Oh my BTS ;(
"so please don't forget that, whether we get the grammys or not, we already got what we wanted, and we got you, so that means we got everything"
“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
two things were dangled in front of bts for the longest time. military exemption and the grammy. and in both cases they took the reins of the systems that tied them to exploitative schemes with the promise of a reward that was always just out of reach. hope they feel lighter now
bts who decided enlistment on their own terms after the gov tried to use them bts who said fuck the grammys after releasing their biggest album yet and little bts that debuted making music about issues that no other kpop group had the balls to talk about theyve never changed once
And I think it’s okay to admit that in all this, there is hurt.
The hurt of knowing how much love, artistry and sweat went into the making of ARIRANG, only to deliberately exclude it from being recognised in response to institutional tokenism and xenophobia.
also you @billboard
i want you to know that I’m against your Hot 100 chart system, in which you have chosen to prioritize radio points over streams and sales, considering that radio dismisses requests for non-English music. it also feels xenophobic.
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
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.
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