RM discography | |
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![]() RM at the Seoul Music Awards in January 2017 | |
Studio albums | 2 |
Singles | 21 |
Music videos | 29 |
Mixtapes | 2 |
South Korean rapper RM (formerly Rap Monster) has released two studio albums, two mixtapes, and 21 singles (including 12 as a featured artist). He has recorded with a variety of artists throughout his career including Warren G, MFBTY, Primary, Wale, Fall Out Boy, Tiger JK, Honne, Lil Nas X, Younha, Erykah Badu, and Anderson .Paak.
RM's career began in 2010 when he signed to Big Hit Entertainment. He spent three years as a trainee at the label, honing his skills as a rapper, musician, and songwriter—he co-wrote songs for 2AM and Glam during that time—frequently sharing songs he made or covered on SoundCloud via the label's official blog. He debuted as a member of BTS, with the stagename Rap Monster, in June 2013. His first solo track for the band was the rap intro from their debut extended play (EP), O!RUL8,2? (2013), released as a video trailer on YouTube in August of that year. He has since authored and performed three more solo songs in the band's repertoire: "Reflection" from Wings (2016), "Trivia: Love" from Love Yourself: Answer (2019), and "Persona" from Map of the Soul: Persona (2019).
Outside of his BTS-related work, the rapper released his first mixtape RM in 2015, under his then-stagename Rap Monster. Three music videos were produced for the tracks "Awakening", "Do You", and "Joke" respectively. The mixtape was never released commercially or made available on streaming platforms. His second mixtape, Mono (2018), was the first full project released under his updated stagename RM, having officially changed it a year prior. Mono's debut at number 26 on the Billboard 200 made him the highest-charting Korean solo artist in the history of the chart at the time, [1] a record he held until 2020 when bandmate Suga's second mixtape D-2 debuted at number 11. [2] Four years later, he released his debut solo album Indigo . The project featured collaborations with Badu, Paak, Tablo of Epik High, and Youjeen of Cherry Filter, who provided vocals on the lead single "Wild Flower", among others. The album peaked at number three on the Billboard 200 and made him the highest-charting Korean solo artist [A] in Billboard chart history once again. [4] [5]
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | |||||||||
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KOR [6] | AUS [7] | CAN [8] | JPN Hot [9] | NLD [10] | NZ [11] | SWE [12] | UK [13] | US [14] | US World [15] | ||||
Indigo |
| 2 | 26 | 19 | 4 | 67 | 12 | 55 | 45 | 3 | 1 | ||
Right Place, Wrong Person |
| 2 | 50 | 56 | 2 | 93 | 20 | — | 37 | 5 | — |
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Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | |||||||||
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AUS [24] | CAN [8] | IRE [25] | JPN Hot [9] | NLD [10] | NOR [26] | SWE [27] | UK Down. [28] | US [14] | US World [15] | |||
RM |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | — |
Mono |
| 36 | 22 | 37 | 10 | 29 | 17 | 28 | 2 | 26 | 2 | |
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales | Album | ||||||||
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KOR [30] | CAN [31] | HUN [32] | JPN Dig. [33] | NZ Hot [34] | UK [13] | US [35] | US World [36] | WW [37] | ||||
"Perfect Christmas" (with Jo Kwon, Lim Jeong-hee, Joo Hee, and Jungkook) [38] | 2013 | 45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Non-album singles |
"P.D.D" (with Warren G) [38] | 2015 | 74 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | — |
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"Fantastic" (featuring Mandy Ventrice) [38] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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"Change" (with Wale) [42] | 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"Forever Rain" | 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | — | Mono | |
"Bicycle" [43] | 2021 | — | — | 36 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | Non-album single | |
"Wild Flower" (with Youjeen) | 2022 | 49 | 93 | 6 | — | 9 | — | 83 | 1 | 35 |
| Indigo |
"Come Back to Me" | 2024 | 81 | — | — | 16 | 11 | 80 | — [B] | — | 24 |
| Right Place, Wrong Person |
"Lost!" | 127 | — | — | 33 | 25 | 93 | — | — | 68 |
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"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales | Album | |||||||||
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KOR Circle [48] | KOR Billb. [C] | HUN [50] | JPN Dig. [51] | NZ Hot [52] | UK Down. [53] | US [35] | US Dig. [54] | US World [36] | WW [37] | ||||
