|Strange Aquarius|

amy💫💜
jikook мои котики🐰

[Is Jimin blonde? @isjiminblonde]

no wonder his albums are called face and muse

[em @gyuljimin]

holy shit I didn't know the state of kpop bg music is this dire 😭

[gih⁷ arirang 🐝 @kookflowers]

Como esperado TODO o top15 dos maiores debuts por um ato de kpop em 2026 permanece intacto com as músicas do BTS, até o momento nenhum lançamento ultrapassou os números do maior e mais relevante grupo do mundo!!

[vhope love bot @vhopebot]

his hair looks so pretty here

[rea ⁷ ⊙⊝⊜ ❥ @SopeforSoul]

no jawline has ever jawlined the way hoseok's jawline jawlines 😫

[sdl ٭ @_sdl93]

DJ, SPIN “ALIENS” by BTS

[ævil @pinkcashcow]

you can't be a global music award show and then make regional categories cuz you don't want to recognize artists outside of america for major awards

[tan into the sun⁷ @taesl0ver]

bts you are bigger than grammys btw.

[☆ @grandepjm]

I feel bad for bts man cause all their hard work always gets made a group project. all of these groups always benefiting from bts’ success they can’t even have shit to themselves and then kpop fans have the audacity to say that bts didn’t pave the way….

[bah wishes to see bts⁷ @parqueer]

BTS dropping aliens and grammys showing its colors.. the joke writes itself

[nas ⁷ @indigothv]

and what the fuck even is an asian pop category ?? south asian east asian west asian ? like thats a continent not a genre you stupid racist fucks

[SHU IS MARRYING BTS AT TOTNUM @Shurirang]

He's never told a lie in his life.

[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.

[|Strange Aquarius| @_demoon__]

До/ после концерта.
Лучшие 2,5 часа в моей жизни🥹🥹🥹🥹💜💜💜
#BTS_ARİRANG
#BTS_ARİRANG_BUSAN
#bts_ari̇rang_worldtour_busan_D2

[|Strange Aquarius| @_demoon__]

@romaromych Именно

[|Strange Aquarius| @_demoon__]

Спустя 9 лет я здесь, не верю🥹😭

[⊙⊝⊜ @Kpop_Divaj8mw]

This ATE

[|Strange Aquarius| @_demoon__]

Я не верю
Я увижу и услышу их спустя 9 лет своими глазами🥹🥹🥹🥹
#BTS_ARİRANG
#BTS

[yeni @kmviraI]

GUYS!!! i’m so excited to give them away

[🦋 fairy 🧚‍♂️ @thisdecfairy]

me judging people for being addicted to their phones after my battery die: