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
the grammys creating an entire new award for “best asian music award” is racist slop to try to shut people up and keep bts away from their “pop” category since they refuse to accept them into that. ARIRANG is labeled as a hip hop/pop album. fuck that award show
not a single other kpop act deserves to be anywhere remotely near a grammy nom and bts outperformed the entire western industry this year therefore deserving main category noms like can everyone get serious quickly
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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