🐯: When I posted on Weverse asking people not to come looking for us outside our hotels, honestly, about 90 out of 100 people...
🐯: Even if ARMY happens to see us out on the street, they just pretend they haven't noticed us.
🐯: They seem to want us to make as many memories as we can in their country, so they simply act like they didn't see us and keep walking.
🐯: Some of them even deliberately avert their eyes when we cross paths. It makes us feel so grateful that we're the ones who end up saying hello first: “Hi, “Have a good day."
🐯: Sometimes we'll even shake hands.
🐯: Moments like that are so heartwarming. So we're the ones who thank them.
🐯: One time, we were even walking down the same street. We said, "Bye-bye," but it turned out we were both headed in the exact same direction, so that was pretty funny
🐹 Thank you all for being here. I had an amazing time. Honestly, I don't want to leave but it's time for us to go. Worldwide Handsome has to sleep by midnight and Worldwide Cutie ARMY should also sleep before midnight, okay? Please get home safely. Have a good night!
“Nós éramos fãs de artistas que falavam idiomas diferentes dos nossos, mas nunca pensamos diferente deles por causa disso. Eu era fã deles, continuo sendo, e nunca achei que o idioma fosse uma barreira. Sempre me importei mais com as emoções que eles transmitiam através da música.”
#BTS has decided to skip next year's Grammys despite 2027 being projected as their Big winning year:
“We have decided not to submit for Grammys this year. Rather than music being divided by region or language, we hope music itself can be heard and loved for what it is. We are always grateful to ARMY and everyone who is always with us.” 👏🐐👑💜
I don't think people fully understand the magnitude of this decision.
Some of the music industry's most respected producers, writers, engineers, and creatives worked on ARIRANG. A project built to the highest artistic standard. One producer even spoke publicly about hoping the album would receive Grammy recognition.
Then the Recording Academy introduced a category specifically for Asian pop.
And BTS chose not to submit.
Think about that. The biggest musical project of the year. One of the strongest commercial and artistic contenders. A project that could have competed across multiple major categories. It simply won't be in the race because the artists chose principle over prestige.
Moves like this don't happen often. When artists at BTS' level willingly walk away from the biggest stage in music, the conversation shifts because of what they refused to endorse.