"Más allá de las categorías, la música es nuestra"
"PROUD ALIENS"
"F*CK GRAMMYS"
"¿Quien necesita un Grammy cuando tienes a army?"
SAY IT LOUDER, BTS PAVED THE WAY 🗣️🔥
ART HAS NO ALIENS
#ArtHasNoAliens
if you search "asian" on the official grammy search bar, only bts pops up. they'll claim they didn't create the category to sideline bts from main awards while dominating the us market in 2026, but the timing is no coincidence. bts is the only act with global power to compete on their own in main categories 😃
BTS의 그래미 불참 선언 이후 그래미의 흑역사들이 계속 파묘되고 있습니다. The FADER에서는 그래미의 흑역사들을 모아서 글을 썼습니다. 해당 내용은 아래와 같습니다.
그래미 어워즈를 향한 아티스트들의 보이콧은 거의 40년 가까이 이어져 왔습니다. 가장 최근에는 방탄소년단(BTS)이 2027년 그래미 어워즈 보이콧을 선언했습니다.
아티스트 주도의 항의는 1989년으로 거슬러 올라갑니다. 당시 DJ 재지 제프 & 더 프레시 프린스(DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince)는 신설된 랩 부문이 생중계되지 않는 것에 항의하며 시상식을 보이콧했습니다. 이러한 저항은 2020년대까지 이어져 아리아나 그란데(Ariana Grande)는 예술적 통제권을 위해, 더 위켄드(The Weeknd)는 불투명한 투표 위원회를 비판하며, 제인(Zayn)은 아카데미의 진실성을 의심하며, 드레이크(Drake)는 장르 카테고리의 인종적 편견을 지적하며 목소리를 높여왔습니다.
이제 BTS가 행동에 나섰습니다. BTS는 인스타그램 스토리를 통해 컴백 앨범 《아리랑(Arirang)》을 그래미에 제출하지 않겠다고 발표했습니다.
BTS는 "올해 그래미 어워즈에 우리 작품을 제출하지 않기로 했습니다. 음악이 지역이나 언어에 의해 구분되기보다 음악 그 자체로 인정받고 사랑받기를 바랍니다"라고 밝혔습니다.
#BTS #Grammyboycotts #ARMY
Okay so I think it's important to point this out and I'm glad that this conversation is now taking place outside of the fandom too.
The Recording Academy's "Asian Pop" category did not appear out of nowhere. It's the latest step in a pattern that has been building for years and ARMY has been warning about it long before anyone else was paying attention.
For years, we've questioned the way BTS has been repeatedly placed into "K-pop" categories by Western award shows and platforms. Not because BTS is ashamed of being Korean, but because "K-pop" is not a musical genre in the way pop, hip-hop, rock, or R&B are. It is an industry label. BTS's discography spans hip-hop, pop, R&B, alternative, EDM, rock, jazz, folk, and so much more. Reducing all of that to "K-pop" says NOTHING about the music itself.
Think about it: there is no "European Pop" category. There is no "American Pop" category. So why should artists be categorized by where they come from or the language they sing in rather than by the music they create?
The same mindset has shown up across the industry. Dedicated "K-pop" playlists have grouped together songs solely because they're in Korean, even when they belong to completely different genres. BTS' albums with diverse musical styles have been shelved under "K-pop" as though language alone defines the sound. That has always been the issue.
So no, the Recording Academy's "Asian Pop" category is not some shocking, isolated decision. It is the culmination of years of treating Asian artists as a separate lane instead of simply recognizing them as artists. The only difference is that now the segregation has become impossible to ignore.
And maybe it's finally becoming obvious why ARMY has been saying for years: BTS isn't asking to be separated. They're asking to be judged by the same standards as everyone else.
#ArtHasNoAliens
The biggest "Criminal Organization" , a private detective ARMY, has just discovered that the Grammy CEO is affiliated with SM Entertainment and Kakao 🫢🫢 We love it !!
Famous actor Simon Pegg on BTS:
“I didn’t like until my kid sat me down and said ‘Dad, listen to this song’ and I was like, ‘Oh my god, BTS are amazing’,” Pegg told us. “So here I am now, a 52-year-old ARMY, BTS fan.”
namjoon thanking nas for being in the crowd knowing that his music was always part of his life and had such an impact on his artistry. oh god. what a full circle moment
No mentimos cuando decimos que esos premios planeaban encerrar a bts en la categoría asiática y excluirlos de las principales para que no les afecte a sus artistas gringos preferidos, que bueno que ellos no se decidieron prestarse para su circo
A sold-out stadium singing BTS's Korean lyrics word for word, bar for bar. Tens of thousands of people who didn't grow up speaking the language knew every line by heart.
Yet the Recording Academy chose to create a category that separates music based on language as if language is a boundary instead of a bridge.
The audience has already moved beyond those walls. It's time the industry did too.
#ArtHasNoAliens @RecordingAcad