BTS
leader
RM
recently
revealed
that
he
started
singing
after
he
was
inspired
by
American
singer
Drake
in
2009.
In
an
interview
with
Weverse,
he
added
that
in
the
past
he
wanted
to
"do
something
just
like
Drake".
RM
aka
Kim
Namjoon
told
the
magazine
that
he
was
fascinated
by
how
Drake
influenced
Western
music.
"Drake's
the
one
who
made
me
think
I
could
sing,
too,
back
in
2009
(laughs)
and
that's
what
brought
me
all
the
way
here.
In
the
past
I
wanted
to
do
something
just
like
Drake-he
influences
Western
music
as
the
musical
style
that
Drake
pursued
was
constantly
changing.
But
because
I
don't
live
my
life
the
way
they
do,
I
can't
make
the
exact
same
music
as
them,"
RM
added.
Notably,
in
2019,
RM
along
with
other
BTS
members--Jin,
Suga,
J-Hope,
Jimin,
V
and
Jungkook,
got
the
chance
to
interact
with
Drake.
The
K-pop
band
met
Drake
at
the
Billboard
Music
Awards
and
also
posed
together
for
the
camera.
Talking
about
Drake,
he
further
told
Rolling
Stones
that
he
started
listening
to
songs
by
Nas
and
Eminem,
before
turning
to
Drake
when
he
released
the
song
'So
Far
Gone'.
"That
album
was
kind
of
shocking
for
me
because
it
was
kind
of
a
freaky
thing
that
a
rapper
actually
sang.
So
after
that
a
lot
of
rappers
began
to
sing,
deciding
to
put
the
melodies
into
their
songs
across
the
genres,
between
raps
and
melody.
So,
yeah,
that
was
the
moment,"
RM
added.
After
releasing
'Permission
To
Dance',
BTS
currently
has
been
appointed
as
the
Special
Presidential
Envoy
for
Future
Generations
and
Culture
by
South
Korean
President
Moon
Jae-in.
The
group
is
set
to
attend
the
76th
UN
General
Assembly
in
September
as
part
of
their
duties.