enchanting_riddle | BANGTAN ⁷

Shine Dream Smile!! ✨ 💜 #ApoBangpo #Borahae 💜

[enchanting_riddle | BANGTAN ⁷ @profoundpooja]

@Livheartt 😭

[enchanting_riddle | BANGTAN ⁷ @profoundpooja]

@ggukpeachie Coffee
Heartbeat
Sea
Autumn leaves
21st century girl
.
.
. Etc

[gigi gojo ꕤ @polartaegi]

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO THE FOUNDING FATHERS OF KPOP 🦅‼️

[ràe⁷ @uraehope]

Tears in my eyes, it’s all connected.

[⁷ @7udios]

the last part is so hauntingly beautifully but incredibly sad

[٠࣪⭑eva @indigo_knj]

this part gave me chills. they executed this so fuckin beautifully 😭💜🐎

[isa @solmerv]

The parallels between Spring Day, Yet To Come, and Merry Go Round. BTS, the geniuses you are.

[hope⁷ @winnttaebear]

But as BTS continue smashing records and the Grammys continue to lose relevance, who really needs who?

[ak ⁷ | Come Over @Bangtan_Caramel]

AgustD spitting bars since 2016

[r is seeing bts! @THEJILF]

oh arirang... your impact too big... your reach too astronomical... your bangtan too sonyeondan

[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.

[Rebekah⁷ @joooniess]

Notice how grammys announced this new category after seeing ARIRANG break major records that even bigger western artists wasn't able to break this year? Yeah, this is blatant racism.

[rose⁷⟭⟬ @SvnsArmy]

I know this really hit a nerve

[정국 @koostrous]

“creating a new category just so bts do not win the main categories at the grammys”

the music industry keeps proving why BTS made aliens as an asian artist

[BTS Charts News @btschartsxdaily]

THIS IS SO EPIC!
Hollywood celebrities singing SONG OF THE YEAR - SWIM by #BTS 🔥

[Mari⁷ @GCFmeeting]

QUE ISSO AQUI PELO AMOR DE DEUS, SUMAM COM ESSE VÍDEO AGORA!!!!!!!!!

[ʚଓ @vgukflms]

this taekook moment with still with you hits so different

[enchanting_riddle | BANGTAN ⁷ @profoundpooja]

@dreamjeons Nooo.... bcz I too cried .. 😭

[ajk ⋆ @archiveforJK]

JUNGKOOK’S INTO THE SUN VOCALS FOR BUSAN D2 OHMYGOD😭😭😭💘💘💘