Music Major Reacts | Karma is an Army (Reaction) 

This video is just me being a sassy bitch for 30 mins lmao P.S. making these thumbnails lowkey 1 of the best parts about being a RU-vidr lol. Also this video was in NO WAY intended to shade any group or fandom, just my reaction to specific people's comments. Edit: I know full well the problems with the grammys lol my rant was more about what happened in this case less about the entire process which again I know all about. Also I watch the grammys EVERY year, so I already saw the Lil Nas X + the rest of the music industry (& RM lol) performance.

My favorite army tweet of all time is when someone said “bts sucks, my favs are better” and put a video of a girl group dancing and an ARMY said “if you spent as much time hyping your favs as you do dragging mine, I might know who that is” AND I- LMAOOOOO

BTS have over 40 daesang now and they have the most amount of daesang in history... Now some people say BTS will never win a Grammy, well, we'll see about that.

The grammys are literally using bts for clout but we’re still hoping that the recording academy will give them the nomination. BTS was this year able to perform at the grammys but only because Nas and Lil Nas X invited RM to perform a song together (in the end all members of BTS participated). Sugas main wish is now to do a BTS stage at the grammys but for that is a nomination necessary. The rule says: no nomination, no performance.

The Grammy's only used BTS for clout and views and that's why army's boycotted them. I'm still salty over the fact that they took the best selling albums on the charts of 2019 and nominated literally all of them EXCEPT number #1 which was, yep you guessed it.... BTS :| and it hurts more bc namjoonie (RM) waited w/ us for the nominations 😭

yess idk who recommended this but this shows perfectly why we're defensive and salty af with some other fandoms and people who hate on bts

Daesangs are awarded at the end of most korean award shows. They are the most prestigious award an artist can receive and usually 1-4 are given out at every award show. These are awards such as Artist of the Year, Song of the Year, Album of the Year and Record of the Year etc. Last year BTS had a daesang sweep at: the Melon Music Awards (equivalent to BBMAs); MAMA (equivalent to VMAs); and GDA (equivalent to AMAs). They are not only one of the youngest recipients of the KMAs (basically the Korean Grammys) but they are also the only idol group, along with Red Velvet, to receive an award. Currently BTS have over 40 daesangs (they were awarded 19 in 2019 alone) the most for any artist ever!

Yes, BTS definitely gets used by media in the West AND East. Nevertheless, they still participate and reap the benefit of the exposure- a thing no one can reasonably say is meaningless. Their album and concert tickets sales grow exponentially every year. It is damn near impossible for any other idol group in SK to compete with them (it's not bragging, it's just what it is). This happens because BTS shows up when others decide to boycott. They put smiles on their faces for ARMY because they know seeing them makes us happy. Perhaps it's my age that keeps me from getting upset at all the backhanded insults, they aren't surprising, I knew they were coming. U.S. minority entertainers still get treated like garbage in their own freaking country, how was it going to be different for actual non-white foreigners? The pristine yet relatable reputation that BTS has created for themselves will endure and outlast the injustices, I'm not worried about it. They just need to keep pushing, keep taking advantage of those open doors (even when they are opened with less than reputable intentions). Think about how often some of the western icons we hold so dear were/are stubbed by the entertainment industry. BTS will be fine.

About Grammys, at this point, we all know that they just used BTS for clout and attention. After getting no nomination in 2019 (despite being the 1 one album in the world in sales and a bunch of other achievements ) and only getting featured in Old Town Road instead of getting their own stage, we are all just tired of the BS in the Recording Academy

ok i'm gonna try to answer all your questions!! 3:55 a daesang is a grand prize, it's basically an award of a higher value than the rest of them at an award show (a daesang would be artist of the year and a normal award something like best choreography for example) 5:57 the award show from earlier was MMA (melon music awards) and the other one where they won artist of the year is MAMA (mnet asian music awards), it's two different ones haha 6:43 fun fact, as of 2020 bts now have 41 daesangs i believe, they won 20 or so ones in 2019 alone :) 7:23 the fact they doubted we could get 1M preorders is so funny now because the latest bts album, mots:7 had 4M preorders which is more than most of their faves sold in their entire career so i'm curious where they will set our next goal??? 8:47 netizens are literally interNET citIZENS i guess you could say, it's people on the internet, in this case the people commenting were probably from other fandoms who hate on bts. 9:20 the 1M thing was what they thought we couldn't reach in one album sale, the 10M is what they thought we couldn't reach as in bts' full discography sales. bts now has over 20M album sales in korea alone and around 40M total units worldwide and they are in the top 10 bestselling artists worldwide of the 2010s. 10:32 yg is really bad with physical sales, even their biggest groups don't sell much, most of their sales are in digitals. (blackpink which is probably their biggest group had like 300k-400k sales for their last mini album) 13:16 actually they did also win top social artist at the bbmas in 2019 and not only that, but they also won top duo/group which made them the first korean artist to win a main award at an american award show. 13:38 those award shows aren't based on fandoms nominating artists, artists get nominated based on their merits and bts were huge on twitter by that point already (enough for an american award show to nominate them which says a lot i think) so them winning top social artist was obvious if you know how many numbers they pull on there. these other fandoms think they are as big and constantly want to compare themselves and their favs to armys and bts in size but i'm telling you right now and i'm not trying to be mean or condecending, just realistic, they aren't. that's why only bts got nominated and keeps getting nominated. 20:22 bs indeed. we only hype them going to the grammys because it was their dream but the academy keeps ripping them off when it comes to nominations. at the latest grammys they didn't get nominated at all and only attended because they got thrown into a performance with lil nas x since namjoon did a version of old town road called seoul town road with him. they were on stage for like 30 seconds. it's just really disrespectful. and the thing is i have no clue if they will ever get nominated for a major category since a bunch of the people in the academy who are voting for artists are very likely racist or xenophobic and would never give them a chance and that kinda explains a lot i think. (though bts are now academy members too but... that doesn't help them much) but yeah, we were so mad that we re-charted their entire discography (korean albums, japanese albums, mixtapes, even their game ost) on us itunes. so we turned our rage into something productive. twitter armys united :) 29:15 their previous stadium tour was huge, they sold out wembley twice in 2 hours each (90k capacity stadium), they sold out stade de france twice, rose bowl twice, metlife twice, soldier field twice, allianz park in brazil twice, many shows in korea in the olympic stadium, it was huge for them. they were also the first korean act to perform a solo concert at one of the largest stadiums (if not the largest) in saudi arabia and saudi officials even changed some of their laws because of so many people coming to the bts show so that those people didn't have to follow dressing traditions and things that are usually punishable by law there. in conclusion, bts can sell out any single venue in the world at this point.

