27, RM made history as the first K-pop artist to chart on the Rock Digital Songs chart, coming in at number two on the list.

RM shooting "Persona" comeback trailer in 2019.

In 2018, RM released his second mixtape entitled Mono that October, which he referred to as a "playlist". He became the first Korean artist to rank number one on the Emerging Artists Chart in the United States with the playlist. The playlist was critically well-received, with RM laying "his deep insecurities bare on songs like 'Tokyo' and 'Seoul'". The track "Seoul" was produced by British electropop duo Honne. He first discovered RM after seeing him recommend their music on Twitter and eventually met him in Seoul following one of their concerts. The interaction caused the duo to want to collaborate with RM. That November, RM also collaborated with Tiger JK on his last and final album as Drunken Tiger before retiring the name, featuring on the track "Timeless". Tiger JK originally expected RM's lyrics to contain self-praise, which was the trend of rap at the time, but RM wrote the lyrics to leave behind the historical meaning of Drunken Tiger's name.

On March 25th, 2019, Honne announced that RM had provided a feature on their remake of "Crying Over You ◐" alongside singer BEKA, which released on March 27th. Honne had originally released "Crying Over You ◐" in 2018, with just BEKA providing a feature. The song was originally slated for a January 2019 release but was postponed due to "unforeseen circumstances". Chinese singer Bibi Zhou was added to the Chinese release, appearing with RM and replacing BEKA. The same day as release, Big Hit Entertainment released the song "Persona" as a trailer for BTS' upcoming studio album Map of the Soul: Persona, performed as a solo by RM. Persona debuted at 17 on Billboard's YouTube Song Chart. Three months later, on July 24, 2019, RM featured on the fourth official remix of Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road," entitled "Seoul Town Road", "infuse[ing]...his English-language verse with a surprisingly good Southern twang". On December 29, it was announced that RM would be featuring on Younha's forthcoming track, "Winter Flower", to be released on January 6. RM also features on "Don't", the title track of Korean singer eAeon's second solo album released on April 30th, 2021.

2022: Solo debut

During BTS' ninth anniversary celebrations in June 2022, RM announced that the band members would be devoting more attention to individual music endeavors going forward and that future projects would be released as commercial albums, complete with promotional activities, instead of as free or unpromoted mixtapes. He subsequently appeared as a featured artist on the single "Sexy Nukim" by alt-K-pop group Balming Tiger in September, and released his debut solo studio album, Indigo, led by the single "Wild Flower", on December 2. The album peaked at number three on the Billboard 200, making him the highest-charting Korean soloist in chart history.

Artistry and impact

RM is a baritone. In 2017, American hip-hop magazine XXL released a list entitled "10 Korean Rappers You Should Know", which included RM. Writer Peter A. Berry promises that "Rap Monster rarely fails to live up to his name." He describes the young star as "one of the region’s most dexterous rappers, capable of switching flows effortlessly as he glides across an array of diverse instrumentals." Crystal Tai from South China Morning Post stated RM received a lot of praise for his natural flow and lyrics and that he's got some "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy mixed with Earl Sweatshirt and Chance the Rapper" in him. In January 2020, he was promoted from associate to a full member of the Korea Music Copyright Association.

In a survey conducted by Gallup Korea, RM ranked as the 12th most preferred idol of the year for 2018. He ranked 11th in 2019. In 2018, RM was awarded the fifth-class Hwagwan Order of Cultural Merit by the President of South Korea along with the other members of BTS, for his contributions to Korean culture. In December 2020, the Arts Council of Korea named him one of its ten 2020 Patrons of the Arts, in recognition of his donation of 100 million won 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.

Discography

See also: BTS Discography

Studio albums

• Indigo (2022)
• Right Place, Wrong Person (2024)

Mixtapes

• RM (2015)
• mono. (2018)

Digital singles

• "Bicycle" (2021)
• "Come back to me" (2024)

Collaborations

• "Perfect Christmas" (with Jo Kwon, Lim Jeong-hee, Joohee and Jung Kook) (2013)
• "P.D.D" (with Warren G) (2015)
• "Change" (with Wale) (2017)

