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RM’s debut solo studio album Indigo is here, and fans are already moved by the thoughtful and emotional themes reflected in his poetic lyrics. Listeners will note that the new song he teased with Pharrell isn’t on the album, and that’s because the project has been carefully curated (but fans can definitely expect that collaboration soon).
RM’s lead single, “Wild Flower”, sits on track #9 on “Indigo”, so you might want to start listening to the album now, because on a note to the fans Vice versa, RM asked her to listen to the album from start to finish to experience it the way he intended. After that you can press play his live performance behind NPR’s Tiny Desk and check out his new music video for “Wild Flower,” a track that explores RM’s outlook on life and mixed feelings about his success and fame.
RM’s “wild flower” meaning
In verse one, RM raps, “Before the start I introduced myself / An ending where I could applaud and smile / That’s what I wished for,” reads YouTube’s English translation. It seems RM hasn’t been able to get to the point where he can look back and applaud and smile yet, and he may never be if he keeps delivering the lines, “Than anything I believed in, grew into the distance / When all this fame turned into shackles / Please take my longing away from me.”
Despite his unfulfilled desires, RM still strives to embrace his true self, and these existential themes echo in Indigo. In the chorus, beautifully sung by Youjeen, RM encourages himself (and by extension his listeners) to shine by lighting up a “flower work”.
RM’s “Wild Flower” music video
The video for “Wild Flower” is a visual masterpiece. It sees RM reciting his verses in various picturesque but caustic locations: the eye of a storm, a dark place where embers of fire fall from the sky, and a crowded stadium – all juxtaposed with shots of the BTS leader standing in a tranquil field of lavender . Appropriately, fireworks explode throughout the video, a callback to RM’s encouraging term “flowerworks.”
Watch RM’s “Wild Flower” music video below, then watch the English lyrics to get the full impact of the song.
RM’s “Wild Flower” lyrics in English
INTRODUCTION
Flower meadow, here I am
Open country, there I am
No name, that’s what I have
No shame, I’m on my grave
When your feet don’t touch the ground
When your own heart underestimates you
When your dreams swallow you up
When you feel like you’re not yourself
All these times
VERSE 1
I longed for the flames
I longed for a beautiful autumn
Before I even started, I introduced myself
An ending where I could applaud and smile
I wished for that
When everything I believed in became a thing of the past
When all this glory turned to shackles
please take away my lust
No matter what it takes
Oh let me be myself
Oh, every day and every night
Persistent pain and criminal mind
The beating of my heart kept me awake at night
The sad crescent moon hung behind the window
I wish you a nice night
Above my status is an oversized life
Desperately holding onto a passing balloon
I ask where you might be right now
Where you go, where is your soul
Yo, where’s your dream?
CHOIR
Will scatter across this sky
Light a flower, flower work
flower flower work
I will shine across this sky
Light a flower, flower work
flower flower work
VERSE 2
Where will my end finally be?
Everything is so exhausting, from A to Z
When will this miserable mask finally come off
Yes, I’m not a hero, I’m not a villain
I’m hardly anything
Idle repeats, memories turn malevolent
Lying in a field, I turned my eyes to the sky
Now I don’t know what I wanted so badly
I trusted that I was happy, just a memory now
Yes, I left no matter what’s ahead
Whatever it may be
Memories of holding onto the edge of dawn and spitting things out
Society is everything for the loudest voice
And here I am, still speaking silence
It’s a page, a boat in bloom
Face all the prejudices and misunderstandings
I don’t mind being thrown into the air
Grounded on my own feet
Among the unnamed flowers
I can’t go to the stars again, I can’t
Underfoot, I just walk
To a goal without purpose
Not even knowing my own sadness
Even making friends with the shadows
I’m gone
CHOIR
Will scatter across this sky
Light a flower, flower work
flower flower work
I will shine across this sky
Light a flower, flower work
flower flower work
VERSE 3
Stopped and turned out to be gloriously barefoot
Nothing should ever be mine
And don’t tell me like you have to be someone
‘Cause I’ll never be like her
(light a flower)
Yes, my beginning was poetry
My only strength and my dream that has protected me so far
Burning fireworks for flower work
childhood to eternity
I stay in this desolate field
Ah, I will return one day
CHOIR
Will scatter across this sky
Light a flower, flower work
flower flower work
I will shine across this sky
Light a flower, flower work
flower flower work
OUTRO
Flower meadow, here I am
Open country, there I am
No name, that’s what I have
No shame, I’m on my grave
When your feet don’t touch the ground
When your own heart underestimates you
When your dreams swallow you up
When you feel like you’re not yourself
All these times