#yun indigo

[m3ateat]

- Kim Namjoon (RM of BTS), Yun

[metamorphesque]

on art and suffering

Edvard Munch, Jen Mazza, Yun Hyong-keun, Richard Siken, Anaïs Nin, Lisa Wright, Vincent van Gogh, Edvard Munch, Aldous Huxley

buy me a coffee

[bts-trans]

[KOR/ENG LYRICS] Yun by RM (with Erykah Badu)

결국 진리에 살다가 가야 한다는 거야. 우리 또한 그자리에서는 At the end of the day, we have to live while holding on to truth. In that place—

인간의 본질인데 it’s human nature but

진선미 진실하다는 진자하고 착할 선자하고 아름다운 미, 내 생각에는 진 하나만 가지고 다 해결되는 거야 “Jin. Seon. Mi”. “Jin” meaning truth, “seon” meaning “goodness”, and “mi” meaning “beauty”. In my opinion, just having truth alone solves everything.*

F*** the trendsetter

I’mma turn back the time

Back the time, far to when I was nine

좋은 것과 아닌 것밖에 없던 그때 When there was nothing but the good and not good

차라리 그때가 더 인간이었던 듯해 It feels like I was actually more of a person back then

이쪽저쪽에서 받았던 손가락질들이 Fingers pointed at me from all sides

이젠 가야 할 곳이라며 저 산을 가리키지 Now they say there’s a place I must go, and point at that mountain over there

That’s where you belong

Oh you gon’ be alone if

뭣도 아닌 그 진심들을 고집하면은 you keep stubbornly hanging on to that truth, it means nothing

팀 빠진 넌 사실 뭣도 아니야 너는 Without your team, you’re nothing honestly

고속도로서 오솔길로 가려 해 너는 You’re trying to go from a highway to a little trail

그냥 내 말 좀 들어 그러다 다 잃어 Just listen to me, you’ll lose everything that way

늘 그랬듯 you go with the flow, you get better Like always, you go with the flow, you get better

F*** that s***, 에뜨랑제의 lifestyle F*** that s***, the lifestyle of an étranger

늘 나의 자리는 경계선의 pipeline I always stand on boundary pipelines

여전히 난 허락되지 않는 꿈을 꿔 I still dream dreams I’m not allowed to

아무도 보지 않는 춤을 춰 I dance dances no one sees

You keep the silence

‘Fore you do somethin’

You be a human

Till the death of you

I wanna be a human

‘Fore I do some art

It’s a cruel world

But there’s gon’ be my part

Cuz true beauty is a true sadness

Now you could feel my madness

I wanna be a human

'Fore I do some art

It's a cruel world

But there's gon’ be my part

Cuz true beauty is a true sadness

Now you could feel my madness

그는 말했지 늘, 먼저 사람이 돼라 He always said, “be a human first”

예술 할 생각 말고 놀아 느껴 희로애락 Don’t think about making art, just feel all the pain and pleasure, the joy and sorrow

What is it with the techniques

What is it with the skills

What is it with all the words

In your lyrics that you can’t feel?

나 당신이 말한 진리가 뭔지 몰라 다만 I don’t know what the truth that you spoke about is, but

그저 찾아가는 길 위 나의 속도와 방향 I just go on the paths I find, in my own speed and direction

You’re dead, but to me you the f***in’ contemporary

여전히 이곳에 살아서 흘러 permanently Still living here, flowing permanently

이 모든 경계의 위에 선 자들에게 To all those who stand on boundary lines

반드시 보내야만 했던 나의 밤을 건네 I give you these nights that I just had to spend

반짝이는 불꽃은 언젠가 땅으로 Shimmering fireworks eventually fall to the ground

카이사르의 것은 카이사르로 Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar’s*²

시���멓게 탄 심장 A heart that’s burnt black

재를 뿌린 그 위에 시를 쓰네 I write poems where the ashes were spread

사선을 오갔던 생과 To a life that went back and forth between life and death and

당신이 마침내 이 땅에 남긴 것들에게 To the things that you left behind in this earth in the end

나 역시 그저 좀 더 나은 어른이길 I, of course, just hope to be a better adult

You keep the silence

'Fore you do somethin'

You be a human

Till the death of you

I wanna be a human

'Fore I do some art

It's a cruel world

But there's gon’ be my part

Cuz true beauty is a true sadness

Now you could feel my madness

I wanna be a human

'Fore I do some art

It's a cruel world

But there's gon’ be my part

Cuz true beauty is a true sadness

Now you could feel my madness

죽기까지 못할꺼야 I won’t be able to do it till I die.

