# 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, and features appearances by Little Simz, Domi and JD Beck, and Moses Sumney.

## Critical reception

Professional ratings :
| Review scores ||
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| NME | |
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". 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". 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."
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." 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."
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. 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.

## Commercial performance

The album debuted at number two on the South Korean Circle Album Chart with over 585,000 copies sold of its two versions. It also debuted at number two on the Japanese Oricon Albums Chart with over 23,000 sales. 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.

## Accolades
### Listicles

Name of publisher, publishing country, year listed, name of listicle, and placement :
| Publisher | Country | Year | Listicle | Placement |
| AllMusic | USA | 2024 | Favourite Rap & Hip-hop Album | Included |
| AP | USA | 2024 | The best albums of 2024 so far | Included |
| Billboard | USA | 2024 | The 20 Best K-Pop Albums of 2024 (So Far): Staff Picks | 1st |
| Billboard | USA | 2024 | The 25 Best K-Pop Albums of 2024: Staff Picks | 1st |
| Billboard | Philippines | 2024 | The 50 Best Albums And EPs Of 2024 – Staff Picks | Included |
| Creative Review | UK | 2024 | The best album art and design of the year 2024 | Included |
| Forbes | USA | 2024 | Most Acclaimed K-pop Album of 2024 | Included |
| Genius - Year End | USA | 2024 | The Genius Community’s 50 Best Albums of 2024 | 39th |
| Genius - Till Aug 2024 | USA | 2024 | The Genius Community's 25 Best Albums of 2024 | 7th |
| The Guardian | UK | 2024 | Readers’ Favourite albums of 2024 so far | Included |
| Hypebeast | Hong Kong | 2024 | The 10 Best Music Projects of 2024 | Included |
| Idology | South Korea | 2025 | Year-End 2024: 16 Albums of the Year | Included |
| Hypebeast | Hong Kong | 2024 | The 10 Best Music Projects of 2024 | Included |
| Minuto Indie | Brazil | 2024 | 20 best international albums of 2024 | Included |
| NME | UK | 2024 | The 50 Best Albums of 2024 | 16th |
| PopCrush | USA | 2024 | Best Pop Albums of 2024 | Included |
| Rolling Stone | USA | 2024 | The 100 Best Albums of 2024 | 88th |
| UOL SPLASH | Brazil | 2024 | The best of K-pop: check out the list of albums that stood out the most in 2024 | Included |
| Yardbarker | USA | 2024 | The 50 best albums of 2024 | 28th |

## Certifications

Certifications for Right Place, Wrong Person :
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
| South Korea (KMCA) | 2× Platinum | 500,000$^^$ |
| $^^$ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |||