RM 'Domodachi (feat. Little Simz)' Official MV *REACTION*
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- Опубликовано: 17 окт 2024
- StayTuned TV || GameBoyy 310 || Big Bro lets gooooo!! This one caught me off guard low key...I like this type ah shit..Right Place Wrong Person soundin like a dope project so far..I was tryna catch the meaning of the visual..may have to watch a few more times to really interpret it but...this one of them ones to me y'all...lets go YA HEAR ME!!!!
So, about the MV… first, the name of the song “Domodachi” is a word that RM came up with… it resembles the word “Tomodachi” which means friend in Japanese (in Japanese -> どもだち= Domodachi / and ともだち= tomodachi) so the difference between the two words is the ど and と with the “ which in English is used as “” to point out that a word might not mean it’s real meaning or even to denote a little bit of sarcasm… so … when you say Domodachi, instead of tomodachi, it means a “friend” (someone that pretends to be your friend)… in the lyrics at the begging, RM is basically talking about people taking advantage of him, people that constantly want something from him… while in the second part, Little Simz is the real friend showing up for him… So, in the MV that’s also what’s happening… the little girl in the middle of what looks like a chaotic crime scene, she feels lost and tries to get a long with a group of kids that don’t look that friendly, but just when she’s getting lost she meets the boy who helps her to scape the chaos (the boy also appears when little simz starts to rap)
Thank you for the explanation 💪🏻
Where’s a little girl in the video?
Thank you for explaining 😊💜
Also, the eye in the MV is a gorilla eye, in reference to her verse and her song Gorilla
@@goeienacht It's a boy, not a girl (He represents RM, and I think the second kid represents ARMY, who's there to rescue him whenever things get beyond his control). I do love the OP's explanation despite their getting mixed up about the kid's gender.
I’m going to add some context to understand the MV: back in 2022, when BTS announced their hiatus bc of military enlistment, every member went on to make solo projects and discover themselves. RM mentioned feeling burnt out and having difficulty writing lyrics for the group at all. His album Indigo was made during this time, and while it’s incredibly mature, it’s more reminiscent of the latest BTS pop sound. Then, he met musical collective Balming Tiger, and collabed with them for the song Sexy Nukim.
Member San Yawn and RM immediately clicked, and formed a very interesting friendship. We recently got to know from the RM-Jimin album exchange (MiniMoniMusic) that 2023 was a hard year for the rest of BTS regarding their relationship with RM. He took some time apart from them, because he found in San Yawn the freedom to experiment and try things he never could before, not only musically, but regarding life experiences. This rebellious and chaotic time, and the synergy between RM and San Yawn, gave birth to RPWP.
I think this video portrays exactly that. The kid (who I guess represents RM) is peacefully biking with his friend in the beginning (RM’s biking hobby is widely known), and then is welcomed into a world of danger and chaos, while his friend has to wait outside bc he’s not allowed. Inside he meets morally ambiguous people and kids who are not really good friends to him. But there is one boy (presumably San Yawn) that genuinely cares for RM and guides him through all the mess and craziness, to help him get out safely. Once he’s out though, he looks at his peaceful life and decides he wants to go back to experience that chaos with the boy.
Back to 2024, we now know bc of MiniMoniMusic that RM is back on close terms with his members, and feels satisfied and grown from his experiences away from them. It’s also very moving to me, hearing Jimin talk about how they missed and worried about RM so much, but knew they had to let him be and return to them when it was time.
@@a.murillomelgar I think it has become very clear that despite BTS being very close and very supportive of each other that making music together has come with a lot of compromise musically and I'm sure they have each very much enjoyed being able to do their own thing and take time away. It really shows just how much they love and support and trust each other that they are able to give each other this space. I do hope they will come together again after the military to make music, but at the same time chapter 2 has shown that we don't need to worry that we won't get content of them together anymore or that they won't make music anymore.
Thank you for this!
thank you so much for this comment
That’s very interesting, something to ponder. I agree that San Yawn has helped in challenging that RM just needed a break from his part in BTS and just be lost/not having to keep up the expectations of his role (not just the team) but status/living breathing world of BTS. This will be my first time talking about my interpretations out loud (or at least online lol), so here’s just my take. In my opinion, that wasn’t what I got out of MMM in terms of the members. Him needing to turn off the side of him where he’s the leader of BTS has nothing to do with his personal relationship with the members, but he himself was lost and gotten confused in all the chaos that came with (and kept coming) being in BTS while being the leader yes, but the expectations and how people/everyone (not the members) who are friends or seemingly friends (which could be various types of friends) seemed to also be influence by the hype of RM of BTS’s whether it be good, weird where they only want something to gain from him, or actual romantic relationships. Relationships are weird, seeing how people react to success or lack of, people can change. Anyway, as we all know, people are constantly vying for his attention every time things happen which seems to be every moment (opinions from the public, friends, media, fans, haters, political figures/groups, etc. etc.). I would understand why this could confuse and overwhelm him as he’s only human and hadn’t had time to relax to see himself. Everything is moving around him (top, bottom, all around him, and beyond him, at all hours) and hadn’t had much room to let the Kim Namjoon breath and see himself and grow that he’s having a hard time writing. Since the song is Domodachi, like “thank you, friend”… it’s like thank you but at the same time it’s sarcastic to the ones who aren’t really friends or not anymore of the real RM/Kim Namjoon. He is not ungrateful, he just needed to find his way out of the chaos to let his true self breath and even love/accept his real self and voice (things he want to say) to find life again, so in the end, he can be healthy/healthier condition and not feel restricted by the life they’ve had in the past, where he’s ready to continue to challenge/take on the world he/they live in.
