ɴɪᴄᴇ ⁷⦿⊝⊜

“whatever happens, life goes on.” — RM

[방탄소년단 @BTS_twt]

Ahora es otoño. Todos queremos ser felices !! #RM

[JUNGKOOK NEWS @newsforjk]

Jungkook una vez dijo:

🐰: Creo que nuestro estatus ya está ahí, ganemos un Grammy o no. Eso solo fue, no sé… ¿una buena experiencia? Me hizo darme cuenta de que, aunque sabía que ganar un Grammy es algo grande, en realidad no estaba tan interesado en ganar uno. Me interesa más demostrar quién soy a través de mi música.

[BTS Daily Chile⁷ @BTSDailyChile]

El periodista chileno Mauricio Jürgensen publicó una columna en El Dínamo que resume con claridad por qué la decisión de BTS ha generado un debate mucho más amplio que el K-pop.

«"Mientras el público derribó hace años las fronteras entre idiomas y mercados gracias al streaming, los Grammy parecen empeñados en volver a levantarlas.»

«Por eso el gesto de BTS trasciende al K-pop. No es una protesta identitaria. Es una declaración de principios. No piden una categoría nueva. Piden no necesitarla.»

«Y quizás ahí esté el golpe más duro para los Grammy. Porque cuando uno de los artistas más influyentes del pop contemporáneo decide que ya no necesita su validación, el prestigio cambia de lugar. Ya no lo entrega el premio. Lo pone en cuestión quien puede darse el lujo de rechazarlo.»

«Tal vez BTS no jubiló una categoría. Tal vez empezó a jubilar al Grammy."»

— Mauricio Jürgensen, El Dínamo.

© https://t.co/Rtg2tL8I7n

[🦂 @lovethve]

Deleting the most viewed performance in your stage’s history won’t erase the impact it had @RecordingAcad

[kyo @tokyoselca]

bts rejecting a category that was specifically made for them is the biggest FUCK YOU to the grammys

[inca. @tkliham]

album so goated bts won’t let it get any touch of disrespect

[Rize⁷ @rize07addict]

"They called it diversity. But paradoxically, diversity became a label, a tag that permanently keeps certain artists outside mainstream." — Chase Kang , journalist from Rollingstone Korea.

[old先 @old_xian]

#19days 画一张帅的丘哥～

[♪ @jinspam_]

“There are methods of cheating but wouldn't it be better to make music in a more honest way?” — seokjin at mama 2019

He has been spitting bars since the very beginning

[•・ @ameviil]

grammy/recording academy for the first time IN HISTORY responded to an artist's notice of withdrawal from their awards from their official accounts. other artists when they showed their reaction they weren't afraid, but i am sure they deeply felt what kind of loss of reputation a reaction from an artist at the maximum of a global power like bts would create. the number of media outlets asking them for a answer must have crossed the limit that required them to make a statement from their official accounts

[JINRO @jinrojapan]

ウインクがすべてを語ってる😉​
大好きなものに説明なんていらない！​
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My Favorite チャミスル

[yoongi nose eater @_winterbear07_]

bts your dick too big... your aura too goated.... your bangtan too sonyeondan... Fuck

[nissa⁷ @mninissaa]

BTS spent years opening doors that weren’t built for them. now they have the freedom to decide which ones are worth walking through. bts are truly living legends.

[weird flex, but okay @usermsrightiee]

The most savage thing an artist can do is remind the world that music belongs to people, not labels

[Khulod @Khulod9931]

كلام جين هنا 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

🐹: كنا معجبين بفنانين يتحدثون لغات مختلفة عن لغتنا، لكننا لم ننظر إليهم يومًا بشكل مختلف بسبب ذلك. كنت معجبًا بهم وما زلت كذلك، ولم أعتبر اللغة يومًا عائقًا ما كان يهمني دائمًا هو المشاعر التي كانوا ينقلونها من خلال موسيقاهم.”

[tan into the sun⁷ @taesl0ver]

remember when jimin & jungkook were offering food to homeless people & they met a man who told them “stay true to yourself, stay true to your heart. don’t be like other groups, be who you are, why you’re an artist, what made you attracted to art and you’ll be good at whatever you do”

and they carried those words with them throughout their journey, staying true to their artistry and themselves which is what led them to where they are today.

[•・ @ameviil]

except for tablo from epik high, no peer of bts in k-pop supported bts today. an industry critic said that only bts could show this backbone and that k-pop has to bow down to the grammys. while bts wanted to protect the industry's pride, we learned that the industry has no pride.

[♡ @amlysbang]

BTS announced their hiatus. When nobody expected them to. They fulfilled their country's national duty. Without hesitation. They came back after four years. People doubted them. Said they were over. Said the industry had moved on. Then they released ARIRANG. The biggest. The boldest. The most artistically ambitious projects of the year. Ended the Western Darlings.

And now they've chosen NOT to submit their music to the Grammys, taking a stand against a system they believe categorizes music by region and language.

That's power. Not chasing the industry.
That's how history is written. That's how the industry changes.

[yaz⁷ @_sgminseven]

The Grammys were a goal, BTS turned them into an option

[단림 🌽 @DanRim_]

<미혹의 경계> 35화 업로드 되었습니다 🫧

정서적 문제를 경험하신 독자님들께서는 감상에 주의해주시길 바라며, 너무 힘드시다면 두 화 정도 쉬어가시길 권합니다 🙏

봄툰 KR 💕
https://t.co/Gy8MMA4OAv

World Drop ❤️‍🔥
https://t.co/KVSTuDRl2e

[♡ @amlysbang]

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.