Imagine that at your workplace there was an employee of the month, a black employee of the month, a Latino employee of the month, and an Asian employee of the month... I think that makes more sense now.
7/7.
“we have decided not to submit for the grammys this year.
we hope that music can be heard and appreciated for what it is, rather than being defined by region or language.
thank you to army and to everyone who has always supported us.”
I don't think people fully understand the magnitude of this decision.
Some of the music industry's most respected producers, writers, engineers, and creatives worked on ARIRANG. A project built to the highest artistic standard. One producer even spoke publicly about hoping the album would receive Grammy recognition.
Then the Recording Academy introduced a category specifically for Asian pop.
And BTS chose not to submit.
Think about that. The biggest musical project of the year. One of the strongest commercial and artistic contenders. A project that could have competed across multiple major categories. It simply won't be in the race because the artists chose principle over prestige.
Moves like this don't happen often. When artists at BTS' level willingly walk away from the biggest stage in music, the conversation shifts because of what they refused to endorse.
Alle BTS Member haben ein Statement auf Instagram zu den Grammys gepostet.
„Wir haben beschlossen, dieses Jahr nicht an den Grammys teilzunehmen.
Wir hoffen, dass Musik nicht nach Region oder Sprache unterschieden wird, sondern allein als Musik gehört und geliebt wird. [...]"
The 1st Lantern Rite required using a vision to find a special mat - I still remember tons of ppl spending hrs running around and not finding this mat, only to realise they were using Venti and Zhongli - who wear fake visions