This is you making sht up. This sing is NOT about thay, it is about the FAKE feiends he had a falling out with
1. Either RM did not have the time to shoot an MV with him and Lil Simz bc of the military enlistment or he decided it’s better to tell the story this way.
2. A critic (i forgot where i read it) but they described the whole album as an “organized chaos”.
3. Remember the title and theme of the album is “Right Place, Wrong Person”. It’s perfectly conveyed in this MV.
4. RM went through a lot of $hit last year. He said it was like something happened to him everyday. (as ARMY we know a few of them such as: A monk revealing to the media a private conversation they had when RM visited their temple. He alluded to this in Groin. Another one is a KTX employee-let’s just say a subway employee was found to have accessed his personal records and not sure what he did with it but it was big news. Next is pretty much what happens every 2 business days in social media-a lot of haters keep targeting him for literally nothing. Kpoppies like hating on him.) So anyway, in this specific song you can infer what it’s about thru the song title: Domodachi. A play on japanese words: Domo=a way to say thanks and tomodachi=friends so domodachi is “thanks friends” but in the song lyrics you can infer that RM is being sarcastic. His so-called friends just wanna use him or is around him because he’s famous and wanna leech off him.
5. Because of all the sh*t he went through (fake friends, a toxic relationship and break up (alluded in multiple songs in the album), media and people not respecting his privacy, fans and non-fans expecting him to speak about political and other global issues and be a diplomat (Groin lyrics), his work, plus his impending military service on top of ALL that-you can understand why this album is full of chaos, anger and frustration. This is why it’s better to listen to the album from top to bottom cos it tells a story.
This is just a rough draft . There’s a lot to say about the whole album!
On 8th June RM earned his first Billboard number 1 on the top rap albums chart. An amazing feat for such an alternative artistic sound AND mostly in Korean. Pretty amazing, he must have been so proud. Yes, Little Sims is from the UK, she was at Glastonbury this year.💜
RM is an absolute musical genius. He is fully comfortable not writing pop songs for chart ratings. He is now free to do music his way and experiment how he chooses. Go RM!
One of the things RM said about the whole album is a purposeful feeling of 'off-ness' or 'wrong' since the theme was RPWP. It's supposed to be a bit unsettling, so the contrasting or different beats/instrumentation & visuals help showcase this. His genius & Sam Yawns inspiration/production made an amazing album, listening top to bottom is *chef's kiss*!! Enjoying your sincere reactions & love of good music. I think you'd enjoy watching his interview w/ Pharell & their deep convo! You nice, keep going! 💜
RM has a very interesting interview with Pharrell, i think you would like to watch it :)
I agree with you saying it’s so “unafraid”. I was talking to a friend about this album and I said that I thought it was a very “brave” album for Namjoon to make. It’s so different from his usual sound and it’s not what people would expect.
A lot of people won’t get it. Which is fine. And Namjoon has never cared about chart positions or trophies so for him I’m sure he thought “fuck it”.
That being said, the album has been critically acclaimed by music publications and has been listed as one of the albums of the year in several publications (Rolling Stone, NME, Associated Press to name three). So he’s obviously doing something right.
Wonder if BigHit will submit it for Grammy consideration 🤔
Appreciate your reactions and I’m so glad you’re back! 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜
This album is just that rule/ genre-bending mind-blowing korean soulful jazz pop rock masterpiece🔥🔥
One of favorite project ever.
I know the sound is weird but I love it 😂 and I was afraid you wouldn't like it precisely BECAUSE of the weirdness. It's not everyone's vibe. But you pleasantly surprised me and I LOVE IT! 😂 you're my favorite reactor just because of that now 😂
I think you will love the hole album 😭 especially the way all the sounds fit together and complement each other
This is definitely the good weird I look forward to…takes a special type of artist and listener to appreciate it 🔥🔥
@@G.Rudi.B it takes one to know one. 😘
@@G.Rudi.Bplease watch Sexy Nukim bro 😩🙏
Exactly, off beats and distorted hooks. RM purposefully did it and i LOVE it
Apparently.....I'm enjoying RPWP more than any of his album😅😅😅
Little Sims has been around the UK hiphop scene for a bit! She's in the UK grime scene, experimental rap and stuff
Yes, I was going to add: if he checks out Little Simz, he'll see that she likely loved this beat from jump.
I love this song.. About views on MV, I don't know about that maybe because RM is not in it? I listen to it everyday on Spotify btw. I fucking love his album.. every song.. This album is one of albums that all songs are good..