Features

• Lee Seung Gi - "널 웃게 할 노래 (Feat. 방탄소년단, 하림) (A Song Make to You Smile (Feat. BTS and Hareem))" (with j-hope and Hareem) (credited as BTS) (2011)
• MFBTY - "부끄부끄 (Buckubucku) (feat. EE, Rap Monster of BTS, Dino-J)" (2015)
• Yankie - "튀겨 (ProMeTheUs) (Feat. Dok2, Juvie Train, Double K, Rap Monster of BTS, Topbob, Don Mills)" (2015)
• Primary - "U (Feat. Kwon Jin Ah & Rap Monster)" (2015)
• Gaeko - "코끼리 (Gajah) (Feat. Rap Monster)" (2017)
• Fall Out Boy - "Champion (Remix)" (2017)
• Drunken Tiger - "Timeless (feat. RM of BTS)" (2018)
• Honne - "Crying Over You ◐ (feat. RM & BEKA)" (2019)
• Lil Nas X - "Old Town Road (feat. RM of BTS) (Seoul Town Road Remix)" (2019)
• Younha - "雪中梅 (Winter Flower) (Feat. RM)" (2020)
• Agust D - "Strange (feat. RM)" (2020)
• eAeon - "그러지 마 (Don't) (feat. RM)" (2021)
• Balming Tiger - "SEXY NUKIM (Feat. RM of BTS)" (2022)
• So!YoON! - "Smoke Sprite (feat. RM of BTS)" (2023)

OSTs

• "Fantastic" (feat. Mandy Ventrice) (2015)
• "All Night" from "BTS World OST Part.3" (with SUGA and Juice Wrld) (credited as BTS) (2019)

Solo songs credited as BTS

See also unit songs credited under BTS: Units

• "Intro: 2 Cool 4 Skool" from 2 Cool 4 Skool (2013)
• "Intro: O!RUL8,2?" from O!RUL8,2? (2013)
• "Intro: What Am I To You" from DARK&WILD (2014)
• "Reflection" from WINGS (2016)
• "Trivia 承: Love" from LOVE YOURSELF 結 'Answer' (2018)
• "Intro: Persona" from MAP OF THE SOUL : PERSONA (2019)
• "Young Forever (RM Demo Ver.)" from Proof (2022)

Unofficial songs

See also: Unofficial songs

Original songs

• "Monterlude" (2014)
• "Unpack Your Bags" (with DJ Soulscape) (2014)
• "아라요 (I Know)" (with Jung Kook) (2016)
• "Always" (2017)
• "네시 (4 O'CLOCK)" (with V) (2017)
• "땡 (DDaeng)" (with SUGA and j-hope) (2018)

Adapted songs

• "Rap Monster" (2012)
• "학교의눈물 (School of Tears)" (with SUGA and Jin) (credited as BTS) (2013)
• "닥투 (You)" (2013)
• "Favorite Girl" (2013)
• "Like A Star" (with Jung Kook) (2013)
• "비싼여자 (Expensive Girl)" (2013)
• "어른아이 (Adult Child)" (with SUGA and Jin) (credited as BTS) (2013)
• "Something" (2013)
• "Too Much" (2013)

Cover songs

• "Fools" (with Jung Kook) (2015)
• "우산 (Umbrella)" (with Yuiko) (2016)
• "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" (with Jimin) (2019)

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2018	Burn The Stage: The Movie	Himself	Screening in select global theatres
2019	BTS World Tour: Love Yourself in Seoul
	Bring The Soul: The Movie
2020	Break The Silence: The Movie
2022	BTS Permission to Dance on Stage - Seoul		Live broadcast and screening in select global theatres
	BTS Permission to Dance on Stage - LA		Disney+ release
2023	BTS: Yet To Come in Cinemas		Screening in select global theatres
	j-hope IN THE BOX		Guest; Documentary film; Weverse and Disney+ release

Variety shows

Year	Title	Notes
2014	After School Club	Guest with Jimin (Ep.56)
		Guest (Eps.63–64)
		Guest with Jimin and Jung Kook (Eps.68, 70)
2015	문제적남자 (Problematic Men)	Cast member (Eps.1-21)
	놀라운 대회 스타킹 (Star King)	Guest with V (Ep.413)
	안녕하세요 (Hello Counselor)	Guest with V (Ep.223)
	런닝맨 (Running Man)	Guest (Ep.265)
2016	Close-up Observation Diary of an Idol: Try to Find Me	Cast (Ep.2)
	놀라운 대회 스타킹 (Star King)	Guest with Jimin and j-hope (Ep.447)
	듀엣가요제 (Duet Song Festival)	Guest (Ep.13)
	구라차차 타임슬립-새소년 (Gura-Chacha: Time Slip - New Boy)	Cast member (Pilot Episode)
2022	&AUDITION - The Howling -	Guest (Ep.8)
	알쓸인잡 (The Dictionary of Useless Knowledge)	Host (Eps.1–9)
	슈취타 (Suchwita)	Guest (Eps.1, 9)

