BTS Suga on Grammys, calls it a ‘local thing’ in a new interview

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BTS member Suga has been on a world tour following the release of his album, D-Day.

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and during his tour he talk about Grammy in an interview

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BTS has been nominated for Grammys 5 times but each time, the group was snubbed at the award show.

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Fans have since then been criticising the award show for using BTS for promotion

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Isn’t that a local thing?”

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Even earlier, during a live broadcast, in 2022, Suga had mentioned that Grammys for them was just a stop-off.

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But weren’t we just stopping by at the GRAMMYs when we came here only to do a concert?” he said.

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BTS’ Suga is praised for inclusion of trigger warnings during his tour

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