{"id":2079862,"date":"2026-07-30T08:36:53","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T05:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2079862"},"modified":"2026-07-30T08:36:53","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T05:36:53","slug":"bts-withdraws-from-2027-grammys-recording-academy-ceo-saddened-over-groups-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2079862","title":{"rendered":"BTS Withdraws From 2027 GRAMMYs, Recording Academy CEO &#8220;Saddened&#8221; Over Group\u2019s Decision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F07%2F30%2FtwBTS-Withdraws-GRAMMY-awards-2027-consideration-Submissions-CEO-Responds-saddened.jpg?w=1080&amp;cbr=1&amp;q=90&amp;fit=max&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"col-post-body col\">\n<div class=\"row post-body\">\n<aside class=\"post-body-sidebar\">\n<div class=\"post-body-sidebar-upper\">\n<div class=\"post-body-sidebar-category 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class=\"post-body-top-bar-category\"><\/p>\n<p>    Music<br \/>\n                                                    <\/span><br \/>\n                                                                <span class=\"post-body-top-bar-published\"><br \/>\n                                                                <time>Jul 30, 2026<\/time><\/p>\n<p>                                                    <\/span>\n                                                            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-hype-comments-container \">\n<p>                <span class=\"hype-count grey\"><br \/>\n             957<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\">\n                    <span>Views<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-arrow\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                                                                <span class=\"disqus-comment-count\"><span class=\"icon icon-comment\"><\/span><span>0<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><span 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the group&#8217;s choice while defending the category&#8217;s intent<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>BTS is officially sitting out the 2027 GRAMMY Awards. In a coordinated statement shared across all seven members\u2019 personal Instagram accounts, the group announced they will not submit their comeback album <em>ARIRANG<\/em> for consideration. The boycott arrives just a month after the Recording Academy announced the creation of a new Best Asian Pop Music Performance category.<\/p>\n<p>Rather than capping their reunion with a push for the golden gramophones, the septet is taking a principled stance against the Academy\u2019s categorization. In their shared announcement, BTS was direct about their reasoning. \u201cWe decided not to participate in the GRAMMYs this year,\u201d the message read. \u201cWe hope our music can be heard and loved for what it is, rather than being divided by region or language. We thank Army and everyone who has always stood by us.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"inner-container\">\n<div class=\"inner-content\">\n<div class=\"adunit-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"in-content-ad-outer\">\n<div class=\"adunit in-content lazy-load no-init\" data-adunit=\"Hypebeast_In_Content\" data-dimensions=\"300x250,2x2\" data-sortable=\"false\" data-targeting=\"{&quot;HBSiteLoc&quot;:[&quot;ros&quot;,&quot;article&quot;],&quot;HBSiteCat&quot;:[&quot;music&quot;,&quot;grammy-awards&quot;,&quot;bts&quot;,&quot;2027-grammy-awards&quot;],&quot;HBSitePage&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;HBSiteLang&quot;:&quot;en&quot;,&quot;country&quot;:&quot;ro&quot;,&quot;region&quot;:&quot;emea&quot;,&quot;subRegion&quot;:&quot;europe&quot;,&quot;HBArticle&quot;:6760632,&quot;HBBlacklist&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-size-mapping=\"in-content\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Following the announcement, Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. took to social media to clarify the Academy\u2019s intent and address the fallout. \u201cI am saddened to hear that BTS has chosen not to participate in the GRAMMY Awards process this year, but as a music creator, I understand and respect their decision,\u201d Mason Jr. stated. \u201cI do want to clarify something that seems to be getting lost in the conversation. The Asian Pop category was created to celebrate the depth, diversity and extraordinary growth of pop artistry coming out of Asia. The spirit of this new category is to shine a dedicated spotlight on these important artists. More categories mean more artists\u2019 work is recognized. It\u2019s never to divide, but to expand who is recognized by our 15,000 GRAMMY voters.