Grammys announce 5 new categories

[gagzus 21,451]

18 minutes ago, andy232000 said:

Im 50/50 on this. I could entertain the idea that KPop is distinctive and big enough to have its own category, but racializing it rubs me the wrong way. In the end its just pop in korean, truest inclusion would be for it to compete in the normal categories.

Its the same case when they made Contemporary Country Album a thing. While it could be inclusion in a sense that its giving them a table on the room, its also simultaneously saying you can't sit with the "normal western acts". I get both sides

I get that, i've personally never really entertained K-Pop or J-Pop and the only songs i've heard just sound like rehashes of old western Pop/R&B and Dancepop music from the early 2000s or early 2010s. BTS fans also had a massive crash out when they (deservedly) lost a GRAMMY to the biggest collab of that year (Gaga & Ari).

I think the inclusion of a new category is just telling of the times, that there's clearly enough music for all these new categories to be recognised. Also can't wait for Gaga to win Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance and Taylor will probably win in the Folk category too at some point.
 

[Bradley 60,011]

1 hour ago, gagzus said:

it's been news for 5 minutes and i've already seen multiple tweets about how this is xenophobia and that they should be nominated in the main categories.  

Tbf it is a form of gatekeeping and exclusion

[Simon 1,533]

2 hours ago, andy232000 said:

Most of these are kinda unessesary. Best Asian Performance seems like a cop out because the Academy refuses to recognize Kpop in their typical categories. Its segregation disguised as progress lowkey. 

Most k-pop songs suck so why should they be nominated for a grammy? When something good comes out from k-pop field maybe they will nominate it

[andy232000 13,117]

11 minutes ago, Simon said:

Most k-pop songs suck so why should they be nominated for a grammy? When something good comes out from k-pop field maybe they will nominate it

Well, some people like to push for inclusivity for the sake of it. I agree that Kpop hasn't been strong enough in the past to compete against western acts