BTS announced their hiatus. When nobody expected them to. They fulfilled their country's national duty. Without hesitation. They came back after four years. People doubted them. Said they were over. Said the industry had moved on. Then they released ARIRANG. The biggest. The boldest. The most artistically ambitious projects of the year. Ended the Western Darlings.
And now they've chosen NOT to submit their music to the Grammys, taking a stand against a system they believe categorizes music by region and language.
That's power. Not chasing the industry.
That's how history is written. That's how the industry changes.
“my favourite bts genre?”
that bts have the biggest spine in the industry to reject grammys and being the first asian act in history who standed up angaist racism, the fact they wrote their response in korean which makes it more powerful.
except for tablo from epik high, no peer of bts in k-pop supported bts today. an industry critic said that only bts could show this backbone and that k-pop has to bow down to the grammys. while bts wanted to protect the industry's pride, we learned that the industry has no pride.
🐰 Taking pictures together isn't a problem, but I went in to get some bread and there was someone who shoved a camera in my face. That's not good manners. Whatever your age may be or wherever you be from, it doesn't matter. Right in front of my eyes, [holding a camera] like this, I thought it was too much. In case this reaches that person, I hope you can understand.
[NEWS] #BTS just won their first GROUP Daesang since 2023🏆
This is their first daesang for ARIRANG era and is just the beginning! 💜
CONGRATULATIONS BTS