‘Beethoven-Sunbaenim’ Just Got Six Grammy ‘Nominations’ and His Stans Are Going Crazy
Nov 24, 2021 • Meryl Medel
Nov 24, 2021 • Meryl Medel
Last night (or early morning in the PH), the Recording Academy released the list of nominees for all categories of the 2022 Grammy Awards. There was a lot of excitement and frustration alike, but most of these were pushed aside when many were shocked to see the name of legendary classical musician Ludwig van Beethoven on several nominations. This prompted many Twitter users, mostly fans of global superstar BTS and other Korean acts, to make hilarious memes over Beethoven’s supposed Grammy nominations.
In case you didn’t know, Ludwig van Beethoven was a legendary German pianist and composer renowned in the world of music. His works are some of the most performed classical music over the centuries, and many are able to recognize his works easily. And he lived in the late 18th to early 19th century. So everyone was surprised when he got several Grammy nominations last night. Or did he?
why beethoven still getting noms dawg this man been 6ft deep for centuries now
— mon⁷ (@knjgIoss) November 23, 2021
If you’re still confused, the nominees don’t actually include Beethoven. The nominations simply had his name in their song or album title as attribution to the original composer. Below are the actual nominations:
Congratulations to @manfredhoneck, @pghsymphony & @MendelssohnPgh! Their recording of Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 has been nominated for the 2022 GRAMMY® Award for Best Orchestral Performance and Best Engineered Album, Classical (Mark Donahue, engineer)! #PSOBeethoven9 #GRAMMYs pic.twitter.com/zRBm1a2zLs
— Reference Recordings (@RefRecordings) November 23, 2021
So no. Beethoven himself wasn’t nominated. But of course, netizens couldn’t help but poke fun at how many nominations featured his name when the musician has been six feet under for centuries. Hence, a slew of memes of Beethoven-sunbaenim. (Sunbaenim is a Korean honorific used to address someone who is older than you or has spent more time than you did at work or school.)
Beethoven after finding out he’s dominating the Grammys: pic.twitter.com/PTELpD4G38
— ⁷ (@VINTAGEJHS) November 23, 2021
beethoven after getting those grammy noms pic.twitter.com/YqsKzedBKb
— taehyung lover (@vantetum) November 23, 2021
Beethoven in his grave hearing he got nominated for a Grammy pic.twitter.com/kiSG7RZIOw
— Anna 🥦| harvard doctor💊👨🏾⚕️ (@strawbrry_Baek) November 23, 2021
“And the Grammy goes to…Beethoven who is unfortunately not here to collect his award”
— amy⁷ (@smileyhobi37) November 23, 2021
beethoven showing up at the grammys to accept his award pic.twitter.com/qOrMC7OzAe
— vmin? ✴︎ (@vmnstudio) November 23, 2021
beethoven rising to collect his awards pic.twitter.com/G86UsFSZY9
— ⁷ (@baIenciagajk) November 23, 2021
beethoven sunbaenim r u seeing this 🥺 pic.twitter.com/jqrB6tAviC
— jeona⁷ | busy (@kooffeenhee) November 23, 2021
beethoven grammy sweep 🤪🧹
— 🐻❄️⁷ BTS AOTY (@userbfIy) November 23, 2021
Beethoven sunbaenim really killing it this year with the noms wow
— Aurelia ⟭⟬⁷ 💜 (@AureliaOT7) November 23, 2021
I’m just here waiting for the Beethoven streaming party to start. Beethoven sunbaenim daesang sweep when?
— ⟭⟬ Andrea💜J-Hoe HAPPY BDAY WOOZI AND CHENLE!! (@acferrell1976) November 23, 2021
i see yall trending beethoven sunbaenim but are yall streaming??? fake ass stans pic.twitter.com/xAbXH4o1Jc
— k⁷ (@jiminikelly) November 23, 2021
— ً (@sugfm) November 23, 2021
megan could do symphony no. 5 but could beethoven do this? pic.twitter.com/glvpXNSvHA
— nou 🐮 ia (@y00nctrl) November 24, 2021
Beethoven getting grammy nominations this year because ateez did the wonderland symphony no. 9. Do you see the ateez impact there… Ateez is the standard 👀
— Milli ⚓︎ (@millitiny) November 23, 2021
it’s a good day to be a beethoven stan
— fawzul⁷ (@agustranda) November 23, 2021
beethoven sunbaenim, world tour when? pic.twitter.com/2v5GLvTw4H
— MantiSSS (@Mantis97090186) November 23, 2021
manifesting an all kill for beethoven sunbaenim ☺️ pic.twitter.com/M8AvQ701K3
— joss⁷ is seeing bts (@KOOPH0RlA) November 23, 2021
Beethoven is the best thing to happen today
— Rafranz⁷ 💜🧈 (@RafranzDavis) November 23, 2021
Beethoven is the best thing to happen today
— Rafranz⁷ 💜🧈 (@RafranzDavis) November 23, 2021
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