Music shows

Year	Title	Notes
2015	인기가요 (Inkigayo)	Special host (Ep.842)
2016		Special host with Jin (Ep.863)
	KCON 2016 NYxM COUNTDOWN	Host with Ailee
2017	엠카운트다운 (M Countdown)	Special host with j-hope and Jimin (Ep.543)

Music videos

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2014	"Perfect Christmas"	Himself	with Jo Kwon, Lim Jeong-hee, Joohee and Jung Kook
2015	"P.D.D"		with Warren G
	"부끄부끄 (Buckubucku)"		with MFBTY, EE and Dino-J
	"방뛰기방방 (Bang Diggy Bang Bang)"		Cameo, MFBTY's music video
	"각성 (覺醒) (Awakening)"		Music videos for debut mixtape
	"Do You"
	"농담 (Joke)"
	"Fantastic"		with Mandy Ventrice
2017	"Change"		with Wale
2022	"SEXY NUKIM (Feat. RM of BTS)"		with Balming Tiger
2023	"들꽃놀이 (Wild Flower) (with 조유진 (youjeen))"		Music videos for solo debut
	"Still Life (with Anderson .Paak)"
	"Smoke Sprite (feat. RM of BTS)"		with So!YoON!

Others

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2016	"Reflection"	김남준 (Kim Nam-joon)	Wings Short Film #5, BU content certified
2019	"Persona"	Himself	Map of the Soul: Persona comeback trailer

Concerts

Concert participation

• 2015 All Force One: Hot & Cool (2015)
• SUGA | Agust D TOUR (Guest; August 6, 2023)

Endorsements

On April 3, 2023, Bottega Veneta revealed that they have selected RM as their first-ever brand ambassador.

• K’hawah Coffee (2015)
• Bottega Veneta (2023–present)

Photobooks

• Me, Myself, and RM 'Entirety' (2022)

Producing and writing credits

◯ = Participates as writing/composer/producer, ✖ = Not participated as writing/composer/producer,
W = Writing, C = Composer, P = Producer, R. = Reference

