Bruno Mars’ Grammy Post Featuring BLACKPINK’s Rosé Faces Backlash Over Korean Artist Representation
Bruno Mars is facing backlash for a recent Instagram post with BLACKPINK’s Rosé.
The controversy began when Bruno shared photos from the recent GRAMMYs, including one article titled “K-Pop Opens the Door to the Grammys.” He captioned it with the same phrase, sparking immediate outrage online.
Fans and netizens quickly pointed out that K-Pop doors were never closed. BTS and other Korean artists have attended and been nominated for years. Many saw Bruno’s post as rewriting history and downplaying the achievements of Korean artists.
Bruno Mars and Rosé | @brunomars/Instagram
Twitter reactions exploded with criticism:
“You can’t rewrite the history……”
— Amor⁷ (@Princy21625173)
“You can’t ‘open’ a door that’s already been open for years.”
— isa (@solmerv)
“He had a one hit wonder with a dozen and suddenly starts acting like their song ‘opened’ doors discrediting Korean artists with 5x grammy noms. The delusion is real.”
— ً (@gigglekook)
“Even tho BTS were the first kpop artists to appear at grammys and receive nominations their success is still being credited to others lol atp it’s just pathetic.”
— liney⁷ is seeing bts (@ilykusanagi)
“He definitely saw all the drags and got mad downplaying the achievements of other asian artists out of pettiness.. loser behavior.”
— ً (@ygsdluv)
“Now this is getting weird why is he taking credit of Korean artists and acting like he made kpop famous.”
— vick (@seraphillics)
As the situation unfolds, fans remain critical of Bruno’s remarks, saying it undermines years of hard work by Korean artists.