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>Mason Jr. also emphasized that the new category does not restrict artists from top tier nominations. \u201cI also want to be very clear: submitting music in a genre category such as Asian Pop, or Jazz or Country does not exclude an artist from also submitting and being considered in the General Field categories, including Record of the Year, Album of the Year and Song of the Year,\u201d he added. \u201cThose categories remain open to any eligible recording, regardless of genre. Recognition in a genre category and recognition in the General Field are not mutually exclusive. An artist can absolutely pursue both. The GRAMMY organization is here to serve music and all the people who make it. As we continue to expand the reach, our membership and our awards, regardless of geography or language, I want to emphasize that we will continue to listen to the global music community and work to honor and celebrate all the artists whose music moves the world.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>The timing gives the move its weight. The announcement lands just over a month after the Recording Academy unveiled a new Best Asian Pop Music Performance category, one of five additions introduced in June. Per the Academy\u2019s rulebook, eligible recordings must feature meaningful use of one or more Asian languages, a stipulation that has drawn criticism from those who argue it risks corralling Asian artists into a separate lane rather than opening the main categories to them. BTS never named the category directly, but the subtext of their statement, and the reaction from fans reading it as a rebuke, has been hard to miss.\n<\/p>\n<p>Complicating the picture is the group\u2019s own catalog. BTS returned from hiatus in March with their fifth studio album, which topped Billboard\u2019s main charts on the strength of lead single \u201cSwim,\u201d a track performed largely in English. Under the new rules, \u201cSwim\u201d might not have qualified for the Asian pop award at all, underscoring the awkward fit between the category\u2019s framing and the music BTS is actually releasing. Expectations for a first win, potentially in a top field like Album of the Year, had been building ahead of next year\u2019s show.\n<\/p>\n<p>That history is the other half of the story. Across five previous nominations, spanning three nods for Best Pop Duo\/Group Performance, an Album of the Year mention tied to their work on Coldplay\u2019s Music of the Spheres, and a Best Music Video nomination for \u201cYet to Come,\u201d BTS has never taken home a GRAMMY. All seven members have been voting members of the Recording Academy since 2019, which makes their decision to step back from the process read as a deliberate statement rather than a scheduling footnote.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media bypass\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DbZX6vYifgp\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<p>\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>A post shared by GRAMMYS (@grammys)\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"show-article\">\n<p>                                                            Read Full Article<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<footer>\n<div class=\"related-stories-main-wrapper\">\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<div class=\"stories-container\" data-layer-list-name=\"related_stories\" data-layer-list-offset=\"0\" data-layer-list-child-selector=\".story-item\">\n<div class=\"story-item\" data-layer-item-id=\"6763484\" data-layer-item-blog-id=\"1\" data-layer-item-type=\"post\">\n                                                                            <span>&gt;<\/span>The AKME Boots RM Wore at the 2026 World Cup Finale Show Auctions for Almost $20,000 USD\n                                                                        <\/div>\n<div class=\"story-item\" data-layer-item-id=\"6763060\" data-layer-item-blog-id=\"1\" data-layer-item-type=\"post\">\n                                                                            <span>&gt;<\/span>Hikari no Yami Questions Identity and Form in SS27 \u201cChapter 11: Parasite\u201d\n                                                                        <\/div>\n<div class=\"story-item\" data-layer-item-id=\"6763658\" data-layer-item-blog-id=\"1\" data-layer-item-type=\"post\">\n                                                                            <span>&gt;<\/span>Charli XCX&#8217;s \u2018Music, Fashion, Film\u2019 Debuts at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 for Her Biggest Opening Yet\n                                                                        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-email-signup-wrapper impression-tracker\">\n<h3>We got you covered. 