Asian Entertainment And Culture

BTS won't submit to the GRAMMY this year We have decided not to submit our work for Grammy consideration this year. We hope music will be listened to and loved on its own merits, rather than being categorized by geography or language. Thank you, as always, to ARMY and to everyone who has supported us. #bts #grammy

The behavior is this person clearly demonstrates why she should not have been a part of the decision making body that created the Asian category. Zeena Koda, #bts did not tear #grammy down. You were already broken in the first place. BTS didn’t ask anyone to change anything. They just informed ARMYs they won’t participate in your show. Yes, it’s easy to tell people what to change on the internet but that’s why supposed intelligent professionals are supposed to do the hard part which puzzles me why you are there to begin with because you are clearly not one. You also need some hardcore PR training or maybe some character training. Scratch that, You need some character training. /F

BINI's Comic-Con appearance expanded their audience. By joining DreamWorks' Forgotten Island panel, BINI performed for thousands of movie, animation, and pop culture fans who weren't there to see a P-pop group—creating the kind of first impression every artist hopes for. Here's why the moment matters. 👉 zurl.co/E7y5M

UNIVERSAL MUSIC IS TURNING THAILAND INTO KOREA'S COMPETITION #tpop #kpop

Headlines like this need context. #hybe's drop happened during a broader market sell-off affecting both U.S. and South Korean markets. Reducing it to "HYBE lost $1.96B despite #bts" ignores what was happening across the market. That's more clickbait than analysis.

A dating show for terminally ill patients Before a single episode aired, SBS's My Remaining Love has already divided Korea. Some call it "misery p*r*." Others say it gives people living with serious illnesses the agency to tell their own stories. Maybe the real debate isn't about dating at all. 👉 zurl.co/vTox2 #datingshow #asiantv

Texas is getting its own major K-pop festival. KPOPWORLD Festival brings Jay Park, The Rose, SB19, Jessi, ARTMS, CRAVITY, Xdinary Heroes, WONHO, DEAN & Tabber, HEYOON, DAYOUNG, and more to San Antonio—alongside a worldwide dance competition featuring teams from 29 countries. 👉 zurl.co/saWR7 #KPOPWORLDFestival #KPOP #JayPark #TheRose #SB19 #Jessi #ARTMS #CRAVITY #XdinaryHeroes #WONHO #Dean #Tabber #Heyoon #Dayoung #Texas #SanAntonio #KoreanCulture #AsianEntertainment #Concerts #Festival

GOING LIVE later July 29 4pm Pacific youtube.com/watch?v=e-4oXR… HYBE’S QUARTERLY EARNINGS: Observations and Implicaitons Music Company 100 Broader Korean Market IN HONOR OF BTS, DECISION TO NOT SUBMIT TO GRAMMY’S… From my vault, the many times BTS “walked away” from “big things” UNDERSTANDING MUSIC100 REPORT Kakao/SM overtook HYBE Contribution of BTS, Jungkook, Jimin, TXT, CORTIS General Branding assessment of girl groups (why are so many ‘faililng’)

Click, clack. The clock has spent the last three decades trying to catch Takuya Kimura. It still hasn't. With Checkpoint, a new label, and his first solo overseas tour, one of Japan's greatest icons isn't revisiting the past. He's already writing the next chapter. 👉 zurl.co/1etlv #TakuyaKimura #Checkpoint #BLACKDENIM #JPop #JapaneseEntertainment #SMAP #AsianEntertainment #MusicNews #Japan #AECMagazine

0:01 GREETINGS 5:31 SHARING MY THOUGHTS 21:57 ADDITIONAL STATEMENT FROM HYBE 23:57 START OF DISCUSSION AND Q&A

Going live 6am EASTERN/7pm KST to discuss BTS's decision youtube.com/watch?v=slP6bq… Is this a label-wide decision? How will this affect the relationship of HYBE with GRAMMY? Does BTS think Grammy will change their mind because they are protesting? How about other artists who aren't as big as they are? #bts

30 shows. Over $200 million. Historic crowds in Paris and London. The fastest $100M U.S. stadium tour by an Asian artist. And they're only one-third of the way through. BTS isn't just breaking records—they're changing how the global concert business measures success. 👉 zurl.co/tupdT #BTS #ARIRANG #BTSARIRANG #BTSWorldTour

ASIAN MOVIE RECOMMENDATION: The Shadow Strays is pure unhinged Indonesian action. Young assassin. Lost boy. Jakarta underworld. Non-stop gore and heart. Aurora Ribero is a force. Stream it now on Netflix before everyone else catches on. zurl.co/9gAp4 #asianmovierecommendation #indonesianmovie #asianactionmovies

The deadliest assassin during WWII was a Filipino grade school teacher. All she needed was a bolo knife and zero chill. Nieves “Nes” Fernandez went from grading papers in Tacloban to becoming one of WWII’s most feared guerrilla commanders. Silent kills, jungle ambushes, and a 10,000-peso bounty on her head later… she just went back to the classroom. Absolute legend. Read her story: zurl.co/xSLq3 #assassin #HistoryNerd #AsianHistory #TrueStory

July 23 Spotify Weekly Top Songs Global: #BTS has 4 entries #KATSEYE has 2 entries, 1 unaccompanied and 1 a collaboration with #LESSRAFIM and #ILLIT #jennie has 2 entries, both are collaboration tracks #Jimin is the only solo Korean act with a solo song entry

July 26 Spotify Daily Top Songs Global: KATSEYE and Jennie have 3 entries each. #BTS, #ILLIT, and #Jennie each have 2 entries. #Jungkook’s “SNTY” has been on the chart for almost 3 years. #Jimin’s “WHO” has been on the chart for more than 2 years.

K-pop borrowed from J-pop.But some of its boldest visuals trace back to something much more specific: Visual Kei. Here's the story almost nobody talks about. 👉 zurl.co/hRDiB #VisualKei #JRock #Anime #KPop #JapaneseCulture #DirEnGrey #TheGazettE #MusicHistory #AsianEntertainment #RockMusic