WHAT BTS’ GRAMMY BOYCOTT TELLS US ABOUT THE PROBLEM WITH ‘ASIAN POP’ AS A LABEL
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WHAT HAPPENED
K-pop supergroup BTS has announced that they will not be entering their music for the 2027 Grammy awards. The decision seems to be a response to the addition for 2027 of the category “best Asian pop music performance”.
Arts + Culture – The Conversatio reports that k-pop supergroup BTS has announced that they will not be entering their music for the 2027 Grammy awards.
The report adds: The decision seems to be a response to the addition for 2027 of the category “best Asian pop music performance”.
The Grammy rulebook describes Asian pop as a “distinct and globally recognised form of popular music”.
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