Artist	Album	Song	W	C	P	R.
Lim Jeong-hee feat. BTS	It Can't Be Real	"Ashes (Feat. BTS)"	◯	✖	✖
GLAM	Single	"Party (XXO)"	◯	◯	✖
	I Like That	"I Like That"	◯	◯	✖
BTS	No More Dream	"We Are Bulletproof Pt.2"	◯	◯	✖
		"No More Dream"	◯	◯	✖
		"Like"	◯	◯	✖
		"Outro: Circle Room Cypher"	◯	✖	✖
	O!RUL8,2?	"Intro: O!RUL8,2?"	◯	◯	✖
		"N.O"	◯	◯	✖
		"We On"	◯	◯	✖
		"If I Ruled the World"	◯	◯	✖
		"Coffee"	◯	◯	✖
		"BTS Cypher, Pt. 1"	◯	◯	✖
		"Attack on Bangtan"	◯	◯	✖
		"Satoori Rap"	◯	◯	✖
	Skool Luv Affair	"Intro: Skool Luv Affair"	◯	◯	✖
		"Boy In Luv"	◯	◯	✖
		"Where You From"	◯	◯	✖
		"Just One Day"	◯	◯	✖
		"Tomorrow"	◯	◯	✖
		"BTS Cypher, Pt. 2: Triptych"	◯	◯	✖
		"Spine Breaker"	◯	◯	✖
		"Jump"	◯	◯	✖
	Skool Luv Affair Special Addition	"Miss Right"	◯	◯	✖
		"Like (Slow Jam Remix)"	◯	◯	✖
	Dark & Wild	"Intro: What Am I To You"	◯	◯	✖
		"Danger"	◯	◯	✖
		"War of Hormone"	◯	◯	✖
		"Hip Hop Phile"	◯	◯	✖
		"Let Me Know"	◯	◯	✖
		"Rain"	◯	◯	✖
		"BTS Cypher Pt.3: Killer"	◯	◯	✖
		"Can You Turn Off Your Phone?"	◯	◯	✖
		"Embarrassed"	◯	◯	✖
		"24/7 = Heaven"	◯	◯	✖
		"Look Here"	◯	◯	✖
		"2nd Grade"	◯	◯	✖
RM and Warren G	Single	"P.D.D"	◯	✖	✖
MFBTY feat. EE, RM & Dino-J	WondaLand	"Buckubucku"	◯	✖	✖
RM	RM	"Voice"	◯	◯	✖
		"Do You"	◯	✖	✖
		"Awakening"	◯	✖	✖
		"Monster"	◯	✖	✖
		"Throw Away"	◯	✖	✖
		"Joke"	◯	✖	✖
		"God Rap"	◯	✖	✖
		"Rush" (feat. Krizz Kaliko)	◯	◯	✖
		"Life"	◯	✖	✖
		"Drift"	◯	✖	✖
		"I Believe"	◯	◯	✖
Yankie feat. Dok2, Juvie Train, Double K, RM, Topbob & Don Mills	Andre	"ProMeTheUs"	◯	✖	✖
RM feat. Mandy Ventrice	Single	"Fantastic"	◯	◯	✖
Primary feat. Kwon Jin-ah and RM	2	"U"	◯	✖	✖
BTS	"No More Dream"	"No More Dream (Japanese Ver.)"	✖	◯	✖
	"Boy In Luv"	"Boy In Luv (Japanese Ver.)"	✖	◯	✖
		"N.O (Japanese Ver.)"	✖	◯	✖
	Single	"Danger (Mo-Blue-Mix) (Feat. Thanh)"	◯	◯	✖
	The Most Beautiful Moment in Life Pt.1	"I Need U"	◯	◯	✖
		"Hold Me Tight"	◯	◯	✖
		"Dope"	◯	◯	✖
		"Boyz with Fun"	◯	◯	✖
		"Converse High"	◯	◯	✖
		"Moving On"	◯	◯	✖
	The Most Beautiful Moment in Life Pt.2	"Run"	◯	◯	✖
		"Butterfly"	◯	◯	✖
		"Whalien 52"	◯	◯	✖
		"Ma City"	◯	◯	✖
		"Silver Spoon"	◯	◯	✖
		"Autumn Leaves"	◯	◯	✖
	The Most Beautiful Moment in Life: Young Forever	"Fire"	◯	◯	✖
		"Save Me"	◯	◯	✖
		"Epilogue: Young Forever"	◯	◯	✖
		"Love Is Not Over (Full Length Edition)"	◯	◯	✖
		"I Need U (Urban Mix)"	◯	◯	✖
		"I Need U (Remix)"	◯	◯	✖