The 7 men who burned the stage of MMA with their 37 minutes long performance were relegated to being backup dancers for Lil Nas, and that day, deep down, the most primal part of me was screaming in outrage. But ARMY is ARMY, so we all kept our cool, snubbed the Grammys, streamed BTS's albums to make them #1, trended positive hashtags and made our own online BTS Awards.

OMG, you have nailed it on the head. The Grammy's this did the boys dirty this year as well. No noms, and a consolation 2 minute slot in Lil Nas X's performance. WTH? And don't even get me started on the radio industry not playing their music. Being an Army is amazing but the Western music industry has no respect for them.

BTS did win top social artist in 2019 lol. This video might have already been out before the award show that year?

You’re absolutely right, Grammys uses BTS for clout. Treats them like winners, but doesn’t give them anything. This year they had the whole drama with their CEO suing and stuff, so they invited BTS last minute to be part of Lil Nas X’s stage. It was tiny, but it was a performance. And it was just to get views from ARMYs. It’s not right. They keep doing it and we don’t know what else to do to get them higher.

I was rolling on the floor when you went off about Grammy.

army really only have BTS and BTS only have army...we literally have no other fandoms support us (even tho we don't need it 💀) and then those other fandoms expect army's to support them and solve their problems for them.

The sad part is that RM was waiting with us when the nominees were announced and he dropped some photos of him to distract us because last year they didn't have any nominations and they were like backup dancers for that old town road dude yeah RM have his own part but it was so short

“Ready, set, anger” I’m really loving watching you be petty

The clout-chasing BTS receives is really a double-edged sword... One example is the iHeartRadio Jingle Ball event in December. iHeartRadio hyped them so much to get viewers, and while they performed with big names like Billie Eilish and Lizzo, it was pretty much ARMY that filled the Forum in Los Angeles during their performance. These boys traveled 14-15 hours to perform a 15-min set, do the promotions, and schedule interviews, etc. but yet they still get NO PLAYS on the radio? Radio DJs saying "if we get X amount of retweets, we'll play BTS..."? I feel bad for them because it's pretty much "their damned if they do (the effort they have to put in for travel/performing and possibly being used for promoting an event) and they're damned if they don't (losing on getting their name out to the general public)". Same goes for the Grammys...The Grammys got a lot of hype last year when they announced that BTS would be attending as presenters -- they didn't make the announcement until, I think, 4 days before the date. Fast forward to this year, when BTS did not get any nominations, and then the Grammys pretty much realized they were not going to get the viewership as they did the year before. Then they announce that they were going to do a collab w/Lil' Nas X the week before, and all of a sudden, BTS' going to the Grammys and performing becomes the talk of every news source. They were on-stage for 30-seconds (and killed it, btw), and it was pretty much the performance of the night. I'm waiting for the day that a big US awards show gives them even a fraction of the stage they had at the 2019 MMAs (which I'm waiting for your reaction to, btw :)... They're not stupid...I know they are aware of it all, but the xenophobia is real. When you see a pretty prominent radio DJ say that they don't play BTS because there isn't a high enough demand for them or they didn't know their single came out, it makes me laugh. This is why the ARMY is so protective of them. After all this, however, they are just as genuine and humble as they can be, and they show the world that they enjoy every minute. They always show that they are grateful for everything that they have been given, and I think that how they earn more fans.

