{"id":162621,"date":"2026-03-25T14:05:48","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T21:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=162621"},"modified":"2026-03-25T14:05:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T21:05:48","slug":"the-symbolic-meaning-of-bts-rm-microphone-stand-at-the-gwanghwamun-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/the-symbolic-meaning-of-bts-rm-microphone-stand-at-the-gwanghwamun-concert\/","title":{"rendered":"The symbolic meaning of BTS&#8217; RM microphone stand at the Gwanghwamun concert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After the long-awaited <strong>BTS<\/strong> comeback concert at <strong>Gwanghwamun Square<\/strong>, many fans have been analyzing all the details behind this event, including the symbolic meaning of <strong>RM<\/strong>&#8216;s impressive microphone stand.<\/p>\n<p>The day before this performance, the leader of the boy group was announced to have suffered an ankle injury, which would limit the show as he wouldn&#8217;t be part of the <strong>choreography<\/strong>, but during that day he stood out with other details of his participation.<\/p>\n<p>Although RM did not dance with his members, he drew viewers&#8217; attention by singing their new song &#8216;<strong>Hooligan<\/strong>&#8216; using a dragon claw microphone stand designed specially for him in the shape of a <strong>dragon claw<\/strong> by the South Korean artist Junghoihyung.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-162625\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/RM-imposes-the-groups-royalty-status-with-this-detail.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/RM-imposes-the-groups-royalty-status-with-this-detail.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/RM-imposes-the-groups-royalty-status-with-this-detail-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/RM-imposes-the-groups-royalty-status-with-this-detail-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/RM-imposes-the-groups-royalty-status-with-this-detail-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/RM-imposes-the-groups-royalty-status-with-this-detail-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/RM-imposes-the-groups-royalty-status-with-this-detail-860x484.jpg 860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Historically in South Korea, the image of the five-clawed dragon was reserved <strong>exclusively for emperors<\/strong> and symbolized <strong>maximum power and authority<\/strong>. In this way, the boy group once again reinforced the concept of <strong>national identity and royalty status<\/strong> in the music industry.<\/p>\n<h2>BTS return to the music scene, reinforcing their imperial status<\/h2>\n<p>The group&#8217;s decision to hold their first comeback concert for their album &#8216;ARIRANG&#8217; at Gwanghwamun Square carries a deep symbolic weight, referencing BTS as a king returning to the Royal Palace as well as them using the <strong>Woldae<\/strong>, the king&#8217;s exclusive road, for their entrance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the long-awaited BTS comeback concert at Gwanghwamun Square, many fans have been analyzing all the details behind this event, including the symbolic meaning of RM&#8216;s impressive microphone stand. The day before this performance, the leader of the boy group was announced to have suffered an ankle injury, which would limit the show as he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2817,"featured_media":162624,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,16],"tags":[49,934],"tmauthors":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-162621","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"category-kpop","9":"tag-bts","10":"tag-rm"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2817"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162621"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162621\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":162626,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162621\/revisions\/162626"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/162624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162621"},{"taxonomy":"tmauthors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tmauthors?post=162621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}