[π°] K-Media: BTS RM selected as 35 innovators for ArtNet
RM (Kim Nam-joon, 28), the leader of BTS, a renowned art lover, is the only Korean to be selected among the 35 innovators in the art world selected by Artnet, a world-renowned art magazine.
In 2020, ArtNet News +
selected leading artists, dealers, and entrepreneurs in the art world and released a list of 35 people, and released its second list this year. The 35 innovators range in age from 28 to 73, and include a variety of people from New York, London, Hong Kong, Cape Town, Bangkok, +
Nairobi and Guatemala City. It includes young artists, galleryists, and a K-pop star.
RM is also known as a world-renowned musician and collector. He is an avid collector of works by Korean artists such as Lee Dae-won and Kim Chong-hak, as well as KAWS and Takashi Murakami. He +
is also a well-versed art patron with a huge influence on social media with about 40 million Instagram followers, inspiring many BTS fans to visit various exhibitions, from the Philip Guston Show at the Museum of Art in Boston to traditional white porcelain moon jars in +
Hong Kong and Korea.
RM's love for art is so sincere that he also expressed his ambition to create an art space to display his own private collection shared in a podcast interview of "Art Basel." In an interview with the NY Times in August, he said he was not as interested +
previously in the art museum when he went with his family when he was a child, but he stopped by the Chicago Art Institute during his 2018 concert tour in the U.S. & saw Monet and Serra's work, a feeling like "Standal Syndrome." Since then, he has gained knowledge by seriously +
devouring books and getting musical inspiration from works of art. It is known that RM's studio also houses of works by Korean artists such as Yun Hyong-keun, Park Su-geun, and Nam June Paik.
Over the past few years, he has donated 100 million won to the art world and sponsored+
publications by the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art and the restoration of 19th-century royal bridal gowns at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. RM also recorded an audio guide for LACMA's exhibition "The Space Between: The Modern in Korean Art," which runs +
through until February next year. After taking RM on a recent tour of the galleries, LACMAβs director Michael Govan told Artnet News, βWe had a beautiful conversation about his interest in art, and also about his deepening interest in Korean culture. Heβs a real art person.β
[π°] K-Media: "I love you".. BTS RM releases a message of support from his mother ahead of the release of "Indigo".
RM, a member of the group BTS, released a message he shared with his mother ahead of the release of his new album.
On the 29th, RM posted a photo on his +
personal Instagram Story account without any caption.
The released photo shows the message RM received from his mother. RM's mother said, "Eat well and take care of your health," adding, "December must be busy. "I'm looking forward to it. I love you, son," she said, sending a +
message supporting RM.
RM sends a heart-shaped emoji saying "I love you" to his mother's cheering message, continuing a warm conversation between the mother and son.
RM is set to release his first official solo album "Indigo" since his debut in BTS. Prior to the release of +
[π°] K-Media: BTS RM unveils track list of his solo album "Indigo". The title song is "Wildflower Play".
The track list of RM's first official solo album "Indigo" has been released. RM posted an image on his official SNS on the 25th, listing the tracks of "Indigo." Like in 10 +
different sound waves in the tracklist image, new album included the title track 'Wildflower play' (with Cho Yu-jin), also including Yun (with Erykah Badu)', 'Still Life (with Anderson .Paak)', 'All Day (with Tablo)', 'Forgetfulness (with Kim Sawol)', 'Closer (with Paul Blanco, +
Mahalia)', 'Change pt.2', 'Lonely', 'Hectic (with Colde)', 'No.2 (with Park Jiyoon)'. It was filled with a total of 10 tracks, including the title track.
The title song Wildflower play (with Cho Yu-jin) is a song that contains RMβs desire to live like humble, tranquil +