TP 💜’s BTS

Mom/teacher/music lover. BTS-OT7! ARMYversary: June 2018. 💜I believe jikook.💜 VOTE BLUE!!!

[TP 💜’s BTS @TPtxBTSfan]

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[Niall Harbison @NiallHarbison]

If you like the dogs I share and they cheer you up daily, I’d love you to watch this one video.

I only do this once a year and never ask any other time.

You can support here and if you can’t sharing this video helps 🙏 https://t.co/Roftrb3ZWW

[ràe⁷ @uraehope]

Funny how bts wrote aliens and what grammys did was predictable.

[TP 💜’s BTS @TPtxBTSfan]

@Mimix1907 Math is not my strong suite, but...5.
The square root of 49 (7) plus the square root of the square root of 81 (3), divided by the square root of 4 (2). So, 10 divided by 2 is 5.

[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

[TP 💜’s BTS @TPtxBTSfan]

@butterflysuki77 I don't think they care...if it's performed by an Asian, or produced by an Asian, or has a couple of words of an Asian language in it, they'll find a way to stuff into whatever box is most convenient.

[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.

[TP 💜’s BTS @TPtxBTSfan]

@omgsidewalks A McDonald’s happy meal.
Any kind of “kid’s” cereal.
Real milk instead of powdered.

[🌳Rei⁷💜 @RmRei7]

아니 왜 그래요 여러분 서로 총 내려!
K아미 i아미 우리 한편이야
누구 좋으라고 서로 편가르고 혐오하는거야

암표 사서 들어온 인간 영상만 찍는 인간 무질서한 인간들 '국적 불문하고' 그냥 다 인간 군상이고, 트위터에서 특정 표적삼고 어그로 끄는 인간들도 그저 하류 인간들일 뿐이야
우리 가수의 파이가 커져서 그런 인간들의 대거 유입으로 물을 흐려놓고 있을 뿐이야
결정적으로 그들은 아미가 아니야 아미의 정의에 넣지말라고
왜 아미가 아닌 무지정 무질서 무책임 어그로들에게 휘둘려 '너는 어느 국적 아미라 문제'라며 서로 등 돌리려하는거야ㅠ

-한국 아미끼리만 콘하면 다 좋은 일만 있을 것 같아? 아니야 (믿어 경험자야
-한국 아미 제외하고 i아미만 뭉치면 그들이 더 대우받고 날라다닐 것 같아?? ㄴㄴ절대 아니야

K아미가 가이드 잡고 구심점이 돼 주면 I아미가 받쳐 주고 더 힘이 돼 줘서 전 세계로 함께 나아가는 우리는, 말 그대로 누구도 꺾지 못하는 범세계적인 "해가 지지않는 팬덤"이야

우리 팬덤에게만 있던 고유의 자정작용이 있고 내부적인 지식 정보 공유와 화합이 있어
일반 인간 군상 대거 유입으로 흐려진 물을 우리가 다시 맑게 바꿀 노력을 해야지 서로 더 혐오하며 분열 할 생각을 하면 안돼
그럴수록 우리에게, 내 가수에게 다가오는 건 비극적 엔딩뿐이잖아

크고 넓게 보자
우리가 갈 길은 그저 어그로는 먹금하고(제발 자극적인 개인적 안티 발언 굳이 끌어오지마 묻히게 둬) 자정하며 서로 윈윈하는 상호작용으로 가자
이해가 안되는 문화의 차이가 있으면 그냥 서로 존중하자 날서게 대립하지 말아줘 그건 끝내 이해할 수 없는 각국의 문화적 차이니까
그냥 둬 굳이 이해하려 이해시키려 하지 말자

그저 서로가 한팀인 걸 잊지마
완전히 같을 순 없어도 같은 길로 나아가는거야
우리 가수도 일곱이 너무 다르지만 서로 맞춰가며 너무도 잘하고 있잖아!
우린 우리 가수에게 배운대로만 하면 돼

-그러니 함께 나아가자 제발
서로가 너무 달라도
싸우지말고. 한 길로. 우린 서로의 의지잖아.

[TP 💜’s BTS @TPtxBTSfan]

@LairdOfThManor Thank you for your service. ❤️

[Tina | ⊙⊝⊜ @MinYoongiSwagg7]

The Grammys creating an "Asian Pop Performance" category the same year BTS returns with one of the year's biggest albums feels less like inclusion and more like a new way to keep Asian artists out of the main categories.

If the music is good enough to dominate charts, stadiums, and global culture, it's good enough to compete for Album of the Year, Record of the Year, and Song of the Year.

Separate shouldn't mean secondary.

[TP 💜’s BTS @TPtxBTSfan]

@Nauhzz_ @cheez_swis4255 @OfficiallyBrian @beyoncegarden He was in his 40's, he had reached a very high level in his professional career, had 3 kids, big house, nice cars, but he wasn't satisfied. So he tried to be 21 again. Quit going to the kids activities, lost weight, started dressing "young," and got a 20 year old girlfriend.🤷‍♀️

[TP 💜’s BTS @TPtxBTSfan]

@cheez_swis4255 @OfficiallyBrian @beyoncegarden No, I wouldn't change it. Difference is, I already had my degree. I NEVER thought I'd be divorced, but at least I've been able to support myself. IF it does happen to her, she'll have more of a struggle. I've seen too many women end up in that struggle--that's why I'm concerned.

[TP 💜’s BTS @TPtxBTSfan]

@cheez_swis4255 @OfficiallyBrian @beyoncegarden Weird people who never lived it?? It's more likely just the opposite-women who don't want her to suffer they way they have. I got my degree, married my college sweetheart, worked for 5 years, then stayed home w/ the kids. It was great for 20 years, til his "priorities changed."🫤

[TP 💜’s BTS @TPtxBTSfan]

ARMY is a reflection of BTS, and we have a reputation to uphold. A reputation of being fierce & passionate, yes, but also of being kind & considerate, & a reputation for cleaning up after ourselves!! Let's not lose sight of that, & kindly pass those traditions along to baby ARMY.

[Spirit🌙 @ChaparralSpirit]

This! I was picking up other ppls trash after the Stanford show because the ground was covered and ppl were looking at me like I was crazy?

Don't be so privileged as to fall into the mindset of "it's their job" when it comes to stadium workers, you sound like an entitled jerk

[Sara 2.0 @SaraBangtan07]

Please in preparation for the next wave of concerts, can we spread to the other platforms what kind of fandom we are?

We leave a place better than we found it
We pick up our garbage
We help each other out

[TP 💜’s BTS @TPtxBTSfan]

@pajamanim @sobokkyu13 No.

[TP 💜’s BTS @TPtxBTSfan]

@moonfairytale_ @sobokkyu13 No.

[TP 💜’s BTS @TPtxBTSfan]

@sobokkyu13 No, she's not the thief. Apparently BnW was selling the prints, and several people bought some. BnW didn't say for sure, but I'm guessing the thieves picked the ones they wanted but then somehow snuck off without paying.