I, a member of BTS's ARMY, stand united and strong behind all 7 members of BTS. We won’t stand idly by while they are bullied, harassed, or misrepresented by online trolls and the media. I show my love and support for BTS with the #BTSPurpleRibbonProject.
“jin is naked!!” jin unbuttoned some buttons on a long-sleeve shirt
“joon is naked!” he was wearing a tank top
“jungkook is naked” jungkook is in fact naked
— To all the artists that are not standing up for Music:
If you're benefiting from a system that disadvantages others, silence isn't neutrality, it's comfort. It's easier to stay quiet when the system works in your favor than to risk speaking against it.
BTS didn't issue that statement because of their personal wants. They issued it because they believe music should never be separated by region or language.
"We hope music itself can be heard and loved rather than being distinguished by region or language."
That sentence isn't just about them. It's about every artist who has ever been boxed into a category because of where they were born instead of what they created.
And now that one of the biggest artists in the world has finally had the courage to say it out loud, where is everyone else?
BTS have taken a stand for music itself. The least the rest of the industry can do is decide whether they have the courage to stand beside that principle or remain silent while segregation is repackaged as "representation."
ART HAS NO ALIENS @RecordingAcad
#ArtHasNoAliens
Zeena Koda, una de las personas que públicamente defendió e impulsó la nueva categoría de los Grammy y que responsabilizó a BTS por las críticas que esta categoría está recibiendo actualmente, además de poner su cuenta de Instagram en privado, eliminó de su biografía la referencia a que es Vice President of Marketing en Universal Music Enterprises (UMG), aunque ese cargo sigue apareciendo en su perfil de LinkedIn.
Resulta legítimo preguntarse si @UMG , empresa que mantiene una alianza comercial con HYBE y que, a través de su sello Geffen Records, apoya la distribución, promoción y lanzamientos de BTS, está al tanto de que una de sus ejecutivas utiliza sus redes sociales para responsabilizar públicamente a artistas por defender los principios que sostienen sobre su propia música.
Aunque, en realidad, no resulta sorprendente. No sería la primera vez que un ejecutivo vinculado a este sello emite comentarios poco respetuosos hacia el grupo o alguno de sus integrantes.
#ArtHasNoAliens
Crying Taehyung suddenly splashed water right into Jin’s face. Jin was in complete shock and disbelief, still processing what had just happened and then we have RM pointing out like “ There! He ran there!”😭😭
I haven’t been able to stop thinking about her.
Thirteen years old. A child. Brutalised by 32 men. She fought for her life… and today, she lost that battle.
How do you even process this? What kind of monsters do this? What kind of society allows it to happen?
These men deserve nothing less than capital punishment. Crimes of this brutality against a child demand the strongest punishment our justice system provides.
She should have been worrying about school, friends, and dreams—not fighting for her life.
I’m angry. I’m heartbroken. And I’m ashamed that we keep failing our daughters.
@maroonfishes Abhi thori dair pehly hi mujhy meri maa ny bola....ky jab me marny lago gi tu tumharey bhai or bhabi ko bolo gi ky tumhy apny sath na rakhy qk tum boht khudgarz ho...like what?🥴
we need to seriously restart charting arirang like its a new release. this racism towards bts is getting so ridiculous. open streaming platforms and stream the album.
nugu stans celebrating bc they think their faves have a chance now truly lack the critical thinking to see the big picture. you are cheering for a system that just put a glass ceiling on the whole asian music industry. fawking embarrassing.
the way kpop keeps benefitting off of achievements and success that belongs entirely to bts while bts keeps getting boxed in because theyre a threat to the western industry. "those civilians, so envious", indeed. oh im so mad
Only thing ARMYs can do is hype ARIRANG more than anything right now, this is not the end. ARIRANG needs to be on chart & talked about more & mote.
Our main action should be keeping ARIRANG in front verybody's eyes & keep reminding em that it's a fckin masterpiece.