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BTS Boycotts 2027 Grammy Awards Over New Asian Pop Music Category (townflex.com)
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[–] 17 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Hopefully other groups will follow their lead. The Grammy Awards have been garbage for a long time but this category really smells of racism.

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  • [–] 12 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Yeah, IIRC they did this with latino artists as well, so they can avoid giving them major awards. Their criteria is bullshit too, something like 99% of lyrics shouldn’t be english. So if an asian artist has a big hit but it’s a song in english, then they aren’t eligible.

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    [–] 2 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Is this a way to recognise asian pop music or a way to sideline it? Does the answer change depending on the existing success of the band or singer?

    By that, I mean, is this a good way to exclude bands like BTS or blackpinknwith already global fanbases, but good for up and coming bands that have not broken globally yet?

    Someone who is not into Kpop is not going to check out this category. So excluding them from general pop, but allowing song or record of the year seems like a bigger hurdle to get recognition.

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 3 months ago

    I think they were trying give the Kpop artists a chance to win without sweeping the pop category. So basically sidelining them. Like how they split country into traditional and contemporary after Beyonce won.

    The Grammys have always been a little weird with how awards have been given out. People are still mad to this day about Jethro Tull beating Metallica (I was too young at the time) I'm not much of a pop music person in general but I think the Kpop fandom has a right to be upset about this.

    I think Grammys should just be turned into a concert series at this point instead of an award show. I only really watch it for the performances and to drunkenly heckle whoever is happening to be talking.

    Or maybe we need a new global music award show to make everything more fair.

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