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class=\"post-body-top-bar-category\"><\/p>\n<p>    Music<br \/>\n                                                    <\/span><br \/>\n                                                                <span class=\"post-body-top-bar-published\"><br \/>\n                                                                <time>Jul 30, 2026<\/time><\/p>\n<p>                                                    <\/span>\n                                                            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-hype-comments-container \">\n<p>                <span class=\"hype-count grey\"><br \/>\n             957<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\">\n                    <span>Views<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-arrow\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                                                                <span class=\"disqus-comment-count\"><span class=\"icon icon-comment\"><\/span><span>0<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><span 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the group&#8217;s choice while defending the category&#8217;s intent<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>BTS is officially sitting out the 2027 GRAMMY Awards. In a coordinated statement shared across all seven members\u2019 personal Instagram accounts, the group announced they will not submit their comeback album <em>ARIRANG<\/em> for consideration. The boycott arrives just a month after the Recording Academy announced the creation of a new Best Asian Pop Music Performance category.<\/p>\n<p>Rather than capping their reunion with a push for the golden gramophones, the septet is taking a principled stance against the Academy\u2019s categorization. In their shared announcement, BTS was direct about their reasoning. \u201cWe decided not to participate in the GRAMMYs this year,\u201d the message read. \u201cWe hope our music can be heard and loved for what it is, rather than being divided by region or language. We thank Army and everyone who has always stood by us.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"inner-container\">\n<div class=\"inner-content\">\n<div class=\"adunit-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"in-content-ad-outer\">\n<div class=\"adunit in-content lazy-load no-init\" data-adunit=\"Hypebeast_In_Content\" data-dimensions=\"300x250,2x2\" data-sortable=\"false\" data-targeting=\"{&quot;HBSiteLoc&quot;:[&quot;ros&quot;,&quot;article&quot;],&quot;HBSiteCat&quot;:[&quot;music&quot;,&quot;grammy-awards&quot;,&quot;bts&quot;,&quot;2027-grammy-awards&quot;],&quot;HBSitePage&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;HBSiteLang&quot;:&quot;en&quot;,&quot;country&quot;:&quot;ro&quot;,&quot;region&quot;:&quot;emea&quot;,&quot;subRegion&quot;:&quot;europe&quot;,&quot;HBArticle&quot;:6760632,&quot;HBBlacklist&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-size-mapping=\"in-content\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Following the announcement, Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. took to social media to clarify the Academy\u2019s intent and address the fallout. \u201cI am saddened to hear that BTS has chosen not to participate in the GRAMMY Awards process this year, but as a music creator, I understand and respect their decision,\u201d Mason Jr. stated. \u201cI do want to clarify something that seems to be getting lost in the conversation. The Asian Pop category was created to celebrate the depth, diversity and extraordinary growth of pop artistry coming out of Asia. The spirit of this new category is to shine a dedicated spotlight on these important artists. More categories mean more artists\u2019 work is recognized. It\u2019s never to divide, but to expand who is recognized by our 15,000 GRAMMY voters.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>Mason Jr. also emphasized that the new category does not restrict artists from top tier nominations. \u201cI also want to be very clear: submitting music in a genre category such as Asian Pop, or Jazz or Country does not exclude an artist from also submitting and being considered in the General Field categories, including Record of the Year, Album of the Year and Song of the Year,\u201d he added. \u201cThose categories remain open to any eligible recording, regardless of genre. Recognition in a genre category and recognition in the General Field are not mutually exclusive. An artist can absolutely pursue both. The GRAMMY organization is here to serve music and all the people who make it. As we continue to expand the reach, our membership and our awards, regardless of geography or language, I want to emphasize that we will continue to listen to the global music community and work to honor and celebrate all the artists whose music moves the world.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>The timing gives the move its weight. The announcement lands just over a month after the Recording Academy unveiled a new Best Asian Pop Music Performance category, one of five additions introduced in June. Per the Academy\u2019s rulebook, eligible recordings must feature meaningful use of one or more Asian languages, a stipulation that has drawn criticism from those who argue it risks corralling Asian artists into a separate lane rather than opening the main categories to them. BTS never named the category directly, but the subtext of their statement, and the reaction from fans reading it as a rebuke, has been hard to miss.