First and foremost, RM is a professional, talented, and ethical artist. After that, he was the one who always fought against rαcιsm as well as made many appearances at the United Nations with the aim of building world peace. So RM knows well how influential each of his actions is.
However, recently, he was accused of sharing a song with negative connotations related to religion. Immediately, after harshly critical comments appeared on SNS, ARMYs found out about the situation and pointed out that these people were intentionally blaming him.
Fans are currently trying to protect RM from attacks by toxic individuals and offer explanations to combat the malicious allegations:
If an artist shares songs with inappropriate words or meanings, they deserve to be criticized. But if the artist shares a meaningful song and negative people try to distort the song to @ttack the artist, that is a despicable s1n.
The second case is currently happening with RM himself after he shared a song on his Instagram. Specifically, on August 16, RM shared a pαѕѕage from a song titled "Bad Religion". This song is from Frank Ocean's debut studio album, Channel Orange.
Frank Ocean is an αмєяι¢αn singer, songwriter, and rapper whose music is universally liked and well-received by listeners and critics alike. Even those that do not listen to his music are likely familiar with memes and other content about his not-so-frequent performance and release schedule.
Like many of his other songs, “Bad Religion” is about love, with this track depicting Frank sharing his experience with an unrequited love with a taxi driver. It won't be an issue until some people consider the song offensive to religion, especially Islam.
Some people pointed out that, in the song, there are some lyrics like "And you say ‘Allahu Akbar’/ I told him, ‘Don’t ċüŕṩệ me’/ ‘Bo Bo, you need prayer’/ I guess it couldn’t ȟɥȑț me/ If it brings me to my knees, it’s a bad religion". Allahu Akbar is an Arabic phrase often used in Islam, meaning “God is greatest,” Frank Ocean’s response of “Don’t ċüŕṩệ me” has been interpreted in multiple ways. A common one is that Ocean already suffers from the “religion” of love and doesn’t wish to have another.
The line “If it brings me to my knees, it’s a bad religion” also stirred mixed feelings, as many religions like Islam involve praying on the knees. This is also meant to have a double meaning, as the “bad religion” is clarified in the song’s outro. The lyrics include: "It’s a, it’s a bad religion/ To be in love with someone/ Who could never love you/ Oh, oh, oh, only bad, only bad religion/ Could have me feeling the way I do".
From these thoughts, it follows that some Muslims consider the lyrics to be problematic instead of thinking of them in a positive light. And RM is accused of spreading this while ever appearing at the United Nations and serving as a UNICEF ambαѕѕador. Since then, he has been @ttacked with a lot of harsh criticism as well as ĨŃŚÚĹŤs.
Contrary to the accusations of the song and criticism of RM, ARMYs pointed out that the song has a different meaning and doesn't offend religion like many people try to force it into negative meaning. Many people confuse Frank Ocean's choice of example and the title of the song as a d1ss towards Islam because he sings "Allahu Akbar," which is Arabic for "God is great," and then goes on to sing "but don't ċüŕṩệ me," in reply to the Taxi driver that is praying an Islamic prayer for him. What he's really saying is that his ̾s̾e̾xuality isn't accepted by Islamic religion, or many other religions, he just chose to use Islam as an example. What he's really titling a "Bad Religion" is his love for someone who doesn't love him back: unrequited love.
Even the author of the song as well as many music critics have given the situation for the content in the song. It's not a religious ĨŃŚÚĹŤ at all and RM doesn't have any fault for sharing a song that, in fact, has such a deep meaning.
ARMYs are now asking toxic individuals to stop attacking and accusing RM unreasonably:
- Please, if you're not sure what a song is about, look for official content. Stop hating without a reason.
- Omggg, why are the People’s are like this? It's just a song.
- NAMJOON WE LOVE YOU NAMJOON THE BEST BOY NAMJOON THE PRETTIEST FLOWER NAMJOON OUR FOREVER ARTIST NAMJOON THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PERSON
- As a muslim & army....I'm just literary confused situation & I don't like this but don't yall dare hate on joon for this......I fear this is gonna get drag to far...I saw it hours before but I choose not to say anything
- Let's be honest they aren't @ttacking him bc they think it's an h0mophobic song but they did because they felt it's the right moment to , if they supported him with the same energy they're @ttacking him Wild flower will already reach 1 billion
- NAMJOON THE PETTIEST FLOWER, WE LOVE YOU NAMJOON & WE WILL ALWAYS DEFEND YOU
- This is really scary. As a joon stan Idts I can just ignore this but anw I can never voice my opinions here openly knowing that if I say smthng u guys gonna hunt me down…
- I hope ppl see this and can see the artist’s perspective in writing this. I know many Muslim armys feel offended that Joon shared this song but I think this was prolly the viewpoint him and many others interpreted the song.
- when i first heard this song i was really mad because he could've used so many other religions but chose islam instead, but then i got to understand it and was a little less upset, so im gonna explain the song if you're interested to know what he truly meant
- toxic muslim's must just stop like if ur homophobic its not RM's problem
- Speaking as a muslim,RM shouldn't be the one at blame, if you pay close attention to the lyrics it's not islamophobic, it's about one sided gay relationship, kp00pies bringing islam to hate on RM as if they actually care about islam
