so taehyung interpreted the song "please" in sign language 🥹 the person who shared this fancam said that they were deaf and so this meaningful gesture of tae was deeply so touching to them 😭 the fact that tae uses sign language for his special fans since so long is so precious
— BTS didn’t have to do this. The better strategic play was sitting right there: submit, take a nomination in the new category, win the first one, and let the trophy be the argument. Instead they made the point nobody should have to make, and made it at their own expense. As they put it, they hope “music can be heard and loved for what it is, rather than being divided by region or language.” That’s not a demand. It’s barely even a complaint. It’s a description of what an awards body is supposed to already do.
The rule is fixable. The Academy revises its rulebook every year. It could drop the language requirement, or widen the category to admit Asian pop that isn’t sung in an Asian language, or state plainly how the new category interacts with the general fields. It has chosen none of those. So the 69th Grammys will go ahead with an Asian pop category and without the group that made it necessary, and whoever wins it will be handed a question along with the trophy. Until the Academy answers it, BTS’s absence is going to be the loudest thing in the room.
BTS has announced that they will not be submitting music from their comeback album Arirang for consideration at the 2027 #Grammys — a month after the Recording Academy announced the new Best Asian Pop Music Performance category.
Details: 🔗: https://t.co/oUzpEImWLm
context: op went to paragliding in zermatt and she happened to get the same instructor that jimin had back then in AYS2, and the instructor shared an exclusive clip of jimin singing ‘spring day’ which sadly wasn’t included in the episode ☹️🤧
look at how happy jimin was 😭
🐨: أعتقد أنني أدرك لماذا قد يحسدنا الآخرون.
🐥: الأمر بالفعل يستحق الغيرة.
🐱: هذا لأننا مقربون جداً.
🐰: حتى لو كانت هناك مجموعة تشبهنا تماماً، فإن الكثير منهم لا ينسجمون معاً.