urusigh:

one note = one hug for our president namjoon

lunahobs:

lunahobs:

but it’s kind of sort of pretty fucking obvious that everyone cried after namjoon finished his speech

i want to make a stupid ass joke about this. how if namjoon gave a ted talk i’d start applauding even before he introduced himself. i WANT to, but i CAN’T. this speech held so much importance. he acknowledged his roots, he acknowledged the mistakes he’s made in the past, he spoke about being young and falling victim to this immortal trend of becoming faceless, becoming nameless. he confidently addressed his fame and the people who made it possible, and he spoke about what instigated this change within himself to regain his sense of self. he incorporated a call for action flawlessly and ended it all off by once again, returning to his roots, to kim namjoon, from ilsan. kim namjoon, who was just a little boy dreaming of being a superhero. kim namjoon, who has inspired millions and crafted his dreams into reality. 

kim namjoon, who was heartfelt, powerful, and articulate.

ineffableboyfriends:

IM LITERALLY SO PROUD OF NAMJOON

GUYS

GUYS HOLD ME

NAMJOON DID SO WELL CAN YOU IMAGINE THE STRESS AND COURAGE IT TAKES TO HAVE TO SPEAK IN A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE IN FRONT OF WORLD LEADERS

ALSO HE SAID “YOUR GENDER IDENTITY” I L O V E H I M. 

twoy:

If I get it right, he talked about his experience as an example to the message he wanted to convey and it’s all connected in between. I have oratory classes, and I was said that to captivate someone’s attention, you try to find an example, so namjoon knew what he was talking about and he found one from his own life. I’d say that there’s 2 main thoughts namjoon tries to carry on through the whole speech: coming to embrace yourself with your faults and mistakes and moving on from that to acknowledging yourself enough to speak yourself. 

Looking back, that’s when I began to worry about what other people thought of me, and started seeing myself through their eyes. I stopped looking up at the stars at night. I stopped daydreaming. I tried to jam myself into molds that other people made. Soon, I began to shut out my own voice and started to listen to the voices of others.  No one called out my name, and neither did I. My heart stopped and my eyes closed shut. So, like this, I, we, all lost our names. We became like ghosts.

But it took me a long time to hear music calling my name 

people think. but what about you? what others think doesn’t equal who you are. and namjoon said how others thought bts were hopeless but they gather big stadiums with love and support of the fans now.

however, we tend to reprimand ourselves for making mistakes in the first place, but you can’t move on without acknowledging mistakes and faults, only after you put effort to embrace yourself fully, you move on. So namjoon tries to show actually speaking to the audience:

Maybe I made a mistake yesterday, but yesterday’s me is still me.
I am who I am today, with all my faults.

I am me, mistakes don’t define me, they teach me. 

Tomorrow I might be a tiny bit wiser, and that’s me, too

namjoon simply guides and teaches us through his experience during this speech, he talks “I” but it’s “we”. 

I have many faults and I have many fears, but I am going to embrace myself as hard as I can, and I’m starting to love myself, little by little.

then he mentions people whose life changed bc of the love yourself series:

 “After releasing the “Love Yourself” albums and launching the “Love Myself” campaign, we started to hear remarkable stories from our fans all over the world,  how our message helped them overcome their hardships in life and start loving themselves.
These stories constantly remind us of our responsibility.”

he knows there are so many stories out there, “so now I urge you to “speak yourself”, he asks everyone, “what’s your name?{…}i wanna hear your voice”. 

Namjoon pronounces his own name at the beginning and at the end. He shows how to do it by his own example. “I am Kim Namjoon, I’m a hip-hop idol and an artist from a small town in Korea”. it’s like a dialogue, so he asks you,

what’s your name?

He told you his name and his story, and now it’s your turn to tell yours.
it’s time to speak yourself.

iweedu:

namjoon confidently delivered a beautiful speech that was laced with so much maturity and eloquence in front of all those official dignitaries without stuttering or showing signs of nervousness at an event as significant as this one, in a language that isn’t his first, he rly did that

jeongguk:

jeongguk:

jeongguk:

i just wanna say that i’m so goddamn proud of how far namjoon’s come

like ok just, namjoon used to be ignorant as hell and wanted to change the world without understanding just how bad it was, you know? the dreads, that Godawful perm from debut era, the n word fiasco, and the other shit he’s pulled. he pissed off a lot of people with that (and rightfully so; i’m still pissed when i think about those things, even despite everything) but it’s so obvious that he’s gotten past that now.

he’s looked at his mistakes and learned from them and moved forward, and i’m so proud of him. he’s finally getting to make the kind of music he loves with the right message in the most respectful way anyone can, and that means so much to me not only as a fan who’s watched him grow as a person and an artist but as someone living in the same world as him and dealing with a lot of the same issues he talks about. one of the things i personally do to try and better myself as a person is to learn from my mistakes and do better, and that’s exactly what i see in the ‘change’ collab. none of the things are new things he’s talked about (but i’m so goddamn glad he hasn’t stopped talking about them, they’re so important) but this is such a far cry from where we started.

namjoon’s stayed true to himself while becoming a better person, and god, i’m so proud. not to mention he’s making amazing music and collaborating with amazing people on top of that! like, fuck, i don’t know how to articulate just how great this entire thing is, but i’m really proud of namjoon and change is what i’ve been waiting for a really long time from him. the fact that he did this with wale on top of that is great too, because they have amazing chemistry when it comes to music and they both respectfully used their platforms to talk about what’s affecting them in this shitty world and support each other.

like my friend miri said, “I think it’s cool to imagine Wale and Namjoon sitting down and talking abt the problems they see in the world and how to effect change (…) what a wild convo that would be given their different backgrounds and experiences I would kill to be a fly on that wall”

i’m so proud of namjoon. he’s improved on himself and learned from his mistakes and change is the sum of those efforts, and i can’t wait to see more. the fact that he talks about these things in the first place in an industry that would prefer Anything Else from him means even more, because it shows he really does care about what he’s singing about.

like i know this is just a rambly mess but fuck, i love him. i really do. i really can’t wait to see what he has in store for us next. i’ve never been prouder.

CAN I JUST SAY IN THE WAKE OF NAMJOON’S SPEECH AT THE UN CONFERENCE THAT I’M SO FUCKING PROUD OF HOW FAR NAMJOON HAS COME

namjoon went from wanting to change the world without fully understanding it to spearheading a massive campaign dedicated to teaching people how to love themselves and love each other on top of raising a shitton of money for unicef and i’m so fucking proud of him. being able to watch him grow as a person, as an artist, and as a leader every step of the way has been so humbling and such a blessing. i love kim namjoon and all the good he’s putting into the world. he’s so fucking good. i’m so glad he exists

chaijisoo:

hobigolightly:

“NO MATTER YOUR SKIN COLOR OR GENDER IDENTITY, SPEAK YOURSELF.”

– Kim Namjoon, President of the Entire Galaxy

That’s nice and all but he still mute when his fans are being attacked because of their skin color and race. He needs to put his actions where his mouth is.