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happy birthday to the leader of our lives, the man who believed in bangtan before any of us did, kim namjoon! ❍ 940912 ↳ #aRMysEternaLove #NamjooningDay cr.: namuspromised (memories 2020 & sy japan) & jeonxm (in the soop 1)

“In the end, it’s really important for me to ask about who I am, and I want to express who I found myself out to be, but I’m having a really difficult time because I don’t know if what I found is right. So for now, ‘Bicycle’ is also the result of collecting the selves I found who I think represent the best of me. Even while making a song like ‘Bicycle,’ I have to convey – how do I put this? It’s just about me, this kid from outside the big city – an essence that I can’t get rid of, I guess. I can’t let go of the kid who used to perform in Hongdae. It’s not really something I want to express or hold onto; it’s my essence, so I don’t really have a choice. (laughs)” — RM, 2021

"'Forever Rain is like the title song for me. I started writing the song in July 2016…. I used the word forever because I wondered if I could write a song that touches my heart again. After I die, I would like this song to be played at my funeral. There is no more song that’s as like me than this. I have a strong emotional attachment to the song. I thought of including the song in “WINGS”, but PD Bang said the song deserves more. I thought the same. So, I saved the song for a long time. It’s now released, 2 years and 3 months later. The song is dear to me." -- Kim Namjoon, VLive 2018.11.01 'RM Mono Behind'

When it rains, I, a bit, feel like I have a friend It keeps knocking on my windows and asks me how I'm doing

And I answer

I'm still the hostage of life Though it's not that I'm living because I can't die, I'm still chained to something. If only I could knock on somewhere like you, if I could kiss the whole world deeply, would someone welcome me?

-- Forever Rain (Translation by doolset)

The mindlessly learned helplessness like the water that falls through the cracks between rocks. Though it somewhat feels like I should get up and storm out of the room to try and resist all the the things that represent frustration, those pointed fingers that say to just stay -- stay where I am. Tried reading books and read some more, tried those unfamiliar things starting with 'untact.' Even tried working out at home. Tried delivery food too. Wasn't it a year in which we tried everything we could do in our small rooms? Though we are still going on like this.

.... Will spring really come this time, will a real spring-like spring come? Although I'm not going to expect anything because I don't want to be disappointed, I think -- after all, those who hold on tight, even to fragments of, to the last ray of hope to be able to wake from sleep again -- isn't that what people are? I engrave in my heart once again the fact that I'm receiving the loving and affectionate eyes of lots of people amidst all this, even in this cold winter, and I determinedly say to myself: I won't break easily. Even if there is no one around, I'm listening.

Even though I said to myself, let's write something a bit short and simple while sending off this year, seeing the overflowing train of words, I think there's still a long way to go until I become a large, beautiful tree. Even if I prune every day, the clear and faint words and imaginations climb up the back of my head and grow. The thought that I get of not being able to live on without reaching my hand out and waving it around, even in an empty void, is probably just how I originally am. Adults around me said that, "you're the type of person who has to calm down, let your anger out a bit." Not even anger, but anger.

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The sunset is hanging from the ends of the eaves. To the many specks of dust like me who try hard to float in order to remain in any form within this blue dot [the Earth], and also to those familiar cold smiles and rules on the outside that threaten and try to swallow us whole, I write a letter. That this one year wasn't in vain. In the end, I can't think of anything but the word 'love', but I write again liek this, searching aimlessly for somewhat better words that have not been worn out. Within these days of exhaustion, thank you for willingly being with us on this tiring journey. ... Do remember, they can't cancel the spring.

-Kim Namjoon (January 1, 2021)

[I swear I tried to only type out the important bits.... but it was all so gosh darn beautiful it was hard to make any cuts.]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NAMJOON🍃 (A.K.A. the sweetest, most wisest bean) (cr. dwellingsouls)

12 DAYS OF NAMJOON | #CYPHERNET

day 1: favorite lyrics/verses

reflection // everythingoes

This is SUCH a great documentary for learning Namjoon's thought processes and philosophy. Especially starting at about 10 minutes, it switches to a collection of Namjoon's quotes about his experiences, struggles and motivations. I loved it because it focused less on what was happening externally and more on his internal world.

"When making any observations, I tend to look at both the light and shadows. It's part of my disposition. So even when I reminisce on happy moments, memories of hardships always tag along. I'd think about a time and remember how hard it was backstage or recall what it was like after returning to the hotel.

Since they always come as a pair, when I talk about an impression, it's hard for me to simply say, "I was so happy." In reality, it's not always like that. Then, is the problem with me? I don't think so. I think the problem has to do with that very question about whether we are happy. I want us to be able to ask ourselves more specific questions. Instead of asking a question like, "Am I happy in this moment?" I'd prefer questions like, "Do I love this moment?"

-- Kim Namjoon

What a phenomenal insight.

“Once you get [money, fame, and a sense of calling], all other things start to feel really valuable. Those who don’t have them would find them really special. I think it’s just a continuous repetition of that. So for me, there’s a fear of whether I’m faithfully living the story of my life to the fullest, 100%” — Kim Namjoon, Break the Silence the Movie

You can’t tell from these gifs but he was holding back tears again 😔

In a way, we are looking at the remnant of a certain part of the artist's life

namjoon on success for gq