just saw someone on my fyp say armys are more concerned over kpop groups being nominated than the grammys being racist why do armymultis love purposefully misinterpreting our words and lying on our name im tired of y’all

here i'll reword it for you: "the GRAMMYs are introducing their first asian category as a form of cultural segregation isolating asian artists into a separate category while excluding greater talent from outside their country & making the industry revolve around themselves" ❤️

anyways idgaf about that segregation award LETS GO FOR AOTY

so does swim count as an asian pop performance or …?

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.

BTS became the break-out K-Pop artists in 2017, rapidly gaining global recognition and reaching unmatched, stratospheric success beginning in 2019 and 2020. Since then, all four of the main US music award shows have introduced K-Pop-adjacent categories. We all know why.

anyways, even with a new (and ridiculous) category, ARIRANG is still the strongest contender for album of the year and #they know it

disappointed but not surprised lol the grammys have always been like this, they knew not nominating or awarding bts next year would make them look ridiculous so they decided to make a separate category so their own american acts are not threatened

you cannot be serious 🫩

is your mom happily married or just married

it is hot as 2.0 namjoon today omg

he did this for me

record-breaking album 😗

this was for sure the gaggiest moment of 2026

Please do not abandon Swim and Arirang, that should be the main focus..we cannot compromise the album and it’s visibility and stability. The boys are still pushing Arirang, we have a Merey go round MV coming, possibly a Normal MV, Iheartradio performance, the concerts, Fifa.