RM Makes Shocking Revelation About Invisible Pressure As BTS Leader

RM, born Kim Namjoon, recently opened up to BTS member Jimin, sharing that he felt immense pressure as the group’s leader and that sometimes he wanted to “die.”

In a YouTube video uploaded by BANGTANTV on Saturday, May 25, the 29-year-old South Korean singer and songwriter invited his bandmate to his home to preview his album. Right person, wrong place before leaving soon.

The video was recorded before RM was drafted into compulsory military service on December 11, 2023.

In the video, at one point, RM was candid with Jimin, 28, about the burden of everyone’s expectations as the leader of the group, which consists of Jungkook, J-Hope, Jin, Suga and V in addition to the two in the video. .

“Especially on this team, I always had to speak righteously about the right things and defend the team in front of everyone,” he shared. “What people expect from me are speeches, interviews, speaking English and expressing myself as a minority.”

Pointing out that the two are not normal 28 and 29 year olds but slightly different individuals, RM, formerly Rap Monster, added: “We’ve been going through this for ten years. This pressure. At a certain point, the idea that we had to to be “good” and “different” from others…”

“I loved BTS because they were a music group, but having to worry about other people’s perspectives made me think that at this rate, I wanted to die,” he said. confessed.

The crooner, who wrote the lyrics for every song on his latest album RPWP, admitted that his anger motivated him to create a new album, expressing all his feelings through new music.