xo

[moon saw bts! @percyxalmightyy]

if bts wins a grammy i hope they give their whole speech in korean

[About Music @AboutMusicYT]

D-DAY by Agust D is considered the most acclaimed album by a kpop soloist of all time, receiving universal acclaim with a score of 89 on Metacritic.

[chart radar @chartradar_]

Arirang by BTS is the most recognized album of 2026:

1. Rolling Stone: Best albums of 2026
2. COMPLEX: Best albums of 2026
3. Consequences: Best Songs of 2026 — SWIM
4. Consequences: Best Songs of 2026 — Hooligan
5. Yahoo: Best workout songs of 2026 — Swim
6. NME: Best album of 2026
7. NME: Best song of 2026 — Body To Body

[Pop Core @TheePopCore]

Recording Academy member Adam Merter Birson on BTS at the GRAMMYs 2027:

— "BTS ARMY should make a push for ARIRANG to win Album of the Year and not be marginalized with Best Asian Pop Music category. I think it's great if smaller artists could get recognized, but not BTS. BTS is way too big and way too important of a group to be falling into this trap."

[ِ @kitteewhysker]

This is what did it

[BTS BASE @btsbase07]

“ARIRANG” by BTS becomes the First Album in History to Chart All Tracks on Billboard Global Excl. U.S. for 12 Consecutive Weeks.

[k 🌙🎧🎸🎢 @sunflwerrmoon]

adding new categories so latinos and asians don’t win in the main categories… oh okay

[xo @aditi_xo7]

@chartradar_ This is a joke. Scammys couldn’t stand bts being bigger than the main categories

[Tri⁷ @raplinekive]

Armys have seen Arirang block Drake, Harry, and Kanye and you expect us to gag over them winning against Inkigayo lineups

[alina⁷ #dyd @4shobo1z]

had to bring this back

[Aririrang⁷lvsnanu @134340mygg]

prefiero competir contra badbunny y perder que competir contra black pink y ganar

[Pop Core @TheePopCore]

BTS' "ARIRANG" becomes the FIRST and ONLY album in history to chart all of its tracks on Billboard Global Excl. US chart for 12 consecutive weeks.

[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.

[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

[𓍯⁷ @teeheehyung]

a whole hiatus later & 3 years since this article, BTS still holds the most Global no.1 Hits btw.

[Pop Core @TheePopCore]

Most steamed K-pop Groups of all time across all audio digital streaming platforms:

[chart radar @chartradar_]

Rolling Stone crowned BTS’s ARIRANG the Best Album of 2026.

[Pop Core @TheePopCore]

BTS has officially crossed 100 BILLION on-demand audio streams across all platforms, becoming the FIRST Group in history to do so.

— They're also the FIRST Asian Act and ONLY the 7th Act in history to reach the milestone.

[Liberty _eupho @Liberty_eupho]

BTS said they used their own money to choose each gift, and Jung Kook personally selected two tubes of solid perfumes and paid for them, assuming the price for each is $10 conservatively, and news say 110k fans attended the Busan tour, so Jung Kook paid at least $2.2M for fans😭

[AGUST D CHARTS @DataAgustD]

OMG this fancam of Yoongi taking off his jacket right before FYA *screams* 😭🔥