BTS Skips Grammys Over Cultural Bias | Edmonton News

Edmonton News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jul 29, 2026 · 1m

BTS shocks the music world by skipping the Grammy Awards, declaring they want their art celebrated for its own merit—not filtered through cultural or linguistic categories. Their bold move comes amid controversy over the Recording Academy’s new “Best Asian Pop Performance” category, which demands significant use of Asian languages. Fresh off their chart-topping album “Arirang” and global domination with “Swim,” the group’s decision adds fuel to ongoing debates about Grammy relevance. Joining a lineage of artists like Frank Ocean and The Weeknd who’ve challenged the awards’ credibility…