calie 🐋⁷ ᴾʳᵒᵒᶠ

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[•・ @ameviil]

except for tablo from epik high, no peer of bts in k-pop supported bts today. an industry critic said that only bts could show this backbone and that k-pop has to bow down to the grammys. while bts wanted to protect the industry's pride, we learned that the industry has no pride.

[⁷ @teeheehyung]

Recording Academy has to “check translation” btw 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 BTS YOU FUNNY AS FUCK MAN

[pao 🫪 @7paperhearts]

FUCK YOU @RecordingAcad

[star ☆ @kooklvz]

what a great fking day to be an army

[🐻‍❄️⁷ toronto armys 📌 @userbfIy]

the rest of the industry going “that sounds like a BTS problem” while tablo publicly stands with them is about… exactly what i expected lmao

[bee🌹 @7belongstoher]

AND THIS IS FOR DYNAMITE @RecordingAcad

[nissa⁷ @mninissaa]

BTS spent years opening doors that weren’t built for them. now they have the freedom to decide which ones are worth walking through. bts are truly living legends.

[yoongi nose eater @strawbearyytae]

bts your dick too big... your aura too goated.... your bangtan too sonyeondan... Fuck

[⁷ @Pk_bts_land]

Sometimes the bravest decision isn't chasing what you've always wanted, it's choosing yourself instead. If a space repeatedly makes you feel unseen or unwelcome, protecting your peace is never a loss. BTS continues to teach that lesson to me.

[𝑅𝑜𝑠𝑒⁷ ⋆.𐙚 ̊ @rose_vxo]

Mind you they also created a Latin Album of the year category because Bad Bunny won last year.

This shit is very serious.

[౨ৎ ˖ ࣪⊹ @sugarbabykoo]

bts who decided enlistment on their own terms after the gov tried to use them bts who said fuck the grammys after releasing their biggest album yet and little bts that debuted making music about issues that no other kpop group had the balls to talk about theyve never changed once

[BTS Charts & News @btschartsxdaily]

As expected... cowards.

[♡ @amlysbang]

I don't think people fully understand the magnitude of this decision.

Some of the music industry's most respected producers, writers, engineers, and creatives worked on ARIRANG. A project built to the highest artistic standard. One producer even spoke publicly about hoping the album would receive Grammy recognition.

Then the Recording Academy introduced a category specifically for Asian pop.

And BTS chose not to submit.

Think about that. The biggest musical project of the year. One of the strongest commercial and artistic contenders. A project that could have competed across multiple major categories. It simply won't be in the race because the artists chose principle over prestige.

Moves like this don't happen often. When artists at BTS' level willingly walk away from the biggest stage in music, the conversation shifts because of what they refused to endorse.

[hyu @jwanbro]

did u have to clarify

[vic @jiminzonez]

its honestly so fun they should drop albums every week

[lauren⁷ @chewyyooongi]

it’s so tight I MEAN

[vivi @2seokswife]

people dont understand the struggle of getting kpop albums in the states before bts made it normal #thankyoubts

[chart data @chartdata]

BTS' 'ARIRANG' becomes the first K-Pop album in history to reach #1 on US Apple Music on release day.

[calie 🐋⁷ ᴾʳᵒᵒᶠ @peachyyca]

So in other words I’m canceling Apple Music cuz why tf yall having issues with uploading the album

[calie 🐋⁷ ᴾʳᵒᵒᶠ @peachyyca]

Wtf is going on with my Apple Music WHERE IS THE ALBUM