𝓲𝓻𝓽𝓲𝓴𝓪⁷ |13𝑻𝑺 𝑭𝑬𝑺𝑻𝑨 ⊙⊝⊜ ⋆𐙚♡⋆

u love urself n dts enuff

So he is not alone anymore after waiting for nights & passing all the winters the spring finally came YOU CANNOT BE SERIOUS RN

there's a reason why bts wrote aliens

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.

award shows that added a kpop category: VMAs (since 2019) EMAs (since 2021) AMAs (since 2022) BBMAs (since 2023) iHeartRadio Awards (since 2024) Grammys (new) look at when all of this started happening...but sure, kpop twt will tell you bts did nothing for the asian market lol

bts you are bigger than grammys btw.

Q: what you wish to have for yourselves? 🐱 rap mon’s height 🐯 rap mon hyung’s brain 🐱 with just these two can conquer the world, what a shame 🐯 what a shame this is sending me they are down bad for namjoon just like us 😭

Aliens..

bringing this back

"Since we're aliens to the music industry for america we don't know if there’s a place for us or not. the grammys aren’t as the hot 100 it's not numbers we don’t know what is going on". - KIM NAMJOON

BTS dropping aliens and grammys showing its colors.. the joke writes itself

Yoongi i think you’re white enough for the grammys

“the members are lurking on twitter” this clip alone scares the shit out of me

Nevermind

had to bring this back

And it is namjoon who is moving towards his members

Funny how bts wrote aliens and what grammys did was predictable.

BTS' "ARIRANG" becomes the FIRST and ONLY album in history to chart all of its tracks on Billboard Global Excl. US chart for 12 consecutive weeks.

Thx America. I mean it. 🤢

Someone said 'the maknaes have different dads but the same mom (hobi)' AND I DON'T KNOW IF I SHOULD CRY OR LAUGH 😭😭😭

BTS officially becomes the FIRST GROUP in HISTORY to surpass 100 BILLION on-demand audio streams across all platforms. — They are also the FIRST Asian act and just the 7th ARTIST overall to accomplish the feat.