India, Aug. 10 -- BTS and the Grammys have had a complicated relationship for years. The K-pop group became one of the biggest names to break into the US music industry, earned multiple Grammy nominations and performed at the ceremony several times but never took home the award. Now, following their full-group comeback with ARIRANG, BTS has decided not to submit its music for consideration at the 2027 Grammy Awards.

The decision has sparked a larger debate after the Recording Academy introduced a new Best Asian Pop Music Performance category and, shortly afterwards, historic BTS performance videos disappeared from the official Grammys website. While fans have connected the two developments, the Academy has not said that the videos were r...