Didn't expect history to repeat itself in such a comical way. The K-pop Industry tried their hardest to use BTS to exempt their own groups from military service despite them never reaching the same level of success to justify the exemption until BTS broke out of that situation by announcing their own military enlistment.
Now again the K-pop Industry was using BTS behind the scenes to push for a K-pop Category to get their own groups some Grammys noms despite never reaching the same level of success as BTS and once again, BTS was done with the nasty corruption and broke outta that system by announcing they'll just not submit to the Grammys at all.
Didn't expect history to repeat itself in such a comical way. The K-pop Industry tried their hardest to use BTS to exempt their own groups from military service despite them never reaching the same level of success to justify the exemption until BTS broke out of that situation by announcing their own military enlistment.
Now again the K-pop Industry was using BTS behind the scenes to push for a K-pop Category to get their own groups some Grammys noms despite never reaching the same level of success as BTS and once again, BTS was done with the nasty corruption and broke outta that system by announcing they'll just not submit to the Grammys at all.
@AngryArmy81 they introduced this category and planned to give it to bts who are household names to make it seem like a big deel, so it would give exposure to the others even if they lose, and eventually they would start giving it to non bts, but now they r crashing because the plan failed
@AngryArmy81 they introduced this category and planned to give it to bts who are household names to make it seem like a big deel, so it would give exposure to the others even if they lose, and eventually they would start giving it to non bts, but now they r crashing because the plan failed
According to Ten Asia exclusive report, SM Entertainment was found to have hired an outside company to manipulate public opinion on Internet forums during its management conflict with HYBE early last year, targeting HYBE groups.
On February 27 last year, public relations agency ‘Astrafe’ created a chat room called "St" that included employees of the viral company it hired and executives from SM, according to Telegram conversations obtained exclusively by this newspaper. This was a task force to create public opinion in favor of SM in the SM-HYBE case, which had been in full swing since the beginning of the same month. The idea was to create not only virality, spreading information in its favor, but also reverse virality, spreading negative news about the other side of the conflict. In total, there were six people. Two SM employees, the director of Astrafe and three representatives of viral companies.
It was written articles to raise concerns that groups could disband if HYBE acquired SM. "So far, the groups that have disbanded after HYBE took over are GFRIEND, NU’EST and Pristin. HYBE is making takeover bids because they need to eat first and they can do something. But as a result, even in the stock market, I don't sell HYBE shares because I think it is better for the current management of SM to be on the board of directors than for HYBE to be on the board of directors".
https://t.co/WhkIzWfPgk
SM & kakao launched the lame ass melon "global k-chart" & grannys launching this lame ass asian pop category sit at the same table
Bcs both are linked to SM & Kakao. Looks like both r attempts to proof that their artists are bigger than BTS or tryna put them flops on spotlight
@tropicalcamel@kong_frenchie@BTSDailyChile this is so funny bc it reminds me of my friends when we were kids, we are japanese, okinawan and korean, we used to say bananas lol
@btschartsxdaily There is a strange eraser of BTS from being one of the bigest reasons korean culture is so popular its not mentioned enough amd honestly i never paid attn until I became a fan just how blatantly its done
@btschartsxdaily This has SM written all over it. They both have connections with SM. I guess they can’t beat BTS at home so let’s plot our way into a new category to upstage BTS for a top award. Are we back in 2015? They so want to be better than BTS.. then work hard and stop with the payola
PATHETIC! The Grammys just deleted a reel from months ago after being exposed where they talked about the new Asian category and the globalization of Asian music, but the most ironic is they just ignored and omitted any mention of BTS, as if they had never existed—when it was precisely them who are true pioneers of that global expansion.
This isn’t just a casual omission: it’s erasing from the conversation the very artists who actually drove that change.
The Grammys continue to be exposed as fake and hypocritical! How ridiculous they are!
- Zeena Koda and Frankie Yaptinchay are who spoke in the video, and Zeena is the same person who talked about BTS a few days ago! Hypocrites!
https://t.co/g81q2OgUmx
Zeena Koda and Frankie Yaptinchay talking about Asian Representation in Music.
It's fascinating to watch people talk endlessly about "Asian representation" while refusing to acknowledge the artists who fundamentally changed how the global music industry viewed Asian acts.
You cannot have an honest conversation about the globalization of Asian music market without mentioning BTS. Whether you like them or not, they broke barriers that many in the industry once insisted couldn't be broken. They topped charts, sold out stadiums, reshaped the industry's perception of non-English music, made stadiums all around the globe sing their songs word for word, bar for bar and made institutions to take Asian artists seriously.
So when people celebrate this new era of "representation" while conveniently leaving out one of the most influential acts in that story, it doesn't feel like representation. It feels like selective history.
(Zeena Koda used to work for Atlantic Records)
Just my opinion but I stick to the theory that grammy colluded with companies related to kpop industry when making that Asian category but mentioned SK, JP and CN only. Grammys expand to the new market and a box to put bts in, and kpop is desperate for that “global” badge
@RachelBrods@BryanRolli Thank you for this insight. I guess to the RA they are good enough to fund their charities and have their outfits be a spectacle in their museum, but are somehow not worthy of respect as artists. 😐
@RachelBrods@BryanRolli Wow. I was on with a lot of pissed off Army members last night, and I don’t blame em. Rank exploitation.
I would even point to Trevor’s intro: “This next act is a Korean group...”
Yeah no shit. And The Beatles are a British band.