Every member of BTS posted the same short statement to Instagram on July 29, confirming the group would not enter its comeback era into contention at next year's Awards — a prize the septet has been nominated for five times since 2021 but has never actually won. The refusal lands roughly six weeks after the Recording Academy rolled out a slate of new competition fields, including one built specifically for Asian-language pop, and it's that new category the band is pointing to as the reason they're stepping back.