The funny thing about BTS is that the media thinks that they're very misterious and look flawless every time because they just post selfies on Twitter and get millions of likes and never talk about themselves. They think that people like them just because they're " a cute boyband for teenagers that can sing and dance at the same time". The truth is that they actually use other platforms to communicate with fans (Weverse, v-live). So basically you have to be a fan to know this, for example, you need a bighit membership to be in weverse . They do live streams where they talk about the process of making an album, talk about themselves, they even have their own shows (A LOT )...than you realise that they're very humble and genuine .Trust me, the best thing you can do to make bts happy is give them food lmao, they're so funny. They also get so competitive with each other when there is a price (aka a 5$ coupon lol) (you'll get what I mean once you know more about their personalities), sometimes I forget they're celebrities. It's funny because the media only sees the " flawless looking 7 guys at the red carpet and stage" well- I've those guys in pajamas with messy hair, packing their baggage, losing their passport (RM, to be more precise), getting excited over a ramen cooker (yes lmao), cooking pancakes at home and then realising that they don't have eggs, crying because they messed up something at stage, dissing each other...so many things

Don’t even listen to the entitled trolls. You don’t owe them anything. Keep doing you. Those of us that genuinely enjoy experiencing your journey down the rabbit hole and your intelligent, insightful takes will be here to support.

I'm American, and I'm black. My family didn't understand why I liked BTS so much but they've excepted it now. I play my BTS albums and wear my BTS merch proudly 🙋🏾‍♀️😁💜

You should have been on Twitter when we heard about the Grammys and the unfairness they’ve treated bts with. American music industry is so freaking xenophobic and racism you have no idea what we have do deal with. Especially the Grammys, they recognize that bts has a massive following and they are a movement and as they want to seem an inclusive award show they invited bts but made it very clear that they “can’t sit with them” If you ever listen to “Love yourself: tear” you’ll see that it was Grammy worthy, it’s such a good album. The same goes for radio play , we recently had a discussion with some radio stations, the demand for bts is very clear in America but radios refuse to play them. Radio hosts even said to us that “we should build a relationship with radios, maybe then they’ll be more open to play them” as if that’s not all we’ve been doing since 2017, we send flowers, letters in thanks for playing bts. Radio spins are really important for charts, bts is among the very few artists who can have their song debut at number 4 on billboard hot 100 chart with minimal to no radio play but If it’s not in English thwy won’t play it, they made that very clear from the beginning and it’s so frustrating when there’s clearly a demand for it Their latest album get to number 1 in 21 countries, including the top 5 music markets in the world (USA, UK Germany, France, Japan) Only six other artists managed to get a number one in all major music industries. It makes me so angry, the unfairness they face in the west

Melon is a streaming platform in Korea. MMA (Melon Music Award) is one award show, MAMA (Mnet Asian Music Awards) is another show. Mnet is a music show. They’re the 2 most popular award shows for kpop. There’s also the Golden Disk Awards, and the Soul Music Awards (where the term Daesang comes from). We call Daesangs all the major category awards: Artist of the Year, Song of the Year, Album of the Year, among others.

Karma is indeed Army...and we're here for it ;D

“That makes no sense” is literally me every time a kpop stan talks. The only ones relevant here are BTS & ARMY, it has been like that for years and will continue to be like that.

I love this guy! Sense of humour, common sense, curiosity and a willingness to put his thoughts/opinions out there

We love your honesty so it doesn't matter how long it go. The fact that BTS outsold the big 3 (that has many groups) with just themselves is karma in his finest 😏 The grammys incident was really something I personally didn't like for the same reason you pointed out, but since the boys were so happy about just attending we took his humble posture. The fact is that they have more ratings and social media engagement because BTS. In fact Forbes & RollingStone cover the BTS MMA 2019 performance ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-b9cG4DzpL_c.html and stated "Grammy isn't ready for BTS" and talks about how legendary the stage and their performance was. 😎 Hope you watch it some day you will love it. BTW army's always kept their receipt 😉

I literally rewatch that video whenever there is malice hate on BTS or the fandom. I just can't bother to put anymore energy into the situation, so I ignore and cool off with this video lmao. (Not respectful criticism, I actually respond to that cuz that isn't a waste of energy or time)

In 2017 ,when BTS was nominated for Social Artist for the first time, JBieber had won for 6 or 7 yrs in a row. But Army was determined. We voted up to the limit every day. After voting was ended, JB was #2 with 30M+, and BTS was #1 with 300M+. We broke the record for any kind of voting on BBMAs ever. After that, Billboard knew who BTS and Army were. I was so proud to be a part of it. At that time, the Korean media still did not report on BTS. After BBMAs, they all talked about BTS, and the Korean GP finally discovered BTS.

almost said DONG-SAUSAGES again. Almost. lol

There's a saying we have "What Yoongi wants, Yoongi gets" because he's the one that is not afraid to say in interviews "we want a #1 album in the UK, we would like a stadium tour, our next goal is to go to the Grammy's" etc. And it ALWAYS. HAPPENS.

The video it's a bit old. Bts won top social in 2019 bbma, plus best duo/group (I don't remember exactly the name) I'm thinking you would like react to bts hardships video. Thats very explanatory, about how bts it's been treated

no no, they did win top social artist in 2019, they also won best duo/group!

we all share your confusion over the scammy committee lmaoo

Your question: WHY !? The answer: They are threaten, they know ARMY are powerful AF and they don't know how to deal with that information.

Pls continue watching all the parts of *Karma is an Army* I really enjoyed this reaction 😭💜💜

No one plans to fall down the BTS rabbit hole. They are just that awesome you can't help it.

laughed so freaking hard at this thumbnail. and i read it in my mind in the sassiest inner voice that my brooklyn ass could come up with.

