The MTV VMAs purport to celebrate the best music videos in the industry, dishing out genre awards for rock and hip hop alongside specific categories for cinematography, choreography, direction, and visual effects. So it was surprising that one group who excel in all of these areas weren’t nominated for a single award – BTS, the K-pop superstars who’ve made major in-roads in America.

Both casual fans of BTS and the more committed members of ARMY, the Korean boy group’s fandom, voiced their disappointment on social media. “BTS should be at the VMAs tonight picking up the award of best choreography for ‘Fake Love’,” wrote one user on Twitter. “I don’t even understand why the nominees are nominated in that category, no one is dancing.”

“BTS should honestly be at the VMAs because they’ve had some of the best music videos in the industry and also have beat so many goals when it comes to views and they should at least be freaking recognised for that,” wrote another.

“The VMAs tonight proved one thing. Despite a year of record breaking sales and doing things no other K-pop act has ever here on the USA, BTS still isn’t ‘trendy’ enough to even be nominated! It’s a shame that true artistry isn’t celebrated more,” said one fan.