		"Run (Ballad Mix)"	◯	◯	✖
		"Run (Alternative Mix)"	◯	◯	✖
		"Butterfly (Alternative Mix)"	◯	◯	✖
Homme	Single	"Dilemma"	◯	◯	✖
BTS	Wings	"Intro: Boy Meets Evil"	◯	◯	✖
		"Blood Sweat & Tears"	◯	◯	✖
		"Begin"	◯	◯	✖
		"Reflection"	◯	◯	◯
		"Awake"	◯	◯	✖
		"Lost"	◯	◯	✖
		"BTS Cypher 4"	◯	◯	✖
		"21st Century Girl"	◯	◯	✖
		"2! 3!"	◯	◯	✖
		"Interlude: Wings"	◯	◯	✖
	You Never Walk Alone	"Spring Day"	◯	◯	✖
		"Not Today"	◯	◯	✖
		"Outro: Wings"	◯	◯	✖
		"A Supplementary Story: You Never Walk Alone"	◯	◯	✖
RM (feat. Wale)	Singles	"Change"	◯	✖	✖
Gaeko (feat. RM)		"Gajah"	◯	✖	✖
BTS		"Come Back Home"	◯	✖	✖
RM and V	Unofficial song	"4 O'CLOCK"	◯	◯	◯
BTS	Love Yourself: Her	"Intro: Serendipity"	◯	◯	✖
		"DNA"	◯	◯	✖
		"Best Of Me"	◯	◯	✖
		"Dimple"	◯	◯	✖
		"Pied Piper"	◯	◯	✖
		"MIC Drop"	◯	◯	✖
		"Outro: Her"	◯	◯	✖
		"Sea"	◯	◯	✖
	Single	"MIC Drop (Steve Aoki Remix) (Feat. Desiigner)"	◯	◯	✖
	"MIC Drop/DNA/Crystal Snow"	"Crystal Snow"	◯	◯	✖
	Love Yourself: Tear	"Intro: Singularity"	◯	◯	✖
		"FAKE LOVE"	◯	◯	✖
		"The Truth Untold"	◯	◯	✖
		"134340"	◯	◯	✖
		"Paradise"	◯	◯	✖
		"Love Maze"	◯	◯	✖
		"Magic Shop"	◯	◯	✖
		"Airplane Pt.2"	◯	◯	✖
		"Anpanman"	◯	◯	✖
		"So What"	◯	◯	✖
		"Outro: Tear"	◯	◯	✖
	Single	"FAKE LOVE (Rocking Vibe Mix)"	◯	◯	✖
RM, SUGA and j-hope	Unofficial song	"DDaeng"	◯	✖	✖
BTS	Love Yourself: Answer	"Euphoria"	◯	◯	✖
		"Serendipity (Full Length Edition)"	◯	◯	✖
		"Trivia 承: Love"	◯	◯	✖
		"I'm Fine"	◯	◯	✖
		"IDOL"	◯	◯	✖
		"Answer: Love Myself"	◯	◯	✖
		"DNA (Pedal 2 LA Mix)"	◯	◯	✖
		"MIC Drop (Steve Aoki Remix) (Full Length Edition)"	◯	◯	✖
		"IDOL (feat. Nicki Minaj)"	◯	◯	✖
RM	Mono	"Tokyo"	◯	◯	✖
		"Seoul" (prod. HONNE)	◯	◯	✖
		"Moonchild"	◯	◯	◯
		"Badbye" (with eAeon)	◯	◯	◯
		"Uhgood"	◯	◯	✖
		"Everythingoes" (with NELL)	◯	◯	◯
		"Forever Rain"	◯	◯	◯
BTS	Single	"Waste It On Me"	◯	✖	✖
Tiger JK (feat. RM)	X : Rebirth Of Tiger JK	"Timeless (feat. RM of BTS)"	◯	✖	✖
Jimin	Unofficial song	"Promise"	◯	✖	✖
BTS	Map of the Soul: Persona	"Intro: Persona"	◯	◯	✖
		"Boy With Luv (feat. Halsey)"	◯	◯	✖
		"Mikrokosmos"	◯	◯	✖
		"Make It Right"	◯	◯	✖
		"HOME"	◯	◯	✖
		"Jamais Vu"	◯	◯	✖
		"Dionysus"	◯	◯	✖
Jin	Unofficial songs	"Tonight"	◯	✖	✖
Jung Kook		"Euphoria (DJ Swivel Forever Mix)"	◯	◯	✖
BTS	BTS World: Original Soundtrack	"All Night"	◯	✖	✖
		"Heartbeat"	◯	◯	✖
Lil Nas X (feat. RM)	Single	"Seoul Town Road (Old Town Road Remix)"	◯	◯	✖
