BTS's "Dynamite" is a fun song and it's breaking records, but more importantly, it's a challenge to western cultural gatekeepers, the English-language status quo, and a subversive rebuke of anti-East Asian racism.
#BTS_Dynamite
In just one Spring Day, the BTS ARMY
#matchedamillion
, raising another $1 million to match BTS’s $1 million in support of
#BlackLivesMatter
. That’s Purple Power.
ARMY
You
#MatchedAMillion
💜
It's really amazing to see so many of you coming together to support
#BlackLivesMatter
. Thank you so much to everyone who donated, shared, used the hastag and helped by any means to make this possible!
BTS on the NATIONAL NEWS in Canada! Just did an interview for
@CBCTheNational
with
@glasneronfilm
on how the band earned their latest monumental milestone and their global impact. Tonight at 10pm!
“So I think for not just us but other celebrities, if they talk about [depression] openly....like it’s the common cold, then it becomes more and more accepted if it’s a common disorder like the cold." - Suga of BTS. BTS is my self-care. What's yours?
#BellLetsTalk
For what it’s worth: Just connected with an experienced source in the music industry whose work is highly regarded. They heard the new Taylor Swift song. In their words, “it’s a fucking smash”.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex with the Bridesmaids and Page Boys, taken by photographer Alexi Lubomirski in the Green Drawing Room of Windsor Castle.
#RoyalWedding
BTS performs with so much energy - but it’s the joy they have on stage and for each other that elevates these shows. The jubilation is their secret ingredient. That’s the best way to
#showyourwork
. Also these tour wardrobes are their own runway.
#BANGBANGCON_DAY2
We’ve seen the reverend talk about the revolutionary power of love. And the gospel choir grooving to Stand By Me. And now a woman giving blessings. Meghan Markle is sending some messages today: “I’M HERE. Get ready for some much needed upgrades.”
#royalwedding
#PrincessDisruptor
Lee Jung-jae&Jung Ho-yeon were nominated among veteran western actors for their performances in a series that's almost entirely in Korean which clearly means SAG voters watched alongside a global audience that was NOT deterred by the subtitles. Good stories come in EVERY language
So on top of everything else they're doing, BTS and ARMY are also helping the western magazine industry by selling out issues for them. Isn't it time you know their names? AND PLAY ALL THEIR SONGS, NOT JUST THE ENGLISH ONES, on the radio?
Listening to music is good for my mental health. Many BTS songs address anxiety and loneliness. Song recommendation for today: "Blue and Grey" from their recent album "BE".
#BellLetsTalk
Read Lonnie Chavis's essay (he's 12) about growing up Black. It's the big and small cuts that occur every day, including his story of being onset and crying during a scene involving racism and then being told that the scene didn't call for his tears.
They reject Prince Harry's request to lay a wreath of Remembrance+for some reason felt the need to make it public. For why? To let us know he wasn't welcome? Humiliate him? This is spectacularly cruel. The timing is shit too; it pulls focus from the Fallen
This is not a humble-brag (if we even still say that anymore). This is straight up LOOK AT ME, I MADE THE NYT Morning Briefing, holy shit! Thank you
@claircm
!
Hey
@jonmchu
- congratulations on an unprecedented 2nd weekend at the box office for
@CrazyRichMovie
. And on the news about the sequel. Also...if you're thinking about casting... how about
@KrisWu
for Carlton?
Wait until the gospel choir starts up. These tight ass nobles are going break themselves frowning. Meghan Markle just disrupted the royals in their own house!
#PrincessDisruptor
#RoyalWedding
Bill Hader is REALLY sexy in person. Not that he isn't sexy on stage at the
#emmys
. I'm just saying he's also super sexy in real life. As a way of bragging that I've talked to him in real life.
Wondering how
#ToAllTheBoysIveLovedBefore
will affect my Netflix algorithm, considering I’ve now watched it 3x and, um, paused and rewound and replayed certain parts maybe 12x. It’s either going to be more rom-coms or maybe just straight up porn.
Yes I’m going to be that person who tells you that this photo happened on June 11, 2018 and on that day I told Domee Shi she would win an Oscar for Bao. And she did!
#etalkRedCarpet
Something I need to get better at remembering: things that really upset you seem to disappear the second you walk in the door. I love coming home. Home makes everything better.
Now that it’s world premiered at TIFF and the embargo has been lifted - I saw Hustlers last week and have been saying ever since that the film should be In Contention. Nominate it for Best Picture, Best Director, and give Jennifer Lopez an Oscar. Hustlers is SO FUCKING GOOD.
Here's another FUCK YEAH. But also... what the FUCK? In the history of the Emmys, no Asian woman has ever been nominated for lead actress drama, until today.
Every word of
@MarciIen
‘s essay on CHANGE & ACTION: Racism in Canada was essential listening and learning. She is Canadian media’s MVP. Treasure her. Celebrate her. Support her. STAND WITH HER.
“To those of you who say we’re too emotional, I say, hell yeah we are” - Marjory Stoneman Douglas student in Toronto
#MarchForOurLives
. “If we are old enough to be shot at we are old enough to have a voice”
Matt Lauer has been terminated from NBC News. On Monday night, we received a detailed complaint from a colleague about inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace by Matt Lauer. As a result, we’ve decided to terminate his employment.
Pretty sure my neighbours know by now that when I’m screeching so loud all our streetlamps short out it’s because I’m watching
#BTS
- I’m not OK.
#BBMAs
Our
@marciien
has been waiting for today for decades. Here she is w/ Raptors Masai Ujiri - 2 yrs ago, Marci cold-emailed Masai to invite him to La Loche. He accepted. They continue to support La Loche, connecting the youth w/the Raptors - & bonding a community through basketball
Supposedly the British royal family considers
#BlackLivesMatter
too "political", a grossly stupid mischaracterisation of the movement. This stance also ignores that FACT that the citizens of a majority of Commonwealth countries are Black.
Sandra Oh saying “엄마, 아빠, 사랑해요” (“Mom, Dad, I love you”) in her acceptance speech to her parents as they look on from the audience is everything 😭😭😭
#GoldenGlobes
Great. Here we get some insight into the murderer's mood when he killed 8 people, including 6 Asian women + the follow-up question, "was he remorseful?" Like we're being primed for his contrition. This is how you build sympathy for a criminal and whitewash his crime.
"Yesterday was a really bad day for him and this is what he did" -- a law enforcement official explains Robert Aaron Long's decision to kill 8 people in a strange manner