Namjoon

2022 - 9 - 12

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Here Are 11 Of The Books On BTS' Namjoon AKA RM's Reading List (The Honey POP)

From really great recommendations to BTS song references, Namjoon is always adding books to our never-ending reading list!

[NAMJOON INSTAGRAM](https://www.instagram.com/rkive/) [Namjoon](https://thehoneypop.com/2020/09/11/7-lessons-kim-namjoon-has-taught-us/) and [Taehyung](https://thehoneypop.com/2021/12/29/20-times-bts-v-aka-kim-taehyung-gave-us-major-style-envy/) discuss Midnight Library in season 2 episode 1 of In The Soop! [BTS’ RM](https://thehoneypop.com/2021/05/31/txt-talk-0x1lovesong-participating-in-their-new-album-asking-bts-rm-for-help-and-how-they-want-to-be-remembered/) is a bit of a bookworm! Almond is an exploration of emotion and humanity told through the eyes of teenager Yunjae. Like BTS’ ‘Spring Day,’ the book explores grief and the unequal relationship between youth and the people in power. Omelas is a fictional town where the citizens live in perpetual happiness and opulence, except for the misery inflicted on a single child. Me Before You is the story of wheelchair-user Will and his caregiver Lou. If you have fallen out of love with reading or feel overwhelmed by the prospect of getting back into it, we recommend starting with this book on Namjoon’s reading list! The book is an exploration of the loneliness and isolation we face in society, told through the story of a man turning into a beetle. This is one of the shortest books on Namjoon’s reading list, so this could be a great place to start! WINGS is one of the most iconic eras in BTS’ history and it took their fame to new heights, so this book is the perfect chance to explore that further, and also to just reminisce! Some of these we’ve read, some are on our shelves TBR, and some are just sitting on our Amazon wishlist for now, but all are excellent.

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BTS RM and his knack for lyrical wordplay: Ddaeng, Cypher Pt 2 ... (The Indian Express)

Apart from powerful stage presence, rapping skills and leading one of the biggest boy-bands in the world, RM has another weapon in his arsenal---he wields ...

The first meaning is the literal meaning, which is sickness. It’s in the song Ddaeng when RM seems to have the most fun. So, if the ‘sharp edges’ of the rectangle are ‘eroded’, it becomes a circle—and so, person becomes love. One of the most profound instances—for a non-Korean person especially, is in his verse in Trivia: Love. If you catch him on the band’s variety shows Run BTS, In The Soop, he oscillates between being a paternal figure to six screaming kids, to being one of the screaming kids, wreaking havoc in the kitchen. The goofy, crab-lover doesn’t exist for those moments and the performer in him takes over, and sometimes he shows his power by just walking to the middle of the stage as he raps.

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