Ohhhh we are totally with you regarding the Grammys because they truly snubbed our boys, even though they had sold millions or albums, sold-out stadiums around the world and countless records they didn't get even a nomination this year and AMAs created a hole new kpop category just so they wouldn't have to include them in the main ones. It's very clear to us that the industry is trying to stop them and they are scared shitless when it comes to BTS. The boys are selling out stadiums, mil of albums without bundles or industry gimmicks, top the charts without any spins/radio play and have a very strong fandom around the world that dominates all social media, shows up for them anytime they are invited somewhere and supports them all the way. ARMYs are very knowledgeable when it comes to the inner workings of the industry, strategic, very organized and self-sustained. It's crazy if you look into it. This fandom has created fanbases to support charities, awareness for mental health, education, wellness etc besides the usual basses for chart, pics and other content that the rest have. I have never seen a fandom like this. Armys tend to be very protective over them and intense because these boys are constantly facing prejudice, xenophobia, underserved hate and at the end of the day they only have us. We are pissed at how the industry treats them because we know that they deserve so much more. Anyway, I will end my novel here and I just want to tell you that I looove your reactions because you are genuine and no worries cuz the majority of ARMYs know how to take criticism or opinions is the arguments are laid out in a respectful way.

There are 4 videos in total. This is the first I think. #4 dropped not long ago 😁

I used to be multi fandom: Shawol (SHINee’s fandom) V.I.P (BIGBANG’s fandom) Starlight (VIXX’s fandom) EXO-L (EXO’s fandom) iGOT7/Ahgase (GOT7’s fandom) And of course ARMY (BTS’ fandom) So I’ve never understood the fan wars and the hatred. It was honestly insane! Especially when people found out that I was also an ARMY. Over time, I just kinda fell out of those fandoms, but stayed true to BTS and my ARMY family💜 I guess I just connected with BTS and ARMY on a more personal level than anyone else 🤷‍♀️

ARMY is as savage as BTS. Yoongi, Jin and Jimin are our role model in savagery and pettiness. ARMY is as smart as BTS. Our president is Namjoon. ARMY is as crackhead as BTS. We are as crazy as JK and Taehyung.

This is why I love being an ARMY. As a majority, the fan base doesn’t go after other groups to push them down and make BTS seem greater. Instead, the continuously support BTS unconditionally and only respond to other fandoms when they are provoked first.

This just out from Korea Now...BTS has just broken the record for most cumulative albums sold by any Korean artist. They now have sold 20,329,305 albums total. This includes thier albums starting with thier first up through MOTS7. These stats come from Goan Music chart from March 2020. Go BTS!

I am a 53 year old that loves BTS! Because of their music and message. They are not only great performers, they are great human beings. I believe that the Grammys snubbed BTS. And they should have won. I appreciate where they came from to where they are now. And they definitely deserve every award they get.

Grammys doesn't deserve BTS to bless their stage. ARMYs just want BTS to be nominated and win at least one award because that's their dream. ARMYs are in full support of that dream. Looking forward to your reactions to the rest of this series! 😁👍💜

"this is just me going into this journey." Then this video. Oh the irony.. Don't worry cadet, Army has got your back. 💜💜💜💜💜 Dont listen to the haters! Just do you! 🥰

Its like as soon as a hater says that BTS can't do smthn..... the universe aligns and surprise surprise! Bts achieves the very thing you were saying they couldnt do

I really appreciate and enjoy your perspective on the grammy issue and this whole video in general. It's always been a struggle for army to push barriers to get the boys forward and personally it taught me that no dream is too little or unworthy to pursue. I remember in 2015 when army would come together and push for objectives and goals (like voting for MAMA, mv streaming goals) and such to try our best even though we were up against massive powerhouse successes. I think the essence behind the success of bts and army is that we both faced the criticism and judgement (other groups and fandoms), so when we were pushing forward towards our goals, we were so focused on getting the boys more success that we were not concerned with the success of other groups, we tried our personal best and if in the end we didn't win, it was still alright because its natural to hope and have expectations, but we were always a step closer to our goals. I think also 2015 was peak for Kpop fans in general, there were a lot of groups that were active and had just debuted sharing the big stages. We celebrated the winners rather than put them down and so did the boys, it was an amazing experience growing up with bts for me. One of the many things i've learned being a part of in this family is to grab every opportunity that you can to further your dreams, it may not be what you expected but you'll be one step closer to success. Thank you for this great video, it just got my emotions stirring up lol. I loveedddd "a lion is not concerned with the opinion of sheep" periodddddd.

“Hey love yah boo” that sent me haha

2:35 we love an honest boy

BTS has a song entitled Heartbeat, which is the original soundtrack of BTS World (a game), that many people havent heard of, because it’s not uploaded in their main channel. Heartbeat is a love letter to ARMY. The mv tells about 7 parallel worlds where each of the member would be if they were not BTS. The visual is amazing. I hope you can react to it 💜 btw I really love your reaction! And stop asking WHY, those ppl dont even deserve that 3-word question ~ they’re brainless creature. Oh have you heard that Big Hit sued an 11 year-old kid just like 3 days ago, for trashing BTS? Just like Suga said, “What hater? I dont see haters anymore..” Yeehh.. they’re all gonna be swept out by Big Hit lmao

"Haters gonna hate. Players gonna play." You do you, boo. We're here to watch the boys soar higher and higher. 💜 Edit: I legit clapped at the Tywin quote.

