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BTS fans I met in the US “I’m proud of the ‘AMA’ award… I’m looking forward to the Grammy” [BTS LA 현장]

Fans who visited Sofai Stadium to purchase BTS’ concert MD products. (Photo=Reporter Kim Hyun-sik)
A view of Sofai Stadium, a concert venue for BTS. (Photo=Reporter Kim Hyun-sik)

[로스앤젤레스(미국)=이데일리 스타in 김현식 기자] The 26th (local time), one day before the start of the group BTS’ concert. When asked about BTS’s ‘2021 American Music Awards. It was the first day when Big Hit Music, the agency of the agency, started operating the official MD product sales counter, so the scene was full of fans.

BTS won the ‘Artist of the Year’ award at the ‘2021 AMA’ held on the 21st of this month. It was the first Asian singer to lift the grand prize trophy at ‘AMA’, one of the three major American music awards along with the ‘GRAMMY AWARDS’ and ‘Billboard Music Awards’.

Bailey, a local fan from Colorado, said, “The BTS has been doing their job while constantly fighting despite the COVID-19 situation.

Malisa, who said she is of Chinese-Canadian descent, used the expression ‘a victory for all of the Asian community’ for BTS’s ‘AMA’ grand prize.

Malisa said, “I was very excited to see BTS win the Grand Prize. It is a great victory for both Korea and the Asian community to have them selected as the best artists. BTS showed that they can overcome language barriers with the power of music.”

BTS was nominated for an award in the ‘Best POP DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE’ category at the ‘2022 Grammy Awards’ on the 23rd with the single ‘Butter’ released in May. Following last year, he was nominated in the same category for the second year in a row.

Local fans Bailey (left) and Tiffany met in front of Sofai Stadium, where BTS’ concert was held. (Photo=Reporter Kim Hyun-sik)
BTS fan Malisa. (Photo=Reporter Kim Hyun-sik)

The ‘2022 Grammy Awards’ will be held on January 31 next year. BTS is highly interested in whether they will be able to receive their first award at the Grammy Awards, one of the most prestigious popular music awards in the United States.

Most of the fans I met on this day did not hide their anticipation for BTS’s ‘Grammy’ award. Local fan Tiffany viewed the possibility of winning positively, saying, “BTS deserves more awards.”

Some fans expressed their regret that BTS was not nominated for ‘Record of the Year’, one of the ‘4 Grammys’. Fans’ anticipation seemed to be high as ‘Butter’ was a mega hit, climbing to number one on the US Billboard’s main chart Hot 100 a total of 10 times.

In this regard, some local media have also criticized the decision of the Grammy Awards, which is evaluated as a conservative awards ceremony.

Isabelle, who lives in California, responded, “I was very disappointed that BTS could not be nominated for the ‘Four Major Bonsang’, but that did not surprise me.

He continued, “The ‘Grammy Awards’ is a closed awards ceremony in that it does not take into account chart performance or how much influence the song has, but only selects the winners through their own judging method. ‘ I think it’s a song worthy of being nominated,” he added.

Fans who visited Sofai Stadium to purchase BTS’ concert MD products. (Photo=Reporter Kim Hyun-sik)

Fans are looking forward to BTS’s ‘Grammy Award’ trophy and create another sensation. Malisa said, “It’s honestly a pity that BTS couldn’t be nominated for ‘Record of the Year’. I hope that BTS will receive an award at the ‘Grammy Awards’ and be properly recognized as a mainstream artist.”

Meanwhile, BTS will hold ‘BTS PERMISSION TO DANCE ON STAGE – LA’ at Sophi Stadium for 4 days from the 27th to 28th and from December 1st to 2nd. With this performance, the offline concert, which was stopped due to the COVID-19 pandemic, will resume after more than two years.

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