Sleep Deez, a well-respected producer who has worked with BTS, has confirmed via his inside source at the Grammys that BTS were, in fact, gonna be the guinea pigs/test dumbies/poster child for the "Asian Pop Performance" category.
They wanted to legitimize it as a "win-win" for both BTS and the segregation of Asian artists by the Academy. What they did NOT expect was that BTS would have self-respect/self-worth and thought they would be DESPERATE for western/Grammys validation. That is why you see them coke ranting on every social media platform.
@alositabang@taevinci Te recuerdo que yoongi se fue a Barcelona y NI UN alma lo vio. En la capital los acosaron pero por la cantidad de turistas que hay, que no quita que algunas madrileñas los hayan perseguido. Pero se les ha intentado respetar