The meme with the hair on the shower wall was actually an ARMY lmfaoo 😭😭 I think the creator of the video didn’t know

BBMAs, they won every award they have been nominated in: - Best social artist in 2017, 2018 & 2019 - Best group/duo in 2018 & 2019 - Best Tour in 2019

Jealousy is a terrible thing.

Don't listen to NEGATIVETY. Especially in these sad times but I usually tell reactors to ignored the negative comments anyway.

5:23 *”so like...huh?”* big mood bro

"Haters gonna hate. Players gonna play. Live a life man! Goodluck!" -RM(MICDROP)

BTS are actually members of the Recording Academy, too, according to RM. I've also read that the major category wins tend to go to the most well known artists in the different categories because the voters just tend to vote on the names they recognize. If nominating committee will ever give them a nomination for something other than their album cover, they'll probably win.

Really loved what you said there " if you have put that energy and time into your group instead your group might have won " a big slap on the haters who waste their time hating BTS

You're welcome, btw they were nominated for both "Top Social Artist" and "Top Duo/Group" at the Billboard Music Awards in 2019 and they won both of these awards. Really enjoyed this stay safe my fellow weeb💜

One cannot be far from being an ARMY after knowing their full journey...it's so heartfelt...some come to BTS for their music...for their dance..for their lyrics...for their performances...for their personalities...for their history...for their persistence...even for their looks...but all stay for them as humans.

OMG THIS IS WHAT ARMYS HAVE BEEN PREACHING ALL ALONG! > 12:14 he gets it! I hate when kpoppies complain about their favs not getting “the recognition they deserve” when it’s THEIR job to to support their own favs!🤦🏽‍♀️ I LOVE your reactions btw!

I remember when bts wasn't nominated at the Grammys every one was so bummed about it including me then they said that bts will be performing there when we saw the performance every one was angry for them because they were portrayed as back up dancers every one was enraged by the Grammys treatment to bts but then in a vlive suga said that it was a small step to there dream and then I realised why. that there whole career was grinding and taking one small step after the other I was very impressed by there mentality and maturity they didn't take it as an insult they work with what they get to achieve a better outcome my respect level for them increased by 100%and we will always support them

Yeah, totally agree with the Grammy venting. It's a love hate thing with Army. But the Boys have said many times they want a Grammy so Army deals with it. Their non-American so basically they have to deal with this backhanded shit. Edit: Also, it struck me that there is a piece of information that you've probably not been told. Why? That's a good question. 1) It's kind of the Kpop fandom SOP (standard operating procedure). Many will say that Army is toxic and that it's never been any Kpop fandom as nasty as us. That would be wrong. There are STUNNING and horrifying examples of Kpop fandom viciousness going back to the beginnings of the industry. Why? 2) Because the Big 3 (and SM specifically I understand) have an actual hand in the fandoms of their artists. They direct them, feed them strategies, instigate the smear campaigns against other groups/companies. It's a whole thing that comes back to the thing it's always about . . . $$$$. Dozens of groups debut every year. Less than 1% will last more than a few years. It's expensive. The agencies pay for training of these people for YEARS before they debut and they need to recoup that money. To recoup it they most succeed and that requires a fandom. Also, many fans in the Kpop world are actually Agency stans. They'll support any group from a particular agency. Not loyal to any group and as the company sends groups to the "basement" (this may be because their not successful OR members are doing their mandatory enlistments in the military) those fans will just move to the next Agency group. Kind of what's happening with that "group that won't be named". Edit 2: Sorry. MMA (Melon Music Awards), MAMA (Mnet Asian Music Awards), SMA (Seoul Music Awards), AAA (Asia Artists Award), GDA (Golden Disk Award). These are the major Asian/Korean music award shows. MMA and MAMA are kind of like the Grammys and AMAs. Daesangs are the major awards (Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Album of the Year, Artist of the Year). Fun fact, these awards shows go on for HOURS. Like 4/5 hours! The artists have performances (they call them stages) of multiple songs, hence the 4/5 hours. This last award season BTS did a 35 minute stage at the MMA's that was legendary. Note: All of their MMA stages (2015-present) are AMAZING. Their MAMA's are also. Also note: this year BTS sweeps ALL the Daesangs at both MMA and MAMA. That has never been done. So another record and another reason other Kpop fandoms are pressed because they seem to think that these awards should be participation awards. I've enjoyed your reactions thus far. Good luck in the future.

Me after listening to your lectures in this video: PERIODT!!!

He just shaded Grammy,and i liked it He spitting facts

Yo sometimes I wish I could like more than once

They did get nominated for 2019 bbmas and they won again and also got top group 👏

Bts won the BBMAs social artist in 2019 And also top group

BTS won 2 billboard in 2019 top social artist and top duo

You should watch the 2019 MMA performance. It's a long video but its worth it👍🏾

12:13 exactly my point **speaks while eating peanut butter and nothing but peanut butter** i support u, bro

It's just an old video so most of their 2019 achievements aren't included. They basically achieved everything in twofold again. They won Top Social Artist for the third time at BBMA 2019 and then also were the first korean artist in a main category nominated an won that award Top Group.

