Wait a minute. What the hell have we signed 😂😭. Tzolis is electric. No for real though, he has been directly involved in both goals and been very productive.
Feels like he has been told they doubt you, go show them. Early days but looks a smart buy in a crazy market. Thoughts?
The New York Times discusses BTS withdrawing from Grammy consideration:
"The largest Asian entertainment companies, with lots of new acts to promote, may not want to fight that system on principle. But BTS, possibly the biggest act in the world since Jackson, is perhaps the only Korean recording act with the freedom and leverage to spark a reckoning.
So will this be a moment where artists and entrepreneurs conspire to force the major institutions of this business to break its addiction to racism dressed up as demography?
Every artist, whether BTS or Bad Bunny, deserves access to the largest market without being filtered out or qualified."
The New York Times on the Grammys' new “Best Asian Pop Music Performance” category:
— “The Recording Academy should stop inventing new awards categories, especially ones based on ethnicity, nationality or language…”
Forbes on the Grammys' new “Best Asian Pop Music Performance” category:
— “Nobody created a ‘Best European Pop Music Performance’ category for Dua Lipa or Ed Sheeran.”
also the cameraman just as messy as armys like he plastered every single sign whacking the g**mmys on the jumbotron and let it marinate too like😭💀 WHOLE HOUSE MESSY AND IRRITATED
Elle India on Instagram:
“Nobody buying tickets in Los Angeles, London, São Paulo or Paris is asking whether BTS deserve to compete in an Asian category before they deserve a global one. Those stadiums are filled with fans from dozens of nationalities, many of whom don't speak Korean beyond the lyrics theyve lovingly memorised.
Creating more categories based on language or geography feels like a step backwards rather than forwards.
British artists, Canadian artists,
Australian artists and American artists, all predominantly making English-language music, have always competedtogether inthe
Grammys' biggest categories.
When an artist reaches that level of cultural influence, the question is no longer, "Why don't they have a Grammy?" It's honestly, "Why does the Grammys still need to convince the world it can recognise artists like BTS?"”
APPLAUSE, APPLAUSE, APPLAUSE!!! 👏 This is such a powerful statement
#ArtHasNoAliens
ART HAS NO ALIENS
the grammy community defending themselves with "they can always apply for other categories" tells you EVERYTHING
bts has always applied for 3-4 categories (main ones) and they always gave them a nom in group/duo only to give the award to a COLLAB