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India Today
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- India Today
RM hits 3 billion solo streams, joins SUGA and J-Hope in milestone
BTS' leader RM stands out as one of the most distinctive rappers in the Korean music industry. With his deep voice, exceptional lyrics, broad knowledge of diverse subjects, and eagerness to keep learning, he has steadily climbed the ranks with his solo releases. This growth is clearly resonating with his fans, as his solo tracks have now amassed an impressive 3 billion streams on the music platform Spotify. Achieving this milestone with just two mixtapes and two studio albums is no small now joins fellow BTS members SUGA and J-Hope as one of the only Korean male rappers to have surpassed 3 billion solo streams. According to the platform kworb, the following tracks are among the most streamed in his discography:Wild Flower (feat. Youjeen)Neva Play (with Megan Thee Stallion)Seoul (produced by HONNE)Lost!Old Town Road – Seoul Town Road Remix (feat. Lil Nas X)MoonchildStill Life (feat. Anderson .Paak)Come Back to MeWinter Flower (with Younha)TokyoRM made his official solo debut with 'Indigo' in 2022. However, his solo journey began much earlier, with his self-titled mixtape RM in 2015. He followed this with Mono in 2018, before returning to the solo spotlight with 'Indigo' and then 'Right Place, Wrong Person' in 2024. Beyond his solo work, RM has contributed extensively to BTS' discography, lending his skills to many of the group's title tracks. He's also participated in other projects under BIGHIT MUSIC, including TOMORROW X TOGETHER's 0X1=Lovesong (I Know I Love You), Jin's Abyss, SUGA's (Agust D) D-Day, Life Goes On, and Strange, Jimin's Christmas Love, Face Off, Like Crazy, and Promise, V's Winter Bear, I Know with Jungkook, and the rapline track Ddaeng.- EndsMust Watch
News18
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- News18
BTS' RM Crosses 3 Billion Streams, Joins Suga And J-Hope In Spotify's Elite List
Last Updated: RM's Wild Flower has crossed 3 billion streams, which makes him the third male K-rapper to achieve this milestone and the 10th most-streamed K-pop soloist in Spotify history. BTS may have been on a group break for the past two years, but its members keep breaking records. After Suga and J-Hope crossed billions of streams on Spotify, RM has now joined the ranks. His track Wild Flower with Youjeen has surpassed 3 billion streams, making him the third male K-rapper to achieve this milestone and the 10th most-streamed K-pop soloist in Spotify history. With his deep lyrics and distinctive musical style, RM has carved out a powerful solo presence that resonates with fans worldwide. 10 Most Streamed RM Tracks Revealed According to stream-counting platform Kworb, Wild Flower tops RM's list of most-streamed tracks, followed by Neva Play with Megan Thee Stallion and Seoul, produced by HONNE. Other fan favourites include Lost, the Old Town Road – Seoul Town Road Remix with Lil Nas X, and Moonchild. Still Life featuring Anderson Paak also ranks high, along with Come Back to Me, Winter Flower with Younha, and Tokyo. #RM has surpassed 3 BILLION streams under his Spotify Profile! He now joins #AgustD and #jhope as the only male K-Rappers in Spotify History to reach 3 Billion streams on their solo profiles and is the 10th overall Most-Streamed K-Pop Soloist! Impressive Daily Streaming Numbers As per the latest Music Charts update, RM's songs have been played more than 2.8 billion times on Spotify. Out of this, over 2 billion streams are from songs where he is the main artist. His solo songs alone have