I also frustrated as for what Grammy did to BTS..but BTS are so happy because they get to go to Grammy..so we just happy for BTS..slowly but surely..BTS is used to people underestimate and ridicule them..we believe in BTS

Meanwhile me: just vibing, excited about what vid may come next. Daesang: grand prize. Usually things like artist of the year, song of the year, album of the year etc. There’s about 5? (Don’t quote me on that number lol) Big award shows they can win them from. Ahhh yes ur soapbox speech was 10/10, we really struggle with this place of wanting BTS to get the recognition they deserve and hating how they are used for views. One award show even created a whole new award category (kpop) just to keep BTS from the main ones they rightfully deserved. ARMYs have gotten to this point where we try to give the least amount of views to the people so clearly using BTS to boost their ratings. Antis lack logic, that’s the problem lmao ARMY: the fandom of holding receipts lol

Armys are always positive and always there for BTS and help them achieve their goals. what BTS always say is that ARMY walk not behind them but side by side. We do get a little bit mad when others say shady stuff about BTS but we always try to maintain to be positive and focus on our goals. One thing for sure is BTS ARMY can achieve ANYTHING when they put all their minds are focused. If we are silent it's just that we really don't want to waste our time hating others. We have things to do, other things, BETTER things than that.

On the GRAMMYS: This is gonna be long. I'm sorry. The Grammy Committee and the Recording Academy are separate entities as you know. The Grammy committe had been boasting over the past few years that they were making a conscious effort to acknowledge more diversity among nominees. The wanted to do better at recognizing world artists esp those impacting the US music scene. There was a new director that was pushing the agenda ...an agenda in support of artists exactly like BTS. Hence...they were invited for a special tour and interview, invited to be educators at Grammy U for music students, articles written by them in support of them, their IDOL performance suits were on display in the Grammy museum, etc. Problem is the recording academy , the actual voters, are not ...how DO I say this...as "international". (They are white, narrow minded, xenophobic, blah..blah..blah.) So you have the Grammy committee spending quite a bit of time to highlight BTS only to have the voting committee overlook them. Shortly after this year's Grammys the current director became a whistleblower and exposed the corruption going in within the voting and accused some of the older men of sexual abuse (more like intimidation). It was ugly. They exposed how some artists were added to the nominations even though they hadn't made the cut, producers for nominated artists were voting for their own artists when they should not have been, Etc. Hence why after BTS got snubbed last year the show made it possible for them to perform anyways....aka Old Town Road Remix. Basically it was confirmed the Grammys were corrupt (no big surprise there). And it was mentioned that the first time the boys were invited as presenters they were invited to the winners after party for the Grammy photo because it was a historic moment, them being the first Kpop artist to appear on a Grammy stage and the photo would be displayed in the Grammy museum as part of their history. The Grammy committee has been a big supporter of BTS now if we could get the Academy of voters, industry insiders, on board it would happen for them. The complaint I have with voters is they can easily be influenced with their votes if you know what I mean and you do. My opinion on how this year will go: First this virus messed up their release plans. They had planned a 2 album release before another record breaking twice as big tour that we know of. Rm mentioned in his VLive that had a lot planned that wo t happen now. So they ended up with 1 album release earlier in the calculation period and a postponed tour. Second you have the defunct, previously established boy bands making their comebacks (ie. Jo Bros and 5sos) that the committee will overlook BTS again. Ever since BTS started making big splashes we've seen a resurgence in boybands... They will choose the status quo (causcasion) over kpop, again. When in fact, they have been deserving for a few years now. I will say it now if the Jonas Brothers get one and BTS doesn't, its rigged. Period. They can pull charts but they cant pulled pure sales, tour size or streams over BTS. Jo bros have radio. Tracking for Grammys is until September so we shall see. BTS is putting out a Japanese album in July. That will only help world charts. Anyways.... A daesang is a grand prize: song of the year, record of the year, album of the year or artists of the year. Their are several major awards shows in Korea and Asia each award season (Nov-January). Some are strictly for the kpop industry and some are for the regular music industry. Some are Korea and some are all of Asia. They have MAMA, MMA, Golden Disk, KMA, and I know theres another one it has escaped me. The amazing thing is the headliner, gets a crazy amount of performance time like 20-30 minutes and these shows last 3-4 hours! Tons of performances and lots of awards other than the Daesangs. They are pretty entertaining. And when BTS attends they always have new performances even though they perform the same songs. It really next level. Its like a mini BTS concert. And that video was a little old but the daily hate BTS/ARMYs continues to get from other fandoms is fairly and silly at this point. they look stupid. No group, not even the previous groups, have numbers that come anywhere near BTS at home and abroad yet they are still beating their drums with their silly sticks. Instead of looking at it like: the more success BTS has the more the entire industry will open to kpop artists. No, it's a long engrained we are the best mentality. And the sad thing is while they were all hating on BTS, Big Hit gobbled up the entire kpop industry. The same industry that shit on BTS for years. There is no Big 3 anymore. There's Big Hit and everyone else....and it actually has helped other small agencies. At this point, people downplaying BTSs success is just foolish. And honestly this success couldnt have come to 7 better talented, gentle men. Peace.

