Stephen Thompson | December 2, 2022
Now that we’re back to recording Tiny Desk concerts in the office, home concerts mostly happen under special circumstances: when the artist is overseas, for example, or otherwise unable to get to Washington, D.C., when we’re recording. Given that BTS’s RM (aka Kim Nam-joon) is based in South Korea, we let it slide — not least because his team put together one of the most impressive Tiny Desk facsimiles we’ve seen yet. What really sets it apart is the huge array of shelf-bound ephemera, which is bound to have the BTS Army sleuthing in the YouTube comments. What’s a random tchotchke and what’s an Easter egg? Study the set closely!
RM timed his solo Tiny Desk debut — which follows BTS’s home concert from back in 2020 — to coincide with the release of his first official studio album, Indigo. But he kicks off the set with an older track, “seoul,” which first appeared on his 2018 mixtape mono. From there, he showcases the first two tracks from Indigo: the rap-driven “Yun” and the funky “Still Life,” both of which are inspired by RM’s love of and fascination with painting. The studio tracks feature Erykah Badu and Anderson .Paak, respectively, both of whom get shoutouts in this set. But here, the focus never drifts away from the star at center stage — no matter how closely you might squint at the stuffed animals, housewares, clocks and toys (not to mention Big Mouth Billy Bass!) behind him.
Now, if we can just get him to visit the real Tiny Desk…
SET LIST
“seoul”
“Yun”
“Still Life”
MUSICIANS
RM: vocals
DOCSKIM: keyboard
john eun: guitar
Jaeshin Park: bass
JK Kim: drums
CREDITS
Director: Oui Kim (OUI)
Producer: Yeonjin Kim (OUI)
AUDIO:
JEONG WOO YEONG
Son Yu Jeong
CREW:
Huiwon Song
Sunyoung Kim
Hyeri Shin
EumKo
Youngwoo Lee
Eunil Lee
Sungju Min
Kihun Kim
Seungjong Lee
Yuntae Ko
Kidung Kim
Kiyong Eom
Donghyun Lee
Doosoo Choi
Yujin Jung
Sangjoon Lee
Kieun Lee
Kihyun Lee
Seonghyeon Heo
Insol Yun
Hyeongeun Kim
Yujin Ko
Daeun Han
Jae Yoo
GANi
Leehyun Kim
Yeonhwa Cha
Daye Shin
Daniella Kim
Saeyong Oh
Lee Jung Min
Lee Hyeon Ki
Jeong Dae Seong
Jinho Jeong
Rachel Um
Jennie Lee
Rosa Kim
TINY DESK TEAM
Producer: Bob Boilen
Video Producer: Kara Frame
Audio Mastering: Josh Rogosin
Tiny Production Team: Suraya Mohamed, Bobby Carter, Maia Stern, Joshua Bryant, Hazel Cills, Marissa Lorusso, Ashley Pointer, Jill Britton, Sofia Seidel
VP, Visuals and Music: Keith Jenkins
Senior VP, Programming: Anya Grundmann
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Nice songs😍😍😍
Lindo 😘😘😘😘
Que genial!!
DIGNO DE UN GRAN LIDER Y TODAS LAS CANCIONES LAS TENGO EN SPOTIFY, PURA VIDA RM Y ME GUSTAN TODAS TUSCANCIONES TODAS VIVA RM Y VIVA BTS SON MAGISTRAL, ES FUERA DE LO NATURAL DIGNO OARA MI PRINCIPE 🇨🇷🇰🇷🇨🇷🇰🇷🇨🇷🇰🇷🇨🇷🇰🇷🇨🇷🇰🇷🐨🦋🙋🏻♀️👉1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣❌1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣
I love how he introduce his album & pick the right one while We know he can in do that in gazzling & sparkle live stage tho. He is one of real musicians out there
00:04 seoul
04:17 intro
07:21 yun
11:24 outro
14:32 still life
El ambiente se sintió muy cómodo, me gustaron mucho las canciones ! ✨
wuu
Precious
🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎆🎆🎆🎆
Killed it🔥
His music is art. just like the way i can feel his love for art. love u namjoon
to see namjoon do solo stuff for tiny desk, I'm glad more ppl will get to hear his lyricism. we've come so far
Joon is making me fall me more and more for him
I can never get enough of listening to RM. He could be only speaking or even breathing and that's just enough to me. Thank you for existing Joonie
Seoul 💜
💜💜💜💜💜💜 his live voice 💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💜💜💜
1:25 😹🫶🏾
Just heard it now and I loved! Nam you really put it in an amazing work!!
This man 💙♥️
All my love to RM ❤
💜0:16 Seoul
💜7:22 Yun
💜14:33 Still Life
He's so good…. This kind of Performances are my favourite
Stay Gold RM !
Fun performances
meu homem
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amaziiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing Nam <3 I love you
Our Kim Namjoon is an inspiring human being, with intelligence and sensitivity that we respect and love.
uma grande apresentação!! ótimas músicas
Joon I Love you
''But life is still, you know, stuck on the canvas, but it is alive and eternal and it's still moving forward.''
I love the person he has grown into. This is our leader KIM NAMJOON. Mono and indigo display that growth so much
Gracias por existir Nam <3
TE AMOOO NAMJOON
So happy to hear all these parts of Namjoon! Such a dope vibe ✨Well done. Cheers to your vulnerability and creative ingenuity. 🥂💎
Agradável aos ouvidos.Harmonia e melodia muito lindo.PARABÉNS
if hate and love are the same words, i hate you RM, i hate you Kim Namjoon
That was best
su voz
Que artista maravilhoso Namjoon.
King lindo
La voz mas hermosa mi vida