That’s what i figured after posting it…he’s not in it
@@G.Rudi.B i think the reason this video has so few views is that it was the third or even fourth release from the album in a very short amount of time. While it's great to get so much content, I think it was a bit too much. Army was concentrating on Come back to me and Lost and the rest of the released MVs kind of didn't get much attention, because people were still busy with the first two... I absolutely love this song and I was a bit sad to see that the MV was barely discussed on Social Media compare to Come back to me and Lost
@@G.Rudi.Balso you have to take in mind the nonsense of you tube sometimes Who of Jimin has debuted number one in you tube charts although it had 10 million views and the new song of Stray Kids has almost 18 million ( the one with Dead Pool staff) but youtube delete the views coming from ads that's the reason who debuted in number one has 4 times more streams and sales... Never forget Big Hit dont pay for ads and things like that with love from Spain 🇪🇸
@@G.Rudi.Bthe low views are because of a boycott against hybe and its’ z1onist ceo scooter braun who supports the ongoing genocide in palestine. for the past 9 months, palestinian and pro-palestinian armys have been urging hybe to remove scooter and hoping they speak out in support of palestine. 🇵🇸
@@G.Rudi.Bthe views are low because of a boycott against hybe and its z1onist ceo scooter braun. we are urging hybe to remove scooter and speak up in solidarity with palestinians and the genocide they have been facing for the past 9 months
Well I WAS going to go to bed.
Shit me too😂
LAMO 😂 THIS IS WHY I LOVE BTS AND ARMY!!! YALL IS SO FUNNY!!! I CRY AND LAUGH 🎉💜
I WAS going to go to work... guess I am going to be a little late. 😆💜
@@G.Rudi.B#NOSLEEPSQUAD😂😂
I really can’t say enough how much I love this album. I think it’s brilliant, and it gets better with every listen. I have a close ARMY friend group and this is the favorite album for most of us. I wish I could meet RM someday just to tell him how appreciated he is and how his music hits hard.
I think the music is more challenging for some to easily grasp, maybe, and thus the too-few views. The entire album is true art, and not written for mass appeal but to please the artist. Personally, I love it all so much, accepting that not all art is going to be easily explained, but that’s not entirely necessary to appreciating the artistic appeal. So glad you’re back at it
The title is so clever. Rm can work word magic in three different languages and i love it .
As for the views, they tend to be drastically lower if none of the members are in the mvs, which is a shame bc i think even if rm isnt there the visuals add alot to the song and the actors are so talented
my very messy domodachi interpretation: i think the kid who went into the chaos represents namjoon and the chaos he enters represents his journey through fame and attention. he leaves his friend outside (or someone kept his friend from going because the idol life is NOT for everyone). then you see all the absolute madness he witnesses inside, the cramped spaces, fighting and pushing to find your way through while a lot of other people are doing the same. finally, a friend on the inside grabs him and holds his hand, leads him through the madness until they come back to the outside. namjoon's friend is still out there waiting for him and namjoon almost makes the choice to go with him. but he turns around at the last minute because the inside might be insane, it might be painful, it might be unknown. but at the end of the day, it's his choice and he wants to be there.
or even, namjoon thought he wanted out but once the opportunity presented itself, he realized that he really does want to be in there instead.
idk if that made ANY sense lmao and there's probably much better interpretations but that's just my initial thinkings of it ♡
Thats the way interpreted the video as well. 💜
Ohhh this makes so much sense
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Thank you! Sounds just about right! Appreciate the explanation 💜
That’s how I took it too- his yearning for a quieter life when he was in the chaos of life in the limelight but then when he leaves and realizes that is where he belongs right now
omg in the chorus part it sounds like milky chance ... the raspy voice ... i love it so much!!! this is art !!
This song blew my mind 🤯 clarinet, sax, bass, drums, changing time signatures, all to create a beautifully unorthodox sound, idek what to call it but neo-jazz. Talking friends, I thought, how many times must he have been asked or expected to speak English? Simz speaking Korean in her last bar feels like “I care enough about you to know you.” The end of the MV to me seems like, because he found a friend willing to help him escape his chaotic life, he could choose to go back in, knowing what to expect *and* the way back out. Idk, this whole project confused me in the best way, too, I love it & can’t wait to hear your reaction after you hear it, top to bottom. Tysm, as always 💜
You have to be emotionally ready for Namjoon's COME BACK TO ME music video. I love how you dissect his lyrics and I have a feeling it's gonna get to you.
This song reminds me of the first time I heard progressive jazz, trying to find the groove. But it does come together- even the Japanese chanting over... Afro beats?
Little Simz is a British rapper. I just heard her in a Bose commercial with Coco Gauff and recognized her voice right away. I would not have been able to do that before this album.
Tomodachi in Japanese is thank you, friends. Changing it to domodachi makes it thank you, "friends" (quotation marks intentional) sarcastically, as in fake friends. I could be way off, but I think it's about people who want to hang and be seen with Namjoon, but aren't really friends. In contrast, the kids in the video are friends, but that's as far as I got.
Waiting for Around the World in a Day!
Yes! This has progressive jazz elements for sure and if you are into alternative music this really HITS!
This song got progressively better the more times I listened and watched. I have seen some people who were uncertain about this, I always advise them to keep listening, I think that as its meant to create a slightly ominous tense uncomfortable feeling,... initially some people cannot initially get past that. It's very musically exciting( I used to play in an orchestra). So I just adore the creativity and experimentation.
