grammy/recording academy for the first time IN HISTORY responded to an artist's notice of withdrawal from their awards from their official accounts. other artists when they showed their reaction they weren't afraid, but i am sure they deeply felt what kind of loss of reputation a reaction from an artist at the maximum of a global power like bts would create. the number of media outlets asking them for a answer must have crossed the limit that required them to make a statement from their official accounts
Countries like Singapore is not even eligible for your fuckass category because they speak english, so who is grammy to decide what is Asian enough and what is not ???
And nobody will be standing next to BTS in this battle btw in fact the kpop industry will celebrate them not submitting instead of standing up with them against this blatant xenophobia
holy shit I don't think people understand how crazy this is 😭😭😭 even when Kanye and Abel were beefing with the Grammys they/their label submitted their work 😭 to go out of their way to not submit arguably the biggest release of the year is INSANE
okay but seeing bts go from wanting a grammy more than anything and being genuinely excited to not giving a fuck because of how many times the industry has played in their face… my heart is hurting
💜 “we have decided not to enter the grammys this year. we hope music itself can be heard and loved rather than being distinguished by region or language. thank you to the army and everyone for always being with us”
and with this position of bts I reiterate what I said a few weeks ago:
the timing of a new “asian pop” category while a major asian act is having one of the most successful albums globally really exposes the problem: it’s segregation and not inclusion.
when non western artists are still underrepresented in major categories, it doesn’t feel like recognition for the asian music market, but containment. they deserve to win, but they cannot, so let’s give them a candy that excludes them a bit further. at least it looks pretty, right?
it’s unfortunate how the “how are you so shameless” line from aliens always hits.
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