RM - Reflection

I saw RM perform this live on the Wings tour in California when I was in middle school! It deeply moved me, and I still listen to it when having a hard time (I just graduated college). Namjoon’s music is really special ☺️

Reflection💜💜

The end of the live version gets me teary and emotional every single time I see it. With Army saying back to him “We love you” over and over again. Namjoon deserves all the love he can get and more 💜

I remember my darkest teenage days when I was at my lowest. The night where I was ready to end it all…that night when it was only me, the darkness of the night and the silence of the 4 corners of my room. I was far gone and was ready to end it all. But I don’t know what clicked what made me paused. I remember that moment bts music was going in the background bc I wanted to block my own voice when I finally make the move. And then this song came up….and I just froze bc it felt like someone just entered my room and spoke to me. Said the same words I had been feeling. Made me reflect on my own self. I was I had never spoke of my feelings back then to anyone and thought no one will ever know what it felt to be trapped in loneliness. But this song, RM spoke to me with what I felt and made me feel understood and heard. And I am still here 10-11 years later watching this.

I think that "two-three" lyric is a reference to their song "two! three!" from the same album :)

Reflection by RM, his solo song in the Wings album. He repeats the following until the end of the song: I WISH I COULD LOVE MYSELF.... this last phrase triggered the following album series the LOVE YOURSELF TRILOGY, where he explores with BTS how to learn to love himself. B R U T A L! And yes the instrumentals of this song makes me fly. Extremely beautiful

i think you did not notice that he cried at the end of the performance😭😭

there’s was a time where every single day after school i would nap to this song or just cry to sleep with it on

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Namjoon, in this song you seem to be talking to the mirror, but you're really speaking to all of us. Because that desire to love oneself, to understand oneself, to feel enough… is so human, so painfully real. And when we listen to you, we see ourselves. Not with pity, but with a little more compassion.

BTS whole 3 albums of love yourself series that came after wings all started from rm talking about loving himself in this song and with the love yourself albums bts broke thru the USA barrier and became soo famous this man really really takes feelings that everyone one of us goes thru at some point in our life’s and makes some really really amazing songs with poetic lyrics I hope he never loses that

can't wait for you guys to listen to his Mono mixtape 🥹💜

In one performance of this song, he teared up.

Your guys reactions/commentary makes me so happy, you guys truly appreciate BTS and their art! So thankful for finding both BTS and Ralaz!💜

Such a beautiful and raw song! Such a master class in writing and artist vulnerability!! He’s been telling us who he is for years, and I sometimes wonder when people will start listening. Understanding him, and understanding even current day events, is key to understanding where we are today. Mad respect for this INCREDIBLE artist and human.

HYYH and LY is my personal favorite but WINGS is really their best album

this song means the absolute world to me and namjoon and I already have so much in common, including mbti, and this song just makes me feel seen and less alone. 'i wish i could love myself' 💜 makes me cry

i WANT TO BE FREE FROM FREEDOM, has been my fav line ever since I listened to this song

You guys get joon, it's insane. He's the true tortured poet

The fact that you guys ALWAYS pick up on the meanings of songs and remember things they have said in interviews or previous shows is why you are the best reactors, seriously

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So maybe I teared up at the end of the live…

When I was freshly baby army, i went to their movie in theatres. Watched the Wings concert even though I hadn't listened to Wings yet. Easy to say I came out crying after RM's performance, it really solidified him becoming my bias and why I love them so much 💜

For me, the album *Wings* is a masterpiece—one of my absolute favorites by BTS. When I found out that every single song was based on Hermann Hesse's literary classic *Demian* and Carl Jung's analytical psychology, it completely blew my mind. They are absolute geniuses.

One of my faaavorite RM songs. So beautiful.

Also I LOVE RM WHOLE DISCOGRAPHY

This song is ONE OF MY FAV RM SONGSS he's GENUIS

"Existential loneliness" – wow, you really nailed it right from the start. You guys really are exceptional reactors and I feel like you get RM more than any other reviewers I've ever seen. Your reaction to Wildflower was what convinced me to sign up for Patreon in the first place, and this reaction is just as insightful. Keep on doing what you're doing! 💪🏻💜

As an enlistment-era fan, I discovered older BTS content in a kind of random order, and was aware of their Love Yourself era long before I heard Reflection. I cried the first time I heard Wings-era baby Namjoon say "sometimes I really hate myself" and "I wish I could love myself". It's so hard but so relatable, and really beautiful knowing the self-love journey he went on after that, and how much he helped other people love themselves too 💜

Please give reaction to Jimin-Filter Lyrics and live performance day 1 please (https://youtu.be/mTEWcAVuXIk?si=UNigojxZGmIVIYLg)

Would love if you all watched the wings short films!

#needthat (i won’t say more💜)

Reflection has a special place in my heart💜 it is the first song ever to make me cry and I still get teary listening to it

I’ll explain since u guys haven’t been to Korea. Ttukseom is a place near Han River, a popular place where people go to for running, circling, piknik, walk, dates etc because it’s near the river. Specifically what RM is talking about is many people go there after dark to clear their mind, but what’s significant is that many Koreans go there when their depressed or frustrated or having a hard time in hope of clearing their mind or having some alone time. When he talked about being swallowed by the darkness of the place he refers to standing under the bridge (there’s a giant bridge there that at night «swallows u in the dark» so no one can see u and u can just observe. For those who have lived in Korea know this, and there is multiple locations in Korea like that, and most people experience this feeling he is talking about specifically in Korean. U have to have lived there to understand this. Hope this made sense.

