{"id":172722,"date":"2026-07-30T20:11:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T03:11:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=172722"},"modified":"2026-07-30T20:11:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T03:11:35","slug":"bts-v-diamond-2-rank-in-league-of-legends-gains-new-popularity-after-grammy-awards-discussions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/bts-v-diamond-2-rank-in-league-of-legends-gains-new-popularity-after-grammy-awards-discussions\/","title":{"rendered":"BTS\u2019 V Diamond 2 rank in League of Legends gains new popularity after Grammy Awards discussions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>BTS<\/strong> member <strong>V<\/strong> revealed that he reached Diamond 2 rank in League of Legends! The Korean star shared a screenshot on Instagram showing his promotion in Solo and Duo Ranked mode and invited other players to join him in a five-person queue. The picture showed a season record of 44 wins and 28 losses, which marked an important winning percentage.<\/p>\n<p>The post was first shared in June 2026 and later regained traction online after he used that same photo to announce BTS\u2019 decision not to submit the ARIRANG album for consideration at the 2027 Grammy Awards in July 2029. All members of the group took to social media, expressing that they would refrain from supporting the ceremony following the creation of the \u201cBest Asian Pop Music Performance\u201d category. Some fans and critics noted that it segregates Asian artists, keeping them away from the general field awards, such as Album of the Year, Song of the Year, or Record of the Year.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-172739\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/V-League-of-Legends-BTS.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/V-League-of-Legends-BTS.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/V-League-of-Legends-BTS-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/V-League-of-Legends-BTS-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/V-League-of-Legends-BTS-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/V-League-of-Legends-BTS-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/V-League-of-Legends-BTS-860x484.jpg 860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The seven-member team shared an identical statement on their individual Instagram profiles, explaining the reasons behind their choice not to submit their music for the 2027 Grammy Awards. In addition, the \u201cRainy Days\u201d singer accompanied his Instagram Story announcement with a picture of the League of Legends Diamond 2 rank he had achieved earlier this year. The post said:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">All seven BTS members stand united in their decision not to submit to the Grammys this year. \u270a<\/p>\n<p>&quot;We\u2019ve decided not to submit our work for this year\u2019s Grammy Awards. We hope music will be recognized and loved for what it is, rather than being divided by region or language. Thank\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/x5WCRtZsav\">pic.twitter.com\/x5WCRtZsav<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; BTS Daily\u2077 (@btsdaily77) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/btsdaily77\/status\/2082336103303188790?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 29, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote><p>&#8220;We\u2019ve decided not to submit our work for this year\u2019s Grammy Awards. We hope music will be recognized and loved for what it is, rather than being divided by region or language. Thank you, as always, to ARMY and everyone who supports us.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p>Gaming has been a known interest for V outside music. He has played games with fans during livestreams, and Goose Goose Duck reportedly gained attention after he featured it in a broadcast. For example, Actor Park Ji Hoon, who has described himself as a fan of V, said he once belonged to the same in-game clan and played with the BTS member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BTS member V revealed that he reached Diamond 2 rank in League of Legends! The Korean star shared a screenshot on Instagram showing his promotion in Solo and Duo Ranked mode and invited other players to join him in a five-person queue. The picture showed a season record of 44 wins and 28 losses, which [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":172740,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,16,7],"tags":[49,936],"class_list":["post-172722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","category-kpop","category-news","tag-bts","tag-v"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172722"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172722\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":172743,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172722\/revisions\/172743"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}