\n<\/p>\n<p>Complicating the picture is the group\u2019s own catalog. BTS returned from hiatus in March with their fifth studio album, which topped Billboard\u2019s main charts on the strength of lead single \u201cSwim,\u201d a track performed largely in English. Under the new rules, \u201cSwim\u201d might not have qualified for the Asian pop award at all, underscoring the awkward fit between the category\u2019s framing and the music BTS is actually releasing. Expectations for a first win, potentially in a top field like Album of the Year, had been building ahead of next year\u2019s show.\n<\/p>\n<p>That history is the other half of the story. Across five previous nominations, spanning three nods for Best Pop Duo\/Group Performance, an Album of the Year mention tied to their work on Coldplay\u2019s Music of the Spheres, and a Best Music Video nomination for \u201cYet to Come,\u201d BTS has never taken home a GRAMMY. 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class=\"post-body-top-bar-category\"><\/p>\n<p>    Music<br \/>\n                                                    <\/span><br \/>\n                                                                <span class=\"post-body-top-bar-published\"><br \/>\n                                                                <time>Jul 30, 2026<\/time><\/p>\n<p>                                                    <\/span>\n                                                            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-hype-comments-container \">\n<p>                <span class=\"hype-count grey\"><br \/>\n             957<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\">\n                    <span>Views<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-arrow\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                                                                <span class=\"disqus-comment-count\"><span class=\"icon icon-comment\"><\/span><span>0<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><span 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the group&#8217;s choice while defending the category&#8217;s intent<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>BTS is officially sitting out the 2027 GRAMMY Awards. In a coordinated statement shared across all seven members\u2019 personal Instagram accounts, the group announced they will not submit their comeback album <em>ARIRANG<\/em> for consideration. The boycott arrives just a month after the Recording Academy announced the creation of a new Best Asian Pop Music Performance category.<\/p>\n<p>Rather than capping their reunion with a push for the golden gramophones, the septet is taking a principled stance against the Academy\u2019s categorization. In their shared announcement, BTS was direct about their reasoning. \u201cWe decided not to participate in the GRAMMYs this year,\u201d the message read. \u201cWe hope our music can be heard and loved for what it is, rather than being divided by region or language. We thank Army and everyone who has always stood by us.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"inner-container\">\n<div class=\"inner-content\">\n<div class=\"adunit-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"in-content-ad-outer\">\n<div class=\"adunit in-content lazy-load no-init\" data-adunit=\"Hypebeast_In_Content\" data-dimensions=\"300x250,2x2\" data-sortable=\"false\" data-targeting=\"{&quot;HBSiteLoc&quot;:[&quot;ros&quot;,&quot;article&quot;],&quot;HBSiteCat&quot;:[&quot;music&quot;,&quot;grammy-awards&quot;,&quot;bts&quot;,&quot;2027-grammy-awards&quot;],&quot;HBSitePage&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;HBSiteLang&quot;:&quot;en&quot;,&quot;country&quot;:&quot;ro&quot;,&quot;region&quot;:&quot;emea&quot;,&quot;subRegion&quot;:&quot;europe&quot;,&quot;HBArticle&quot;:6760632,&quot;HBBlacklist&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-size-mapping=\"in-content\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Following the announcement, Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. took to social media to clarify the Academy\u2019s intent and address the fallout. \u201cI am saddened to hear that BTS has chosen not to participate in the GRAMMY Awards process this year, but as a music creator, I understand and respect their decision,\u201d Mason Jr. stated. \u201cI do want to clarify something that seems to be getting lost in the conversation. The Asian Pop category was created to celebrate the depth, diversity and extraordinary growth of pop artistry coming out of Asia. The spirit of this new category is to shine a dedicated spotlight on these important artists. More categories mean more artists\u2019 work is recognized. It\u2019s never to divide, but to expand who is recognized by our 15,000 GRAMMY voters.