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.
cada día PEOR, mayo de 2026, los Grammy actualizaron la biografía de BTS y los etiquetaron como “artistas de pop asiático”, confirmando lo ya dicho: que la categoría fue creada para mantenerlos fuera de las categorías principales, pese a su impacto global. esto es demasiado repugnante @RecordingAcad
if you search "asian" on the official grammy search bar, only bts pops up. they'll claim they didn't create the category to sideline bts from main awards while dominating the us market in 2026, but the timing is no coincidence. bts is the only act with global power to compete on their own in main categories 😃