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BTS’ RM gets Studio Ghibli-style Twitter headers from ARMY before birthday

RM or Namjoon of BTS will celebrate his 27th birthday on September 12 but ARMY is already is in ‘party mode’

Fans of BTS are always more enthusiastic about the birthdays of members than the members of BTS themselves. For ARMY birthdays of members are days when they can show their love for their favorite idols by engaging in public displays of their affection. These displays need not be monetary always. Fans of K-pop use art as a way to express their love for idols by following an aesthetic header on their Twitter profiles.

Most fans start trending a particular aesthetic they wish to use during their favorite member’s birthday or any big achievement they want to celebrate. The last aesthetic that everyone was hyped about was BTS’ ‘Butter’ Remix with Megan Thee Stallion as fans trended a new ARMY aesthetic on Twitter where the yellow concept photo of ‘Butter’ was turned pink. Fans were changing their Twitter headers and profile photos to match each other. Not only that, Megan Thee Stallion was seen jumping on the bandwagon as she herself changed her profile photo and header to match the rest of ARMY not once but thrice.

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#Namufornamu

Namjoon or RM of BTS is a nature lover. Otherwise dubbed as the God of Destruction, he is the only member of BTS that cannot drive so he chooses a more nature-friendly way to commute whenever he can. Using a bicycle as his way of stress relief, Namjoon is also one member of BTS who loves and enjoys nature. Other than his love for tiny things, despite his buff body, Namjoon enjoys nature and plants. The Korean word for Tree is “Namu” which is also short for RM’s birth name “Kim Nam Joon.” This year for his upcoming birthday on September 12, fans want to do something special for their leader.

One fan pitched the idea that for his 27th birthday, fans could each plant a small plant for RM and post a picture with a relevant hashtag on Twitter. They say it will be fun especially because of RM’s immense love for nature and it is a one-step to do something for the environment as well. Fans picked the hashtag #Namufornamu and #namjooning, an already popular hashtag to trend this initiative.

Ghibli Aesthetic for Namjoon

‘Studio Ghibli’ is a Japanese animation film studio headquartered in Koganei, Tokyo. The studio is best known for its animated feature films and has also produced several short subjects, television commercials, and one television film. The name "Ghibli" was chosen with the idea being that the studio would "blow a new wind through the anime industry" Over time the 'Ghibli aesthetic' has become immediately recognizable, spawning a whole industry of clothing, fashion, and design celebrating it, comforting fans with its peaceful, nature-loving vibe.

With Namjoon’s love for nature and ARMY’s love for Twitter layout concepts, fans have started combining their love for the ‘Ghibli aesthetic' and their love for Namjoon by using a nature-oriented ‘ghibli’ background to serve as their Twitter headers and a profile photo of Namjoon’s face with similar colors as the header in its background to make an aesthetic.