In today’s news, Grammy’s Reddit moderator has created an exclusive mega thread where all BTS topics will be consolidated, away from other artists
They follow the example of the Recording Academy who introduced a new “Best Asian Pop” category.
#ArtHasNoAliens
Look I have issues with the NY Times on a lot of levels but it is one of the most authoritative papers there is and this matters. Small quibbles aside...gift link https://t.co/WMXrMqonP3
The New York Times on BTS' Grammy withdrawal.
“The largest Asian entertainment companies, with lots of new acts to promote, may not want to fight that system on principle. But BTS, possibly the biggest act in the world since Jackson, is perhaps the only Korean recording act with the freedom and leverage to spark a reckoning.
So will this be a moment where artists and entrepreneurs conspire to force the major institutions of this business to break its addiction to racism dressed up as demography?
Every artist, whether BTS or Bad Bunny, deserves access to the largest market without being filtered out or qualified.”
“The Recording Academy should stop inventing new awards categories, especially ones based on ethnicity, nationality or language…”
— The New York Times on the new Grammys’ “Best Asian Pop” category.
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