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>Mason Jr. also emphasized that the new category does not restrict artists from top tier nominations. \u201cI also want to be very clear: submitting music in a genre category such as Asian Pop, or Jazz or Country does not exclude an artist from also submitting and being considered in the General Field categories, including Record of the Year, Album of the Year and Song of the Year,\u201d he added. \u201cThose categories remain open to any eligible recording, regardless of genre. Recognition in a genre category and recognition in the General Field are not mutually exclusive. An artist can absolutely pursue both. The GRAMMY organization is here to serve music and all the people who make it. As we continue to expand the reach, our membership and our awards, regardless of geography or language, I want to emphasize that we will continue to listen to the global music community and work to honor and celebrate all the artists whose music moves the world.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>The timing gives the move its weight. The announcement lands just over a month after the Recording Academy unveiled a new Best Asian Pop Music Performance category, one of five additions introduced in June. Per the Academy\u2019s rulebook, eligible recordings must feature meaningful use of one or more Asian languages, a stipulation that has drawn criticism from those who argue it risks corralling Asian artists into a separate lane rather than opening the main categories to them. BTS never named the category directly, but the subtext of their statement, and the reaction from fans reading it as a rebuke, has been hard to miss.\n<\/p>\n<p>Complicating the picture is the group\u2019s own catalog. BTS returned from hiatus in March with their fifth studio album, which topped Billboard\u2019s main charts on the strength of lead single \u201cSwim,\u201d a track performed largely in English. Under the new rules, \u201cSwim\u201d might not have qualified for the Asian pop award at all, underscoring the awkward fit between the category\u2019s framing and the music BTS is actually releasing. Expectations for a first win, potentially in a top field like Album of the Year, had been building ahead of next year\u2019s show.\n<\/p>\n<p>That history is the other half of the story. Across five previous nominations, spanning three nods for Best Pop Duo\/Group Performance, an Album of the Year mention tied to their work on Coldplay\u2019s Music of the Spheres, and a Best Music Video nomination for \u201cYet to Come,\u201d BTS has never taken home a GRAMMY. 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officially sitting out the 2027 GRAMMY Awards. In a coordinated statement shared across all seven members\u2019 personal Instagram accounts, the group announced they will not submit their comeback album <em>ARIRANG<\/em> for consideration. The boycott arrives just a month after the Recording Academy announced the creation of a new Best Asian Pop Music Performance category.<\/p>\n<p>Rather than capping their reunion with a push for the golden gramophones, the septet is taking a principled stance against the Academy\u2019s categorization. In their shared announcement, BTS was direct about their reasoning. \u201cWe decided not to participate in the GRAMMYs this year,\u201d the message read. \u201cWe hope our music can be heard and loved for what it is, rather than being divided by region or language. We thank Army and everyone who has always stood by us.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"inner-container\">\n<div class=\"inner-content\">\n<div class=\"adunit-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"in-content-ad-outer\">\n<div class=\"adunit in-content lazy-load no-init\" data-adunit=\"Hypebeast_In_Content\" data-dimensions=\"300x250,2x2\" data-sortable=\"false\" data-targeting=\"{&quot;HBSiteLoc&quot;:[&quot;ros&quot;,&quot;article&quot;],&quot;HBSiteCat&quot;:[&quot;music&quot;,&quot;grammy-awards&quot;,&quot;bts&quot;,&quot;2027-grammy-awards&quot;],&quot;HBSitePage&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;HBSiteLang&quot;:&quot;en&quot;,&quot;country&quot;:&quot;ro&quot;,&quot;region&quot;:&quot;emea&quot;,&quot;subRegion&quot;:&quot;europe&quot;,&quot;HBArticle&quot;:6760632,&quot;HBBlacklist&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-size-mapping=\"in-content\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Following the announcement, Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. took to social media to clarify the Academy\u2019s intent and address the fallout. \u201cI am saddened to hear that BTS has chosen not to participate in the GRAMMY Awards process this year, but as a music creator, I understand and respect their decision,\u201d Mason Jr. stated. \u201cI do want to clarify something that seems to be getting lost in the conversation. The Asian Pop category was created to celebrate the depth, diversity and extraordinary growth of pop artistry coming out of Asia. The spirit of this new category is to shine a dedicated spotlight on these important artists. More categories mean more artists\u2019 work is recognized. It\u2019s never to divide, but to expand who is recognized by our 15,000 GRAMMY voters.