BTS will not submit music for consideration at next year’s Grammy Awards, members of the K-pop supergroup announced Wednesday, a little over a month after the Recording Academy confirmed that the 2027 ceremony will include an Asian pop music performance category for the first time.

The guys pressed pause on K-pop superstar duties in late 2022, when Jin became the first of the members to enlist. The rest of them followed suit in staggered enlistments that allowed them to keep ARMY tided over with solo projects before the septet finally reunited in 2025.

BTS made headlines recently as the K-pop band became one of four major participants in the first-ever World Cup halftime show. Halftime shows, although extremely popular at major American sports events,

BTS members said they lacked people to confide in while serving apart in the South Korean military, adding emotional context to the group’s long-awaited reunion

All eyes will be on Spain and Argentina for the remaining 90 minutes -- and potentially more -- but the show could introduce a new audience to BTS after their popularity surged from South Korea to North America.

All seven BTS members shared the same note on Instagram announcing the decision not to submit their latest work.

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The massively popular K-pop boyband announced they would not submit for consideration for the Recording Academy’s awards this year, in apparent protest of a new Asian Pop Music category.