been streamed more than 1.1 billion times. Songs he worked on with other artists have been played over 724 million times. Daily, his songs attract 1,264,833 streams, with 916,990 coming from his lead tracks, 537,909 from solo works and 347,843 from featured appearances. In total, RM has 41 tracks on the platform, including 31 as lead artist, 17 solo songs and 10 as a featured artist. Wild Flower, part of RM's Indigo album, is one of ten tracks in the collection. The album also includes Yun, Forgetfulness, Lonely, No. 2, Still Life, Closer, Hectic, All Day and Change Pt. 2. Speaking about the album with Variety, the South Korean idol said, 'I think before this album, I was always concentrating on wanting to prove something to people. Like, 'I just want to make you guys listen to this. I want to just share my thoughts. Please listen to this.' This time I was focusing on expanding my personal thoughts to something universal, so people can approach it and think it could be their own stories, too. When I made this, it was all mine. But once I made this whole album, it feels like it's not mine anymore, and I just give it to people, and people would maybe digest it and, through their own colours, reflect on their own lives." Currently, RM, along with fellow BTS members Jin, V, Jungkook, Suga, J-Hope and Jimin, is in the USA working on recording their upcoming comeback album. view comments First Published: Disclaimer: Comments reflect users' views, not News18's. Please keep discussions respectful and constructive. Abusive, defamatory, or illegal comments will be removed. News18 may disable any comment at its discretion. By posting, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
Pink Villa
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Pink Villa
BTS' RM surpasses 3 billion individual streams joining SUGA and J-Hope as only Korean male rappers to do so
BTS' leader RM is one of the most unique rappers in the Korean music scene. With a low voice and his mastery in lyricism, a deep understanding of a myriad of topics, and a willingness to learn, he has been on an upward climb with his solo releases. The same seems to have reached his fans, who have now streamed his solo songs a total of 3 billion times on the music streaming platform Spotify. A whopping number, he has acquired the mark with 2 mixtapes and 2 studio albums. BTS member RM reigns with 3 billion Spotify streams RM has now joined fellow BTS members SUGA and J-Hope as the only Korean male rappers to have surpassed 3 billion streams with their solo music. According to a platform called kworb, the following songs have the most number of streams across his discography. Wild Flower (feat. Youjeen) Neva Play (with Megan Thee Stallion) Seoul (prod. HONNE) Lost! Old Town Road – Seoul Town Road Remix (feat. Lil Nas X) Moonchild Still Life (feat. Anderson .Paak) Come Back to Me Winter Flower (with Younha) Tokyo RM made his official solo debut with Indigo in 2022. However, his original solo career began with his eponymous mixtape, RM, in 2015. Since then, he has dropped another mixtape, Mono in 2018, and then made his entry into the solo world with Indigo, followed by Right Place, Wrong Person in 2024. Apart from his solo music, RM has contributed to songs in BTS' album releases, having credits in many lead tracks. Apart from his own team's music, the leader has contributed to BIGHIT MUSIC junior group TOMORROW X TOGETHER's 0X1=Lovesong (I Know I Love You), fellow member Jin's Abyss, SUGA's (Agust D) D-Day, Life Goes On, and Strange, Jimin's Christmas Love, Face Off, Like Crazy, and Promise, V's Winter Bear, I Know with Jungkook, and the rapline's Ddaeng.