... Then there is RMs lyrics and the great mv. Little Sims shredded too. Brit Grunge, afro beats, well the list of references goes on so in short LOVE THIS.
this
RM found some insanely talented and innovative artists to collab with on this project. Intentionally chaotic but still all so cohesively done. Can't wait for you to hear the full album top to bottom.
You nailed it… the beat tripped me out too 😵💫😂 But I loved it!
Man fr‼️..my type ah shit tho🔥🔥
The song is about fake friends. It's about those leeches who hang off of BTS because of their fame and when sh!t hits the fan, they're only there for their exclusive "insider" knowledge rather than to stand by their friends.
Namjoon was calling out a lot of bullshit they have put up with through the years in this album. It's full of raw, emotional callouts with a sarcastic and sardonic tone.
The music video shows that same thing too. The kid meets a lot of random people but only his true friend helps him out of that dystopian situation and once the kid is out, remembering the good friend still stuck there, the kid goes back.
when you listen the whole album from top to bottom, you like it now, you will LOVE it later. the flow makes so much sense after you listen top down.
appreciate your reaction man!
there's a quote from a video RM did with Jimin (MiniMoni Album exchange, super interesting if you wanna hear him talk about the album, basically he and Jimin listened to each other's albums and talked about their thoughts on them) where he talks about his personal inspirations for this album and feeling like people naturally want what they don't have, and he specifically says something to the effect of "when you're wandering, you want stability, and when you're stable, you want to wander" and I feel like this video is the perfect encapsulation of that concept. The kid finds himself in a CRAZY situation, and through the whole video is just trying to get out, but once he's back on solid ground, back to normal, he jumps back into the insanity.
The friends who go through the chaos and dark shit with you and help you through it are the real friends. It is my fave track
This is my favorite song on this album. It's so good; the music is terrific, and RM's lyrics are on point!
So I'm a nurse (ER night shift 🙄) and we often take to turns playing each other's playlists. Last night was my turn, Domadachi came on and my coworkers were like "what's this!?" I simply said "k-pop" and they were all like 🧍 LMAO
Bts isn't kpop and kpop cannot dream of making music this good
It's alt kpop ❤
@@LynnHermione
@@beyondvainillaI believe it’s just RM. And he happens to be Korean. Korean music has various genres, and while K-pop encompasses many within itself, RM’s solo work isn’t. It would be like calling Brockhampton or JID American pop. K-pop is essentially music (w choreo/fashion/etc) pushed via the idol industry/spaces.
This song definitely fits experimental jazz-hip hop. It works better on a playlist with Digable Planets and A Tribe Called Quest than with SKZ and TXT.
@@goeienachtAlt Kpop was coined by Balming Tiger as a way to show how vast and weird the genre can be, and they heavily contributed their sound to this album. Alt Kpop is a lot influences in one! Pop in general is vast and encompasses all sounds and styles--from Björk to Beyoncé. Alt Kpop is a nod to all of that. Lots of music transcends genres and I feel that label is weird enough to attempt at giving it a name. RM doesn't care what we call it of course, cuz it's all music in the end.
I need to clarify they loved it, added it to their playlists, and I've been ARMY for years. Not a multi and never refer to BTS or any individual member as "kpop". For context, I live in the deep south where country music is front and center and most people know BTS as kpop they just have never taken the time to listen past the bubble gum pop stereotype. I was being a whole smart ass when I mocked the "kpop" after they added it to the playlist lol. They quickly got the ARMY version of who BTS is and is NOT. BTS have 4 new fans now 💅
This song is like 3 stories at once: what's happening in the video, the lyrics and the instrumental, which is so chaotic and on point at the same time. Like a good jazz improvisation that blends perfectly with RM and Little Simz' voices. It's a confusing masterpiece but it reflects how dedicate and talented RM is.
Listen to Right Place Wrong Person from top to bottom and that's how you'll know how great RM is with songwriting, producing and how he loves doing music. I admire him so much
I am so happy to see you enjoying RM RPWP. This is RM, this is him exhibiting his full potential, musical genius. Not many people understand this music style, this whole album is a masterpiece. You can see RM west coast influence. This is for our grown folks. I play this album everyday since the first day. It is the ability to make odd distorted music sound like masterpiece.
RM's artistry is so special to me. hes such a cool musician!!! love your reactionsss
I don't know what the video is meant to be about but my take is:
He's a young boy living a peaceful normal boring life. He gets flipped in to a dark, chaotic world. There are people rioting, people running around in a frenzy, and then he gets trapped on a train with faceless, depressed and angry business men commuting and spending their time mindlessly waiting in lines. I feel like this represents the dark aspects of life: capitalism, social justice, the rat-race of life, the Matrix, etc. And then another kid shows up and guides the young boy out of the chaos, and helps him escape but for some reason doesnt/cant follow. So at the end, the kid has an opportunity to go back to his normal, safe, boring life, but he turns back to go back in to the chaos (maybe because he loved it? or) maybe because he wanted to save the friend who helped him.
Domodachi means "thank you friend".