V	Unofficial song	"Winter Bear"	◯	◯	✖
BTS	Singles	"Make It Right (feat. Lauv)"	◯	◯	✖
		"Make It Right (feat. Lauv) (EDM Remix)"	◯	◯	✖
		"Make It Right (feat. Lauv) (Acoustic Remix)"	◯	◯	✖
Younha (feat. RM)	Unstable Mindset	"Winter Flower (Feat. RM)"	◯	✖	✖
BTS	Map of the Soul: 7	"Interlude: Shadow"	◯	◯	✖
		"Black Swan"	◯	◯	✖
		"My Time"	◯	◯	✖
		"Louder than bombs"	◯	◯	✖
		"ON"	◯	◯	✖
		"UGH!"	◯	◯	✖
		"00:00 (Zero O'Clock)"	◯	◯	✖
		"Inner Child"	◯	◯	✖
		"Moon"	◯	◯	✖
		"Respect"	◯	◯	✖
		"We are Bulletproof: the Eternal"	◯	◯	✖
		"ON (feat. Sia)"	◯	◯	✖
Agust D (feat. RM)	D-2	"Strange (feat. RM)"	◯	◯	✖
BTS	Map of the Soul: 7 ~The Journey~	"Boy With Luv (Japanese Ver.)"	◯	◯	✖
		"Make It Right (Japanese Ver.)"	◯	◯	✖
		"Dionysus (Japanese Ver.)"	◯	◯	✖
		"IDOL (Japanese Ver.)"	◯	◯	✖
		"Airplane Pt.2 (Japanese Ver.)"	◯	◯	✖
		"FAKE LOVE (Japanese Ver.)"	◯	◯	✖
		"Black Swan (Japanese Ver.)"	◯	◯	✖
		"ON (Japanese Ver.)"	◯	◯	✖
BTS	Unofficial song	"In the SOOP"	◯	◯	✖
	BE	"Life Goes On"	◯	◯	✖
		"Fly To My Room"	◯	◯	✖
		"Blue & Grey"	◯	◯	✖
		"Skit"	◯	◯	◯
		"Telepathy"	◯	◯	✖
		"Dis-ease"	◯	◯	✖
		"Stay"	◯	◯	✖
Jin	Unofficial songs	"Abyss"	◯	◯	✖
Jimin		"Christmas Love"	◯	◯	✖
eAeon (feat. RM)	Fragile	"Don't (feat. RM)"	◯	◯	✖
BTS	Single	"Butter"	◯	◯	✖
TXT	The Chaos Chapter: FREEZE	"0X1=LOVESONG (I Know I Love You)"	◯	◯	✖
		"0X1=LOVESONG (I Know I Love You) (Emocore Mix)"	◯	◯	✖
RM	Unofficial song	"Bicycle"	◯	◯	◯
TXT	Singles	"0X1=LOVESONG (I Know I Love You) feat. pH-1, Woodie Gochild, Seori"	◯	◯	✖
BTS and Megan Thee Stallion		"Butter (feat. Megan Thee Stallion)"	◯	◯	✖
TXT		"0X1=LOVESONG (I Know I Love You) feat. MOD SUN"	◯	◯	✖
Coldplay and BTS		"My Universe"	◯	✖	✖
		"My Universe (Supernova 7 Mix)"	◯	✖	✖
		"My Universe (SUGA's Remix)"	◯	✖	✖
BTS		"Butter (Holiday Remix)"	◯	◯	✖
TXT	Chaotic Wonderland	"0X1=LOVESONG (I Know I Love You) feat. Ikuta Lilas (Japanese Ver.)"	◯	◯	✖
BTS	Proof	"Born Singer"	◯	✖	✖
		"Yet To Come (The Most Beautiful Moment)"	◯	◯	✖
		"달려라 방탄 (Run BTS)"	◯	◯	✖
		"Jump (Demo Ver.)"	◯	◯	✖
		"애매한 사이 (Young Love)"	◯	◯	✖
		"상남자 (Boy In Luv) (Demo Ver.)"	◯	◯	✖
		"따옴표 (Quotation Mark)"	◯	◯	✖
		"I Need U (Demo Ver.)"	◯	◯	✖
		"흥탄소년단 (Boyz with Fun) (Demo Ver.)"	◯	◯	✖
		"Young Forever (RM Demo Ver.)"	◯	◯	◯
		"봄날 (Spring Day) (V Demo Ver.)"	◯	◯	✖
		"For Youth"	◯	◯	✖

