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Submissions close August 28. The Recording Academy built a category for Asian pop, BTS refused to enter it, and Asian American artists are stuck in the middle.
SB19 opened with DAM and went straight into GENTO on the Allianz Stage. No cultural showcase framing, no diaspora sidebar. Just a P-pop group on a Thursday afternoon at Lollapalooza.
88rising's festival returns to Pasadena on August 8 with KATSEYE at the top of the bill. The lineup is an argument about who the Asian diaspora audience has become.
The collaboration between McDonald's and BTS through their TinyTAN characters represents a groundbreaking moment in global fast-food marketing and Asian cultural representation.
Netflix animated sensation KPop Demon Hunters stands as a watershed moment for Asian American and Pacific Islander representation in mainstream media, released in June 2025 to critical acclaim.