I saw someone suggest that this could be a commentary on RM's own story. Being a normal kid, then joining the chaos (riot/party) of the entertainment industry (suits), and longing to escape to a simpler life. But also secretly loving the chaotic world and wanting to be part of it. 🤷♀ Its a really really great song though. I LOVE how it goes from super weird and wrong, and then finds these pockets of PERFECTION and then dives back under to the messy noise again. It's a rollercoaster of a song for sure!
@@faithslayer500 I like this. I think it shows well that sometimes you long for what you don't have o ly to realise that it isn't the right thing for you (anymore). He might long for a simpler and more private life but he knows that the peaceful secludedness is a farce. It doesn't erase to he rest of the world. He might want to go back because of the people he knows on that world, he might want to go back because there are also positives about it or maybe because he feels he can make a difference in that world. Maybe he also doesn't feel like he belongs I that quiet life anymore.... He whole album is about identity and it doesn't necessarily provide answers, which I think is beautiful.
I read somewhere that it’s about a child being forced into the adult world too early and trying to keep your real friends
I thought it before but now, I really know you appreciate music!! This reminds me a lot of free flow jazz; RM is beyond talented his mind is amazing! What he is saying is important to me. People throw the word friend around too much. A person is lucky if they can find 1 "True Blue" anything after that is a real blessing......💜💜💜💜
Little Simz - British, female rapper, lyrical GENIUS, check out Introvert, Venom, Woman, Gorilla - they're all absolute bangers! We sort of see her as the female Kendrick, she's sooooo clever lyrically and her flow is perfection.
Came here to say the same, but you did it better. She's amazing. Also an actress you may have seen in the netflix show called Top Boy that's worth a watch too
We also love RM's weird music, it's unique and intriguing... 💜💜💜
I was searching something to watch...And the notification just SHOW UPPPP!! I love your reactions, keep it so real 🦾
💪🏾💪🏾much respect..‘Preciate chu💚💚
I can never say enough about how beautiful RM's tone is. Just like with JK, it was RM that led me to BTS.
I loved your reaction lol I had a similar one the first time, listening at 2am and feeling possessed by the beat, odd but weirdly addicting >_< Both RM and Little Simz's raps also go really well and sort of make the mood. The more you listen to this song, the more you like it.
Little Simz is such a good rapper! You should definitely do a reaction of her, her song Venom is incredible!! She's just spitting.
I love that RM and Little Simz did a collab, two of my favorite rappers
I hope you check out his whole album, reaction or no reaction video. Front to back, it’s a banger. RM really showed out with RPWP. Experimental productions and flow and a lot of jazzzzz. Rhythm and poetry, shoegaze, lo-fi…Ugh. There’s a song called “Around the world in a day” with Moses Sumney that was so good it made me angry that music lovers ain’t paying enough attention to it.
This track is left and right, and up and down and all around a banger. RM as always with the innovation.
100% spot on with what I said from the start. N.E.R.D vibes, with an alternative twist. RM respects Pharell and is a big fan of his. They also did an interview together. And Little Simz was a perfect touch at the beat drop. Such a great song and shows RM's range as an artist, which is limitless
Love that you enjoyed this. It is one of my faves from the album. "Thank you, friend." While being sarcastic because he lost a lot of friends along the way and people he thought were friends who turned out to just want a part of him. I like Simz' bars because it feels like support from a colleague who doesn't actually need something from him.
There is an excellent weverse article called "RM Writes Place" that goes over some of the various intricacies within this album. Here are just couple of excerpts with parts related to Domadochi (WV articles are incredibly well written by informed authors with access to the boys for interviews. This article is written by the same author of BTS' 10 year biography Beyond the Story.): Excerpt 1) "Someone who can be everywhere and yet belong nowhere. How do you describe someone who was born and raised in Korea but speaks English and works all over the world, who loves Whanki Kim and Epik High of Korea but also interacts with artists from all over the world? “Domodachi (feat. Little Simz)” features RM’s English verse, a Japanese chorus, and an English rap by the British rapper Little Simz. The moment when Little Simz raps “내 선은 넘지 못해 (You can't cross my line.)” in Korean symbolizes the stylization of Right Place, Wrong Person. It may sound strange if you speak Korean. It may also be strange for those who speak other languages, but the auditory freshness of the pronunciation and tone of voice, not the meaning, will strike first."
Excerpt 2) "The chorus to “Domodachi (feat. Little Simz),” with the line, “みんな友達ここで踊りましょう (Everyone, we’re friends, let’s dance here),” leaves a strong impression, and it’s not just because it switches up the mood of the song. The moment when the anxious and confused mood that gradually built up in the previous three songs gives way to a powerful and grandiose chorus in “みんな友達ここで踊りましょう” is a turning point not only for “Domodachi (feat. Little Simz),” but for the album as a whole."
You haven't done LOST yet, I think. You can probably end that with "Credit Roll" at the same time since it is less than 1:30. Isn't it awesome you can still be surprised by them? After a bit you know you don't know what to expect... yet somehow they find a way to make us say "Well I wasn't expecting that!" Even if we knew we didn't know what to expect to begin with. LOL. They can go Super Pop, Super Dark, Super Cheesy, Super Chaos and hit absolutely every subtlety in various vibes in between. Loved your reaction as always. Hope your day is great. Thanks for doing this with us. Love and Peace. 💜✌
"This sound like when Pharrell is on his weird ass shit" THE WAY I LOST IT lollll Completely agree but I lol'd
"All around the world" doesn't have an MV but I think you would really enjoy it! It's my favorite song of the album after Nuts.
