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As a fandom, I think we’re tired of being used and gaslit too. We’re constantly dismissed as “bots” or a “cult.” We’re reduced to stereotypes like “teenage girls”, “lonely old hags”, and “purple whales.”
There’s nothing wrong with being a teenager, older, or overweight. The problem is that those labels are used to diminish us and to imply our opinions matter less simply because we’re a fandom made up largely of women. It’s an easy way to dismiss millions of our voices without engaging with what we are actually saying, yet awards shows like The Grammys will use the hell out of us for views & promo knowing damn well what the end result will be.
I honestly don’t think the tannies want us used anymore either. I think both of us are tired of the xenophobia, racism, sexism and misogyny. This is one of the many reasons why I stand with them and I believe in them.
The fact that the Recording Academy people sat in a boardroom, looked at the most culturally, linguistically and musically diverse continent on Earth, and concluded that the solution was to throw everyone into one "Asian Pop" category is exactly why this deserves criticism.
And then to turn around and say this category was created to "bring us closer" is ABSURD. Segregation has never brought people closer. Separate categories don't create equality, they create separate standards of recognition.
Expressing disappointment in BTS for refusing to legitimize that system completely misses the point. If one of the biggest Asian artists in history says, "We don't want to be separated from everyone else," maybe the response should not be to accuse them of chasing press.
No one is saying Asian artists deserve less recognition. They're saying they deserve the exact same opportunity to compete for the industry's highest honors without being boxed into a category based on geography or ethnicity.
If your first instinct when discussing an entire continent is to create a separate lane instead of removing barriers from the main one, then you've fundamentally misunderstood what inclusion is supposed to look like.
I just listened European pop with meaningful lyrics with their native language and I'm little sad that they don't have own category where they can shine🥹
Oh please read this 💜
“That’s the part the Grammys should be mourning.
Because they had something extraordinarily rare: one of the biggest acts in the world genuinely valued their recognition.
And they squandered it.
Year after year, BTS showed up. Performed. Smiled. Brought the audience. Generated the headlines. Treated the nomination like an honor. Allowed the Grammy to remain positioned as something worth chasing.
Until eventually the chase became more embarrassing for the institution dangling the prize than for the artists who hadn’t received it.
And now, after BTS finally stopped running, the Grammys want to explain that they’ve created MORE opportunities for recognition?
Baby, the opportunity expired.
You had seven global superstars standing at your door believing what was inside mattered.
You kept them waiting so long they built something bigger outside.”
https://t.co/AFJE8dzvUy
This part, the asian pop category is inherently so racist.
Who gave the recording academy the right to judge how asians use their language in their songs ?? What even is ‘meaningful and significant use of Asian language’
Imagine you a white american, who is speaking only English, declaring that yes this act is using their native language the best so we will give them this award….RACIST BEHAVIOUR
it takes an incredible amount of courage, even sadness, to realise that a dream is no longer a dream because its very foundation is rotten.
some people spend their entire lives chasing something, and when they finally discover it’s built on prejudice, unfairness, and flawed values, they don’t know how to walk away. BTS did.
I deeply admire their strength to let go of something they once dreamed of because they recognised it no longer represented what they believed in. they could have won their first grammy, but they chose integrity, conviction, respect for music and their peers instead.
that choice says more about their character than any trophy ever could.
I didn’t think this shitshow could get worse but every day capital one and air premia prove me wrong. So now we’re engaging in straight up fraud? Okay good to know, I have filed a dispute. Yall chose the wrong person to piss off
Imagine being screwed over by capital one & air premia bc neither co can get their 💩 tgt & only knows how to shift responsibility
Seriously contemplating cancelling my c1 card & never booking w AP again bc this is some otherworldly lvl of incompetence & a big FU to the customer
I don't think people fully understand the magnitude of this decision.
Some of the music industry's most respected producers, writers, engineers, and creatives worked on ARIRANG. A project built to the highest artistic standard. One producer even spoke publicly about hoping the album would receive Grammy recognition.
Then the Recording Academy introduced a category specifically for Asian pop.
And BTS chose not to submit.
Think about that. The biggest musical project of the year. One of the strongest commercial and artistic contenders. A project that could have competed across multiple major categories. It simply won't be in the race because the artists chose principle over prestige.
Moves like this don't happen often. When artists at BTS' level willingly walk away from the biggest stage in music, the conversation shifts because of what they refused to endorse.