Butter

Butter
Information
Type	Song & Digital Single by BTS
Original title	Butter
Released	May 21, 2021
Format	Digital download, streaming
Genre	Dance pop
Length	2:44
Language	English
Label	Big Hit Music Sony Music
Songwriter/s	Jenna Andrews, Rob Grimaldi, Stephen Kirk, RM, Alex Bilowitz, Sebastian Garcia, Ron Perry
Chronology
Previous	"Film out" Previous Release N/A Butter Butter (Hotter Remix) Butter (Hotter, Sweeter, Cooler) Butter / Permission to Dance "Life Goes On" Proof
Next	"Butter (Hotter Remix)" Next Release "Butter (Instrumental)" Butter "Butter (Hotter Remix)" Butter (Hotter Remix) Butter (Hotter, Sweeter, Cooler) "Permission to Dance" Butter / Permission to Dance "Yet To Come (The Most Beautiful Moment)" Proof

"Butter" is the fourteenth digital single (second all-English song) by BTS. It was released on May 21, 2021, at 1 PM KST and 12 AM EST. A Hotter Remix was released on May 28, 2021 at 1 PM (KST). Two new remixes, Cooler Remix and Sweeter Remix, were also released on June 4, 2021.

Later the song is added as the first track in their first English single album Butter alongside "Permission to Dance". The song also appears and as the eighteenth track on CD1 of their first anthology album Proof.

This song achieved 257 Perfect All-Kill (PAK) on Korean charts. The song also debuted and charted for seven weeks at #1 on Billboard Hot 100, becoming BTS's thrid #1 on Billboard Hot 100 and marking BTS as the first group in the history to top the chart for eight weeks. Also top the Global 200 for two weeks and the Global 200 Excluding U.S. charts for five weeks.

On October 13, 2022, the song passed 1 billion streams on Spotify.

Editions

• Butter [Digital Single] (May 21, 2021)
• Butter (Hotter Remix) [Digital Single] (May 28, 2021)
• Butter (Hotter, Sweeter, Cooler) [Digital EP] (June 4, 2021)
• Limited Edition 7" Vinyl [Vinyl] (June 18, 2021)
• Limited Edition Cassette [Cassette] (June 18, 2021)

Tracklist

7-Inch and Cassette

1. Butter – 2:44

Single

1. Butter – 2:44
2. Butter (Instrumental) – 2:42

Hotter Remix

1. Butter – 2:44
2. Butter (Hotter Remix) – 2:46
3. Butter (Instrumental) – 2:42

Butter (Hotter, Sweeter, Cooler)

1. Butter – 2:44
2. Butter (Hotter Remix) – 2:46
3. Butter (Sweeter Remix) – 2:41
4. Butter (Cooler Remix) – 2:41
5. Butter (Instrumental) – 2:42

Butter / Permission to Dance

1. Butter – 2:44
2. Permission to Dance – 3:07
3. Butter (Instrumental) – 2:42
4. Permission to Dance (Instrumental) – 3:07

Lyrics

Smooth like butter Like a criminal undercover Gon' pop like trouble Breakin' into your heart like that Cool shade stunner Yeah I owe it all to my mother Hot like summer Yeah I'm makin' you sweat like that Break it down Oh when I look in the mirror I'll melt your heart into 2 I got that superstar glow so Do the boogie like Side step right left to my beat (heartbeat) High like the moon rock with me baby Know that I got that heat Let me show you 'cause talk is cheap Side step right left to my beat (heartbeat) Get it, let it roll Smooth like butter Pull you in like no other Don't need no Usher To remind me you got it bad Ain't no other That can sweep you up like a robber Straight up, I got ya Makin' you fall like that Break it down Oh when I look in the mirror I'll melt your heart into 2 I got that superstar glow so Do the boogie like Side step right left to my beat (heartbeat) High like the moon rock with me baby Know that I got that heat Let me show you 'cause talk is cheap Side step right left to my beat (heartbeat) Get it, let it roll Get it, let it roll Get it, let it roll No ice on my wrist I'm that n-ice guy Got that right body and that right mind Rollin' up to party got the right vibe Smooth like butter Hate us love us Fresh boy pull up and we lay low All the playas get movin' when the bass low Got ARMY right behind us when we say so Let's go Side step right left to my beat (heartbeat) (Right left to my beat) High like the moon rock with me baby Know that I got that heat Let me show you 'cause talk is cheap (Let me show you 'cause talk is cheap) Side step right left to my beat (heartbeat) Get it, let it roll Smooth like (butter) Cool shade (stunner) And you know we don't stop Hot like (summer) Ain't no (bummer) You be like oh my god We gon' make you rock and you say (yeah) We gon' make you bounce and you say (yeah) Hotter? Sweeter! Cooler? Butter! Get it, let it roll