They won both the top social award and top duo/group in 2019 BBMAs

Loved your reaction again. I tried to wait for the premiere, but it makes it 4 am on my side of the world and I gave up at 1😬 Anyway, back at it now and really liked how you go off towards injustice (cause at this stage, not sure you would consider yourself ARMY but I feel you would call it on anyone who would be treated like this, and that’s awesome). The series explains a bit why ARMY is so touchy and sensitive, and sadly sometimes overreact and get called rabid fans... But I’m older and although my heart hurts for these boys every time they get snubbed, I also know they are here to stay. It doesn’t matter how long it takes. The Beatles were also once a boy band with hysterical screaming girls following them, Queen’s BoRap wouldn’t be played on Radio because it didn’t fit the mould... I am happy you reacted to the Karma series because there is no doubt in my mind that Karma loves BTS... and that Karma is an ARMY of course🤟🏻💜🤟🏻

When another person becomes a true ARMY, that to me is worth more than BTS getting an award. However, seeing BTS win awards that they genuinely want & work for will always be a hope. In my mind, they deserve any and all awards at this point.

I love how you kept saying that fans should spend their time on their fav's instead of hating on others. What do you think army does, you could check out a couple of other videos like "What Yoongi Wants, Yoongi Gets". Basically, when any of our boys say they want something, we army's will move mountains to see that they get it. As for the Grammy debacle, I was more upset than you, until I watched their vlive after. Our boys were so happy and excited, I'm sure they know they were being used for ratings, but I realized they also saw the door that has now been opened and they focused on that instead. I was no longer as angry, if BTS choose to look at the bright side instead of the crappy side, I will follow. (and it's really hard not to smile when seeing the boys happy, hard to be angry when I'm smiling like a lunatic)

so to answer some of your questions: - a daesang is just a name for like a big prestigious award ie: artist of the year, song of the year, album of the year. it can be from a variety of different asian music award shows. the big ones are MAMA and MMA. a daesang is basically a 'grand prize' award. in 2019 bts became the first artist in history to sweep all the daesangs in a single award show, and they did it at both MAMA and MMA. - the billboard top social artist award is just based on the amount of social media engagements the artists get. bts has won every year from 2017-2019 (most current) in 2019 they also won top duo/group, but they handed out the social media award to them on the red carpet instead of during the actual show. back in 2017 bts was the only 'kpop' group on the list, but nowadays the nominees are full of other kpop groups - on twitter we absolutely do track people down who said clown stuff in the past to make them eat their words, it's incredibly fun. none of them ever admit they were wrong though but i get satisfaction knowing they completely made a fool of themselves on the internet over a stupid fanwar.

That's how the whole ARMY fan base feel about the GRAMMYS. They did another bitchy move towards BTS this year too. Basically they were not nominated nor invited, until a few days before the award show they revealed that BTS would perform with Lil Nas X. The performance had a lot of mixed reactions because they were performing a song that's not theirs in the "back". They barely got a "performance". If they were given enough time they would have outperformed all the artists present at the award show. (Asian awards performances are a whole other level). I was very angry that they did the boys dirty but they truly made the best out of what little they were given, and the public was shook. They also looked like they were having fun there. But I doubt that they'll be able to ignore BTS's achievements and ARMY'S power for long😂😂😂

BTS really doesn't need Grammys. The Grammys needs them. Those people are so irrelevant for trying to ridicule everything about us. They're really wasting their time. "I do what I do so mind your own business" -Park Jimin, 'IDOL', 2018. Thank you for your reaction! We love a sassy king 🤭

You are feeling armys pain lmao but armys feel exactly the same as you about the grammys The media hardly even talks about them being completely shut out of the nominations too The rant was completely needed lol

BTS went back to the 2020 Grammys to perform with Little Nas X on stage. They were the first group to perform on the stage that wasn't nominated for a damn thing.

OMG you really did that video. Can't wait to watch it. I hope you can watch all the parts.

