Me at 13: “god I can't wait to go home and read fanfic”
Me at 17: "god I can't wait to go home and read fanfic"
Me at 28: "God I can't wait to go home and read fanfic"
Relembrando as palavras de #JIMIN e #JUNGKOOK sobre o Grammy.
🐥 “Eu queria que a nossa apresentação mostrasse o que significava para nós estar naquele palco. Um grupo de garotos da Coreia, cada um vindo do seu próprio bairro, conseguiu chegar até ali. Então, qual é a grande importância de ganhar um prêmio?”
🐰 “Acho que o nosso status existe independentemente de ganharmos um Grammy ou não. Eu sabia que vencer um Grammy era algo enorme, mas estou mais interessado em provar quem eu sou por meio da minha música.”
bts choosing not to submit their music to the grammys in the one year they were almost certainly in a position to earn nominations is such a powerful statement.
the recording academy created a category to separate asian artists instead of recognizing them alongside their peers, reflecting a long-standing lack of respect and equal recognition for artists across an entire continent and the world.
bts lives and breathes music.
this decision isn’t just about them: it’s about standing up for fairness, dignity, and the artists who come after them. they’re taking a meaningful step not only for themselves, but for asian artists and the global music community as a whole.
I couldn’t be prouder.
Qdo digo q o fato de ser fã deles não é só pelo rostinho bonito ou talento inegável.
Eles conversam com os meus princípios, com o que eu acredito.
E é isso que me dá mais tesão.
BTS WE ARE PROUD OF YOU
BTS ARMY ARE WITH YOU
BTS OUR INSPIRATION
BTS PAVED THE WAY
#ARIRANGLockdown
BTS spent years opening doors that weren’t built for them. now they have the freedom to decide which ones are worth walking through. bts are truly living legends.
exploding into loud, happy sobs first thing in the morning was not what i had planned, but oh well. what a victory.
do you know the true power of what this means? let's talk about it.
because beyond deciding that their music does not exist to be ranked, they have also decided that their worth cannot be handed over to an academy. it cannot be measured by numbers, achievements, trophies, or by the approval of people who have never truly taken the time to see them. an academy that has never seen them as human, that has never wanted to understand the depth of their artistry or the truth behind their music. they have always been more than a category, more than a statistic, more than a name waiting to be validated.
they have never been treated fairly, even when they have always played by the rules they were given. they showed up, they worked, they created, they gave everything. and still. STILL. they were made to feel like they had to prove their worth over and over again.
but today, they chose to break that endless circle.
if you cannot see my worth, then i will no longer beg you to look. if you cannot recognize the power in what i create, then i will carry that power somewhere you cannot take it away from me. because my value was never yours to give. my music was never yours to define. and my existence was never meant to be validated by a room that refused to understand it.
today it's about loudly saying that their music is theirs.
and yeah, sometimes the greatest victory is realizing you were never meant to fit into a system that was never built to hold you. bangtan sonyeondan, everybody. @bts_twt
“Nós éramos fãs de artistas que falavam idiomas diferentes dos nossos, mas nunca pensamos diferente deles por causa disso. Eu era fã deles, continuo sendo, e nunca achei que o idioma fosse uma barreira. Sempre me importei mais com as emoções que eles transmitiam através da música.”
Sometimes the bravest decision isn't chasing what you've always wanted, it's choosing yourself instead. If a space repeatedly makes you feel unseen or unwelcome, protecting your peace is never a loss. BTS continues to teach that lesson to me.