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Swift, Grande lead VMA nominations but K-pop fans unhappy

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24 July, 2019, 04:05 pm
Last modified: 24 July, 2019, 04:29 pm

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Swift, Grande lead VMA nominations but K-pop fans unhappy

Grande also got a nod for artist of the year along with rapper Cardi B.

Reuters
24 July, 2019, 04:05 pm
Last modified: 24 July, 2019, 04:29 pm
Swift, Grande lead VMA nominations but K-pop fans unhappy

Taylor Swift and Ariana Grande dominated nominations on Tuesday for the MTV Video Music Awards (VMA) with 10 apiece, but some K-pop fans cried foul when best-selling Korean bands were placed in a separate category.

Grande’s breakup anthem “thank u, next” and Swift’s “You Need to Calm Down,” in which she criticizes social media trolls and those who attack LGBTQ people, will contend for the top prizes of song of the year, best pop and video of the year.

Grande also got a nod for artist of the year along with rapper Cardi B, 17-year-old newcomer Billie Eilish, Halsey, the Jonas Brothers and Shawn Mendes.

Grande’s breakup anthem “thank u, next” and Swift’s “You Need to Calm Down,” in which she criticizes social media trolls and those who attack LGBTQ people, will contend for the top prizes of song of the year, best pop and video of the year.

Grande also got a nod for artist of the year along with rapper Cardi B, 17-year-old newcomer Billie Eilish, Halsey, the Jonas Brothers and Shawn Mendes.

“I am getting so sick of the westerners not giving BTS the due respect. They ignore stats, facts, achievements, charts and the people as well,” a user called Shivani Shintre posted on Twitter.

MTV did not return a call for comment.

Fans vote on the winners of the VMA awards, which will be announced at a show in Newark, New Jersey, on Aug. 26, but they do not vote on the nominations.

“Boy With Luv,” a collaboration between BTS and American singer Halsey, received nods for best collaboration, art direction and choreography.

Here is the official music video of "Boy With Luv" featuring Halsey.

Other nominees in the K-pop field include girl band BlackPink, Monsta X, NCT 127, EXO and Tomorrow X Together.

The new Video for Good field features songs deemed to have raised awareness. It includes Swift’s “You Need to Calm Down,” Halsey’s female-empowering “Nightmare,” Lil Dicky’s environmentally themed “Earth” and John Legend’s “Preach” about social injustices.

Other nominees in the category include The Killers’ “Land Of The Free,” a protest against U.S. President Donald Trump’s planned wall on the U.S.-Mexican border, and “Runaway Train” about missing children.

BTS / VMA / KPOP / Taylor Swift / Ariana Grande

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