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
People who showed support to bts not submit to Grammys in last 24 hours
-Tablo
- leader of B.A.P, Bang Yongguk
-Rolling Stone Korea journalist and writer, Chase Kang
-CEO & Vice President of Hyundai car, Diego Bluff
- 'KPop Demon Hunters' director, Maggie
-Actor Daniel Dae Kim
BTS didnt boycott your dumbass show because they think they can't submit to other categories, you hairless moron.
They boycotted it because they're against you separating music based on language and region.
How tf do you miss the point that they literally spelt out for you???
except for tablo from epik high, no peer of bts in k-pop supported bts today. an industry critic said that only bts could show this backbone and that k-pop has to bow down to the grammys. while bts wanted to protect the industry's pride, we learned that the industry has no pride.
👩🏻: is it camera equipment?
🐿️: jungkook upgraded his bag
👩🏻: wow!!
🐿️: what’s going on? huh?
👩🏻: that looks so heavy
🐿️: it’s huge seriously
🐰: *opens his bag and shows what’s inside*
🐿️: crazy
they were so excited for their first grammy nomination, they went from this somewhat innocent excitement and anticipation to realizing how fucked up the industry is towards them
scammys is so removing this category next year
their headquarters are prolly panicking rn because the main artist whom they wanted to separate decided to not even participate while all the nugus will submit their songs in order to get a “grammys” stamp
the gag is bts knew they wouldve had a near guaranteed grammy win with this new asian pop category but understand that cosigning this category wld mean that ultimately asian language acts would be gatekept out of the main/general categories
🐹 We were fans of artists who speak the different languages from us but we didn’t think differently of them because of that. I was a fan of them & still am & I don’t think a language is a barrier. I’ve always cared more about the emotions in their music
the fact arirang was so much bigger than any of their albums still they decided to not submit it to the grammys bc they cant allow someone to limit their music to a category
this clearly shows how bts see music as an art rather than as something that just sells
bts choosing not to submit their music to the grammys in the one year they were almost certainly in a position to earn nominations is such a powerful statement.
the recording academy created a category to separate asian artists instead of recognizing them alongside their peers, reflecting a long-standing lack of respect and equal recognition for artists across an entire continent and the world.
bts lives and breathes music.
this decision isn’t just about them: it’s about standing up for fairness, dignity, and the artists who come after them. they’re taking a meaningful step not only for themselves, but for asian artists and the global music community as a whole.
I couldn’t be prouder.
"its difficult to accept that this Grammys screening change was made when bts is most likely to win the main prize" LOUDER. what Grammy did by introducing the new category after bts made a comeback was so fucking weird and im glad they know it better than anyone.