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[Lulumin @Luminaji]

In case you missed it from the Livecam HAPPY 1 YEAR OF SET ME FREE PT2 SO PROUD OF YOU JIMIN 💜
#JIMIN #지민
#ParkJimin #bts #SetMeFree_Pt2 #jiminie #JIMINJIMIN

[Lulumin @Luminaji]

@Pk_bts_land @gigi_still_here @RecordingAcad Funny, she didn’t mention that you can only participate in one category and that Grammys can switch your entry to a different category as they please which they would’ve absolutely done even if BTS submitted under general they would’ve been placed under Asian. We all know that

[Lulumin @Luminaji]

@TiggyWinkle22 @readonlyshan @UMG All I know is that if this was my VP of marketing, she would be replaced! And a major company like UMG. I would be surprised at the fact they haven’t spoken on the matter but wait! Even after spewing her full display of what not to do in a PR crisis, she is their VP of PR? gag!

[Lulumin @Luminaji]

#ArtHasNoAliens

[ARMY Connect @Army_Connect]

YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO ARMY. TAKE IT TO THE TOP OF WORLDWIDE TRENDS.

ART HAS NO ALIENS @RecordingAcad

#ArtHasNoAliens

[Lulumin @Luminaji]

@Pk_bts_land @RecordingAcad #ArtHasNoAliens

[Jantar The Botman🪼 @Jantar127]

If BTS had accepted the nomination, the industry and the media would absolutely be patting themselves on the back and shouting "progress" from the rooftops. They would have used BTS’s face, their name, and our fandom to validate a separate, locked box and the scary part is, a lot of casual viewers would have fallen for it.

Here is exactly how that fake narrative would have played out, and why BTS’s refusal is the ultimate power move

1. The Validation Trap
If they had submitted, the Recording Academy would have weaponized their acceptance.

The Shiny Distraction: The Grammys would have put a big spotlight on the new "Best Asian Pop Music Performance" category during the main broadcast. They would have used BTS to make it look like a historic, progressive milestone for diversity.

The Shield: Behind the scenes, the voting committees would have used that nomination as a shield to completely exclude them from Album of the Year or Record of the Year. They would have said, "Look, we gave them their own category, what more do they want?"

2. The Viewership Bait
The Grammys never expected the biggest artist in the room to reject them because they are used to artists bowing down for a trophy.

The Real Agenda: If BTS accepted, the show would have done what it always does: tease their category and their performance until the very last minutes of the 3-hour broadcast just to keep ARMY watching and driving up their social media impressions.

The Reality Check: The second BTS said, "No thank you," the entire illusion shattered. It proved that a category is only considered "a good idea" by gatekeepers as long as they can use top-tier stars to legitimize it. Without BTS, the category loses its mainstream commercial weight, and the Academy is left holding a hollow box.

3. Exposing the Fake Allyship
BTS walking away completely stripped the Academy of its progressive makeup.

The True Intent Exposed: By refusing to step into that regional side door, BTS forced the industry to look at the category for what it actually is: a glass ceiling disguised as a participation trophy.

The Power of "No": It proves that true progress isn't letting gatekeepers decide how to segregate us; true progress is having the power to look at a rigged system and refuse to give it your power.
They thought they could gaslight us into thinking this was a step forward, but BTS showed the entire world that you don't need a seat at a table that was built to keep you in a corner.

[Lulumin @Luminaji]

@BE_BlueandGray Why does this nonsense even have 20K likes?What a hateful thing to say! What does the US Army have to do with the Grammys nonsense? We are the ones advocating the most here against the Grammys and always supporting BTS so they can win awards here and also financial support

[Lulumin @Luminaji]

@RollingStone @sexycellsofbts_ Now the Grammys is stuck with having to award any Joe who submits to have a show, losing even more credibility because which one of these other groups actually deserve what a Grammy is supposed to represent over BTS? none! It will be like just about anyone can have a Grammy now

[Lulumin @Luminaji]

@MichLop713 @RollingStone Because it’s not about I’m winning a Grammy. It’s about selling out massive stadiums and having the power of influence the BTS does, which none of these other groups have most people don’t even know who they are in fact.

[Rachel Brodsky @RachelBrods]

@BryanRolli BTS was such a pain point when I edited https://t.co/9p6yZ5VfQh. Any post about them did epic numbers and reflected where music's going, etc. But the RA board.. they really pushed back on our writing about BTS. For reasons I never fully understood, but seem obvious in retrospect

[Lulumin @Luminaji]

@Sushimtv194208M @mochiijjk @moonlvujk @btschartsxdaily They definitely would making their executive’s gaslighting statement even more ridiculous, they would just how they moved Justin Bieber’s entry into R&B and they moved it to the pop category

[🦢 em⁷ @dooyourthing]

LOUDER FOR EVERYONE AT THE TABLE

[Lulumin @Luminaji]

Now good luck with your Disney deal! You just smashed all of the hopes they. And good luck fixing your PR crisis. I suggest you find start firing people.

[Lulumin @Luminaji]

BTS unequivocally revolutionary and most powerful band on earth! And the @RecordingAcad instead of harnessing their power chose to pull the dumbest move on earth! You thought this dumb PR stunt would work so long. Should’ve taken another route. So happy BTS pulled the plug on you

[Lulumin @Luminaji]

BTS played the Grammys game while respecting the entity and waiting patiently for years. If your grudge was that America didn’t produce the BIGGEST band on earth besides the Beatles also not American, the least amount of dignity left was to rightfully recognize what everyone did.

[Livheartt⁷ met hobi | ㉧㉣㉣ | 🦢🤍 @Livheartt]

Wrong day to find out BTS’s ARMY aren’t just a bunch of school girls.

Get f*cked. Idc.

[Lulumin @Luminaji]

@cherrryykatycee @taesoothe And this right here is what will make the Grammys even more irrelevant!! Giving it to just any non-respectable non-deserving lip syncing artist just to have a show; after years of denying it to the one group who did deserve it by rightful merit.

[Lulumin @Luminaji]

BTS THANK YOU!!!

#Proud_of_BTS

[Mica Bangtan⁷🇦🇷VERÁ A BTS EN ARGENTINA @BTSweShine13]

Pues si, el CEO de los grammys trabaja para la SM.

[Lulumin @Luminaji]

@lsgrlr I was thinking the same thing and now I think we just found her! Zeena Koda who was coke ranting on IG like she’s about to lose her job and her credibility 😆 what a dumb move, indeed

[Lulumin @Luminaji]

@Katarinna @amlysbang Seriously!!!