You know its unique reaction when you rewatch it more than once in one sit.. a few reactor i like to watch 💜
Thank you for reacting to this. I always love how you somehow get it given that you're not really in *deep* in the fandom. I'm just glad that their music and lyrics get through you. YOU HAVE SUCH A GOOD EAR! I totally agree when you said it's almost ON and OFF at the same time. It is experimental and weird but in a really good, good way.
as an oldschool Army full of love for my men and especially RM let me reccomend Lil Simz @ Glastonbury 2024 ... it's worth it.
Yaaas! Finally, a reaction to this song. This is one of my favorite songs in the record next to Around the World in A Day ft. Moses Sumney. 🫶 The song personally reminds me of Snarky Puppy’s Soro (Afriki) in Family Dinner Vol. 2. (I know you’re a music lover, so you should check that out. Amazing album.)
Anyway! Back to the song. My interpretation actually is that Domodachi isn’t dedicated to his “real” friends, per se (I mean not until Lil Simz’ part), but to all his “friends”- a “thank you” to ALL the types of friends (and relationships) he’s met in his life.
What i understood from the first verses, esp when he said, “All suckers wanna get it, take a sip, pour it in that glass silently,” was how everyone around him wants a sip from their glass, and how each one of these “friends” cunningly take and take from their glass even if it were only crumbs (or what’s the beverage counterpart of crumbs? Lol) or til it runneth over. “All the suckers wanna hit it, I'ma lead you to the heaven, blow the flute,” lol I think this is pretty self-explanatory. Everyone wants a piece of the RM meat. He does guarantee taking one to heaven though. Lol.
“All my friends wanna get around in O’s, all my friends wanna take another pose
Yeah, I’m knocked out, what a bullshit (Get the fuck down),” is that O's refer to the SAME social circles that he’s running around in this career. RM's “friends” push him to socialize or party in exclusive settings, seeking benefits from his status like event access and luxury experiences. He criticizes the superficiality of these relationships, pointing out his friends' desire for clout, and expresses that he’s “knocked out” (burnt out) by the fakeness of it all.
“I'ma stay calm when they come up with that new shit,” bro was and is TIRED. I think as ARMYs we witnessed how troubles trailed them from all fronts especially since they stepped into chapter 2 and announced their “hiatus”. It was like every single week people came up with some new BS against them and Namjoon was a punching bag for akgaes. And he had “friends” calling him, perhaps fishing for a reaction from him.
“Just light up the embers of this bonfire, my friends gather around me, one by one.” -this was actually a very interesting verse to me and i could be wrong of course, but it seems to me like he’s offering himself up for some sacrifice or something. Like he’s giving his “friends” the permission to just light the fire and dance around him. He’s not only dancing with them, but he’s offering himself up since that’s what they wanted in the first place.
Then Lil Simz’ verse came along, and she represents the true friendships he’s made along the way too. His real homies (coughs in BTS). I mean… “Cause that's my dog, that's my homie, you and I know I don't do phoney
I set the tone listen up closely, you know my name but you do not know me
I got
Got my broski's back til the end, you can't put one hand on my friend”
Yeah they’d burn the whole world to keep each other warm.
And in some ways, I find the video representing that too. Like there are a lot of ways to interpret it, and nobody’s wrong tbh. There’s just so much imagery in it that reminds me of BTS too like the running train, the bicycles, etc. Like the little kid who sort of parted ways from his friend from the beginning most likely represents Namjoon. He got thrown into the chaotic world where adults live in, and he was thrown in all directions, but he met a friend that held his hand and guided him through the other side… even going as far as allowing him to to be or allowing him to leave. But in the end, he chose to come back to that friend, even when it meant he had to live through that suffocating life again.
So yeah! These are my two cents about the song and the video. RPWP as a whole is really a solid record. I don’t say this lightly but it’s so deserving of AOTY. You can def hear Namjoon’s overall growth as an artist. Also glad he found the right team to help make something truly remarkable out of all his dark, conflicting emotions during this time, and to give life to his creative indulgences. 🫶
amazing comment, thank you for sharing your thoughts
What a great analysis! Thanks for sharing and I'm gonna check out the album you mentioned
@@Dani.TorresThank you for hearing me out and for reading through as well! 🙏
@@Yandy_xYou’re welcome! Don’t you just love it when BTS picks our brains. 💜
And go ahead! I hope you end up enjoying the album (and the artist too). Just a fun fact in case you didn’t know it yet, Snarky Puppy is a band and that album series, “Family Dinner” is a live recording of songs they either reinterpreted or originally produced with the artist they feature in the track. So basically, they invite artists they admire from all around the world (Lalah Hathaway was one of them in vol. 1), and it’s this communal experience between them and these artists in one room jamming along and live recording it. Hence, “Family Dinner.” The live performances are on YT too if you wanna watch. 😊
@@snowflowerandwhatnots thank you so much 🤗
I personally understand this MV as life sometimes gives you a lot of chaos and anxiety, and your anchor through this is your friends to lean to. 💜 I love this album. It flows amazingly well, it's very fresh, and it's RM's cleverest, most unusual and artsy music to date. I am really excited to see what he'll come up with in the future. 💜💜💜
This is why I love watching your reactions. When I first head and saw this MV, I wasn’t really sure about it. But watching your reactions and your view on it, made me rethink it and I honestly like it more now. The off beat is what made me unsure and not really give it a chance as I only watched it once. But after watching it with you and seeing you go over it a couple of times, I really started to like the off beat. That is why I love reactor, because they will see or say something that I haven’t thought of and will make me rethink my option and give songs that I may miss more of a listen and be able to appreciate it more openly.
