The coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has not stopped MTV from hosting the annual Video Music Awards. However, to promote social distance, the event will be held at various locations in the New York City area.
BTS has been announced as one of the show’s performers alongside Doja Cat and J Balvin. The K-pop group will also perform remotely from South Korea. While fans will not be able to watch BTS with other stars BTS shoulders, the fandom seems to be happy about the idea of BTS filming their performances in their home country. There’s a surprising reason for this, so read below to find out what it is.
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In July, BTS announced that they will be releasing a single called “Dynamite” on August 21st. Unlike their previous singles, this one will be in English.
“We’re making an album ready for the second half of this year, but decided to release a single first because we want to reach our fans as soon as possible,” BTS said in a live stream, according to Billboard. “Through COVID-19, people all over the world have had tough times and we wanted to share some positive energy with our fans.”
Shortly afterwards, Big Hit Entertainment announced that BTS will be performing “Dynamite” at the MTV VMAs via a calendar on Twitter detailing the promotional plan of the fresh Korean news outlets have also reported that, although BTS will promote their songs in America, they will do their performances remotely.
The surprising reason fans are happy is that BTS will be performing remotely at the VMAs
It does not seem that many fans are worried that BTS will perform their song remotely. In fact, she seems to be happy. This is because BTS fans have long complained about the camera work at US price shows. K-pop fans are accustomed to watching camera work on Korean TV channels, which concentrate much more on displaying choreography. Meanwhile, American shows often interlude performances to show audience members.
“Besides being the safest option for everyone involved, we also get good camera work and no public recordings,” one fan wrote on Reddit.
Meanwhile, another person said, “Now they can stay safe and still show America how BTS performs when they have a stage of their own production and great camera work.”
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While it may seem like a positive thing for BTS to showcase their new song in front of an enormous audience, some fans are not too happy at the VMAs.
Last year, K-pop fans called the VMAs to create a K-pop category instead of just nominating BTS in the larger categories like “Artist of the Year” or “Video of the Year.”
This year, fans remain crazy about the VMAs for keeping their K-pop category and, again, not nominating BTS in major categories, despite the fact that they can outbid popular artists like Billie Eilish, Lady Gaga, and Justin Bieber .
In addition, fans are also of the opinion that BTS should have been nominated for “Best Quarantine Performance” for their virtual concert, “Bang Bang Con The Live,” which was watched by more than 700,000 people in 107 regions.
“The constant snubbering of BTS from major categories like video / SOTY / AOTY in these western shows IS xenophobia,” one Twitter user sei. “They draw the same (if not more) numbers and have the same influence in the sector as all those other artists and yet are not taken seriously because they are Korean.”
Another fan tweeted, “‘Bang Bang Con’ was not nominated for the best quarantine show we had 750k live viewers and broke a Guinness World Record … this is literally xenophobia.”
However, some fans have suggested that since “Bang Bang Con The Live” was a paid performance, it might not be suitable for the “Best Quarantine Performance” category. In any case, fans still seem to agree that BTS continues to strive for fair treatment in the American music industry.
