for bts not to submit one of their biggest albums to the grammys this year is huge and i respect them for that. so much was poured into arirang and its message and i feel like it wouldn’t sit right with bts at all especially with the new category the grammys put out
BTS members instagram story
"We have decided not to submit for this year's Grammys.
Rather than music being categorized by region or language, we hope music itself can be heard and loved for what it is.
We sincerely thank ARMY and everyone who is always with us"
Justin Bieber's speech to BTS
"for all of us to all come together, and uh we have so much more in common with each other than we don't. So, I'm just really grateful to be here. Let's put a, put a round of applause together for ourselves."