Do no other races notice the lack of Asians at the Grammys?

I loved watching the Grammys yesterday—so many women won, and it was great to see. But every year, it becomes more obvious to me: there are almost no Asians at the Grammys. It’s insane. We make up nearly a third of the world’s population, yet we’re barely represented. Every other race is there, but somehow, no one seems to notice this massive gap.

I understand if not many nominees (Edit: shoutout Charli, Monsune, Bruno Mars, Olivia Rodrigo! Someone shared this list of Asian winners https://www.instagram.com/p/DFn6cIbS5oC/?igsh=dTdqbDExN2oxM2J1). But at least the presenters then!? They could borrow from the many Asian film stars to present an award at least as a bare minimum effort nod..

I used to think that’s just the way things were, but after entering the music industry myself, I see it so much more clearly. The industry isn’t just hard for Asian artists—it’s actively dangerous for Asian women. The amount of harassment and obstacles we face is on another level. And yet, year after year, it’s like we’re invisible.

I literally had to move countries—from the US to the UK—just to find a safer environment to work in music. The predatory behavior from producers and the lack of awareness about it is shocking. And yet, even at the highest levels, we’re barely represented. It’s exhausting. I'm glad representation in fashion is improving with all the emerging Asian designers, just music is still catching up.

I know there's orgs doing stuff about it, like Gold House & ESEA Music. It's another one of those, work for years / decades and your flowers will come situations. Just want a better world for our kids.

Thanks for reading my rant.

Edit: just to be more productive, here's some Asian/AAPI musicians that someone listed in another post (we could start our own awards :D):

  • James Iha
  • Kirk Hammett
  • Japanese Breakfast
  • Olivia Rodrigo
  • Bruno Mars
  • Karen O.
  • Yaeji
  • ZHU
  • Dumbfoundead
  • Ruby Ibarra
  • HER
  • beabadoobee
  • keshi
  • Thao Nguyen
  • Raveena
  • Jay Som
  • Mitski
  • Tokimonsta
  • Steve Aoki
  • Phillipa Soo
  • Jenny Ruby Jane, aespa (collabed w/ Grimes)
  • Rina Sawayama
  • Coco Lee (RIP)

If you're into electronic like me, also check out (many UK-based):

  • Lucinda Chua (played cello for FKA twigs)
  • Flora Yin-Wong
  • Cloudy Ku
  • Nanzhen Yang
  • Eastern Margins collective

Edit 2: Thanks everyone for the recommendations! Keep 'em coming! If it's allowed to self-plug and you're into ambient electronic / lo-fi hip hop, on Spotify my music is under Lily X :)

From your comments, it sounds like the issues are:

  • Not recognizing our own (maybe they don't present as Asian), they blend into the general populace

If you guys want, maybe I'll make another post where we have the categories and our own nominations! a m p l i f y e a c h o t h e r