this feels like when they announced their enlistment after years of harassment from their gov and dangling exemption in front of them with busan con, it's just such a proud & protective feeling i get seeing them take back the control from people who've tried to push them around.
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.
RM said
".... So please don’t forget that, whether we get the Grammys or not, we already got what we wanted, and we got you, so that means we got everything.”
@BTS_twt
And suddenly the “first kpop song/artist to win in a kpop category Grammy award” bears little to no weight anymore.
That’s how powerful BTS’s statement is.
and it’s not lost on me that they’re able to stand up for themselves because they know they’ve got army behind them regardless of the repercussions the industry tries to punish them with. fandom power = freedom!!!
and it’s not lost on me that they’re able to stand up for themselves because they know they’ve got army behind them regardless of the repercussions the industry tries to punish them with. fandom power = freedom!!!
And I think it’s okay to admit that in all this, there is hurt.
The hurt of knowing how much love, artistry and sweat went into the making of ARIRANG, only to deliberately exclude it from being recognised in response to institutional tokenism and xenophobia.
HYBE reportedly clarified that BTS' decision to not submit for this year's Grammys was not part of a label-wide boycott.
The company said other HYBE artists will continue submitting their work individually, while BTS chose not to submit after careful deliberation, saying the decision was made to "protect the status and pride of the kpop industry as a whole."
paving the way doesnt always mean the first to win an award, it means the one who makes impact where it matters and allows for those who follow in their footsteps to be seen and treated fairly too. that is what bts are doing, and that takes courage
@personapegged@ash_x4eva@Bigboss_check Mini is very smart on her own. She is loyal and friends with Nikhil and they do discuss their strategies but she is too headstrong to speak anyone else's words.
This! I have seen so many grown people whose first personality point is that they are ARMY! I love BTS as much as anyone else but good lord you have to have a life outside of them too!
i stand by the fact that it is so important to have an identity and passion for yourself outside of being an army. the amount of mentally unstable people i come across on the daily because they center everything in their life around the tannies is genuinely concerning,,
@Paytm@Paytmcare Is your Paytm Assured lite on bus bookings a scam?? The terms clearly state that you get a upto 150% refund of the operator cancels the ride and yet when it happens, I do not get the voucher promised at all?