[NEWS] Grammy CEO Harvey Mason jr. has issued a statement in response to #BTS’ decision not to submit for the 2027 awards!🚨
“I am saddened to hear that BTS has chosen not to participate in the Grammy Awards process this year, but as a music creator, I understand and respect their decision,”
“I do want to clarify something that seems to be getting lost in the conversation. The Asian Pop category was created to celebrate the depth, diversity and extraordinary growth of pop artistry coming out of Asia. The spirit of this new category is to shine a dedicated spotlight on these important artists. More categories mean more artists’ work is recognized. It’s never to divide, but to expand who is recognized by our 15,000 Grammy voters.
“I also want to be very clear: submitting music in a genre category such as Asian Pop, or Jazz or Country does not exclude an artist from also submitting and being considered in the General Field categories, including Record of the Year, Album of the Year and Song of the Year,” he continued. “Those categories remain open to any eligible recording, regardless of genre. Recognition in a genre category and recognition in the General Field are not mutually exclusive. An artist can absolutely pursue both.”
OH FUCK* YOU GRAMMYS 🙃
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📱 El CEO y vicepresidente de Hyundai Card, Chung Tae-Young, expresó su postura en IG sobre la creación de una categoría de “Pop Asiático” y la decisión de BTS de no presentar su música.
"¿Será realmente un malentendido pensar que esto parece un intento de separar a los +
except for tablo from epik high, no peer of bts in k-pop supported bts today. an industry critic said that only bts could show this backbone and that k-pop has to bow down to the grammys. while bts wanted to protect the industry's pride, we learned that the industry has no pride.