Leader RM has officially been appointed as the Global Goodwill Ambassador of the National Museum of Korea.
— He will take part in promotional activities to help share Korea’s history, traditional culture, and cultural heritage with the world.
it’s insane how in a couple of years kpop artists will start winning grammys bc of the new asian category and their fans will still look you in the eyes and say it wasn’t bts that paved the way and made it way easier for their favs to get global recognition… baby we made you
Tyler the Creator: “Half of me feels like the rap nomination was a backhanded compliment. Like, oh, my little cousin wants to play the game, let’s give him the unplugged controller so he can shut up and feel good about it.”
Timely as fuck. Full speech below.
award shows that added a kpop category:
VMAs (since 2019)
EMAs (since 2021)
AMAs (since 2022)
BBMAs (since 2023)
iHeartRadio Awards (since 2024)
Grammys (new)
look at when all of this started happening...but sure, kpop twt will tell you bts did nothing for the asian market lol
being multifandom is actually a struggle because there’s simply not enough room in a pfp, header, or bio for every piece of media that’s fundamentally shaped me as a person