Awards and nominations

Award	Year	Category	Recipient	Result
The Fact Music Awards	2023	Best Music (Winter)	"Wild Flower (with youjeen)"	Nominated
		Fan N Star Choice Award – Individual	RM	Nominated
Grammy Awards	2023	Album of the Year	Music of the Spheres (as songwriter)	Nominated
Korean Hip-hop Awards	2023	Collaboration of the Year	"SEXY NUKIM (feat. RM of BTS)" (with Balming Tiger)	Won
		Music Video of the Year		Won
Patron of the Arts Award	2022	Art Patron of the Year	Kim Namjoon	Won
Seoul Music Awards	2023	Fan Choice of the Year – April	RM	Nominated

Trivia

• He is the fourth oldest and the fourth youngest in the band. That make him the middle member of the band.
• He is 30 years old in the US age and 31 years old in the Korean age.
• His zodiac sign is Virgo.
• His favorite number is 1.
• His favorite items are clothes, a computer and books.
• Some of his role models include Kanye West and A$AP Rocky.
• He has composing and writing credits for more than 170 songs.
• RM used to be called "Dance Prodigy" to tease him for his lack of dancing skills.
• RM wrote the lyrics of No More Dream because he had no dreams when he was in school.
• The BTS members said if RM wasn't human he'd be: a Tibetan Fox (Jungkook), A Lion that even if you catch it, it breaks everything and escapes again (Jimin), A Monster (SUGA), a soccer player (V) and a rock (j-hope).
• RM has a younger sister.
• RM likes fashion and in the past would tweet "Kim daily" with photos of his outfits.
• His favorite foods are meat (especially Samgyeopsal) and Kalguksu (Korean knife noodles).
• He taught himself how to speak English by watching the American sitcom Friends.
• He is the only member who continues to study Japanese after debut.
• His favorite colors are black, pink and, purple.
• According to him, Jin and j-hope are the scaredy-cats of the group.
• Jimin once called him a gorilla because he's always angry.
• He is known to break everything.
• On November 13, 2017, he announced on Fancafe that he had officially changed his stage name to RM.
• His producing studio is called 'RKive' (formerly called Mon Studio).
• He previously decorated his studio in black & white monochrome only. After the name changed, he started incorporating colors.
• His favorite dance move is swinging his arms from side to side(The floss).
• He is a great fan of the computer game ‘MapleStory'.
• He is a great supporter of the LGBTQ+ community.
• RM's BT21 character is a Koala named Koya. Koya is always seen thinking with a sleepy expression. Koya has a purple nose because of the infamous saying V said in a concert, "I purple you”,Which shows their love and support to ARMY.
• His favorite character is Ryan from Kakao Friends/Talk.
• He has lost his passport multiple times.
• BTS was built around RM. He is the first member to have been scouted and the only member to have been with the company since 2010.
• His ideal type is someone who is tall, feminine, smart, and has a nice voice.
• RM had to quit Problematic Men because of how popular they got. However, he made a brief appearance for the 1 year anniversary of the show as the cast called him.
• RM revealed that he spent most of his life as 'RM' and barely got to be Kim Namjoon. He admitted being very occupied and busy with idol life is hard, barely being able to spend time with family, friends, and do activities as a "normal" person would be able to do. He also mentioned that he feels sad and lonely at times and a way to cope with it is to express his thoughts and emotions through music. (Burn The Stage EP. 3 & 6)
• He claims to have never been successfully able to blow a bubble with bubblegum.
• As of 2020, he is the only member who doesn't have a driver's license.
• While his main goal in life is to truly love himself, RM acknowledges that loving yourself is not a final destination, but a state of mind to try to achieve consistently.
• When asked what is his favorite hair color that he's tried before, he said he likes silver the most.
• RM likes to collect figures and toys of different kinds. They can be seen throughout his studio on shelves inside of glass cases or scattered about in his room.
• If he was a girl, he said he would date j-hope because he is like the mother at the dorm.
• He likes clear weather.
• Namjoon’s father calls him Jooni Mini.
• Namjoon was once a center in a basketball team.
• RM gets panicked when he can’t find his lip balm.
• Namjoon said if he didn’t live in Korea he would want to live in Australia.
• RM's favorite quote is 'Team work makes dream work'.
• Hobbies: Surfing the web, walking in a park, cycling, photography, mountain climbing.
• He did ice skating for about 4 years and is good at it.
• RM’s TOEIC (The Test of English for International Communication) score was 900.
• His image before debut was a neat and quiet student.
• His Spotify playlist is called: RM’s Heavy Rotations
• Has a total of 2 ear piercings. (1 on the right, and 1 on the left)
• As a leader, he really dislikes Maknae line being disruptive during award ceremonies.
• Over time, he delegates the interview duties to Suga when he realized the questions are too insensitive.

Pets

Rapmon (모니야)

Gallery

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Video Gallery

BTS (방탄소년단) MAP OF THE SOUL PERSONA 'Persona' Comeback Trailer

RM 'forever rain' MV

방탄소년단 (BTS) WINGS Short Film 5 REFLECTION

Rap Monster '농담' MV

Rap Monster 'Do You' MV

Rap Monster '각성 (覺醒)' MV

RM '들꽃놀이 (with 조유진)' Official MV

RM 'Still Life (with Anderson .Paak)' Official MV-3