"BuckuBucku" (부끄부끄) MFBTY featuring EE, Rap Monster & Dino-J [38] | 2015 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| WondaLand |
"U" (Primary featuring Kwon Jin-ah and Rap Monster) [56] | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | |
"Gajah" (코끼리) Gaeko featuring Rap Monster [58] | 2017 | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Non-album single |
"Champion (Remix)" (Fall Out Boy featuring RM) | — [D] | — | — | — | — | — | — [E] | 23 | — | — | Mania | ||
"Timeless" (Tiger JK featuring RM) [62] | 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | Drunken Tiger X: Rebirth of Tiger JK | |
"Crying Over You" (Honne featuring RM and BEKA) [63] | 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |
"Seoul Town Road" (Old Town Road Remix) Lil Nas X featuring RM | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Winter Flower" (Younha featuring RM) [64] | 2020 | 48 | 33 | 31 | — | — | — | — | 30 | 1 | — |
| Unstable Mindset |
"Don't" (eAeon featuring RM) [65] | 2021 | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | 34 | 1 | — |
| Fragile |
"Sexy Nukim" (Balming Tiger featuring RM) [67] | 2022 | — [F] | — | — | — | 33 | 60 | — | 30 | 1 | — | Non-album single | |
"Smoke Sprite" (So-yoon featuring RM) [69] | 2023 | — [G] | — | 39 | 36 | — | 15 | — | 9 | — | — |
| Episode1: Love |
"Don't Ever Say Love Me" (다시는 사랑한다 말하지 마) (Colde featuring RM) [72] | — [H] | — | 29 | 33 | — | — | — | 43 | 4 | — | Love Part 2 | ||
"Neva Play" (Megan Thee Stallion featuring RM) | 2024 | — [I] | — | — | 27 | 2 | — | 36 [77] | — | — | 17 |
| Megan: Act II |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales | Album | |||||||
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KOR Circle [79] | KOR Billb. [J] | HUN [81] | NZ Hot [34] | UK Down. [82] | US Dig. [83] | US World [84] | WW [37] | ||||
"Reflection" [a] | 2016 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wings |
"Trivia 承: Love" [a] | 2018 | 56 | 8 | 20 | — | 66 | 31 | 9 | — |
| Love Yourself: Answer |
"Seoul" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | Mono | ||
"Moonchild" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | — | |||
"Badbye" (featuring eAeon) | — | — | — | — | — | — | 14 | — | |||
"Uhgood" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13 | — | |||
"Everythingoes" (featuring Nell ) | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | — | |||
"Persona" [a] | 2019 | 34 | 7 | 22 | — | — | — | 7 | — |
| Map of the Soul: Persona |
"Strange" ( Agust D featuring RM) | 2020 | — | — | 26 | — | — | 10 | 2 | — | D-2 | |
"Yun" (with Erykah Badu) | 2022 | 173 | — | — | 33 | — | 14 | 3 | — | Indigo | |
"Still Life" (with Anderson .Paak) | 157 | — | — | 29 | — | 10 | 2 | 187 | |||
"All Day" (with Tablo) | 159 | — | — | — | — | 18 | 5 | — | |||
"Forg_tful" (with Kim Sa-wol) | 191 | — | — | — | — | 22 | 8 | — | |||
"Closer" (with Paul Blanco and Mahalia) | 195 | — | — | 34 | — | 15 | — | — | |||
"Lonely" | — | — | — | — | — | 16 | 4 | — | |||
"Hectic" (with Colde) | — | — | — | — | — | 19 | 6 | — | |||
"No.2" (with Park Ji-yoon) | 181 | — | — | — | — | 20 | 7 | — | |||
"Right People, Wrong Place" | 2024 | — | — | — | — | — | 15 | — | — | Right Place, Wrong Person | |
"Nuts" | — | — | — | — | — | 14 | 1 | — | |||
"Out of Love" | — | — | — | — | — | 22 | — | — | |||
"Domodachi" (featuring Little Simz) | — | — | — | — | — | 19 | 3 | — | |||
"? (Interlude)" (with Domi and JD Beck) | — | — | — | — | — | 24 | — | — | |||
"Groin" | — | — | — | — | — | 18 | 2 | — | |||
"Heaven" | — | — | — | — | — | 20 | — | — | |||
"Around the World in a Day" (featuring Moses Sumney) | — | — | — | — | — | 21 | — | — | |||
"ㅠㅠ (Credit Roll)" | — | — | — | — | — | 25 | — | — | |||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region |
Title | Year | Other artist(s) | Album | Ref. |
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"Rap Monster" | 2012 | None | Non-album release | [88] |
"Where U At" | 2013 | [89] | ||
"Favorite Girl" | [90] | |||
"Like a Star" | Jungkook | [91] | ||
"Adult Child" | Suga, Jin | [92] | ||
"Something" | None | [93] | ||
"Too Much" | 2014 | [94] | ||
"Monterlude" | [95] | |||
"RM Cyper Ruff" | [96] | |||
"Unpack Your Bags" | 2015 | DJ Soulscape | [97] | |
"I Know" | 2016 | Jungkook | [98] | |
"Always" | 2017 | None | [99] | |
"4 O'clock" | V | [100] | ||
"땡 (Ddaeng)" | 2018 | Suga, J-Hope | [101] |
Title | Year | Other artist(s) | Album | Ref. |
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"ProMeTheUs" (튀겨) | 2015 | Yankie (featuring Dok2, Juvie Train, Double K, Topbob, Don Mills) | Andre | [102] |
