this fake activism from certain people is getting boring; “i can consume Coca-Cola but BTS can’t,” “i can use Ai but BTS can’t,” “i can listen to this music but BTS can’t” umm NO. BTS aren’t some dolls you can make act at your will, they’re human beings who DON’T owe you shit!!
Bad bunny, Shakira's fandom and all African fans seriously making me cry, they're the one who understood why bts did and how much it was needed to bring a change, if only k-pop industry and asian acts supported them the same way...
Jadi ingat desas-desus pemerintah korsel menawarkan kebebasan wajib militer untuk BTS dengan syaratーuntuk seterusnya harus bersedia tampil (tanpa bayaran) di acara politik dan kenegaraan.
Dan apa jawaban BTS?
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I don't think people fully understand the magnitude of this decision.
Some of the music industry's most respected producers, writers, engineers, and creatives worked on ARIRANG. A project built to the highest artistic standard. One producer even spoke publicly about hoping the album would receive Grammy recognition.
Then the Recording Academy introduced a category specifically for Asian pop.
And BTS chose not to submit.
Think about that. The biggest musical project of the year. One of the strongest commercial and artistic contenders. A project that could have competed across multiple major categories. It simply won't be in the race because the artists chose principle over prestige.
Moves like this don't happen often. When artists at BTS' level willingly walk away from the biggest stage in music, the conversation shifts because of what they refused to endorse.
BTS said it in Black Swan. They were never afraid of losing fame or popularity. What they feared was losing their love passion for music. And that’s what has always set them apart. They have stayed sincere to their art and that’s what made BTS who they are
BTS announced their hiatus. When nobody expected them to. They fulfilled their country's national duty. Without hesitation. They came back after four years. People doubted them. Said they were over. Said the industry had moved on. Then they released ARIRANG. The biggest. The boldest. The most artistically ambitious projects of the year. Ended the Western Darlings.
And now they've chosen NOT to submit their music to the Grammys, taking a stand against a system they believe categorizes music by region and language.
That's power. Not chasing the industry.
That's how history is written. That's how the industry changes.
bts who decided enlistment on their own terms after the gov tried to use them bts who said fuck the grammys after releasing their biggest album yet and little bts that debuted making music about issues that no other kpop group had the balls to talk about theyve never changed once
Oh my BTS ;(
"so please don't forget that, whether we get the grammys or not, we already got what we wanted, and we got you, so that means we got everything"