좋아⁷~⟭⟬~⊙⊝⊜~ ⟬⟭~🇨🇦🇰🇷 Joie💜

🅐🅡🅘🅡🅐🅝🅖 아라리오
dopeoldarmy, 외란둥이, gen X, Canuck by birth, Korean by genetics, cw: uncensored

[좋아⁷~⟭⟬~⊙⊝⊜~ ⟬⟭~🇨🇦🇰🇷 Joie💜 @lists_n_sarcasm]

#makemelamron

[좋아⁷~⟭⟬~⊙⊝⊜~ ⟬⟭~🇨🇦🇰🇷 Joie💜 @lists_n_sarcasm]

@ggeumbi7 🎉🎉🎉

[좋아⁷~⟭⟬~⊙⊝⊜~ ⟬⟭~🇨🇦🇰🇷 Joie💜 @lists_n_sarcasm]

Today I learned...

#bts #bcd

[좋아⁷~⟭⟬~⊙⊝⊜~ ⟬⟭~🇨🇦🇰🇷 Joie💜 @lists_n_sarcasm]

@ggeumbi7 Ye

[좋아⁷~⟭⟬~⊙⊝⊜~ ⟬⟭~🇨🇦🇰🇷 Joie💜 @lists_n_sarcasm]

Husband asked me which continent had the most army, and honestly, I couldn't answer. I mean, everywhere??!?

[좋아⁷~⟭⟬~⊙⊝⊜~ ⟬⟭~🇨🇦🇰🇷 Joie💜 @lists_n_sarcasm]

@ggeumbi7 Give it to me baby..uh huh uh huh uh huh

[HobiCasa ⊙⊝⊜ARIRANG l🏊‍♂️🔴 @HobiCasa]

Watch how no one grabbed at Hobi the second he got close. Even then, he was the one who reached out first, taking the hand an ARMY had stretched toward him. He even leaned in closer to them at the barricade 🫠, and some just rested their hand gently on his shoulder by then. I hope this respectful treatment to the boys will continue 💕

[좋아⁷~⟭⟬~⊙⊝⊜~ ⟬⟭~🇨🇦🇰🇷 Joie💜 @lists_n_sarcasm]

@_kyjfree It's fucking stifling

[좋아⁷~⟭⟬~⊙⊝⊜~ ⟬⟭~🇨🇦🇰🇷 Joie💜 @lists_n_sarcasm]

@KB_all_7 I have some chicken I'm so saaad🎶

[좋아⁷~⟭⟬~⊙⊝⊜~ ⟬⟭~🇨🇦🇰🇷 Joie💜 @lists_n_sarcasm]

@absolutelyamyyy Underground Concrete parking

[좋아⁷~⟭⟬~⊙⊝⊜~ ⟬⟭~🇨🇦🇰🇷 Joie💜 @lists_n_sarcasm]

@BTSisARTistry I've never been seriously so jealous before

[좋아⁷~⟭⟬~⊙⊝⊜~ ⟬⟭~🇨🇦🇰🇷 Joie💜 @lists_n_sarcasm]

Remember that one North Korean who pre-saved Arirang?

Wonder how he's doing.

[좋아⁷~⟭⟬~⊙⊝⊜~ ⟬⟭~🇨🇦🇰🇷 Joie💜 @lists_n_sarcasm]

@regalkv Dda daaaaa

[𝐴𝑠ℎ⁷ @kthnoir7]

There’s a lot to unpack here, and I’m going to say it directly. I dont care if I get cancelled but this needs to be said.

For years, BTS were told they weren’t big enough, mainstream enough, or "Grammy material." Then they became one of the biggest acts in the world. They broke records, sold out stadiums across continents, topped charts repeatedly, and built a global cultural impact that few artists in history can match.

And when they became too successful to ignore?

The Grammys nominated "Dynamite" and "Butter"—both English-language songs.

Let that sink in.

The songs that got BTS into the major Grammy conversation were the songs that fit most comfortably into the Western industry framework. Yet BTS's discography is filled with critically acclaimed Korean-language music that has had enormous cultural and artistic impact.

Now we have a "Best Asian Pop Music Performance" category.

And before anyone calls that progress, let's ask the obvious question: why does there need to be a separate category at all?

If Asian artists are good enough to dominate global charts, sell millions of records, headline festivals, influence culture worldwide, and compete with every major artist in the industry, then they are good enough for the same categories as everyone else.

Inclusion isn't creating a separate lane after Asian artists prove they can win in the existing ones.

Inclusion is treating them as equals.

That's why BTS's lyrics in "Aliens" hit so hard:

"어쩜 그래 shameless
예의를 차려 we aliens
해는 동쪽에서 risin'
Aliens, aliens"

No matter how successful some artists become, there are still systems and institutions that treat them as perpetual outsiders.
And that's exactly why this conversation matters.
Because when BTS were impossible to ignore, the response shouldn't have been to create another box and place Asian artists inside it. The response should have been to judge them by the same standards as every other artist competing for the biggest awards in music.

ARMYs, we have a mission.

Talk about Arirang everywhere. Put it in AOTY conversations. Put it in ROTY conversations. Write threads. Make edits. Share analyses. Start discussions.

If we believe it deserves those nominations, then let's make enough noise that nobody can pretend it doesn't belong in the room.

They ignored BTS until they couldn't.

Let's make sure they can't ignore Arirang either.

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@ggeumbi7 🙋‍♀️

[좋아⁷~⟭⟬~⊙⊝⊜~ ⟬⟭~🇨🇦🇰🇷 Joie💜 @lists_n_sarcasm]

@regalkv Yooooo

[좋아⁷~⟭⟬~⊙⊝⊜~ ⟬⟭~🇨🇦🇰🇷 Joie💜 @lists_n_sarcasm]

@ggeumbi7 🎉

[좋아⁷~⟭⟬~⊙⊝⊜~ ⟬⟭~🇨🇦🇰🇷 Joie💜 @lists_n_sarcasm]

@regalkv 🙇‍♀️

[좋아⁷~⟭⟬~⊙⊝⊜~ ⟬⟭~🇨🇦🇰🇷 Joie💜 @lists_n_sarcasm]

@regalkv Present

[좋아⁷~⟭⟬~⊙⊝⊜~ ⟬⟭~🇨🇦🇰🇷 Joie💜 @lists_n_sarcasm]

@ggeumbi7 Pressnt