{"id":77400,"date":"2025-06-17T12:20:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T16:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/?p=77400"},"modified":"2025-06-27T12:24:05","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T16:24:05","slug":"why-is-bts-rm-in-basel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/why-is-bts-rm-in-basel\/77400\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is BTS\u2019 RM in Basel?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>RM\u2019s participation in Art Basel 2025 is not just a professional move \u2014 it\u2019s a deeply personal one. Known for his long-standing love for art, literature, and quiet introspection, his decision to attend the prestigious Swiss art fair as Samsung\u2019s Art TV global ambassador speaks volumes about how closely art is tied to his identity. After finishing his military service \u2014 a period he has described as emotionally taxing, even revealing a struggle with insomnia \u2014 this appearance at Art Basel in Basel, Switzerland (June 19\u201322) feels like a heartfelt return to his true self.<\/p>\n<p>As part of his ambassadorship with Samsung, RM will host a special talk session during the event. It\u2019s expected to focus on:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>His personal journey of art collecting<\/li>\n<li>How contemporary art has influenced his thinking<\/li>\n<li>The emotional and cultural power of visual storytelling<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For RM, art is a form of healing and clarity, and this opportunity allows him to encourage others to connect with it in similar ways \u2014 not just as an elite concept, but as a daily source of peace and perspective.<\/p>\n<p>Fans were touched by how discreetly he left for Switzerland, only confirming it after he shared an Instagram story \u2014 complete with a quiet, contemplative shot of him cycling through Basel. It\u2019s exactly the kind of poetic symbolism RM is known for: understated, meaningful, and honest.<\/p>\n<p>This marks his first official public appearance post-military, and it\u2019s not tied to music or performance but to something even more intrinsic \u2014 his love for art. It\u2019s a reminder that Kim Namjoon, beyond being BTS\u2019s leader, is also an intellectual, a collector, a thinker.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s not just returning to the public eye \u2014 he\u2019s re-entering the world on his own terms, and through the lens of something that brings him peace. It\u2019s a powerful, graceful start to a new chapter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RM\u2019s participation in Art Basel 2025 is not just a professional move \u2014 it\u2019s a deeply personal one. Known for\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":294,"featured_media":77401,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[3674],"class_list":["post-77400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity-news","tag-rm"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/294"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77400\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}