BTS was racist, mocked that they coughed up viruses on Western television

The broadcaster's actions were met with harsh criticism.

The 64th Grammy Awards ceremony on the morning of April 4 (Vietnam time) at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas (USA) has ended, but surely some of the most impressive performances on the Grammy stage remain with people. love music in the world. On the same day, Australia's The Project news program again faced a wave of criticism from the BTS fan community, for allegedly deliberately racist groups, discriminating against Asians.

Previously, on the official social network account, The Project shared some videos capturing BTS's outstanding moments at the 64th Grammy Awards. However, the audience thought that The Project intentionally depicted BTS. in the direction of associating the group image with the COVID-19 pandemic.

"The spotlight from K-pop, BTS, rocked the stage, overcoming their recent battle with Covid-19," the show describes. In particular, The Project cut and edited a video of male singer V into an image of him coughing up small viruses, accompanied by sound effects when coughing. In fact, in the original video, the male singer is imitating the saxophone in Justin Bieber's performance.

After the video was shared, BTS fans immediately expressed their anger. Many viewers asserted that this was "blatant racism, increasing hatred towards Asians".

For many fans, The Project's actions seem to be aiding the wave of Asian discrimination, implicitly affirming the COVID-19 prejudice stemming from Asian countries. In addition, considering the severity of the global pandemic, the audience criticized the program for making a "bland and insensitive" decision.

This is not the first time BTS fans have felt concerned about the group's image being tied to COVID-19 in the Western media. In early 2022, Jimmy Kimmel was criticized for comparing the "fever" of BTS to COVID19 at the talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live!

At the 64th Grammy Awards, BTS failed to win Best Pop Duo or Group Performance. The winner in this category belongs to Kiss Me More by Doja Cat and SZA. During the live broadcast after the award show ended, BTS thanked fans. However, Jimin expressed regret that they didn't win.

"Thank you ARMY, we will try again next time. It's too bad that we can't win. But we simply have meaningful moments together," Jimin confided. Jungkook agreed that the members had valuable experience. V continued, "We had a great performance and this is the motivation for the whole group."

Suga thinks that the members are not upset about the Grammy failure. According to the male rapper, what BTS does is amazing. However, Suga admitted he was sad that he couldn't win the award.

"The truth is I'm not too happy with the result. I think it's good to be honest. I'm sad today but it will be fine tomorrow. Today, we have our own feelings. , tomorrow, we feel better and immediately come back," Suga confided.

Leader RM added, "Seriously we don't have any regrets. We tried and gave everything to the Grammys. We had a good time. Sure, we feel grateful. I was confused about some things but the important thing was that we put on a great performance."

This year, BTS was nominated for a Grammy for the song "Butter". The song was released in May 2021 and topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart for a total of 10 weeks, becoming the longest number 1 song on the chart in 2021. Butter also helped BTS get recorded. recognized as the most number-one Asian artist in Billboard's history. Therefore, according to Korea Times, BTS did not win, but it was not a failure of the group.

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