My life journey and self discovery is so intermingled with BTS that they are indistinguishable.
I came to find BTS in Nov of 2019. My life was not what I thought it would be. My path had lead somewhere that I was realizing was not what I wanted for my future. I didn't know my+
BTS could've submitted & won. They could've simply ignored the category. Instead they walked away entirely. They refused to accept segregation dressed up as progress while others saw it as another step closer to a grammy. That’s conviction. That’s integrity. Respect to my ALIENS.
remember how their govt had so many talks about their enlistment and kept delaying the grounds to get them exempted only for bts to drop an announcement they are enlisting after the big promo for the busan expo 😂 and now it happens to the grammys, the awards making up a new category expecting them to submit ONLY FOR THEM TO SKIP LMAOOOOOOO BTS YOU ARE MY KINGS FOR A REASON
and notice how everything’s written in korean and there’s not a single english word in sight. they really said you wanna know what i’m saying, go ahead and translate it then
two things were dangled in front of bts for the longest time. military exemption and the grammy. and in both cases they took the reins of the systems that tied them to exploitative schemes with the promise of a reward that was always just out of reach. hope they feel lighter now
Announcing the **** you to the Grannys through 7 coordinated posts in Korean is on par with performing "Cypher pt. 3 Killer" at their free concert in Busan just before announcing their mil. enlistment. Such a BTS thing to do, take charge, you know? No one can control their shit.
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RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V & Jungkook stories:
We have decided not to submit our work to the Grammys this year. We hope that music can be listened to and loved as music itself, rather than being categorized by region or language.
Thank you to ARMY and everyone who is always with us.
BTS announces they will not submit their music for the 2027 GRAMMY awards, following the Recording Academy’s addition of an Asian-focused category:
“I hope music itself can be heard and loved rather than being distinguished by region or language.”
What’s the Otsukare rule? When you see it on the tl, you have to repost. I don’t make the rules.
Side note from Google: Otsukare means "good job" or "thank you for your hard work" in Japanese. It comes from a word that means to get tired, and people say it to show they see your effort. [1, 2]
#otsukare @BTS_twt
Can you even imagine, the sheer level of collaboration happening behind the scenes. 6 of the biggest fashion houses in the world, coordinating between each other to prepare 7 custom outfits matching one another on the same stage
Not to mention, 2 of these brands prepared outfits for members they have no contract with... BTS are the only idols who have houses like Dior, Gucci, Balenciaga, make customs for them without ambassadorship
New ARMY, did you know in November 2013, five months after @BTS_twt's debuted, Yoongi and Joon were invited to be part of a Hip-Hop talk? Sounds cool, right? It was anything but. A rapper named B-Free accused them of not writing their raps and being fake.
#BTSHistory