Cali⁷ ᴬᴿᴵᴿᴬᴺᴳ⊙⊝⊜

20+ Girl who loves art, sculpting, reading, writing, games, anime, friends, family & dogs. Also goes by Silver_Stone
⟭⟬ Love all things BTS⟬ ⟭

[mica ★ @micapjkook]

ustedes no saben lo feliz que me hace este video

[isa @solmerv]

This edit just hit me like a truck. The exact same smiles, the same faces, just all grown up.

[Anubis @eduantao]

Eu tentando dormir na noite anterior a algo importante

[Pop Core @TheePopCore]

Leader RM at Major Global and National Events:

[Cali⁷ ᴬᴿᴵᴿᴬᴺᴳ⊙⊝⊜ @Cali_Cals]

@LottiesxWorld As someone who just recently found your account for this comeback, you have been nothing but amazing to the ARMY community! So please don't take what a few people (who obviously don't know you) to heart. Your awesome!!💜

[아키 ♥︎ @jjmmnnie]

a lil compilation of jimin's little kisses 🤏🏻🥺

[੯‧̀͡⬮ @jm_dogs]

sempre bom lembrar que o jimin é um dos únicos idols que já falou abertamente sobre o quanto não gosta de agir de maneira falsa (fanservice)

[Pop Core @TheePopCore]

Leader RM has officially been appointed as the Global Goodwill Ambassador of the National Museum of Korea.

— He will take part in promotional activities to help share Korea’s history, traditional culture, and cultural heritage with the world.

[breeze⁷ 🍇 ㉧㉣㉣ @dulcetbangtan]

not enough ARMYs know about the Phone Lights for Come Over

during Come Over, army bomb synchronisation turns the lightstick OFF — there is no colour at all.

this is so that armys can turn on their phone flashlights

tannies commented & thanked armys for it during their speeches

[Cali⁷ ᴬᴿᴵᴿᴬᴺᴳ⊙⊝⊜ @Cali_Cals]

@folkwithluv But so worth it 😭

[ً @pearlytrivia]

this edit always gives me chills whenever i see this...

[Cali⁷ ᴬᴿᴵᴿᴬᴺᴳ⊙⊝⊜ @Cali_Cals]

@BTSxSueMarue THANK YOU!!!

[Pop Core @TheePopCore]

Recording Academy member Adam Merter Birson on BTS at the GRAMMYs 2027:

— "BTS ARMY should make a push for ARIRANG to win Album of the Year and not be marginalized with Best Asian Pop Music category. I think it's great if smaller artists could get recognized, but not BTS. BTS is way too big and way too important of a group to be falling into this trap."

[Cali⁷ ᴬᴿᴵᴿᴬᴺᴳ⊙⊝⊜ @Cali_Cals]

@jjkwgib He is me lol my camera roll is nothing but my two dogs lol

[☆ @grandepjm]

I feel bad for bts man cause all their hard work always gets made a group project. all of these groups always benefiting from bts’ success they can’t even have shit to themselves and then kpop fans have the audacity to say that bts didn’t pave the way….

[sdl ٭ @_sdl93]

and worst of that they gonna nominate those fuckass kpop group along with BTS as if they’re in the same level 🫩

[𝐴𝑠ℎ⁷ 🪭 @kthnoir7]

There’s a lot to unpack here, and I’m going to say it directly. I dont care if I get cancelled but this needs to be said.

For years, BTS were told they weren’t big enough, mainstream enough, or "Grammy material." Then they became one of the biggest acts in the world. They broke records, sold out stadiums across continents, topped charts repeatedly, and built a global cultural impact that few artists in history can match.

And when they became too successful to ignore?

The Grammys nominated "Dynamite" and "Butter"—both English-language songs.

Let that sink in.

The songs that got BTS into the major Grammy conversation were the songs that fit most comfortably into the Western industry framework. Yet BTS's discography is filled with critically acclaimed Korean-language music that has had enormous cultural and artistic impact.

Now we have a "Best Asian Pop Music Performance" category.

And before anyone calls that progress, let's ask the obvious question: why does there need to be a separate category at all?

If Asian artists are good enough to dominate global charts, sell millions of records, headline festivals, influence culture worldwide, and compete with every major artist in the industry, then they are good enough for the same categories as everyone else.

Inclusion isn't creating a separate lane after Asian artists prove they can win in the existing ones.

Inclusion is treating them as equals.

That's why BTS's lyrics in "Aliens" hit so hard:

"어쩜 그래 shameless
예의를 차려 we aliens
해는 동쪽에서 risin'
Aliens, aliens"

No matter how successful some artists become, there are still systems and institutions that treat them as perpetual outsiders.
And that's exactly why this conversation matters.
Because when BTS were impossible to ignore, the response shouldn't have been to create another box and place Asian artists inside it. The response should have been to judge them by the same standards as every other artist competing for the biggest awards in music.

ARMYs, we have a mission.

Talk about Arirang everywhere. Put it in AOTY conversations. Put it in ROTY conversations. Write threads. Make edits. Share analyses. Start discussions.

If we believe it deserves those nominations, then let's make enough noise that nobody can pretend it doesn't belong in the room.

They ignored BTS until they couldn't.

Let's make sure they can't ignore Arirang either.

[Rebekah⁷ @joooniess]

Notice how grammys announced this new category after seeing ARIRANG break major records that even bigger western artists wasn't able to break this year? Yeah, this is blatant racism.

[j.mt @jiminticaI]

LOOKS LIKE JIMIN ATE CDS AGAIN 😭😭