🐰: i love you all so much but, please dont ask me to speak english
🐰: you should try learning korean instead
🐰: i study english at my own pace too, okay?
🐰: i wanna speak english too, and spanish too
🐰: i wanna do everything but i can’t
🐰: … six seven 😂
🐰: i’m korean
🐰: i can’t even speak korean that well
En el momento no me enojé porque pensé que era parte del festejo, pero ya editando me di cuenta de que fue directo a mí. Real, ¿a eso van al estadio? 😐 Una vez mas se comprueba que el dinero NO DA educación. Sin palabras. 😶
engraçado como ninguém cria categoria “british song” ou “australian song”.
artistas de países anglófonos competem normalmente nas categorias principais.
mas artistas latinos e asiáticos continuam sendo separados em categorias próprias né? podreeee
There’s a lot to unpack here, and I’m going to say it directly. I dont care if I get cancelled but this needs to be said.
For years, BTS were told they weren’t big enough, mainstream enough, or "Grammy material." Then they became one of the biggest acts in the world. They broke records, sold out stadiums across continents, topped charts repeatedly, and built a global cultural impact that few artists in history can match.
And when they became too successful to ignore?
The Grammys nominated "Dynamite" and "Butter"—both English-language songs.
Let that sink in.
The songs that got BTS into the major Grammy conversation were the songs that fit most comfortably into the Western industry framework. Yet BTS's discography is filled with critically acclaimed Korean-language music that has had enormous cultural and artistic impact.
Now we have a "Best Asian Pop Music Performance" category.
And before anyone calls that progress, let's ask the obvious question: why does there need to be a separate category at all?
If Asian artists are good enough to dominate global charts, sell millions of records, headline festivals, influence culture worldwide, and compete with every major artist in the industry, then they are good enough for the same categories as everyone else.
Inclusion isn't creating a separate lane after Asian artists prove they can win in the existing ones.
Inclusion is treating them as equals.
That's why BTS's lyrics in "Aliens" hit so hard:
"어쩜 그래 shameless
예의를 차려 we aliens
해는 동쪽에서 risin'
Aliens, aliens"
No matter how successful some artists become, there are still systems and institutions that treat them as perpetual outsiders.
And that's exactly why this conversation matters.
Because when BTS were impossible to ignore, the response shouldn't have been to create another box and place Asian artists inside it. The response should have been to judge them by the same standards as every other artist competing for the biggest awards in music.
ARMYs, we have a mission.
Talk about Arirang everywhere. Put it in AOTY conversations. Put it in ROTY conversations. Write threads. Make edits. Share analyses. Start discussions.
If we believe it deserves those nominations, then let's make enough noise that nobody can pretend it doesn't belong in the room.
They ignored BTS until they couldn't.
Let's make sure they can't ignore Arirang either.
The South Korean national football team has suspended interviews with Korean media after a leaked audio clip revealed several journalists mocking captain Son Heung-min.
— The team has since called for greater respect for the players.
[공지] 안녕하세요, 하이브입니다.
6월 12일 진행된 BTS WORLD TOUR ‘ARIRANG’ IN BUSAN 공연을 관람하러 와주신 모든 관객 여러분께 공연 시작 지연으로 큰 불편을 끼쳐드린 점 깊이 사과드립니다.
관객 여러분께 뜻깊은 시간을 마련해 드리기 위해 운영에 소홀함이 ���도록 최대한 준비했으나, 현장 안내 혼선, 팬 기프트 배부 과정의 대기줄 병목, 상품 수령 지연 등이 복합적으로 작용하면서 본공연 시작이 지연되었습니다.
공연 관람까지 오랜 시간 기다려주신 관객 여러분께 큰 실망과 불편을 드린 점, 다시 한 번 진심으로 사과의 말씀을 드립니다.
익일 진행되는 공연에서는 동일한 혼잡 상황이 발생하지 않도록, 입장과 기프트 배부를 비롯한 현장 운영 전반을 철저히 점검하고 보완하겠습니다.
본 공연 관련한 문의 사항은 NOL티켓 고객센터로 연락 부탁드립니다(1544-1555).
감사합니다.
‘Merry Go Round' Spotify Music video, only on Spotify 💜
stay tuned for @bts_bighit's 'Merry Go Round' Spotify Music Video, coming to our K-Pop ON! Hub on June 19, 6PM KST!
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In 2022, the South Korean government effectively scammed BTS out of 7 billion won for their Busan World Expo concert. Despite initially promising to cover the expenses for the event, the government ultimately left BTS to shoulder all the costs themselves. The government used this event as leverage to determine the members' military exemption status, but the members chose to announce their enlistment before the government could make a decision. Furthermore, the allocation of the 1 billion won personally donated by RM remains unaccounted for.