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Right Place, Wrong Person

Right Place, Wrong Person is the second studio album by South Korean rapper RM of BTS, released on May 24, 2024, through Big Hit Music. The album follows his first solo album Indigo, released December 2022, and contains the single "Come Back to Me", which peaked at number 24 on the Billboard Global 200,[1] and features appearances by Little Simz, Domi and JD Beck, and Moses Sumney.

Right Place, Wrong Person
Digital cover
Studio album by
RM
ReleasedMay 24, 2024 (2024-05-24)
Length34:31
Language
  • English
  • Korean
  • Japanese
LabelBig Hit
Producer
RM chronology
Indigo
(2022) 		Right Place, Wrong Person
(2024)
Singles from Right Place, Wrong Person
  1. "Come Back to Me"
    Released: May 10, 2024
  2. "Lost!"
    Released: May 24, 2024

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
NME     [2]

Rhian Daly of NME called the album "a gorgeous, intriguing, artful record" and "nothing short of electric" with "discordant layers viscerally reflect[ing] the album's emotions of feeling out of place and its eventual message" that "rewards repeat and close listens, each track full of little details that elevate each go round".[2] Maura Johnston of Rolling Stone described it as "psychedelia-tinged and soulful, its lyrics' intense self-interrogation balanced by music that feels like an invite to further explorations".[3] Azrin Tan of Vogue Singapore wrote, "This album is utter proof of RM's evolution as a musician and artist... This is RM in his endless search for the sonic world that could have been, at least once upon a time. It's RM and Kim Namjoon both, just more curious about the many facets of himself that lie deep within."[4]

David Crone of AllMusic praised the creative experimentation of the album, saying "This nonconformist backbone is not just the album's sound, but its entire ethos" and noted how "RM's lyrics gravitate between ideas of perception and discovery." Crone also wrote, "Right Place, Wrong Person is fundamentally a record of self-acceptance, but it's a kind of self-acceptance that's seen much less often -- punchy and upbeat and even broken, it's a reflection of a messy self-hood that never risks relying on vague, affirmative clichés. Of all the lessons he draws, Namjoon leaves us with one critical truth: much like the album itself, life is beautiful because of, not in spite of, its wonkiness."[5] For Teen Vogue Jiye Kim wrote, "RM at the cusp of 30 has filled up both the visuals and music with a discordant energy in an ever-changing flow of genres and rhythms across a tight 35 minute, 11 track album... (this album) emphatically taps into the collective human fear of one's innate wrongness and the cyclic journey of rage, disappointment, exhaustion, and renewal" and declared, "Right Place, Wrong Person is absolutely Kim Namjoon in essence."[6]

The album was recognized as one of the best albums of the first half of the year by Rolling Stone, Billboard, The Associated Press, and NME.[7][8][9][10] Billboard wrote "RM simply refuses to acknowledge the existence of any such boundaries over these 34 minutes, with 11 songs that careen from hip-hop to jazz to punk to R&B to Fela Kuti-styled Afrobeats — while all still sounding like a coherent and natural artistic extension of one man's creative vision" and compared him to genreless artists like Tyler the Creator.[8]

Commercial performance

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The album debuted at number two on the South Korean Circle Album Chart with over 585,000 copies sold of its two versions.[11] It also debuted at number two on the Japanese Oricon Albums Chart with over 23,000 sales.[12] In the United States, the album debuted at number one on the Billboard Top Rap Albums chart, as well as number five on the Billboard 200.[13]

Accolades

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Listicles

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Name of publisher, year listed, name of listicle, and placement
Publisher Year Listicle Placement Ref.
Billboard 2024 The 20 Best K-Pop Albums of 2024 (So Far): Staff Picks 1st [14]

Track listing

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Right Place, Wrong Person track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Right People, Wrong Place"
  • Mokyo
  • Kwak
  • Unsinkable
  • RM
  • Eun
  • Yawn
  • JNKYRD
1:57
2."Nuts"
  • BJ Wnjn
  • JNKYRD
  • Mokyo
  • Nancy Boy
  • RM
  • Yawn
  • Qim Isle
  • Lee Tae-hoon
  • Lee
  • Mokyo
  • Nancy Boy
  • Qim Isle
  • BJ Wnjn
  • RM
  • Yawn
  • JNKYRD
3:14
3."Out of Love"
  • Icecream Drum
  • JNKYRD
  • No Identity
  • RM
  • Yawn
  • Supreme Boi
  • Unsinkable
  • Zior Park
  • Im Ju-seung
  • Supreme Boi
  • No Identity
  • Unsinkable
  • Im
  • Icecream Drum
  • Park
  • RM
  • Yawn
  • JNKYRD
2:07
4."Domodachi" (featuring Little Simz)
  • Mokyo
  • Nancy Boy
  • BJ Wnjn
  • RM
  • JNKYRD
  • Qim Isle
  • Ajikawo
  • Yawn
3:04
5."? (Interlude)" (with Domi and JD Beck)
  • BJ Wnjn
  • Domi and JD Beck
  • Glowingdog
  • JNKYRD
  • Mokyo
  • RM
  • Yawn
Domi and JD Beck1:53
6."Groin"
  • JNKYRD
  • Kim Han-joo
  • Mokyo
  • RM
  • Yawn
  • Mokyo
  • Kim H.
  • RM
  • Yawn
  • JNKYRD
3:10
7."Heaven"
  • JNKYRD
  • Rad Museum
  • RM
  • Yawn
  • Sojeso
  • Unsinkable
  • JNKYRD
  • Unsinkable
  • Sojeso
  • Rad Museum
  • RM
  • Yawn
3:14
8."Lost!"
  • Jclef
  • JNKYRD
  • Kim H.
  • Marldn
  • Nancy Boy
  • RM
  • Yawn
  • Unsinkable
  • Qim Isle
  • Jclef
  • Kim H.
  • Marldn
  • Nancy Boy
  • Unsinkable
  • Qim Isle
  • RM
  • Yawn
  • JNKYRD
3:53
9."Around the World in a Day" (featuring Moses Sumney)
  • Gimjonny
  • Jclef
  • JNKYRD
  • Sumney
  • No Identity
  • RM
  • Yawn
  • Qim Isle
  • Eun
  • Eun
  • Gimjonny
  • Qim Isle
  • No Identity
  • Jclef
  • RM
  • Sumney
  • Yawn
  • JNKYRD
4:17
10."ㅠㅠ (Credit Roll)"
  • JNKYRD
  • Kim H.
  • RM
  • Yawn
  • Qim Isle
  • Kim H.
  • Qim Isle
  • RM
  • Yawn
  • JNKYRD
1:14
11."Come Back to Me"
Oh6:28
Total length:34:31

Charts

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Certifications

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Certifications for Right Place, Wrong Person
Region Certification Certified units/sales
South Korea (KMCA)[41] 2× Platinum 500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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