BTS pulls out of Grammy 2027 submissions against the timing of New Asian Pop category

5 min readHyderabadJul 29, 2026 04:01 PM IST K-pop boyband BTS have confirmed they will not put forward any of their work for the upcoming 69th Grammy Awards, in what amounts to the most significant public challenge to the Recording Academy’s awards structure by a non-Western act in the ceremony’s history. The announcement came through a coordinated move on Instagram on Tuesday, with all seven members: RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V and Jungkook, posting the same message on their stories simultaneously.“We have decided not to submit our work to this year’s Grammys. We hope music can be heard and loved as music itself, rather than being categorised by region or language. We are grateful to ARMY and everyone who has supported us,” the group said. Their agency HYBE followed with a statement