BTS bag three out six nomination awards, ARMY say VMAs snubbed them

Superstar K-pop group BTS bagged three MTV Video Music Awards this year, out of the six categories they were nominated in. The wins come off as bittersweet for their fandom, ARMY, as they believe VMAs snubbed them from other very well-deserved categories.

BTS won Best K-pop, Group of the Year and Song of the Summer awards at the 2021 VMAs, where they went up against BLACKPINK, Monsta X, Maroon 5, Jonas Brothers and others. They were nominated for Best Choreography, Best Pop Song, Best Editing and Song of the Year.

However, ARMYs are upset that BTS did not receive the Best Choreography and Song of the Year award.

ARMYs celebrate BTS' win and throw shade at VMAs

BTS received six nominations in some of the biggest categories, getting their fans excited. But when there was no news of them attending the show, ARMYs decided to not give any views to the show and only wait for the award announcements.

The VMAs took place on 12 September 2021 and had some of the top musicians as attendees. Hosted by Doja Cat, Justin Bieber, Olivia Rodrigo, Ed Sheeran, Camilla Cabello, Chloe, Lil Nas X and more performed their hits at the show with magnificent stage performances.

BTS bagged three awards. The group's first all-English song Dynamite earned them the Song of the Summer trophy, while the second English song Butter earned them the Best K-pop award. Group of the Year also went to BTS, but this was a tad bit predictable, what with all the history-making records almost every other week.

While some ARMYs are celebrating these awards, a majority of them can't overlook that BTS was snubbed from the Best Choreography and Song of the Year award, according to them.

Best Choreography went to Harry Styles' Treat People with Kindness, which has the popular artist singing and dancing in a retro bar. Comparing this simple dance with BTS' high-level choreography for Butter, ARMYs can't help but believe BTS were the rightful recipient for that award.

Even when it comes to Song of the Year, which went to Olivia Rodrigo's drivers license, ARMYs argue that Butter charted longer than drivers licence. This point of argument might be a loophole because Rodrigo's song was released four months before BTS'. The second loophole might be that topping charts is not a criteria for getting an award in the VMAs.

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Afreen has been a K-Pop Content Specialist at Sportskeeda since 2021. She holds a Bachelor's degree in English Literature, along with a Post-Graduate Diploma in Journalism and Mass Communication. Afreen has over 4+ years of working in various positions including being an entertainment content writer with Pinkvilla’s K-pop division Hallyutalk and CineDope, and as a copywriter at Flying Cursor.

As per Afreen, she loves her work because she gets to write about the things she is obsessed with. Her thorough research and following the two-genuine-source rule of journalism helps her produce the most accurate content, along with helping her be up-to-date with the industry.

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