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>Mason Jr. also emphasized that the new category does not restrict artists from top tier nominations. \u201cI also want to be very clear: submitting music in a genre category such as Asian Pop, or Jazz or Country does not exclude an artist from also submitting and being considered in the General Field categories, including Record of the Year, Album of the Year and Song of the Year,\u201d he added. \u201cThose categories remain open to any eligible recording, regardless of genre. Recognition in a genre category and recognition in the General Field are not mutually exclusive. An artist can absolutely pursue both. The GRAMMY organization is here to serve music and all the people who make it. As we continue to expand the reach, our membership and our awards, regardless of geography or language, I want to emphasize that we will continue to listen to the global music community and work to honor and celebrate all the artists whose music moves the world.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>The timing gives the move its weight. The announcement lands just over a month after the Recording Academy unveiled a new Best Asian Pop Music Performance category, one of five additions introduced in June. Per the Academy\u2019s rulebook, eligible recordings must feature meaningful use of one or more Asian languages, a stipulation that has drawn criticism from those who argue it risks corralling Asian artists into a separate lane rather than opening the main categories to them. BTS never named the category directly, but the subtext of their statement, and the reaction from fans reading it as a rebuke, has been hard to miss.\n<\/p>\n<p>Complicating the picture is the group\u2019s own catalog. BTS returned from hiatus in March with their fifth studio album, which topped Billboard\u2019s main charts on the strength of lead single \u201cSwim,\u201d a track performed largely in English. Under the new rules, \u201cSwim\u201d might not have qualified for the Asian pop award at all, underscoring the awkward fit between the category\u2019s framing and the music BTS is actually releasing. Expectations for a first win, potentially in a top field like Album of the Year, had been building ahead of next year\u2019s show.\n<\/p>\n<p>That history is the other half of the story. Across five previous nominations, spanning three nods for Best Pop Duo\/Group Performance, an Album of the Year mention tied to their work on Coldplay\u2019s Music of the Spheres, and a Best Music Video nomination for \u201cYet to Come,\u201d BTS has never taken home a GRAMMY. All seven members have been voting members of the Recording Academy since 2019, which makes their decision to step back from the process read as a deliberate statement rather than a scheduling footnote.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media bypass\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DbZX6vYifgp\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<p>\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>A post shared by GRAMMYS (@grammys)\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"show-article\">\n<p>                                                            Read Full Article<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-author d-block d-lg-none\">\n<hr class=\"sidebar-divider share-divider\">\n<h6>Text By<\/h6>\n<p>        <span class=\"author-name\">Sophie Caraan<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-credentials d-block d-lg-none\">\n<hr class=\"sidebar-divider\">\n<div class=\"credential\">\n<h6>Editor Assistant<\/h6>\n<p>                    <span>Thu Tran<\/span>\n                <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-share d-block d-lg-none\">\n<hr class=\"sidebar-divider\">\n<h6>Share this article<\/h6>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-content-tags\">\n<div class=\"body collapsed\">\n<p>    Grammy AwardsBTS2027 GRAMMY Awards\n                                                            <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/hypebeast.com\/2026\/7\/bts-withdraws-grammy-awards-2027-consideration-submissions-ceo-responds-saddened&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F07%2F30%2FtwBTS-Withdraws-GRAMMY-awards-2027-consideration-Submissions-CEO-Responds-saddened.jpg?w=1080&amp;cbr=1&amp;q=90&amp;fit=max&#8221;] Music Jul 30, 2026 957 Views 0\u00a0Comments Comments Save Text By Sophie Caraan Editor Assistant Thu Tran Share this article Axelle\/Bauer-Griffin\/Filmmagic Music Jul 30, 2026 957 Views 0\u00a0Comments Comments Save Summary All seven BTS members announced they will not submit music for consideration at the 69th GRAMMY Awards The decision follows the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[226,39],"class_list":["post-2079862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-crawlmanager","tag-hypebeast-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2079862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2079862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2079862\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2079862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2079862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2079862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}