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Scotsman
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Scotsman
Edinburgh Fringe Theatre reviews: Fatal Flower + more
Sign up to our Arts and Culture newsletter, get the latest news and reviews from our specialist arts writers Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Fatal Flower Summerhall (Venue 26) ★★★★☆ As a teenager, Valentina Tóth was a prodigy at the piano, landing a classical music record deal and playing at Carnegie Hall before she turned twenty. She always hated it, though, and soon decided to pour her musical talent – plus her astonishing voice and considerable capacity for clownish comedy – into experimental theatre instead. Valentina Tóth in Wild Flower | Anne van Zantwijk Her first show, Fatal Flower, has been a big hit in her native Netherlands, and now makes its English-language premiere at Summerhall. It is bonkers but brilliant – a structurally scrappy 75-minutes of skits, stories and songs, loosely based on the theme 'hysterical women' and powered by a manically intense performance from Tóth. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Lots of it is autobiographical, much of it centring on Tóth's intertwined relationships with her talent and her body. She impersonates her intimidating Russian piano teacher, who demanded she lose weight for a concert. She recounts a strange sexual assault on a nudist beach in Switzerland. She transforms into a Southern Belle to sing an entertainingly grisly country song about killing the woman her partner cheated with. Plenty of it is not about Tóth's own life, though. She also invents a Spanish soap opera to illustrate the devastating impact of the Dutch childcare benefits scandal, which saw thousands of parents erroneously accused of benefit fraud, and she delivers a remarkable rendition of Mozart's Queen Of The Night aria from The Magic Flute. Classical references to Medea and Medusa are woven throughout the show, too. Tóth performs all this and more with unflagging vigour in a variety of over-the-top costumes on an open stage with little more than an upright piano and a few props. Her show could have more of a through-line – it does not really add up to more than the sum of its wildly varied parts – but her infectious enthusiasm papers over the cracks. FERGUS MORGAN until 25 August A Brief History of Neurodivergence studio at C ARTS | C venues | C alto (Venue 40) ★★★★★ Do not tire yourself out trying to squeeze yourself into a world that was not built for you. This is the crucial message fuelling Fiona Moon's new play, submitted to the Fringe in the middle of the night as she was awake with racing thoughts caused by her ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder). A Brief History of Neurodivergence outlines exactly what it sets out to, and in doing so, does so much more. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad The production is led by Fiona's experience with neurodivergence throughout her life, from wrong diagnoses to learning to adapt to being different. Yet, whilst personal, her performance is not an autobiography, but rather Moon uses her story to inform a wider interpretation of neurodivergence, and its conflict with everyday life. Equal parts joyous and educational, I learnt so much during this show. From the history of disability in legal practice, where it remains constitutional to deny a disabled person entry to some countries based only on an alleged incapacity to accommodate their needs, to the causes of neurodivergence, where it appears more commonly with children that have experienced trauma, as their underdeveloped brains may 'rewire' themselves against danger. Although, Fiona does not encourage her audience to search for the source of their neurodivergence. Instead, she inspires those that identify with the label to accept it as a wonderful part of themselves, a symbol of resilience. This production is especially accessible; fidget toys are available at the door, and if you struggle to concentrate, the performance is broken up by pleasant audience interaction. I must mention too that Moon performs her entire hour-through lecture whilst bouncing on a trampoline, crawling through tunnels and hula-hooping. Surprisingly, as she maintains incredible rapport with her audience, this never becomes distracting. A Brief History of Neurodivergence is a performance that everyone should see. If you are neurodivergent, or somebody close to you is neurodivergent, this is a really important piece of theatre. Informative, fun, and ultimately profound, this production stands as an ode to being different. We each have a duty to support others, and to accommodate everybody, and Fiona Moon's lovely new show might just be the reminder we all need, to be a little bit kinder. RÓISIN MCMULLAN until 10 August Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad READ MORE: Betty Grumble on why radical performance artists are vital to the Fringe The Naked Neds theSpace @ Surgeons Hall (Venue 53) ★★★☆☆ In the Fox and Hound pub on a council estate in Glasgow, four guys with not a lot going for them – although narrator Paul (Lucian Burlinghame) is going to be a dad at the tender age of 25 – pass the time by ribbing each other