“Can I give you a hug?”
🐱 “Sure.”
“Thanks. You've made things a lot better.”
🐱 “Oh, really?”
“Yeah”
🐱 “That’s nice.”
“You’ve made our country proud”
🐱 “Thank you.”
“I’m honoured.”
🐱 “Thanks, that’s good to hear.”
🐱 “I didn't mean to make Korea proud. But, when I travel overseas I hear that so often from the Korean immigrants living there.”
Oh please read this 💜
“That’s the part the Grammys should be mourning.
Because they had something extraordinarily rare: one of the biggest acts in the world genuinely valued their recognition.
And they squandered it.
Year after year, BTS showed up. Performed. Smiled. Brought the audience. Generated the headlines. Treated the nomination like an honor. Allowed the Grammy to remain positioned as something worth chasing.
Until eventually the chase became more embarrassing for the institution dangling the prize than for the artists who hadn’t received it.
And now, after BTS finally stopped running, the Grammys want to explain that they’ve created MORE opportunities for recognition?
Baby, the opportunity expired.
You had seven global superstars standing at your door believing what was inside mattered.
You kept them waiting so long they built something bigger outside.”
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"Take your hands off what you can’t control & get your hands on what you can change. As you & I continue on in life, we'll find ourselves in so many situations out of our grasp. Get your hands on the changes you can make."
@BTS_twt Yoongi 2020
He was homeless. They listened with respect. He gave them pearls. ~
“Stay true to yourself. Stay true to your heart.”
“Be who you are. Don’t be like some other group.”
“Be who you are, right from your soul… right from what’s in you.” +
BTS did the same to the South Korean Government in 2022. The Govt tried to dangle the military exemption like a bone infront of them to make them perform in political events and do their bidding for free. And after they got scammed at the Busan Expo, BTS had enough and ennounced their military enlistment unanimously one day which send the whole Govt in a frenzy. Had politicians contacting their company & even parents to change their minds.
Same way today they announced they won't be submitting ARIRANG for the 2027 Grammys. For years they thought they weren't enough, kept accepting the invite to perform and getting subbed by songs with barely any impact outside 3 states of USA. But Arirang is different, it is the most successful album of 2026 both in records & in critical acclaim. And yet the Grammys decided to introduce a whole new Asian Pop Category to box them than give them their deserved Album of the Year win. Would've probably nominated them to give false hope and bait them to perform again and increase their viewership. And then toss them that token asian award like a pity. But BTS has had enough. They now know their worth and exactly what they deserve. Just like they did in 2022. I'm so proud of them.
bringing back this clip of rapline cooking one of the most iconic songs in their discography… if we ever get ddaeng on spotify, every chart is finished. we do not play when it comes to this song
And I think it’s okay to admit that in all this, there is hurt.
The hurt of knowing how much love, artistry and sweat went into the making of ARIRANG, only to deliberately exclude it from being recognised in response to institutional tokenism and xenophobia.
BTS = 7 men with Big Balls
Korean Govt- Debates on BTS Military exemptions as if the are puppets
BTS- "We 7 are enlisting Early than most"
K-media- Pulls random ass scandals to End BTS while their hands are tied in military
BTS- Boycotts Kmedia Arirang era
Grammy- Introduce+
BTS said it in Black Swan. They were never afraid of losing fame or popularity. What they feared was losing their love passion for music. And that’s what has always set them apart. They have stayed sincere to their art and that’s what made BTS who they are