Backlash on MTV VMAs K-Pop Category
Variety.com: The MTV Video Music Awards have added a new K-pop category this year, but if you thought that expansion would please a plurality of BTS fans, think again.
BTS fans have taken to Twitter and other social media to charge that it’s actually a racist or xenophobic move designed to ghettoize their favorite group and keep them from competing with other top pop acts.
Although BTS did get four nominations for the VMAs — best collaboration (with Halsey), best art direction, best choreography and, of course, an entry in the new best K-pop category — members of the always active BTS Army are using hashtags like #VMAsRacist, @VMAsXenophobic and #VMAsAreOverParty to register their outrage that the combo is not up in top categories like video of the year, artist of the year or best new artist.