그렇게 하고 싶은데 안돼요 I want to do it that way, but I’m not able to.

그럴려면 이 욕심도 다 버리고 In order to do it, you have to get rid of your greed.

모든 욕심 다 버려야 해 You have to get rid of all of your greed

천진무구한 세게로 돌아가야지 and go back to a world of perfect innocence.

그리고 약간 And well,

나는 그렇게 하고 싶은데 I want to do that.

왜 안 되는 거야 But why can’t I?

근데 죽을 때까지 그렇게 해보려고 노력을 해야지 But I have to keep trying till I die.

그게 인간의 목적인 것 같아 I think that is the purpose of human beings.*

Translators’ Notes:

*The dialogue translated in this section is our best guess, as the nature of vocal sample makes it difficult to hear the words clearly.

2. From Matthew 22:21.

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[seoul-bros]

I want to be a human before I do some art

UK Radio 6 Music referencing RM's Yun with Erykah Badu and the Indigo album cover.

Cr. to rmisapoet

Post Date: 06/08/2024

[taechnological]

something about namjoon's first line in his first album being "fuck the trendsetter" fuels up the namjoon supremacist ego in me

[darthagustd]

Indigo turned 1 today

[hopeinthebox]

okay but which track on indigo is indigo to you? tell me the shades of blue you associate with each song 💙

[moonsunbam]

"i wanna be a human, fore i do some art, its a cruel world but its gonna be my part"

namjoon couldnt be more clearer where he stands but armys still dont get it k.

[rainbowcoloredpalmtrees]

january!!!

tagged by: @cordiallyfuturedwight 💛

tagging (and re tagging): @longlegsnamjoon420 @ramonaflow @saraminia @senor-hoberto @raplinenthusiasts 🫶

[bts-trans]

221202 Big Hit’s Tweet

[#오늘의방탄] RM at the Tiny Desk 🎤 김남준 라이브천재 아닐리가 없다..! 💙💜

#오늘의알엠 #BTS #방탄소년단 #RM #Indigo #RMatNPRTinyDesk #TinyDesk #하루종일남주니로물들이기 #알쓸인잡도기다려기다려

[#Today’sBangtan] RM at the Tiny Desk🎤 Kim Namjoon is a live genius..! 💙💜 #TodaysRM #BTS #RM #Indigo #RMatNPRTinyDesk #TinyDesk #FillingTheEntireDayWithHuesOfNamjoonie #StayTunedStayTunedForDictionaryOfUselessKnowledge* (T/N: *Referencing V's cute mistake at 200306 Music Bank Waiting Room Interview during ON promotions.)

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[seoul-bros]

RM's Indigo, a voice for a world on the edge

Indigo is an album reflective not only of Kim Namjoon's personal journey but also of the times we live in. A world in which people are encouraged to live in a virtual world, fed by a non-stop flow of spectacle online and separate from the hard work of face-to-face interaction and growth that is necessary to learn to be a human.

In the first album track Yun, RM quotes his favourite artist Yun Hyong Kuen "He always said, "Be human first", "Forget the art, play and feel the joys and sorrows". In other words, it doesn't matter how talented or skilled you are if you don't live your life, speak your truth, and know what it is to be human, your art will say nothing to you or anyone else.

In the video below, RM talks us through the origins of the album and the development of each of the 10 tracks. Definitely worth watching but perhaps listen to the album first to understand your own pure and immediate reaction to the music without being influenced by his words.

I have listened to it several times now and the tracks that are beginning to imprint and will be put straight on my current playlist are Wildflower, Lonely, All Day and Change Pt 2.

With lyrics, RM isn't leaving anything to chance. Look at the verses of All Day with Tablo. There is a message for us all in there, if you don't make a stand for your own life and your individuality, you will be comfortably subsumed into the machine.

Another thing to watch out for is the Tiny Desk Concert which based on what RM says about his birthday was filmed in August this year. It was nice to hear Seoul again and he also sings Yun and Still Life.

He said he had been working on the songs with these guys since 2019. We've certainly seen him with John Eun before but what about the other guys?

The whole mini concert was like an informal, cozy jam session with good friends. Loved the intimacy of that and it really suits the overall vibe of the album.

RM Instagram Post

Updating with the magazine film which has interviews with each of the collaborators on the album.

Post Date: 02/12/2022 updated 04/12/2022

[cyberhobi]

Namjoon ft. Erykah Badu - Yun (Tiny Desk Concert)

[rkived-lovely]

RM "Indigo" Promo Photo | Yun Hyong-keun, Umber-Blue, 1978

[pasteleyesandgreythoughts]

I wanna be human before i do some art

RM