Wings was the first album I bought when I was still a baby ARMY.💜

I'm not surprised, but you guys are so smart and detailed💜 The fact that you remember RM's hobby of walking in the night by the Han River, help you to understand things I didn't catch the first time I listen to Wings. RM talks a lot about Han River in his song, and I think for Koreans in general, it's a really meaningful place, full of stories and emotions. Han (한/恨) is a central concept in Korean culture that describes deep and complex feelings of collective pain, melancholy and resentment, the Han River it's a common place for sui*****. RM's reflection of himself cuts so deep, there's a pain in his heart that seems to not leave him alone, even after all these years. I hope you can watch his Rolling Stone interview💜

This song is very special to me❤️ I love the lyric “The fear that gently approaches me and holds my hand.” He talks about fear almost like a friend he has to coexist with and I find that perspective so comforting and human. I really love the way he reflects on emotions and life. He mentions the idea of coexistence often and as I get older, I’m realizing how vital it is to acknowledge and accept all of our complex emotions instead of constantly fighting them. I think that kind of acceptance is what truly helps us become happier and more at peace with ourselves. I personally look forward to more reactions to his songs, interviews, and lives where he shares his introspective thoughts. BTW I hope yall are planning to watch their solo rolling stone interviews! They’re amazing!!!

yalls media literacy skills 👏 this song was precursor for mono albun but a continuation of his song life from his first mixtape (as RM) imo

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i love how the meanings and stories of bts albums always continues to evolve. In Reflection, RM ends with chanting "I wish I could love myself" and after WINGS, the whole "Love Yourself" trilogy came out.

Namjoon's songs always hit deep. This one is very relatable and I absolutely love how he is vulnerable enough to open his heart in his lyrics. It does hit different now, knowing how much he's grown, changed, and evolved since writing this song, even with the struggles he has. I'm so proud of RM.

Thank you for reacting to all the wings solos 💛 they’re simply incredible

hello, i will love it if ralaz will react to namjoon’s album mono🥹🥹🥹

You guys never fail to impress me with your breakdowns. One suggestion I would love to see you take advantage of is https://doolsetbangtan.wordpress.com/ Have it open & ready on your phone for when you need to clarify something like Ttukseom. They are so good at giving context to lyrics with cultural references & callbacks to other song lyrics or events in the bands timeline. Thanks for all your hard work & for sharing your journey with us🫰🏻💜

aw the fanchant part always makes me tear up 🤍

This is why the Wings album is a masterpiece! The group and solo music is 🫶

Wings is my favorite album. It's dark, but this is them sharing us the darkest part of them. And knowing they've been through, this is so meaningful, like saying they are humans too they feel this darkness like everyone else. I always feel like crying whenever I listen to "First Love" and "Reflection"

Thanks, guys! I can't wait for you to react to more of RM's songs and the live performance he gave for his album, *Indigo*. It's amazing.

I can’t even imagine being army in 2016 listening to WINGS album for the first time… the public might know the blood sweat and tears hype but the thoughts that must’ve run through armys mind after knowing what each members wanted to convey in their individual songs. And yea I’m so glad armys had the chance to shout ily back to namjoon in person😭

I cry every time I listen to this, still to this day.... it really was heartbreaking and so relatable at the time. But getting to see his self love journey from then to now has been absolutely stunning and I couldn't be more proud of him. It takes a long time to truly love yourself, if ever. It's definitely a struggle I deal with and BTS has helped tremendously. Even thinking of myself from then to now has improved. And I really owe it all to them. 💜 I can't wait for you to finally start watching their timeline connections and their whole story arc. "Reflection" always makes me think of Namjoon staring at his reflection in the mirror in "Fake Love" Remember, EVERYTHING is connected!!!!

Ohmygod ohmygod ohmygod one of my favorite Joon songs!

That ending part always gets me emotional in this song. I hope he knows just how much he is truly loved by millions and millions around the world. I hope he knows how much we cherish him. I loved hearing your thoughts on this deep song. I hope you guys also look at Jungkook’s ‘Begin’ as well as Jin’s ‘Awake’ 💜

I think you guys should take a look at Mono album by RM That is my comfort zone when I'm down

At the show in Brazil, the Brazilian ARMYs responded to "I wish I could love myself" with "WE LOVE YOU," and in the next day's performance he changed the lyrics to "YES I DO LOVE MYSELF." This always makes me cry.

This song reminds me of the recent interview RM had with the Rolling Stones. Can I recommend you guys fit in their group and 7 individual member’s interviews over the next few weeks?

Great reaction guys! So happy you chose this live video where we can hear the chant very clearly ☺️

I think the lyrics “ Hey you, who's looking over the Han River If we bump into each other while passing, would it be fate?” Might be reflecting on the two characters going to a quiet place to reflect on life…. Especially knowing that Han river (Ttukseom) also known for the large number of suicide attempts that occur there. So this part could also refer to two people who were thinking about taking their own lives and believe it was fate when they met on the way to …

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Tteukseom is a place that Joon likes to go to a lot to think, ride bicycle and reflect …

I love how K-ARMY comes up with these powerful fanchants, even in Suga’s Come Over, after his lyrics “Sorry, I’m a bit late”, the ARMYs chant “ANI (NO)” 🥹🥹

When one live he changed the lyrics to “yes I do love myself” 😭😭😭😭😭

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If you really like reflection I would recommend one of RM’s mixtapes mono. I think reflection and mono has similar vibes! It’s such an amazing listen

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THIS SONGS IS SO GOOD, IT ALWAYS MAKES ME CRY 😭😭

what da heck so early? i aint complaining

I’M SO DAMN EXCITED I LOVE ALL THE WINGS SOLO SONGS SOOOO MUCH

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