"Crying Over You" [b] | 2019 | Honne (featuring Bibi Zhou) | Non-album single | [103] |
Notes
Title | Year | Other performer(s) credited | Director(s) | Description | Ref. |
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"Intro: O!RUL8,2" | 2013 | None | Unknown | Animation | |
"Perfect Christmas" | Jungkook, Jo Kwon, Lim Jeong-hee, and Joo Hee (8eight) | ||||
"What Am I to You" | 2014 | None | Comeback trailer for BTS' first studio album Dark & Wild (2014). RM does not appear in the video, but is heard rapping in its audio. | [105] | |
"P.D.D" | 2015 | Warren G | |||
"Awakening" | None | [106] | |||
"BuckuBucku" | MFBTY, EE, Dino J | YongSeok Choi (Lumpens) | [107] | ||
"Do You" | None | Woogie Kim (GDW) | [106] | ||
"Joke" | Unknown | ||||
"ProMeTheUs (튀겨)" | Yankie, Dok2, Juvie Train, Double K, Top Bob, Don Mills | [108] | |||
"Fantastic" | Mandy Ventrice | RM is shown performing the song interspersed with clips from the Fantastic 4 film. Ventrice does not appear in the video, but is heard singing in its audio. | |||
"Change" | 2017 | Wale | Beomjin (VM Project Architecture) | [42] | |
"Gajah (코끼리)" | Gaeko | Unknown | 3D animated video | [109] | |
"Forever Rain" | 2018 | None | Choi Jaehoon | Black and white animated video | [110] |
"Seoul" | YongSeok Choi (Lumpens) | Lyric video | [111] | ||
"Moonchild" | [112] | ||||
"Timeless" | Drunken Tiger | Unknown | Lyric video. Neither artist appear in the video, but both are heard rapping in its audio. | [62] | |
"Persona" | 2019 | None | YongSeok Choi (Lumpens) | comeback trailer for BTS' sixth extended play Map of the Soul: Persona (2019) | [113] |
"Sexy Nukim" | 2022 | Balming Tiger | Pennacky [67] | [114] | |
"Wild Flower" | Youjeen | Woogie Kim | [115] | ||
"Still Life" | Anderson .Paak | Jaeyeob Bang (BangJaeyeonFilm) | [116] | ||
"Closer" | 2023 | Mahalia and Paul Blanco | — [K] | Comprises various scenes from the film Decision to Leave (2022), featuring Tang Wei and Park Hae-il. None of the artists appear in the video, but are heard rapping and singing in its audio, which features a new lo-fi arrangement. | [117] |
"Smoke Sprite" | So-yoon | Lee Suho | RM appears in the latter half of the video, dressed in all black, rapping on the ground next to an overturned car in a junkyard, then singing the song back-to-back with So-yoon. | [69] [118] | |
"Don't Ever Say Love Me" | Colde | Unknown | A performance video, Colde and RM sing the song together in a large, empty white room with a swirling pool of water in the center of the floor. As the song progresses, the room flashes between darkness and light and white sheets of paper begin swirling in the air around and above them. | [75] | |
"Come Back to Me" | 2024 | None | Lee Sung Jin | Filmed in Paju. Featured cast includes Kim Min-ha, Joseph Lee, and Kang Gil-woo. Reminiscent of a short film, the music video portrays the "strange story" of a man (RM) "trapped in the past, present and future" who seems "[un]able to leave his own home." | [119] |
"Lost!" | Aube Perrie | RM finds himself trapped in a maze-like building with numerous floors, hallways, and rooms. He is seen stuck in an elevator and an office with other office workers. With their help, he attempts to navigate his way out. They locate an airduct that leads him to the set of the Lost! Show, a bizarre fictional talk show, where he is announced by its presenters as the musical guest. | [120] | ||
"Groin" | Pennacky | Filmed in London, RM walks through the streets of the city on a cloudy day, dressed in a navy tracksuit, while rapping the song. | [121] | ||
"Nuts" | A live video of RM performing the song in the music studio in London where his second studio album Right Place, Wrong Person (2024) was mixed. Photos taken of him during the album's recording process are interspersed throughout the clip. | [122] | |||
"Domodachi" | Little Simz | Neither artist appear in the video, which follows a teenage protagonist out biking with a friend one evening. He "embarks on a feverish journey through underground tunnels in a dark cityscape", encountering a violent riot and a subway "full of depressed-looking commuters". With the help of another friend, he eventually escapes by climbing over a fence and returns to his first friend. They walk home together at sunrise. | [123] | ||
"ㅠㅠ (Credit Roll)" | None | RM performs the song while a lone camera records him as busy staff members work around him. Elsewhere in the same room, a group of people sit at a table eating and engrossed in conversation. They barely notice RM and pay no attention to his performance being shown on a television next to their table. | [124] |
Notes
...for the growing up song, which was released in 2013...