RT & REPLY
ART HAS NO ALIENS
@RecordingAcad
We hope music itself can be heard and loved rather than being distinguished by region or language.
#ArtHasNoAliens
The fact that the CEO & the voting committee are defensive speaks volumes.
Plenty of artist over the years have decided to not submit their work and it's been no CEO speaking on it.
They were planning on using the fuck out of BTS & Army. And now they can't. With no backup plan.
LETS TREND THIS
ART HAS NO ALIENS
@RecordingAcad
We hope music itself can be heard and loved rather than being distinguished by region or language.
#ArtHasNoAliens
💌 El profesor e investigador coreano Sanghwan Lee se volvió tendencia tras escribir un ensayo sobre la decisión de BTS de no presentar su música a los Grammy 2027.
📝 Compartimos la traducción de uno de los fragmentos más comentados del texto.
Ha llegado el momento de hacernos otra pregunta.
¿BTS solo es grande si los Grammy le entregan un premio?
¿La música que amamos solo adquiere verdadero valor cuando el mundo decide reconocerla?
Lo que BTS dejó de lado esta vez no fue únicamente un trofeo.
Tal vez también nos esté diciendo que nosotros mismos debemos abandonar esa necesidad de buscar constantemente la aprobación de los demás.
De pronto me vino a la mente una frase muy conocida en Corea:
"¿Y qué si no tenemos dinero? ¿Acaso no tenemos dignidad?"
Quisiera darle una nueva forma.
"¿Y qué si nuestro territorio es pequeño? ¿Acaso el cielo también lo es?"
Corea no es un país grande.
Durante mucho tiempo tampoco fue el centro de la industria musical mundial.
Y el idioma coreano, por supuesto, no es una lengua que pueda entenderse en cualquier rincón del planeta como ocurre con el inglés.
Pero haber nacido en una tierra pequeña no significa que debamos mirar solo un cielo pequeño.
BTS cantó en coreano y cruzó el océano Pacífico y el Atlántico.
Personas que hablan idiomas completamente distintos terminaron cantando esas mismas canciones.
Algunos encontraron en ellas consuelo para soportar la soledad.
Otros aprendieron, gracias a ellas, a quererse a sí mismos.
Y otros recuperaron las fuerzas para seguir viviendo cuando atravesaban momentos de desesperación.
Si algún día los Grammy les entregan un trofeo, nos alegraremos junto a ellos.
Pero, aunque nunca se lo den, el mundo que BTS ha construido no se hará más pequeño.
Ninguna etiqueta podrá reducir el cielo por el que vuela su música.
Los premios descansan en las manos de los artistas.
Pero las canciones permanecen en el corazón de las personas.
Las estanterías donde se exhiben los trofeos tienen un límite.
El cielo por el que viajan las canciones no lo tiene.
Nuestro cielo no termina sobre la península de Corea.
Cruza el océano Pacífico.
Cruza el Atlántico.
Va más allá de cualquier ceremonia de premios.
Y atraviesa todas las fronteras que otros han trazado basándose en regiones o idiomas.
Ese cielo continúa hasta el universo.
Y las canciones de BTS llenarán ese universo.
¿La conclusión?
¿Y qué si nuestro territorio es pequeño? ¿Acaso el cielo también lo es?
Los Grammy no evaluaron a BTS.
Fue BTS quien evaluó a los Grammy.
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The fact that the Recording Academy people sat in a boardroom, looked at the most culturally, linguistically and musically diverse continent on Earth, and concluded that the solution was to throw everyone into one "Asian Pop" category is exactly why this deserves criticism.
And then to turn around and say this category was created to "bring us closer" is ABSURD. Segregation has never brought people closer. Separate categories don't create equality, they create separate standards of recognition.
Expressing disappointment in BTS for refusing to legitimize that system completely misses the point. If one of the biggest Asian artists in history says, "We don't want to be separated from everyone else," maybe the response should not be to accuse them of chasing press.
No one is saying Asian artists deserve less recognition. They're saying they deserve the exact same opportunity to compete for the industry's highest honors without being boxed into a category based on geography or ethnicity.
If your first instinct when discussing an entire continent is to create a separate lane instead of removing barriers from the main one, then you've fundamentally misunderstood what inclusion is supposed to look like.
“IF THE BADDEST BITCH IS NOT IN THE COMPETITION, WHAT HAVE YOU WON?”
Holy shit that’s the quote. We’ve been saying that in other ways, but I think hers is my favorite so far. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
“If you have people singing your songs word for word, if people who have regular jobs come out in the rain, in the snow, spending money to buy tickets to your shows, you don’t need this right here. You already won.”
You are the true winners, @BTS_twt! 🏆
The craziest part is that BTS became the first act ever to reject a racist award show, and it will forever go down as one of their most historic moments.
El hecho de que BTS rechazo a los Grammys aún sabiendo que probablemente nunca más van a poder competir ya que probablemente los veten me hace sentirme el doble de orgullosa de ellos y me hace admirarlos más, el que por sus ideales, sus principios y convicciones hayan decidido dejar de lado lo que para ellos hasta hace unos años era un sueño.
LOS AMO PARA SIEMPRE💜
THE MOST ICONIC PHRASE ON MUSIC INDUSTRY
“We hope music will be recognized and loved for what it is, rather than being divided by region or language”
#WeStandWithBTS
Tbh, every ARMY should be celebrating this. 🔥👑
While industry was busy dressing up racism & discrimination in "professional" packaging, BTS did what they always do, stood their ground and exposed the nonsense without ever lowering their heads.
They didn't bend. They didn't beg. They didn't stay silent to make others comfortable.
That's exactly why they're at the top and why millions have their backs. 💜
@BTS_twt we're so proud of you and we'll always stand with you. 🔥🔥
it takes an incredible amount of courage, even sadness, to realise that a dream is no longer a dream because its very foundation is rotten.
some people spend their entire lives chasing something, and when they finally discover it’s built on prejudice, unfairness, and flawed values, they don’t know how to walk away. BTS did.
I deeply admire their strength to let go of something they once dreamed of because they recognised it no longer represented what they believed in. they could have won their first grammy, but they chose integrity, conviction, respect for music and their peers instead.
that choice says more about their character than any trophy ever could.
BTS PAVED THE WAY
이 문장이 오늘만큼 와닿는 날이 있었던가
솔직히 말해서 수상의 영예가 얼마나 큰 역사인 지 모르지 않잖아 그동안 나를 비롯 모두가 바래왔잖아
그런데 인질처럼 내내 끌려다녔던 것도 맞잖아
이번처럼 대놓고 목줄 채우는 순간에 날아가버리는 것
달리던 방탄이 이제 마음대로 유영하겠다��� 결정
나는 너무너무 벅찬다...
내 가수가 이렇게 멋지다니
처음 수상의 역사보다도 이 결정이 역사로 남을거야
방탄소년단을 응원합니다
내 모든 용기내지 못했던 결정들을 뒤돌아보며.
26.07.29
#BTS #BTSARMY
I’m fuckin heartbroken for them, imagining what they felt when that category was announced.
I’m also so proud of them, for putting music first, for choosing the path that’s right for them. To the flower paths ahead. 🌸💜