The rpwprpwprpwp account's first post was on the 23/11/2023. Kim Namjoon centre stage for filming, looking dorky and hesitant. Then a second picture of dead or dying sunflowers. Is this a music video or a final art school project? I can see Namjoon really embracing a project mixing art, film and music. Acting but in a heightened stylized way.
The 02/12/23 post showed him in a recording studio. Music yes, but is this his new album or something else?
On 04/12/23 there was a clip of him holding a bunch of colourful balloons. They provide an element of circus with which he doesn't seem completely at ease .
More filming (while singing?) beside the Han River on the 08/12/23.
Then just before he enlists (10/12/2023) a shot taken at the beach
taken the same time as these photos from his IG (02/11/2023)?
But it doesn't stop there, on 19/12/2023, when RM is busy with basic training, there is another post from the studio.
On 27/12/2023 there is a kodak portra photo with decor that evokes the gaudy styles of the 1970s.
It looks like it came from the same photographer who took these, posted on his original IG on 02/11/2023 and taken on his London trip.
It reminds me of the 032c magazine photoshoot. Is it all related? I think it is. Look at the photo below - Creative Direction by San Yawn.
Since Saturday we have had three more posts. The first one on 13/01/24 looks like it was taken at Namjoon's flat. Someone seems to be directing him from behind the camera (see the left of the photo).
The second on 14/01/24 again filming on the beach. Who is that guy with him? None other than Balming Tiger Director San Yawn who also appears in the photo posted today (16/01/24)
Definitely a collaboration with the Balming Tiger Collective and they have been working on it for sometime, maybe since last summer.
Isn't this some of them seeing him off to the military last December?
Have they made some kind of arty music documentary that we'll see at Cannes, Berlin or the Sundance Festivals? Is San Yawn the creative director for the MVs for Namjoon's new album.
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Remember Sexy Nukim, I wouldn't mind seeing visuals like these set against music Namjoon makes. He said he was going for something lighter perhaps with a bit of humour. Perhaps he found a perfect partner in crime for this project.
I get the feeling all will become clear very very soon!