Director-writer Lee Sung-jin, who recently directed the music video for Come Back to Me, has opened up about working with BTS leader RM. in an interview with hollywood reporterHe recalled how RM aka Kim Namjoon reacted after he met with an accident during the shooting of the song. (Also read | BTS RM unveils Come Back to Me music video, fans praise ‘actor’ Kim Namjoon’s emotion and duality. Watch,
Lee Sung-jin praised RM
Speaking about RM, Sung-jin said, “You’re always a little nervous when you’re working with these huge global superstars. Would they like to rehearse? Are they going to take notes? RM was game for everything. He was there for a long time.”
RM met with an accident during the shooting of the song Come Back To Me
He continued, “The first take of the first scene, he bent down and his head hit the camera and it was a big gash over his eye and immediately I thought, ‘Oh great, I’m going to be deported immediately because I’ve just It is a matter of credit to this national treasure that he went to the hospital, got stitches, came back and was ready to go.
Sung-jin also shared that RM “came back the same day,” adding that shooting lasted three days in Paju, which is “about an hour and a half outside of Seoul, close to the North Korean border “. He called RM “so versatile and open to direction” and said that the BTS leader would also push him when they were working together. He said that the RM would check the monitors and say “we can do it a little better”.
About RM’s upcoming album
Last week, RM released the music video for his pre-release track Come Back to Me. The song is part of RM’s second solo album, Right Place, Wrong Person. It is an 11-track album that “reflects some universal emotions that we all experience at some point in life, such as the feeling of being an outsider who doesn’t fit in”. The album will be released on May 24 at 1PM (KST).