two things were dangled in front of bts for the longest time. military exemption and the grammy. and in both cases they took the reins of the systems that tied them to exploitative schemes with the promise of a reward that was always just out of reach. hope they feel lighter now
it’s so genius of them if you think about it. whoever wins that category will forever have to live with knowing that they only won it because bts didn’t submit. it’ll be an asterisk on the wikipedia page. the grammys viewership will tank. bts put out an album that smashed records everywhere. bts get to exist with their heads held high, as always, and don’t have to kowtow to a shitty system
the fact arirang was so much bigger than any of their albums still they decided to not submit it to the grammys bc they cant allow someone to limit their music to a category
this clearly shows how bts see music as an art rather than as something that just sells
IM SO FUCKING PROUD OF THEM YOU DONT UNDERSTAND FROM A FUCKING LABEL CLOSE TO BANKRUPCY IN 2013 TO FUCKING CO-HEADLINING THE FIFA WC FINAL HALF TIME SHOW IN 2026 BTS I LOVE YOU SO MUCH I LOVE YOU SO MUCH MY 7 FOREVER
yall can never make me hate dynamite btw shes an icon that brought joy and whimsy during one of the darkest times of our generation and now shes making her own history idc KEEP SHINING THRU THE CITY WITH A LIL FUNK N SOUL!!!!!
bangtan really understanding how loved they are in europe and falling in love with europe feels like the biggest win after 8 years of waiting we made it guys