RM
RM is Kim Namjoon, the South Korean rapper, songwriter and BTS leader whose solo records include Indigo and Right Place, Wrong Person.
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Overview
- Name
- Kim Namjoon, professionally known as RM
- Born
- September 12, 1994
- From
- Ilsan, South Korea
- Work
- Rapper, songwriter, record producer and leader of BTS
- Debut with BTS
- June 2013
- Breakout
- BTS’s 2015 album The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, Pt. 1 and its single I NEED U
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How it started.
Before BTS, Namjoon was an underground rapper. In a 2017 TIME interview, he recalled meeting producer Bang Si-hyuk in 2010, then building the group with SUGA, j-hope and the other members. The seven debuted together in June 2013.
Finding their audience.
RM described BTS’s 2015 album and I NEED U as the point when the group began to take off. Rap, writing and the members’ own experiences were central to the music they wanted to make.
A solo voice.
His first mixtape, RM, arrived in 2015, followed by mono. in 2018. Indigo became his first official solo studio album in December 2022. Its follow-up, Right Place, Wrong Person, arrived in May 2024 with 11 tracks about feelings including being an outsider.
Beyond the songs.
In 2018, RM spoke at the United Nations launch of UNICEF’s Generation Unlimited partnership, urging young people to find their voices. His museum visits while touring also grew into an art collection. In 2026, he co-curated an SFMOMA exhibition pairing works from that collection with the museum’s holdings.
Creditschronological, newest first
Music
- 2026ARIRANGBTS member and performer
- 2025Stop The RainCollaborating artist with Tablo
- 2024Right Place, Wrong PersonSolo artist
- 2022IndigoSolo artist
- 2018mono.Solo artist
Film and art
- 2026RM x SFMOMA: Between You and MeCo-curator with América Castillo and Hyoeun Kim
- 2026BTS: THE RETURNDocumentary participant with BTS
- 2024RM: Right People, Wrong PlaceDocumentary subject
Awards
Quotes
Find your name, find your voice by speaking yourself.RM, UNICEF Generation Unlimited speech
He addressed young people at the United Nations on September 24, 2018, reflecting on self-acceptance and the encouragement he had received from fans.
Trivia
- He has described Ilsan, where he grew up, as a place with a lake, hills and an annual flower festival.
- His art collecting grew out of museum visits while on tour with BTS.
- For RM x SFMOMA, he wrote wall texts and artwork labels and narrated a special audio guide.
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