okay but seeing bts go from wanting a grammy more than anything and being genuinely excited to not giving a fuck because of how many times the industry has played in their face… my heart is hurting
BTS will not be submitting their music for Grammy consideration following the introduction of the Asian-focused category, ‘Best Asian Pop Music Performance’:
“We hope our music can be heard and loved for what it is, rather than being divided by region or language.”
the gag is bts knew they wouldve had a near guaranteed grammy win with this new asian pop category but understand that cosigning this category wld mean that ultimately asian language acts would be gatekept out of the main/general categories
it’s so genius of them if you think about it. whoever wins that category will forever have to live with knowing that they only won it because bts didn’t submit. it’ll be an asterisk on the wikipedia page. the grammys viewership will tank. bts put out an album that smashed records everywhere. bts get to exist with their heads held high, as always, and don’t have to kowtow to a shitty system
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
some people really think they can say whatever they want about bts and face no consequences. getting sued for defaming actual people shouldn’t come as a surprise
mind you louder than bombs wasnt even performed in mots:one concert. it wasnt even part of the setlist for mots tour that never happened. NOBODY WAS SUPPOSED TO FUCKING HEAR IT LIVENDKSJDKSJD