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2018 - LYS Tour Berlin
| 2025 - Hobipalooza Berlin

[Hope World⁷ | SEEING BTS!!! @RealmOfHope]

@BTSBookClub_twt #BTSBookClub #BTSBC_2026ReadingChallenge
@BTSBookClub_twt
Let’s start! My third year not just following but actually participating in the challenge.
I managed to read 2 books this month. Both are sequels to novels I really loved, so it didn’t surprise me that I loved these too

[PaoLa ⁱⁿ ᵗʰⁱˢ𝓑𝓪𝓷𝓰𝓽𝓪𝓷 𝓢𝓱𝓲𝓽 Fᴏʀ Lɪꜰᴇ ⁷⁼¹ @OT7BTSBestArmy]

The Recording Academy looked at BTS 2.0, then looked at Western pop acts and said:
“Yeah… we’re gonna need another category.”

Dearest Western Pop Acts,

If I were you, I’d be deeply offended that over 13,000 voting music professionals don’t believe you have what it takes to be in the same category as BTS.
💫

[winter⁷ is seeing bts @gothminyoongi]

guys i’m so distraught right now. DO NOT look inside your bts oreos. this is what i found in mine.

[Nula⁷ 🪭 ⦿ ☰ ☲ 🏊‍♀️ @thetannieverse]

BBMAs' Top Social Artist being removed right after bts got their 5th consecutive win, so that they wouldn't receive a 6th one and tie with JB as the most awarded act

[✶ @JINSRECORD]

🐹: I’ll be more careful about my clothes from now on

[𓍯⁷ @teeheehyung]

“BTS is the fever dream of hip-hops forefathers. and taking the time to learn why the 5th studio album Arirang is so special to me could show hiphop how amazing this evolution really is...”

ARIRANG AOTY! This is a really cool one, ARMY hype here: 🔗 https://t.co/XsfsFBcDiE

[esh⁷ @vjoonism]

i'm actually never gonna put this taejoon clip down i'm sorry

[ᶻ 𝗓 𐰁 @urmisope]

And it is namjoon who is moving towards his members

[yaz⁷ @sgmin_seven]

tangie with his lil collar that says "tang" and the bell on it is a little chick/duck 😭😭😭😭😭 yoongi is such a good cat dad

[All for Jin @jinnieslamp]

260617 Jin Weverse comment

💜: “Looking for Kim Seokjin to explain what happened 🥵”
🐹: “Was there something like this?”
🐹: “I’ll be more careful about my clothes from now on. What a cute belly.”

[Spotify ❤️ K-Pop @SpotifyKpop]

.@bts_bighit ‘Merry Go Round’ Music Video 🎠 Only on Spotify, coming in 2 days 🎠

stay tuned for BTS' 'Merry Go Round' Spotify Music Video, coming to our K-Pop ON! Hub on June 19, 6PM KST.

[sophie @thvchapters]

it would be hard to justify arirang not receiving an aoty nomination. any omission will inevitably raise questions beyond the music itself.

[suga how you get so fly🥢 @jinsmaze]

arirang sister you ended up being too big for the program and everybody got scared

[⭒ @knjpagee]

Namjoon Aliens verse:

"It goes, let me, honey, talk about the business
Everybody know now where the K is
How far are we taking this? Dammit
Still cursing us out? Misfortune turns into blessings
Pardon me, Kim Gu seonsaengnim, tell me how you feel
I'm the only one who can speak English, but that is how we kill
You guys with those big eyes say
Are they for real? For real?"

[Yoong⟬⟭na⊙⊝⊜🎀🐱⁷ @Yoonginapuppy2]

🗣️Look at that. Even Forbes is recognizing the potentially SEGREGATING effect of this category💁‍♀️
"If an Asian pop artist wins Best Asian Pop Music Performance but never receives a nomination for Record of the Year or Album of the Year, the separate category, instead of looking like expanded recognition, may end up looking more like a way for the Recording Academy to acknowledge the commercial dominance of Asian pop without actually integrating it into the main competition."

[𝓪⁷ @JlNSONYEONDAN]

#seokjin

[mar⁷ @marmkive]

bts and bad bunny are the two most impactful acts of this generation and they don’t need a fuck ass racist award to prove it, i rest my case

[Yoong⟬⟭na⊙⊝⊜🎀🐱⁷ @Yoonginapuppy2]

A song eligible for Asia category won't be eligible for any other category... and vice versa.*
They're not EVEN TRYING TO HIDE that the whole idea is to isolate you know who. Holy shit.

@RecordingAcad SHAMELESS

[vani⁷ @koostrous]

“creating a new category just so bts do not win the main categories at the grammys”

the music industry keeps proving why BTS made aliens as an asian artist

[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.

[Liv⁷ met hobi | ㉧㉣㉣ | ❤️🤍 @Livheartt]

Best Asian Pop Music Performance??

Ironic that it’s added right around the time where I can only think of ONE Asian music act that has the most potential to win big.

Tell me you’re afraid for your western darlings wins without telling me.