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Recently, Jon Bellion, the co-creator of BTS’ Jungkook's Seven, attended the Grammy Awards and spoke about the song not receiving recognition from the Record Academy.
Jungkook dropped his first solo song Seven, featuring American rapper Latto, garnering over 15 million streams on Spotify, marking the biggest opening for a song by a male artist in the history of the music service.
Jon Bellion, in an interview, opened up about nominations, agreeing with the Billboard interviewers that Jungkook's Seven should have been nominated this year.
When the interviewer emphasized that the song should have been nominated for the Grammy Awards this year, he agreed.
Jon Bellion replied,
“The biggest song in history to hit a billion streams.”
It took only 108 days for the digital single to receive 1 billion listens on Spotify, becoming the fastest song in the platform's history to reach this milestone. Furthermore, Jon Bellion seemingly tried to confirm the streams of the song, asking,
“I think it's the fastest song to hit a billion streams?”
After watching the interview, fans also shared their thoughts on social media. A user on X said, “Should. Have. Been. Nominated.”
“Should've been nominated, no question!”: Fans react as Jon Bellion co-songwriter of Jungkook's Seven opens up about Grammy nominations
Jon Bellion is known for his work on songs like Memories by Maroon 5, Shameless by Camila Cabello, and some of the tracks from Justin Bieber’s album Justice. During an interview with Billboard, he shared his experience working with Jungkook while also highlighting the success of his solo debut single.
This has led to a massive wave of reactions from fans, who believe the BTS member has been snubbed by the Record Academy this year. They criticized the Academy for not acknowledging the song and its achievements.
Many also highlighted how the song was in English even though the singer was South Korean, however, it was still not nominated. This saddened many of them, so they took to social media to voice their thoughts.
Fans online pointed out that Jon Bellion donned a black blazer that had a text printed on it that said,
“NO IDOLS WILL BE WORSHIPED HERE.”
Many fans assumed that the songwriter, Jon Bellion, was expressing criticism toward the Record Academy for the alleged unfair nominations.
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