This year’s Grammy Awards have once again left K-pop fans disappointed. The 67th Grammy Awards nominations were announced on the 8th, but K-pop artists were still excluded from major categories.
The list of nominees for this year’s “Song of the Year” category includes global artists such as Shabuji’s “A Bar Song,” Billie Eilish’s “Birds of a Feathery,” and Taylor Swift’s “Fortnite” (featuring Post Malone). However, K-pop artists were nowhere to be found on this list.
Moreover, for the Best New Artist category, Benson Boone, Sabrina Carpenter, and Deutsch were nominated, yet the names of rising K-pop stars were absent. This illustrates that despite the growing global popularity of K-pop, the Grammy Awards still do not recognize K-pop as a part of mainstream music.
The 67th Grammy Awards are set to take place on February 2, 2025, in Los Angeles, USA. K-pop fans, although unable to hide their disappointment, continue to hope that K-pop will receive more attention at the Grammys in the future. As the influence of K-pop continues to expand, it is hoped that K-pop artists will receive more recognition in future ceremonies. Watching how the future of K-pop unfolds at the Grammys will be an interesting point of interest.
