two things were dangled in front of bts for the longest time. military exemption and the grammy. and in both cases they took the reins of the systems that tied them to exploitative schemes with the promise of a reward that was always just out of reach. hope they feel lighter now
BTS announces they will not submit their music for the 2027 GRAMMY awards, following the Recording Academy’s addition of an Asian-focused category:
“I hope music itself can be heard and loved rather than being distinguished by region or language.”
I think an underrated part of what makes The Odyssey work so well through a horror filmmaking lens is that it presents a world where the gods existence is dubious, but their wrath is real, their monsters are real, and hell is real.