The problem isn't that BTS is nominated for Best K-Pop. The problem is that award shows continue to insist on putting BTS in a regional box in the first place.
"SWIM" is nominated for Song of the Year at the VMAs. It is competing in one of the ceremony's biggest general categories and yet it is simultaneously placed in Best K-Pop. Why?
Because of its sound? Its language? Its musical composition? Or simply because the artists are Korean? And this is exactly why the existence of these categories deserves scrutiny.
BTS's rise is inseparable from the global explosion of K-Pop, but that does not mean every piece of music they make should automatically be regionally classified as K-Pop. And the most telling part? There is almost never any real transparency about how these decisions are made.
Why is “SWIM” K-Pop? Why is “Pinky Up” K-Pop? What is the actual criterion?
If the answer is geography, then we're quite literally dividing music by region. Because you cannot keep calling something a genre while using it as a regional compartment.
amigas, ustedes por qué creen que CB no esta en la cárcel? PORQUE TIENE DINERO !!!, y de donde creen que saca el dinero????? digooo, y por eso mismo no, no puedes separar el “”””arte”””” del artista