With his first solo album in his career, Jimin seems to have provided a miniature museum of his emotions. Each song is like interconnected works of art and what fans need to do is appreciate and analyze their beauty.

Not only is the music impressive, but the look in the MVs that Jimin has chosen to release to represent his album this time is not very interesting. One of the details that received a lot of attention from ARMYs was the detail of the man on the pants that Jimin was wearing.

After discovering the man's identity, ARMYs understood that it was a detail that further reinforced Jimin's artistic intentions with the album:

Jimin's solo album FACE is sweeping the charts within 48 hours of its release. It even became the highest-selling album in Hanteo's history, breaking the record BTS once set with Butter. That shows how successful Jimin really is in releasing this carefully prepared album of his.

Besides the other songs on the album, the MV and the second title track - Like Crazy made fans almost crazy about it. ARMYs all over the world are currently mulling over its MV for the past several days. In addition to Jimin's crazy visuals, ARMYs also found videos filled with icons and artistic references.

Initially, according to Jimin's description of the album, he wanted to express his raw feelings about alienation and self-examination during the pandemic. So fans analyzed every little detail of the music video for easter eggs.

The first thing that caught the attention of fans was the girl in the music video, the main female character widely believed to represent the mirror image of Jimin. It was a part of him, a weak and feminine side that he once denied but he eventually accepted.

But that's not the most interesting detail, ARMYs also noticed a pair of pants that Jimin was wearing with a man's face on it. Black MISBHV leather pants, and the product description reveals that the man featured on these pants is the famous äṃệŕïċän photographer Robert Mapplethorpe.

Photographer Robert Mapplethorpe has researched a variety of subject areas, including celebrity portraits, self-portraits and still lifes. Some of his more controversial projects included male and female n̸u̸d̸e̸s and a study of the gay male BDSM subculture in the 1960s-70s New York.

Mapplethorpe’s most recognized works are black-and-wh̾i̾t ̾e, his signature style as an artist. His artworks lean towards the raw and honest reflection of the person's own portrait.

From this, ARMYs feel that Jimin wearing a pair of pants featuring Mapplethorpe's face seems to be a style statement as well as showing the similarity between the photographer's concept art and himself in the sound. music. Some even found similarities between the photographer’s pieces and Jimin’s photo-folio. This implies that the male singer has also been artistically influenced by him before.

Jimin has repeatedly called this album a work that honestly reflects his personal feelings. That is why it is named FACE.

He also used the word “raw” to describe his photo folio when he first introduced the project to fans. A significant portion of his fanbase has often interpreted his recent works through the queer lens, and the inclusion of Mapplethorpe seems to support the interpretation. 

Many feel that regardless of the degree to which he might connect his life experience to Mapplethorpe’s work, the very act of open acknowledgment is a ma̾s̾sive deal for an artist with such a diverse group of people looking up to him:

- the math IS MATHING FOR ME

- going through the qrts and giggling. shoutout to g4y armys. love yall <3

- THE PARALLELS HE IS ABSOLUTELY INSANEJAJSKV

- ANYONE WHO THINKS HE DOESN’T KNOW WHAT HE’S DOING WHEN HE CHOSE TO PAINT RILKE ON HIS N4KED CHEST FOR A SINGLE DANCE SEQUENCE

- like why am i adding and subtracting and multiplying and dividing with a flawlessness rn …

- When smfpt2 mv released, I knew his photoshoot has soṃệẗḧing to do with his album. Like, thematically and the aesthetics match. Since smf colors were like the mannequin shoot, also the dancers were dressed in similar clothing,I felt the title track mv will be like the color pic.

- Mapplethorpe’s work is not for everyone and that’s okay! But he played a huge role in bringing queer art into the mainstream in the US and caused important conversations about censorship and government funding in the arts! Very influential guy

- I'm so emotional i love him so much

- jimin's "reflection" being a woman, the "she" in his lyrics, the face of a photographer of queer subcultures on his pants, overarching themes of yearning and escapism. as a queer person, being able to appreciate jimin's art this way is not only validating but FREEING

- before the hets jump me, no this is definitely not me imposing my interpretations of jimin's songs as truth, but rather is being able to relate his art in a way that makes me feel comforted and seen. the subtle scatterings of queerness jimin gives us is more than enough.

- Honestly I feel like he’s been making art for queer people since Lie if you ask me. But that’s me and as u said it’s our own interpretations and projections