A comparative analysis of T.S. Eliot’s poem, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” and songwriter from BTS, Kim Namjoon’s song, “Intro: Persona” in the context of psychoanalyst Carl Jung’s theories of persona and shadow as it applies to well-being and self-acceptance.

2019年3月28日 · The lyrics of “Persona” make it clear that Namjoon is interrogating himself, or even the many “selves” that reside within. He wrestles with identity, questioning “who am I?” and refers to his “shadow” (which he calls hesitation).

from BTS, Kim Namjoon’s song, “Intro: Persona” in context of psychoanalyst Carl Jung’s theories of persona and shadow as it applies to well-being and self-acceptance.

2022年8月20日 · The Jungian archetype “shadow” refers to our repressed desires and flaws — what might not be acceptable — while our “ego” is the conscious part of our psyche. In “Interlude: Shadow,” Suga raps about wanting it all. On the other hand, J-Hope raps about finally trusting himself in the introspective and joyful “Outro: Ego.”

2024年5月24日 · As a child, RM—who was Kim Namjoon to his friends—wanted to write poetry, and he started rapping at age 15 inside an underground club in Seoul. At the time, 18 people were in attendance. Today, the group BTS, of which RM (now 29) is the leader, is the biggest K-pop group in Korea—if not the world.

I love the line in Wildflower where he says “he became friends with his shadows.” He’s learned to embrace the dark and flawed sides of him with full acceptance. At the end of it all, aside from everything he’s achieved — he just wants to be his true self. He just wants to be Kim Namjoon, whatever that means and looks like for him.

This interview has at least 1 gajillion more fantastic things like how he views hesitation as a shadow that follows us, and his artistic inspirations and stuff.

the same way intro: persona showed different sides of namjoon, shadow shows different sides of yoongi. the one in beige is himself, aspiring for things and watching doors close in his face (from the experiences he had when he was young). yoongi leads us to suga, standing on stage below thousands of lights, facing thousands of cameras (also, the ...

2017年9月14日 · Kim Namjoon, or as we call him by his stage name, Rap Monster is known to have such a brilliant mind who knows his way with words and always comes up with wise words which a lot of us ARMYs can relate to and learn from. He tends to think deeper than most people his age do and even others older than him.

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