RM of BTS stood before the United Nations in 2018 and gave one of the greatest Self-Love speeches ever heard: speak yourself. But the moment that stopped me was one sentence, the one where he claimed the very label people used to dismiss him. Episode 93 of Self-Love Through Their Eyes goes inside the speech, the UNICEF Love Myself campaign that came a full year before it, and the story of a boy from a small town who stopped hearing his own voice, and found it again in front of the world. I was living in Hong Kong then, when BTS were the air we breathed, and this speech found me at the exact right time. We close with a practice to try this week with one person you love: one true thing, spoken in your own voice.
In this episode, you'll learn:
Why "idol" was a put-down in K-pop, and what it meant that RM led with it at the United Nations
The UNICEF Love Myself campaign that came before the speech, and the one belief it was built on
What happened when a boy from Ilsan started seeing himself through other people's eyes, and how that story is ours too
Why he calls his faults and mistakes the brightest stars in the constellation of his life
The responsibility that comes with learning to love yourself, and why Self-Love was never meant to stay locked inside you
A simple practice to try this week with one person you love: one true thing, given freely
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