I agree that it reminds me of Pharrell style. I think they are both musical genius. It can sound chaotic/on/off beat but it gels. Another musician was saying that it takes a lot of skill to do that and make it sound good. I know you have a great ear so I'm happy to see that you like it. Thanks!
Little Simz is a Londoner. So yes she is a UK rapper 😊 This is my favourite of the album. I agree with you. They blend so well!! Thanks for this reaction 😊
This track is so complex and layered. I love it, just like the whole RM album
This is complex music and certainly nothing like BTS usually does so some ARMY may not be down with it. I freakin' LOVE it though. Joon's a GENIUS. Also, mv was made after Joon went into the military so he isn't in it. Amazing video though!! I think they captured the essence perfectly. The message is super deep!! Hobie also released a video he wasn't in after Hope on the Street came out and he was already enlisted. The song isn't for everyone, but I figured you'd get it!!!
Yeah, G. You should listen to RPWP top to bottom to see what RM wanted to do with that project. The amount of styles and sounds and influences that emanate from just one album. His best to date, in my opinion.
I feel like RM is showing that he’s willing to cross boundaries and live outside his comfort zone. He stands on the other side of some bullshit.
For me, the mv is about comfort and safety vs unknown and the simplicity of childhood vs the chaos of adulthood. The main character leaves behind the idyllic time with his childhood friend who is still protected by his parent and enters the chaos of the real world. There the main character experiences fear and excitement and learns there is a lot more to life beyond the safety of childhood. They escape back to safety but choose to turn around back to the chaos and the unknown to experience a more exciting, and real life, rather than a safe one.
I see this as kid RM on his bike being introduced (through the underground tunnel of underground music) into adulthood in the music industry. That's the crazy, collapsing world with the riots and the fast trains, the monster, and all those people about to crash. That's the world of the fake friends that the song is about. But in the video, he makes a real friend, and that's the one who saves him and leads him back to the exit. He has a chance to leave it all behind... but ultimately decides to go back (for his one true friend? is that BTS? or maybe because he can't leave music behind after all...)
Maaaan I love all your reactions!!
‘Preciate chu tunin in 💚💚🫡
Little Simz is the 🐐, the only reason she's not in the conversation is because she's from the UK (+she's female). Definitely check her out, if you liked this I think you'll like her Sometimes I Might Be Introvert album, a masterpiece!
RM loves Pharrell too, a big influence for him. You should check out the interview they did together, it was so insightful.
Upppp! Since Pharrell came up
Fi um dos últimos MV,S a ser apresentado para nós. Mas o álbum do RM está sendo super aclamado pela crítica d mundo todo. Tá simplesmente surreal. RM merece. Show!
Obrigada pela reação.
Love your smile!! Love how much fun you’re having 💜
I love the whole album so, so much, and Domodachi is probably my favorite.The whole melting pot of beats, languages (english, korean and japanese), the jazzy vibes, the BASS (yeah, I am a bassline enjoyer ^^"")... It gives this jarring feeling that conveys in itself the message of the song. Lil'Sims is rocking this so hard, I loved it and I am thankful for another artist for me to discover !
As for the MV, I have so many interpretations !
To me, it's a metaphor of relationship and life. The boy is meeting with friends but launches himself in the adulting chaos alone, except for this other boy that stays by his side all the way, guiding him, protecting him, even. The train moment represents the monotony of adult life, where you tend to not stand out, to conform yourself to what's expected of you, collecting fake bonds and rinse and repeat your days. A suffocating thing from where he escapes to thanks to his everlasting friend (or his inner child, or his dreams and passion incarnate, maybe?). And at the end, he returns to this friend that stayed through thick and thin, to himself maybe, like, the person that is always here for you is yourself, and you often forget this, right?
Welp, ended up doing a huge wall of text, sorry ^^"" RPWP really hit me deep in my feels, and I can't help but dissect their works everytime ^^"""
love your reactions! also interesting how you mentioned pharell bc he really is rm’s big inspiration, they even did an interview like a year ago! it’s so fun watching you recognizing good music and giving your own interpretations💜 always looking forward to more from you!
I appreciate your reactions because you point out all the little nuances I don’t hear. I’m all about lyrics so I miss a lot when it comes to instrumentals and beats. Glad you’re back!
ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I've been waiting for you to hear this. The whole album felt to me like when I was discovering early-90s indie chaos/genius on latenight radio. Weird is the perfect word. Weird and magnificent. There's no other word that's better.
