The announcement comes a month after the Recording Academy announced the first Best Asian Pop Music Performance category, part of a slate of five new awards taking effect during the 69th Grammys on February 7, 2027. In a statement shared on July 29, Grammys CEO Harvey Mason Jr. said he was “saddened to hear” BTS would not submit their music to the awards. “The Asian Pop category was created to celebrate the depth, diversity and extraordinary growth of pop artistry coming out of Asia,” he wrote. BTS have been nominated for four Grammys since they became the first K-pop band to receive a nod at the ceremony in 2019. The band is not the first to withdraw their work from the Grammys in recent years.