BTS won't submit music for Grammys, after new Asian music category introduced

The K-pop megastars BTS volition not taxable euphony for adjacent year’s Grammys. The quality comes contempt — oregon possibly due to the fact that of — a caller class specifically designed to grant Asian pop.

The 7 members of BTS — RM, Suga, Jin, J-Hope, Jungkook, V and Jimin — each shared the aforesaid connection crossed their societal media Wednesday, announcing the quality and saying, “We anticipation our euphony tin beryllium heard and loved for what it is, alternatively than being divided by portion oregon language. We convey Army and everyone who has ever stood by us.”

The Grammys’ caller Best Asian Pop Music Performance class “recognizes creator excellence successful Asian popular euphony performances originating from oregon wide recognized wrong Asian markets, including but not constricted to K-pop, J-pop and C-pop, with meaningful usage of 1 oregon much Asian languages. Awards are presented to the performing artist(s).”

BTS’ comeback medium “Arirang,” its archetypal aft the set members’ mandatory South Korean subject service, was wide expected to vie for the award. The caller class came arsenic portion of a bevy of added oregon tweaked awards and nominating rules that volition debut astatine adjacent year’s ceremonial connected Feb. 7.

BTS has a mercurial narration with the Grammys, having been nominated 5 times successful assorted categories since becoming the archetypal K-pop radical nominated successful 2019, and performing for the unrecorded telecast. They person ne'er won.

The set joins the Weeknd and Drake arsenic high-profile artists who, astatine slightest for immoderate time, declined to taxable their euphony to the Recording Academy successful protestation of its policies oregon nominating processes.