you can tell grammys expected bts to be the one to give the asian category any relevancy because they have been on their 10th crashout since their statement wanting to prove its for representation. if you believe it's important you wouldn't need bts' approval for it
there's a conversation to be had about how often we find kpoppies are the ones behind negative coverage of 875- zeena being a fan of other groups and thus going out of her way to exclude 875 or target them personally isn't new.
there's an epidemic of these kpoppies who work for official platforms and take out their resentment at their favs not matching up to 875 in success and impact in their professional lives. we've seen this exact scenario play out in major publications and now it's being directly exposed behind the people who designed that award.
a professional should be able to have their favorite artists WITHOUT that impacting their professional work but time and time again these kpoppies out themselves with their personal vendettas against 875. its a genuine embarrassment.
im in fucking tears because everything the recording academy is posting about the grammys right now is only blowing up in their faces to the point they keep deleting everything 😭
Kpop stans saying arirang is not "korean enough" because it has 3 english songs in it even though the 7 bts members are full koreans who born, raised and live in korea.
But according to them Bruno Mars, Olivia rodrigo are asians cause their great grandpa's aunt is asian.
Interesting logic from Grammy CEO Harvey Mason Jr.: British artists are simply pop artists, while Asian, African, and Latino artists are categorized by their continent.
Acc to kpop stans BTS lost their asian identity because 5 out of their 500 songs is in english meanwhile Asian-Americans who have never sung a sentence in their language are the messiah of asian representation 😎
the grammy community defending themselves with "they can always apply for other categories" tells you EVERYTHING
bts has always applied for 3-4 categories (main ones) and they always gave them a nom in group/duo only to give the award to a COLLAB
yoongi wearing a shirt resembling The Misfits skull logo, a symbol that signals allegiance to underground music and rejection of mainstream standards. the grinning skull is also a universal emblem for independence.
all bts said was that they don’t want to submit their work to the grammys this year and at least 4 members of the grammys have gone on coke rants and crashing out about it but kpop fans swear the grammys dgaf about bts