Domodachi caught me off guard just like that. Masterpiece
You know what, Gameboyy, you’ll get a much better feel of the tracks if you listen to them in sequence as an album. The TRANSITIONS are great. You’re right: Unorthodox… Pharell’s approach… it’s how quirky and fearless the musicality is in this album. Absolutely love it. IMHO, Grammy nomination worthy, because of the original composition and fresh instrumentation. Please listen to it as an album!
Yes, you said it right Domodachi! Love how you get into the music and appreciate all the details. RM’s album is so good I just love it so much!
😮😮😮❤😊and when it starts rm is riding his bike that jin gave him on birthday😊😊
I love watching your reactions. Seeing your joy as you pick a part the instrumentation, I love it. RM set the bar high this project. It is so dope. After you finish checking out RM and Jimin, please check out Vs tiny desk if you have not already. I think you'll appreciate the live instruments as well as Vs vocals
That's my favourite track from RM albums - its soooo cooool
It's so weird but at the same time super likable. Didn't need to warm up to it at all. One of my favorite songs on the album.
Can you tell ARMY really appreciates your reactions? We missed you. You’ve got to listen to the album in its entirety though, you are doing yourself a disservice by listening to it chopped up, in parts. It’s truly an incredible album, you’re going to love it.
Love this album! So different and imaginative! RM is amazing, and brilliant💜
Yay! I was so excited for you to react to this one, i had a feeling you would like it!!! It's one of my faves on the album 😍❤️🔥
i love the weird shit too! definitely one of my favorite tracks on the album. rpwp hands down my favorite album this year so far and it will be HARRRDDD (if not impossible) to beat.
I’m so glad you are checking his new album. This is a masterpiece album!!! Always love your reactions. You should also react to JHope’s new album Hope on the Street Volume 1
The way I describe this to friends is, "Who the hell opens a rap song with bass clarinet??"
RMs music can be a more complex listen because he does unexpected stuff! The lyrics, the music... and I love when it goes in a different, unexpected direction. It's so good!
If you like this Track the whole album is organized chaos. Is the only way to describe it. 🥂💜👏Love your reaction/take. Also you are the first reactor to pronounce that right on the first try. 👏👏I stood and clapped for real. 😃
Also, since you brought up Pharrell , Rm and Pharrell interviewed each other (it’s amazing you should check it) and Pharrell specifically told him to not stay in the box and be scared to try new things. It was after that, this album came, being completely different from anything he’s ever done. 💯 he took his advice. 😍
Very Groovy. Finger snaps of the olden days feel. I liked the afro feel too.
You really should check "HIND'S HALL" for Macklemore ‼️
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@@shutup3378 What's wrong??
You can see Mini Moni Music video when RM explain this song and😊 album
It's always such a pleasure to watch your reactions. The amount of time you invest, the respect for the artistic endeavor, the knowledge about the craft of putting together beats and flows. Thank you.
"It's unorthodox. He's so unpredictable and unafraid." I hope RM hears or sees these words. Because that's exactly it, and that's why he's earning himself a lot of (deserved) respect from music circles with his latest album, Right Place Wrong Person.
Anyone who still haven't listened to it, be unpredictable and unafraid. Give it a try, it's the most creative album I've heard in recent years.
To me, Domodachi feels like what happens when a bunch of jazz maestros jam together. It's a little bit of a competition-- they're all playing these super technical, weird rhythms,, but in the end, they're creating music together. As each one comes in, they just hit the pocket instinctively and somehow it all comes together.
Man, I can't wait for you to hear the rest of the tracks. Around the World in a Day is my favorite.
Also, I appreciate you giving Jimin's album a little space before you do a reaction. It shows that you really respect the guys, and I feel like a lot of reactors are losing sight of that.
This is my favorite song on this album. Love the discordant sounds and beats, and I love the flow of Little Simz verse. So good. Still excited that you are back and posting!
You are a joy!!! I am exciting for the dive!!
I love how much you love this 😄 the offbeats really threw me off the first 10 times i heard it lollll but now i can't help but to listen to the album run of Nuts, Outta love, domodachi and ? Interlude 😋😋😋😋😋
My fav is around the world in a day but just the whole RPWP is wonderful raw organised chaos with a purpose 😂
I can see you getting wrecked by Come back to me 👀 *waits*
Domodachi and Interlude are the best songs on the album to me. So fresh. Interlude is just beautiful, and Domodachi is exactly that weird unpredictable track that goes all over the place but everything blends in perfectly. Weird in the most beutiful way.
Well the next music videos for RM is LOST! (The title track) and Comeback to Me. Can’t wait for you to hear the entire album too to bottom! It’s amazing! Also yesss to the Jimin WHO reaction video!
You asked about Lil Simz, she is homegrown London town UK!! :) She is perfect on this track!!! Honestly this entire album just blows my mind, I really cannot get enough of it!! 💜💜
Domodachi it's such a masterpiece! First time I heard it gave me goosebumps!
Bro. Lemme just say again that I am so glad you are back. I miss these kinds of genuine reviews and not just some watch and go typa shit. Also, I believe you will love the whole RWPW album, I know you will.
Your videos put a huge smile on my face.