{"id":967039,"date":"2026-07-29T15:21:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T15:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/967039\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T15:21:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T15:21:17","slug":"bts-will-not-enter-arirang-songs-for-2027-grammy-awards-consideration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/967039\/","title":{"rendered":"BTS Will Not Enter ‘Arirang’ Songs for 2027 Grammy Awards Consideration"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tBTS<\/a> has announced that they will not be submitting music from their comeback album Arirang for consideration at the 2027 Grammy Awards<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tAll seven members of the K-pop supergroup \u2014 RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V, and Jungkook \u2014simultaneously posted an identical statement on their individual Instagram accounts on Wednesday (July 29): \u201cWe have decided not to submit to the Grammys<\/a> this year,\u201d a translation of the message reads. \u201cI hope that music can be heard and loved for what it is, rather than being divided by region or language. Thank you to ARMY and everyone who is always with us.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tTheir message takes an implicit swipe at the guidelines for the Recording Academy\u2019s newly created Best Asian Pop Music Performance category, which was one of five new Grammy categories introduced last month. The group members\u2019 choice to specify both \u201cregion\u201d and \u201clanguage\u201d is relevant, as the category specifies that songs must include \u201cmeaningful use\u201d of any Asian language.<\/p>\n

\n\tIronically, BTS<\/a>\u2018s smash, English-language hit single, \u201cSwim,\u201d which debuted at No. 1<\/a> on the Billboard Hot 100, would have been excluded from this new Asian pop category anyway.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe boycott comes during a banner comeback year for BTS. After completing their mandatory military service, they released their fifth studio album, ARIRANG, in March 2026. The album debuted at No. 1 <\/a>on the Billboard 200 with 641,000 units, marking the biggest opening week for a group album in over a decade.<\/p>\n

\n\tBTS has received five Grammy nominations, including three consecutive nominations in the high-profile best pop duo\/group performance category, for \u201cDynamite\u201d (2021), \u201cButter\u201d (2022) and \u201cMy Universe,\u201d the latter a collab with Coldplay<\/a> (2023). In 2023, the group received two other nominations \u2013 album of the year as a featured artist on Coldplay\u2019s Music of the Spheres and best music video for \u201cYet to Come.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tBTS\u2019 decision not to enter their music is a blow to the Grammys\u2019 prestige, but the biggest impact could be the Grammy telecast losing a powerhouse draw. The group \u00a0has performed on the Grammy telecast twice. They contributed a remote performance from a Seoul skyscraper in 2021 and a live, spy-themed rendition of \u201cButter\u201d in Las Vegas in 2022.<\/p>\n

\n\tOther artists have declined to submit their music for Grammy consideration, often in reaction to what they saw as snubs, including Drake<\/a>, The Weeknd<\/a> and Morgan Wallen<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tSome have criticized the new best Asian pop music performance category, which sits in the Pop & Dance\/Electronic Field, fearing that it will lock Asian acts into a subcategory and deny them the opportunity to compete in the higher-profile General Field categories or in pop performance categories. The former fear is unfounded. All artists from all genres can compete in the General Field categories \u2013 which include album, record and song of the year and best new artist.<\/p>\n

\n\tBut it is true that a specific recording can compete in only one performance category. If a recording is entered for best Asian pop music performance, it cannot be entered for, say, best pop duo\/group performance. The same act can, however, be nominated in multiple performance categories with different recordings.<\/p>\n

\n\tK-pop achieved its first-ever Grammy win earlier this year when \u201cGolden\u201d from Netflix\u2019s KPop<\/a> Demon Hunters won best song written for visual media. The song was also nominated for song of the year but did not win.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Recording Academy\u2019s description of the new award, in full, reads:<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThis category recognizes artistic excellence in Asian pop music performances. Eligible recordings include contemporary popular music originating from or widely recognized within Asian markets, including K-pop, J-pop and C-pop.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cAsian pop is a distinct and globally recognized form of popular music characterized by its integrated approach to music, performance, and presentation. Eligible recordings typically feature melody-driven composition, mainstream pop songwriting, and commercially oriented production, as recognized within their respective markets, and may incorporate elements of pop-adjacent styles such as pop-rock, pop R&B, and other related forms. Recordings in this category are often characterized by genre-blending arrangements, layered production, and dynamic structural shifts designed to support both audio and performance-based delivery.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cRecordings must feature meaningful use of one or more Asian languages. An Asian language should play a significant role within the song in bilingual or multilingual structures such that the recording is identifiable with that language. Recordings performed entirely in an Asian language are eligible. Incidental or minimal use (e.g., isolated words, adlibs, or brief phrases) does not qualify. Recordings performed entirely in English are not eligible in this category and remain eligible in other appropriate categories.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe musical style is determinative of eligibility, not the ethnicity or nationality of the performer(s).<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cOther popular music forms which originate in Asia or the Asian diaspora but do not meet the genre criteria for this category are eligible in other categories as appropriate.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cOnly one version of a recording is eligible in a performance category in any year. A recording which is eligible and entered in another performance category is not also eligible in Best Asian Pop Music Performance for a different version featuring an Asian language performance.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cNominees are Artist(s).<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cGrammy statuettes awarded to Artist(s).\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Recording Academy has yet to issue a statement on BTS\u2019 decision.<\/p>\n


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