award shows that added a kpop category:
VMAs (since 2019)
EMAs (since 2021)
AMAs (since 2022)
BBMAs (since 2023)
iHeartRadio Awards (since 2024)
Grammys (new)
look at when all of this started happening...but sure, kpop twt will tell you bts did nothing for the asian market lol
just want to remind people bts broke into the western industry when there was no space for them. kpop idols joined the industry after space was made for them due to bts’ impact. the grammys would’ve never made that category if it wasn’t for bts.
The GRAMMYs are introducing their first Asian category at next year’s ceremony.
Best Asian Pop Music Performance will recognise K-Pop, J-Pop, C-Pop recordings that feature meaningful use of one or more Asian languages.
BTS' voice message on 613 Limited Edition Vinyl
"What is your love song?"
🐥: If it's about love, isn't it SUGA? Sweet SUGA
🐱: For me, it's Come Over
🐱: I actually wrote it thinking of it as a fan song
Please stream Come Over harder for Yoongi 😭
its so understandable that bts are obsessed with each other bc if i ever shared a 13 year love story of an impossible dream coming true and overcoming literal horrors together id look you in the eyes and say we ARE going to be together forever. this is why yoongi is crazy
How I hear this
Hello
On this good day I’m writing a letter for the first time in a while
I’ve never really liked the phrase
‘someone saves someone else’
and I can’t say I’ve ever believed in it all that much
But undeserving as I am
I’ve somehow lived hearing those words from time to time
and I find myself looking back
wondering whether I too haven’t been saved by you.
I’m trying to live more simply than before, more plainly
or perhaps more boldly
There are far fewer moments now when I fall into sentiment
Still the world remains sad
No matter how many joyful days there are
I suppose that can’t be helped.
Or perhaps in truth
it may be because I’m too happy
I’ve handed over so many words
and thrown out so many sounds
I don’t really know
which melody, which pebble*
has reached those of you here now
But I think I’ll keep being someone
who sends & throws them out like that
13 years ago & from now on too.
So long as there are those of you who listen.
Making memories together
and growing one year older with you year by year
makes me very happy.
And I like that there is still someone
I can cry out to
Again & again I see myself through you
Do you too?
Thank you once again
for being with me on this precious anniversary
Today is Saturday, the 13th
A truly good day
Even if someone asks what meaning that could possibly have
I want to keep piling up in one corner of my heart
the memories only we know
and the days we have to celebrate
Please continue to look kindly on me
I love you
#HappyBirthday
Namjoon on weverse:
Hello. On this beautiful day, I am writing to you for the first time in a while.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.I am trying to live my life more simply, cleanly, or perhaps more boldly than before. The moments I fall into deep sentimentality have decreased significantly. Even so, the fact that the world is still a sad place seems unavoidable, no matter how many happy days there are. Then again, maybe it is actually because I am just so happy.I have shared so many words and thrown so many sounds your way. I do not exactly know which melody or which pebble managed to reach each of you sitting here right now. Yet, I feel like I will always be someone who keeps sending and throwing things out like that—just as I did thirteen years ago, and just as I will in the future. As long as there is all of you to listen. It brings me immense joy that we can create memories together and grow older year by year. I love that I can still shout out to someone. Time and again, I see myself through you. Do you experience that too?Thank you once again for sharing this precious anniversary with me. Today is Saturday the 13th, an incomparably beautiful day. No matter what anyone says about what this means, I want to keep building anniversaries and memories that only we know deep in our hearts. As always, I look forward to our time together. I love you
Joon I love you so much🙁💙
13 years is a long time. i’ve been here for almost 9 of them. in 2019, i first thought “i really believe i’m in this for as long as they are”. i’ve never stuck with a “passion” for this long before. i usually think “surely life will change” and it has. yet, we’re still here💜