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CL & Hwasa the baddest 👑
BTS my precious babies who give me so much to live for✨⟭⟬

((JB - 9.11.16 #PurposeTourZagreb -))

[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.

[goma @soigomaa]

I think of these women every day and feel guilty.
If not for geographical luck this could be me. I don't know how to help

[goma @soigomaa]

A man's desire to become a father is always paid for by a woman with her body, her health, her career, and her freedom.
But when a woman expects a comfortable life, she is somehow shamed for wanting too much

[moon @poetrysmyg]

min yoongi who’s gentle, who never raises his voice, who likes to hold hands, who believes that being a fan is living with love, who dedicated his time to teach music to autistic kids, who made a song for his juniors to lean on—min yoongi whose trials ended in full bloom ❤️‍🩹

[𓂋 @archivefortae]

THIS PICTURE

[Maryam @hell_line0]

So you mean to tell me people routinely stand outside of abortion clinics to prevent mothers from getting them, but never go to orphanages and help the kids who’re already here? What a selfish agenda!

[.ᴖ◡ᴖ. @artsykku]

"I'm always trying to convey something. So I get misunderstood a lot." :(

[susa @prinkasusa]

If a man's testosterone dropped to menopausal levels overnigh.... He'd be hospitalized. But when a woman loses her progesterone, estrogen, and testosterone, has a sluggish thyroid & insulin resistance? She's told to go vegan, do more cardio & take magnesium.

Meanwhile, her metabolism tanks, joints ache, and brain fog sets in.

This isn't wellness. It's medical gaslighting.

[Mary G Lamarche @g_lamarche]

@ABmrJutt & the men in the industry often refuse to mentor women, restricting their ability to progress in their craft. Bullying, exclusion, harassment.

[jezz @JezziiB]

Women don't enter trades like men do because the working conditions almost guarantee a lifetime of sexual harassment and sexism, not because they're too weak to learn carpentry.

[gigi gojo ꕤ @polartaegi]

he made him a $1.3B chairman 😭

[Yves ౨ৎ @yvessirae]

centuries of women before me have yearned to taste the freedom i get to experience nowadays by being able to say no to marriage/children and choose my own path with full agency, and i will never take that for granted. they live through me

[Loli ⁷ Hobi 🌱 MYG 🍵 @Loli_Seok]

No but this view is crazy ?? King Sejong and BTS sign behind ??? Wow #BTS_ARİRANG

[sᴀᴍ @tkrse7]

iconic..

[raghad @shyjjmn]

Y’ALL JIMIN 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹

[tan into the sun⁷ @taesl0ver]

this is AURA.

[⁷ @mygbebe]

13th year in the music scene and they remain passionate to their performances, this is what happens when you're dedicated to your job and you love your job. Nobody's touching BTS.

[𝓪⁷ @JlNSONYEONDAN]

a god

[bts jin² @songofseokjin]

this fucking nerd . i need him biblically