K-pop天团BTS因反对格莱美奖设立新分类而宣布抵制今年的颁奖典礼。[1] 格莱美于6月宣布增设"最佳亚洲流行音乐表演"分类，[1] 但BTS认为这种按地域划分音乐的做法有问题。该乐队在Instagram上表示："我们希望我们的音乐能因其本身而被听到和喜爱，而不是被地域或语言分割。"[1]
BTS的立场引发了关于音乐行业地域分类的广泛讨论。[1] 澳大利亚国立大学韩国研究所名誉副教授Jay Song认为这一决定"有些种族歧视"。[1] 对此，格莱美首席执行官哈维·梅森为该新分类进行了辩护，表示"更多的分类意味着更多艺术家的作品得到认可。这从来不是为了分割，而是为了扩大我们的15,000名格莱美评委认可的范围。"[1]
K-pop supergroup BTS announced a boycott of this year's Grammy Awards ceremony in protest against the Recording Academy's newly established "Best Asian Pop Performance" category [1]. The group stated on Instagram that they want their music to be appreciated based on artistic merit rather than geographical or linguistic boundaries, declaring: "We hope our music will be heard and loved for what it is, not divided by region or language" [1].
The Grammy Awards introduced the new category in June to expand recognition opportunities for Asian artists [1]. Grammy CEO Harvey Mason defended the addition, arguing that the expansion was meant to broaden acknowledgment rather than fragment the field. "More categories mean more recognition for artists' work. This has never been about dividing—it's about expanding the scope of what our 15,000 Grammy voters recognize," Mason stated [1]. However, Jay Song, an associate professor at the Australian National University's Korean Studies Institute, characterized the decision as "somewhat racist," raising concerns about racial categorization in the music industry [1].
BTS's latest album, Arirang, features lyrics that are 80 percent in English [1], underscoring the group's assertion that their work transcends geographical classification.