a deep dive into RM's "mono."

To celebrate the three-year anniversary of mono, we'll dive deep into the meaning of this playlist. I hope you'll enjoy this video! 00:00:00 Intro 00:02:20 Disclaimers, on author vs. speaker & the ambiguity of art 00:04:50 A look at the cover, track list & title 00:08:05 tokyo 00:19:06 seoul 00:33:53 moonchild 00:43:48 badbye 00:47:23 uhgood 00:55:16 everythingoes 01:06:12 forever rain 01:16:11 Mono as a whole & the structure of the playlist 01:18:16 Closing thoughts TW: mention of suicide! (25.50-26.16 min.) Links to the sources I got my information from: RM name change: https://www.soompi.com/article/107697... Mono record on iTunes: https://headlineplanet.com/home/2021/... HONNE podcast interview: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p06... About mixtapes und albums in the hip-hop industry: https://artistshortcut.com/difference... https://alldifferences.com/difference... RM Mono Behind VLive: https://www.vlive.tv/video/96907 Namjoon’s 27th birthday VLive: https://www.vlive.tv/video/262753 BE-hind Interview Namjoon & Jimin:    • BTS (방탄소년단) RM's BE-hind 'Full' Story   About the meaning of “han”: http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/natio... https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-x... Korean interview with RM: https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR2018102... KOMCA: https://www.komca.or.kr/foreign2/eng/... Minidance’s video on “seoul”:    • BTS RM “Seoul” Explained by a Korean Fan (...   RunBTS! Episode 141: https://www.vlive.tv/video/247499 Links to other (music) videos I used: Seoul:    • RM 'seoul (prod. HONNE)' Lyric Video   Moonchild:    • RM 'moonchild' Lyric Video   Forever rain:    • RM 'forever rain' MV   Blood Sweat & Tears:    • BTS (방탄소년단) '피 땀 눈물 (Blood Sweat & Tears)'...   Persona:    • BTS (방탄소년단) MAP OF THE SOUL : PERSONA 'Per...   BTS at the UN General Assembly:    • BTS - "Permission to Dance" performed at t...   Ddaeng stage:    • [BANGTAN BOMB] BTS PROM PARTY : UNIT STAGE...   (to better understand the wordplay in Ddaeng I highly recommend DKDKTV’s video on it:    • BTS - DDAENG Explained by a Korean  ) Namjoon vlog:    • 180511 RM   RM - Bicycle:    • RM - Bicycle #2021BTSFESTA   Photos from Unsplash with thanks to… Andre Benz Dave Weatherall Matthew Henry Abhay Santhosh Joshua Rawson-Harris Jaime Street 丁亦然 lilartsy Other photos I used: All “namjooning” pictures (+ selcas from Namjoon and Jimin): https://www.weverse.io/bts/artist Seoul landmarks: https://english.visitseoul.net/index Namjoon 2018 award show https://weheartit.com/entry/321772624 RM mixtape cover https://bts.fandom.com/wiki/RM_(mixtape) Shamisen https://www.senzoku-online.jp/TMDL/e/... BTS group photo   / 1391407618673975300   eAeon https://www.deezer.com/de/artist/1638565 Main sources for lyrics translations: Seoul:    • BTS RM “Seoul” Explained by a Korean Fan (...   https://genius.com/Genius-english-tra... Moonchild: https://doolsetbangtan.wordpress.com/... https://genius.com/16017515 Badbye: https://genius.com/Genius-english-tra... Uhgood: https://lyricstranslate.com/de/uhgood... https://doolsetbangtan.wordpress.com/... Everythingoes: https://bangtankorean.com/rm-everythi... https://doolsetbangtan.wordpress.com/... https://lyricskpop.net/lyrics/everyth... Forever rain: https://bangtankorean.com/albums/mono... https://doolsetbangtan.wordpress.com/... https://genius.com/Genius-english-tra... 4 O’clock: https://genius.com/Genius-english-tra... Life: https://genius.com/23649612 Adrift: https://genius.com/Genius-english-tra... Sea:    • [LYRICS] BTS (방탄소년단) - 바다 (Sea) (Hidden tr...   Voices: https://genius.com/Genius-english-tra... Reflection: https://genius.com/Genius-english-tra... Ma City: https://lyricstranslate.com/en/ma-cit... https://genius.com/Genius-english-tra... Shoutout to my sister for supporting me during the process of making this video, helping me with interpreting the musical aspects of these songs and for introducing me to BTS in the first place. Hab dich lieb, sis #mono #Namjoon #RM #BTS