Not Interested
The group expressed "hope that music can be heard and loved by itself rather than being divided by region or language" after the introduction of a Best Asian Pop Music Performance category
BTS aren’t interested in rounding off their grand comeback album, ARIRANG, with the chance to take home a few golden gramophones. The supergroup will not submit the album for consideration for the 2027 Grammy Awards, each member revealed through individual Instagram Story posts on July 29.
“We decided not to participate in the Grammys this year,” BTS shared in a statement translated from Korean. The seven-piece shared their “hope that music can be heard and loved by itself rather than being divided by region or language.”
BTS has been nominated for five Grammy Awards over the past five years. Their breakthrough crossover single “Dynamite” earned them their first nomination for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance in 2020. They were nominated again in the same category for “Butter” the following year. In November 2022, just over a month after BTS announced plans for an extended hiatus while each member completed their mandatory military service, they received three nominations for the 2023 Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year as featured guests on Coldplay’s Music of the Spheres.