Awards and Nominations

Music program awards

Program	Date
Show! Music Core (MBC)	May 29, 2021
	June 5, 2021
	June 12, 2021
	June 19, 2021
	June 26, 2021
Inkigayo (SBS)	May 30, 2021
	June 6, 2021
	June 13, 2021
Show Champion (MBC Music)	June 2, 2021
	June 16, 2021
	June 23, 2021
Music Bank (KBS World)	June 4, 2021
	July 16, 2021

Videos

• Music Videos
• Teaser
• Shooting
• Dance Practice
• Performances
• Focus Cams
• Other

BTS (방탄소년단) 'Butter' Official MV

BTS (방탄소년단) 'Butter' Official MV (Hotter Remix)

BTS (방탄소년단) 'Butter (Cooler Remix)' Official MV

BTS (방탄소년단) 'Butter' Official Teaser

-EPISODE- BTS (방탄소년단) 'Butter' MV Shooting Sketch

-CHOREOGRAPHY- BTS (방탄소년단) 'Butter' Dance Practice

-BANGTAN BOMB- The 3J Butter Choreography Behind The Scenes - BTS (방탄소년단)

BTS (방탄소년단) 'Butter' @ Billboard Music Awards

BTS "Butter" - The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

BTS performs ‘Butter’ l GMA

BTS (방탄소년단) 'Butter' @ MUSIC BLOOD

BTS (방탄소년단) 'Butter' @ CDTV Live! Live!

BTS (방탄소년단) 'Butter' @ SiriusXM Hits 1

BTS (방탄소년단) 'Butter' @ THE MUSIC DAY

BTS (방탄소년단) 'Butter' @ FNS MUSIC FESTIVAL

BTS- Butter - The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

BTS (방탄소년단) 'Butter' @ A Butterful Getaway with BTS

BTS - Butter in the Live Lounge

BTS Performs 'Butter' - Global Citizen Live

BTS (방탄소년단) 'Butter' @ Global Citizen Live

BTS (방탄소년단) 'Butter' @ 2021 American Music Awards

BTS- Butter

BTS (방탄소년단) 'Butter' @ The 64th GRAMMY Awards

-BANGTAN BOMB- ‘Butter’ Stage CAM (BTS focus) @ SiriusXM - BTS (방탄소년단)

-BANGTAN BOMB- ‘Butter’ Stage CAM (RM focus) @ SiriusXM - BTS (방탄소년단)

-BANGTAN BOMB- ‘Butter’ Stage CAM (Jin focus) @ SiriusXM - BTS (방탄소년단)

-BANGTAN BOMB- ‘Butter’ Stage CAM (SUGA focus) @ SiriusXM - BTS (방탄소년단)

-BANGTAN BOMB- ‘Butter’ Stage CAM (j-hope focus) @ SiriusXM - BTS (방탄소년단)

-BANGTAN BOMB- ‘Butter’ Stage CAM (Jimin focus) @ SiriusXM - BTS (방탄소년단)

-BANGTAN BOMB- ‘Butter’ Stage CAM (V focus) @ SiriusXM - BTS (방탄소년단)

-BANGTAN BOMB- ‘Butter’ Stage CAM (Jung Kook focus) @ SiriusXM - BTS (방탄소년단)

Butter

Butter (Instrumental)

Butter-2

BTS (방탄소년단) 'Butter' Logo Trailer

BTS (방탄소년단) 'Butter' Special Countdown

BTS (방탄소년단) Global Press Conference 'Butter' (+ENG)

BTS (방탄소년단) 'Butter' in 노래방

-BANGTAN BOMB- Butter in 노래방 Behind the Scenes - BTS (방탄소년단)

Lizzo - Butter (BTS Cover) in the Live Lounge

Gallery

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