Mike Dean is sorry for “f—ing trolling” BTS after he seemed to take out his anger on the K-pop group for losing out on the album of the year Grammy.
The legendary hip-hop producer took home a Grammy on Sunday at the 64th annual awards show for best rap song as a co-writer of Ye‘s “Jail,” featuring Jay-Z. But its parent album Donda, which he co-produced, didn’t win album of the year, and he felt some type of way about it.
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Underneath the Recording Academy’s tweet with a photo of BTS’ buttery smooth performance at the show and the prompt “Name a group ~smoother~ than @bts_bighit, we dare you. #BTSARMY #GRAMMYs,” Dean wrote in a since-deleted tweet, “Anyone.”
Members of the ARMY descended upon Dean and told him to check BTS’ credits — but it seems like he already did. “It’s funny to read so many armys saying BTS members write ‘90% of their music,’ based on a statement made by a BigHit employee. Hahahaha, there is no way BTS members have written 90% of their music. Just check the writing credits of every single BTS album. In all of them are like [cont.] 9-10 credited songwriters per song… why would a company like BigHit spend so much money on so many songwriters who only do ‘10% of the job’?”
And he doesn’t seem to care about having his credits checked either. When one BTS fan posted a screenshot of the 13 credited songwriters (including Snoop Dogg) on Ye’s Nina Simone-sampling “Blood on the Leaves” from his 2013 Billboard 200 No. 1 album Yeezus, he simply wrote back, “A classic.”
The seven-time Grammy-winning producer, who’s worked with Ye, Travis Scott, Madonna, Beyoncé and many more, urged, “Get these Bts fans off my di–” after the ARMY incessantly tweeted at him for publicly disrespecting one of the best-selling music groups, which recently became the first act to win the IFPI’s global recording artist of the year award for two consecutive years.
Dean later apologized and revealed the true source of his frustration, which had nothing to do with BTS.
“OK. SORRY TO BTS. JUST F—ING TROLLING,” he tweeted before adding, “I was mad about album of the year and made a post I shouldn’t have made. My gf just made me feel bad for it.” He also explained how he’s quickly patched things up with artists before, like when he “had issue” with A$AP Rocky and “ended up mixing his whole album [2015’s Billboard 200-topping At. Long. Last. ASAP] and we are the best of family.” Who knows if Mike Dean and BTS will make amends in the studio one day?
See his tweets below.
It’s funny to read so many armys saying BTS members write “90% of their music”, based on a statement made a BigHit employee. Hahahaha, there is no way BTS members have writen 90% of their music. Just check the writing credits of every single BTS album. In all of them are like
— MIKE DEAN! #MWA (@therealmikedean) April 4, 2022
9-10 credited songwriters per song… why would a company like BigHit spend so much money in so many songwriters who only do the “10% of the job”?
— MIKE DEAN! #MWA (@therealmikedean) April 4, 2022
A classic
— MIKE DEAN! #MWA (@therealmikedean) April 4, 2022
Hahaha. The industry is a joke
— MIKE DEAN! #MWA (@therealmikedean) April 4, 2022
Team travis and kanye. Get these Bts fans off my dick.
— MIKE DEAN! #MWA (@therealmikedean) April 4, 2022
OK. SORRY TO BTS. JUST FUCKING TROLLING.
— MIKE DEAN! #MWA (@therealmikedean) April 5, 2022
Like when I had issue with asap. I ended up mixing his whole album and we are best of family. https://t.co/XILbjt3FHa
— MIKE DEAN! #MWA (@therealmikedean) April 5, 2022
Ok folks. I was mad about album of the year and made a post I shouldn’t have made. My gf just made me feel bad for it.
— MIKE DEAN! #MWA (@therealmikedean) April 5, 2022