mercilessly, although it's wily barmaid Bev (Hannah Mary Taylor) who has the measure of all of them. It eventually becomes clear they're all bluffing through as they try and largely fail to process grief and confusion after the suicide of their friend Cammy. On top of this, Paul believes he's discovered a lump on his testicle. Driven to do whatever they can in tribute to Cammy, he, young Harry (Aidan Curley), middle-aged stud Tony (John Stuart) and the physically larger and more self-conscious Jamie (Ingram Noble) alight upon the idea of doing 'the Full Monty' (a male stripshow, named after the film of the same name) for charity in his name. Written and directed by Noble, The Naked Neds essentially is a remake of The Full Monty itself, but with a bitingly amusing Scots backdrop and dialect grafted over the top. The added dimension of awareness-raising about male suicide and testicular health is heartfelt and important, and the final scene where the boys go through with their plan is outrageous fun. DAVID POLLOCK until 9 August Tall Tails thsSpace @ Surgeons' Hall (Venue 53) ★★★☆☆ Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Is this show really just a challenge to see how many sea-themed puns can be crammed into 45 minutes? Perhaps. But it works. With character names including Kalamari, Suenami, Sealine, Mishell and Misty, the script is full of mermaid and sea references, including a nod to the most iconic mermaid of all. The plot follows five mermaids who, after an invite from one's crush, find themselves at a wellness retreat for chronic people pleasers. If something smells fishy, it's not just the guests and what starts off as light-hearted veers into the delightfully unhinged. There's a genuine sense of friendship between the cast, and their chemistry keeps things light. While it's not exactly laugh-out-loud comedy, the show delivers consistent chuckles. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Visually, it's a treat. The colourful costumes are exactly what you'd hope for: sparkles, shimmery scales, shell necklaces, and, of course, glittering clam bras. The show touches on themes like identity, not fitting in, self-acceptance and the male gaze, but they are approached in a broad, uncomplicated way which doesn't try to be profound. It's a show that knows what it is – playful and unapologetically fun. SUZANNE O'BRIEN until 9 August The Ode Islands Pleasance @ EICC (Venue 150b) ★★☆☆☆ The technical ambition of this new multimedia play by mononymous actor and multimedia artist Ornagh is impressive. Her set features a back projection and a transparent downstage screen, and both are illuminated with images as Ornagh performs in the gap between, appearing immersed in a convincing 3D environment. Her character is tossed like Alice in Wonderland through a series of fantastical worlds, sailing across the sea chased by weird flying creatures and having a weird, pounding dance-off with a club full of muscular minotaur creatures, yet her and her team's commendable creative ambition outweighs the quality of the execution. The animation looks cheap and often AI-generated, and there's minimal narrative drive to the story. DAVID POLLOCK until 16 August
Pink Villa
29-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Pink Villa
Did RM's mom order V into wearing son's jacket to save him from bugs? Fans dig into adorable BTS family moment
BTS' Jin officially became the first vocal member of the group to conduct his solo concert. Kicking off with RUNSEOKJIN_EP.TOUR in Goyang, day 1, was full of celebrity visits, including those from teammates J-Hope, RM, and V. The youngest of them decided to dress in nothing but a tank top, causing internet frenzy and bug attack. Soon, noticing the cold and the insects flying about, RM's mom instructed her son to offer a jacket to V, making the fans gush about their friendship. V's sleeveless shirt moment and how RM saved him Behind the singers themselves, Jin, SUGA, RM, and Jungkook's parents arrived to support the stars. Sitting in the same VIP spot, soon the leader's mother hinted at V to cover his arms, which had seemingly become food for the many bugs at the venue, also trying to protect him from the cold. Obediently following her advice, V looked around but, unable to find any options, was kindly offered the jacket RM had worn while returning from his overseas trip. Soon, the Layover singer was engulfed in the oversized zipper. Fans have since reacted to the interaction between BTS' parents and the members, who continue to be close as ever. They have appreciated how they're all one big family who care for each other. In the absence of V 's own mother, taking a page from her son's leadership book, RM's mom took responsibility for looking after the younger one. The Wild Flower star returned from his trip to Switzerland and, seemingly, Paris as well, only to quickly head to Jin's debut solo concert, proving his dedication towards fellow members. Albeit looking tired, he supported the Abyss singer with ARMY, enjoying alongside J-Hope and V. The second day of the concert at the venue is likely to invite visits from SUGA, Jimin, and Jungkook, who were nowhere to be seen yesterday. The remaining families are also expected to show up to support Jin.