MMA- Melon Music Awards is different from MAMA - Mnet Asian Music Awards (these awards shows are based on album sales, fan votes, achievements,charts) Fun fact: in 2019, BTS swept all 4 major awards (daesangs) both in MMA & MAMA. The first ever in korean history that a group swept all daesangs in a single night. BTS are history makers 😎 they like making history and breaking records. You should react to they MMA 2019 and MAMA 2019 performance, its lit. You can really say, “this is why BTS is the biggest Boy band in the world”. 😉 KMA - Korean Music Awards aka the korean version of Grammys (BTS won Musician of the year at KMA 2 years in a row. The first kpop group AGAIN, to do so.) Btw, in 2020 BTS got 40+ Daesangs (Major Award a.k.a Artist of the year, album of the year etc.) International Awards like BBMA, AMA,PCA,MTV Awards etc. aren’t included. ;-) they have hundreds of awards already. -BTS has sold 20M+ albums -BTS have 5 best selling albums of all time in Korean history -BTS is dubbed as Korea’s walking conglomerates for bringing $4.65B a year to South Korea’s economy. They are in the same neighborhood with big companies such as hyundai, Samsung and Korean Air (source: hyundai Research Institute) Mind you, BTS is a group not a manufacturing company but they account BILLIONS to Korea’s GDP. Who’s doing it like them?? NO ONE. -BTS have the most PLATINUM AND GOLDS at the RIAA (recording Industry association of America) -BTS is the only kpop act to reach #1 at UK and German Charts -BTS is the only kpop act to have their album no.1 in 5 BIGGEST MUSIC MARKET in the world -BTS is the only kpop act who hit #1 in 93-96 countries on iTunes -BTS the only kpop act who swept the top 1-20 at Amazon and iTunes best selling songs (singles) -The first Asian act to surpassed 5Billion streams on spotify -BTS was awarded (the most significant of all) the highest honor “HWAGWAN CULTURAL MERIT” from the President/Government of South Korea for bringing Korea in the world stage and promoting Korean culture. They are the Youngest & first & only kpop group in history to received it. South Korea calls BTS as the ultimate Pride of their Nation. Their Minister said, it is impossible to make kpop this big WITHOUT BTS. BTS PAVED THE WAY!😌 haters gonna hate! -BTS is the only kpop group who was featured in South Korea’s National Anthem Video (national treasure & pride indeed) -BTS is the first kpop group to be invited at the US mainstream shows like Ellen D., James Corden etc. -BTS is the first kpop group to perform at AMA, BBMA, GMA, The voice, AGT, SNL, NYRE etc. -BTS is the first kpop act to have a concert in the iconic wembley stadiums, soldier field, rosebowl, metlife etc. (Four continents) -BTS are The highest paid boy band in the world and the highest paid kpop act -BigHit entertainment is no.1 in Net Profit income surpassing the big 3 companies combined. Yes, the combined net profit of the big 3, BH surpassed them. 😎 Can you imagine? Big hit only have BTS & TXT (2 groups) and they are STILL a private company! But they did that! How inspiring! -BTS and Bang Sihyuk (Ceo of Bighit) are official members of The Recording Academy aka GRAMMYs. I can share to you all their achievements and recognition but its gonna take time haha like your reactions btw. All the best! Fighting! P.S. Just ignore the haters. They are just jealous 🤪

I hate grammys, they been playing dirty on BTS since day one, i hope that they get a nomination and win bcs that's what they really deserve. And also bcs yoongi want his fkn trophy, and if lil meow meow want something, he's going to get it.

There are several end of the year award shows in Korea / Asia (MMMA=Melon Music Awards, MAMA=Mnet Asian Music Awards, GDA=Golden Disk Awards) and the daesang is the highest award of each show, such as Song, Album, Record, Artist of the year. Related but not referenced in this video, bongsang is a main prize, but not a grand prize, and can be awarded to multiple artists, such as album sales, digital sales, etc. Some other common terms: Sunbae(nim): anyone who works in your field but has done so longer than you Hoobae: someone who works in your field with less experience Nim: attached to the end of a subject to address said person with respect For example very common for the boys to refer to Lee Hyun and several other Korean artists (an older solo artist in their company) as sunbaenim, and often you will see rookie groups refer to BTS sunbaenims.

I understand completely what you are saying about people dissing you for being American and liking BTS. I don't understand their mindset. I listen to so many artists from so many countries, and most of my all time favorite songs have no English at all. I am 100% American and I'm not fluent in other languages other than English. Yet when I tell people I listen to French Pop, German Pop, Latino Pop; they are like "Wow that's awesome" but then I tell them I listen to Kpop and they're like "BuT yOu DoNt EvEn KnOw WhAt ThEyRe SaYiNg" I just don't understand it Edit: Yeah BTS doesn't have a Grammy because they are racist and xenophobic 🤷‍♀️ That's all it is. There is no other possible reason

In 2019 BTS won 3rd time in a row for Social Artist. But the biggest award of the night was being nominated and winning Best Duo/Group. They were up against Maroon5, Imagine Dragons, Dan&Shay, and Panic At the Disco. And they won..it was amazing!! I was crying and screaming so much that night. I knew it was a tough battle, they beat out some really hard competition.

KMA (Korean Music Awards) is the equivalent of the Grammy. Netizen = internet citizens (I think). It’s mostly used by Korean media.

Finally someone said my opinion on the Grammy situation! The boys impact people and music throughout their career and a lot of people refuse to acknowledge that. I’m from a small island in the Caribbean and believe me they have impacted all the way from Korea to DR

big 3 are considered big 3 because they basically invented kpop.they started the 1st generation of kpop, SM invented the trainee system and they did a lot more. So the big 3 is more of an impact thing rather than how well are they doing nowdays or something else like that.But when it comes the top 5 in sales nowdays then bighit is number one followed by SM,JYP, Pledis,Swing entarteiment.

You are right about the predudice. I think they were being used for ratings. Then last year the Grammy's used them as background singers for a song they covered. Again they used BTS for ratings. BTS members took all this graciously.BTS always talk to the ARMY after a show through Vlive. Their Vlive talk after their background performance was very positive. They genuinely felt positive about performing on the Grammyy stage in whatever capacity and hoped to one day have their own performance. Still I felt like the Grammy's used BTS to generate ratings The following week BTS perfoed Blal Sesn on James Corden. While I watched I thought, "How stupid are the administ for the Grammys." They missed out on having this Legendary Comeback Performance on their show. Many Armies protested by not watching the Grammys and waited to see BTS'S token performances preformance on Utube. Still BTS were proud to be on the Grammy Stage in whatever capacity. And in the end we just want the guys to be happy. BTS IS BIGGER THEN THE CLOSE MINDED GRAMMYS PRODUCERS!!!!

Oh btw the groups are all friends like exo, GOT7 and many more, their all close friends. The fandoms are where it gets ugly really 🤨