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[rose⁷⟭⟬ @SvnsArmy]

I know why they are mad

[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.

[rose⁷⟭⟬ @SvnsArmy]

I know this really hit a nerve

[lily ☆ @mainlyguk]

it’s insane how in a couple of years kpop artists will start winning grammys bc of the new asian category and their fans will still look you in the eyes and say it wasn’t bts that paved the way and made it way easier for their favs to get global recognition… baby we made you

[simo 📂 @simytime]

This is crazy

[🦂 @lovethve]

BTS are so big that they’re making up stupid categories just to block them from the main categories 😭

[vani⁷ @koostrous]

“creating a new category just so bts do not win the main categories at the grammys”

the music industry keeps proving why BTS made aliens as an asian artist

[sdl ٭ @_sdl93]

the bts’s impact is huge that you have grammy’s racist ass creating asian category just bc they can’t ignore BTS’s impact.

[rin⁷ ⊙⊝⊜ ✨ yoonkook lover @etaerealaus]

this is why bighit asked yoongi to stop using jungkook’s voice for his demos because idk how i’d follow through this golden voice if i was the artist that received the demo 😭

[minnie⁷🐝 @yoonsgamete_]

Bruh these two comments are diabolical 😭😭

[kyo @selcagate]

Nike NFL made a custom jersey for jungkook with his birth date and his name printed on the back, this is so cool i need one

[isa @solmerv]

‘xyz group should have won-’

THEY HAD 3 YEARS, PACK IT UP.

[lala⁷ ⊙⊝⊜ @fkubluehouse]

“widen the gap guys”

the gap 😭😭😭 :

[American Music Awards @AMAs]

KINGS of the #AMAs 👑 @bts_bighit

[jk.97 @jeonIves]

taehyung commented under jungkook’s biker post

🐯 “Then I’ll get a photographer”

[Pop Media 💿🎼 @PopMedia_1]

The biggest BTS members globally in the music industry of all time:

1️⃣ Jung Kook
2️⃣ V, Kim Taeyung
3️⃣ RM
4️⃣ Jin
5️⃣ J-hope
6️⃣ Jimin
7️⃣ SUGA

[fcbtrey @fcbtray]

Now this is a good World Cup song

[Rize⁷ @rize07addict]

The traffic on the #JUNGKOOK's "Dreamers" MV is surging high with hourly views literally jumping hoops and new comments flooding in from football fans and locals going back to it after getting disappointed on the new worldcup song,,
https://t.co/mO1j3h84xj

[madeev⁷ is seeing BTS ˚.🎀༘⋆ @saxophonist95]

i just realized this gon be armys this fifa