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π₯: π₯Άπ
π°: VocΓͺ deu suas roupas para outra pessoa?
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π₯: (Falando sobre ir pessoalmente dar a roupa ao bebΓͺ)
Dear Grammys, BTS' legacy never needed validation | @filmybugB
For over a decade, the question surrounding BTS was always the same: When will they win a Grammy? Perhaps we were asking the wrong question. Because after everything BTS have achieved, the more interesting one is this: What happens when the worldβs biggest band decides it no longer needs to ask for a seat at the table?
In a unified statement shared across all seven membersβ Instagram accounts, RM, Jin, SUGA, j-hope, Jimin, V and Jung Kook wrote, βWe have decided not to enter the GrammysΒ this year. I hope music itself can be heard and loved rather than being distinguished by region or language.β
Three sentences only, and it may well be the most consequential statement the group has made about the global music industry in years.
#BTS #Grammys
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Sitting with family members talking about BTS vs grammys.
And a cousin of mine said, βi actually dont understand why itβs such a big deal. Just accept the award and move on. They want to give it to them right? So just take it.β
Iβll pause here to say that it made my blood boil to high heaven hearing that.
A little backstory. This cousin of mine is doing her phd fellowship in marine microbial something or other. Sheβs always been too prissy to explain it claiming we wonβt get it anyway. A whole other issue entirely.
So I said to her, βyouβre doing all this work for your phd right. Youβre the best in your field. On the verge of a breakthrough. And youβre about to be awarded for your contribution. The Nobel Prize. Or the Crafoord Prize. Hypothetically. Wouldnβt that be an honour? Of course it would. Now, think about the fact that, just before they decide to honour you with that, *gasp* they realise youβre Asian and far beyond qualified compared to some of their darling non-Asian candidates that were a shoe-in. So in an effort, to placate you instead of giving you the award you were promised. They create a whole new one. Just to sideline you in there. The Asian Nobel Prize. Or the Asian Crafoord Prize. How would that make you feel?β
Her face contorted into this beautiful web of confusion. While all my other cousins around us who were also having this conversation with us went dead silent.
She then proceeded to say, βthat wouldnβt make any sense. My field work as a microbial marine biologist should not be accredited to where Iβm from. If my finding is a breakthrough, then itβs a breakthrough to all. Not just Asia.β
Me: exactly. And that is the point bts is trying to make. That their music and their contribution to the artistry of being musicians should not be accredited to the fact that they are Asian. Music is music. They are global artists. They are mainstream global artists. Sidelining them to secondary, segregatory categories is not acceptable. They should not have to stand for it. Just like how you would not stand for it in your field of work. Qualification of awards should be measured by merit. Not by geographical borders. And to add to what you said earlier. Why not just take the award. What message do you think that would send to the institution that are trying to normalise and camouflage discrimination as inclusion? It would just give them the leverage to keep doing it to others. To keep doing it to bts. So when is enough enough?β
Silence. By this point most of them either checked out of the conversation or just didnβt want to refute me further.
But at the very least I got them all pondering. And also got the prissy high and mighty one to stfu once and for all π€ which was my end goal anyway. lol.
Sheβs never talking to me again I bet. A win is a win.
I WILL BE SHARING LINKS TO COOKIE BAKING IN TAMPA D-3
- RETWEET
- IF YOU ARE STILL NOT IN ANY GC DROP YOUR @
- I WILL BE GOING PRIVATE 30 MINS BEFORE THE SHOW STARTS.
#AMAs Artist of the Year Nominees:
π΅ Bad Bunny
π΅ Bruno Mars
π΅ BTS
π΅ Harry Styles
π΅ Justin Bieber
π΅ Kendrick Lamar
π΅ Lady Gaga
π΅ Morgan Wallen
π΅ Sabrina Carpenter
π΅ Taylor Swift
BTS dominates the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chartβs top 10 with tracks from 'ARIRANG', occupying all spots from #1 to #10.
They are the first artist to achieve this.
BTS becomes the first artist in history to simultaneously occupy the entire top 10 on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. singles chart.
They hold the entire top 13.