Mara⁷ 💜 Saw Pied Piper 💜 ⊙⊝⊜ 🪭

방탄소년단 아미 💜 BTS, Danmei, Hellaverse 💜 📍 Seeing BTS in concert since 09/29/2018, idk how many times I haven’t counted

[chart data @chartdata]

Billboard 200: #10(+1) BTS (@BTS_twt), ARIRANG 34,000 (1,431,000 units since release). *peak: #1 for 3 weeks*

[archive 93 @mygrchive]

happy fathers day 😘

[Pop Core @TheePopCore]

Today is Father's Day.

[Miche⁷ ⊙⊝⊜ @MicheBangtan]

This World Cup is so fun. Americans are having so much fun hosting. More than anyone imagined. All over the news everyday it’s just “look at these foreigners having fun!” And we’re all like “Yes! Make sure they got enough food and drinks! Tell them it’s free refills!”

[yoon are the cause of my koophoria ⁷ ⦿ ☰ ☲ @euphoricynkk]

I just saw a TikTok of a woman open to learning about BTS because of the Oreos. WE ARE GETTING OREOMYS

[rose⁷⟭⟬ @SvnsArmy]

I know this really hit a nerve

[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.

[bah wishes to see bts⁷ @parqueer]

BTS dropping aliens and grammys showing its colors.. the joke writes itself

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Most streamed albums on Spotify this week:

#1 ARIRANG
#2 ICEMAN
#3 Thriller
#4 DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS
#5 Un Verano Sin Ti
#6 Dua Lipa
#7 The Great Divide
#8 The Art of Loving
#9 Bad
#10 Teenage Dream

[sophie @thvchapters]

the timing of a new “asian pop” category while a major asian act is having one of the most successful albums globally really exposes the problem: it’s segregation and not inclusion.

when non western artists are still underrepresented in major categories, it doesn’t feel like recognition for the asian music market, but containment. they deserve to win, but they cannot, so let’s give them a candy that excludes them a bit further. at least it looks pretty, right?

it’s unfortunate how the “how are you so shameless” line from aliens always hits.

[Mara⁷ 💜 Saw Pied Piper 💜 ⊙⊝⊜ 🪭 @namjoons_brain]

@PopBase This is annoying

[☆ @jmkkyu]

there’s a freaking barbie in bts

[afrin⁷ 🪭 ia exams @skjnition]

Yoongi doing a 613 Weverse live at exactly 6:13PM and naming it "613" i fear he'll never beat the "most romantic man when it comes to ARMYs" allegations 😭

[sab⁷ @btswantsbts]

"i do not particularly like or deeply believe in the phrase "someone saving someone else." However, having undeservedly heard such words from time to time, it makes me look back and realize that perhaps I, too, was saved by all of you" WE ALL GOTTA DIE FOR NAMJOON

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BTS' 'ARIRANG' becomes the fastest album by a group in history to surpass 3 billion streams on Spotify.

[About Music @AboutMusicYT]

Suga of BTS is credited as a composer, lyricist, producer, synthesizer, guitar, bass, drums and programmer on Come Over.

[jin files @seokjinfile]

“ONE MORE NIGHT” FIRST PERFORMANCE

[BTS Charts News @btschartsxdaily]

#JUNGKOOK talking about #BTS 🥺💜

“Since i finished my service, and we’re back together working and spending time together and being on this tour together, it really feels like a gift, it really feels like a gift. I want to keep this precious gift for as long as I can. Really take care of it, so it can last a long time”

[BTS Charts News @btschartsxdaily]

OMG MERRY GO ROUND MUSIC VIDEO WILL BE AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY ON SPOTIFY ON JUNE 19 AT 6PM KST

[hope⁷ @winnttaebear]

WE MADE IT