I’m always amazed not by how *BAD* journalists get BTS (and ARMY) wrong - and they most certainly do - but by how they much they dehumanize BTS. The “Bangtan industrial complex?”Do you say that about Western stars? ARMY as “passive consumers?” Do you even know us? +
By now we all have publications and writers we avoid and I personally gave you several chances, but no more. It’s pretty clear what you think about BTS and us, and it’s no longer worth our time and engagement to give you any thought. Perhaps HYBE should also rethink whatever +
relationship they have with THR/Variety because it’s fairly obvious people there have a bias against BTS.
31 music industry experts picked BTS’s domestic/foreign achievements as the #1 greatest incident in the music industry in Newsis’s annual survey. They got 9 1st place votes, COVID’s impact was 2nd with 8 votes, bullying allegations of singers was 3rd (5), Rollin’s success +
after all these years (3), Street Woman Fighter’s popularity (3), restart of offline concerts (2), Young-tak’s sajegi allegation (1), ON/OFF group enlistment (1), BP Lisa/Rose’s successful solo debuts (1). A music industry expert said, "Whenever BTS released a song, it was on +
the Billboard charts and showed their global influence." Another expert said, "They showed remarkable results while being widely loved both at home and abroad," and added, "Each member's Instagram is, of course, always at the center of issues and draws a lot of attention,” +
BTS is once again Newsis’ Best Artist of the Year. According to 31 experts in the music industry who participated in the survey, BTS was #1 for the 4th year in a row since 2018 by a wide margin. They got 25 out of 39 possible 1st place votes. IU was 2nd with 3 votes. +
BTS had several significant achievements this yr incl:
- topping the Hot 100 chart with Butter for 10 non-consecutive weeks; PTD and My Universe also topping the chart
- becoming the first Asian artist to win AOTY at the AMAs
- winning at the PCAs
- sweeping the MAMA daesangs +
- winning daesangs at the MMAs and AAAs
- being nominated for the Best Duo/Group Pop Performance at the Grammys
- having 4 sold out shows at SoFi
One industry expert who picked BTS praised them, There’s no need for words, their global achievements speaks for itself.” +