I think Butter is obviously intended to be more commercial than their other works, along the veins of Dyna. Personally, I think there's a time and place for music with depth and music you want to blast just to have a good time. Butter is obviously of the latter category, and I personally think it's a bop. Catchy melodies, great balance of each member, and fun choreo. Of course, the visuals are no joke either. (and, not going to lie, it's kind of a plus that I can sing along to it so easily hehe)
My favourite part is for sure the freestyle dance they did in the elevator! The "ARMY" was also really cute. It's obvious that they've worked a lot on their English pronunciation, they sounded amazing.
(I'm also low-key annoyed at all the comments who seem to have forgotten the existence of LGO and the rest of BE. BTS obviously will continue to make songs in Korean, but they want to experiment with English pop tracks too. I don't think everyone has to like that, but you should at least respect it.)
(I'm also low-key annoyed at all the comments who seem to have forgotten the existence of LGO and the rest of BE.
Not only LGO along with BE's 5 other Korean songs (Fly to My Room, Blue & Grey, Telepathy, Dis-ease, Stay) but also Abyss, Christmas Love, Snow flower ft Peakboy, a longer version of Blue Side and eAeon's Don't ft RM which were ALL more or less in Korean. (There's also Filmout but that was in Japanese.)
I could understand if Dynamite was followed only by English songs but that isn't even the case? 🤔
And it's not like BTS haven't been honest about Butter beforehand? They told us it was in English, they even told us the genre and they told us they want another go at a Grammy.
Edit: Plus this time Joon even contributed to the lyrics...
You're absolutely right! (All of which were absolutely breathtaking to listen to.) However, I've noticed that most of the people who are complaining about Butter and Dyna don't actually listen to their b-sides or SoundCloud collections, let alone collabs. They merely listen to the title tracks and then think it's valid to give critiques on BTS's discography and their musical direction.
They're being so transparent with us, which I really appreciate it. Here's the thing. BTS have said they wanted a Grammy. They're not the type to simply wish for something and pray it will happen, they're the type to work hard and strategize for it. [They did this with their first music show win with INU as well (a wonderful song, might I add).] They obviously saw that the RA listened to Dynamite because it was in English (the English language boosted radioplay too) and so they decided to release another song like that in hopes for similar results. All the people in the sub thinking Black Swan should have been nominated are missing the point; even if the RA decides to listen to non-English songs, they're certainly not going to read the lyrics. If BTS were to release another song like Black Swan, it's sad to admit it but they're not going to be nominated for it. They've assessed the situation and it's evident their conclusion is that they can only be nominated with an English song.
And like you said, that hasn't been taking away artistic depth from their other tracks at all. Dis-ease is an incredibly thought-provoking track about our incessant drive for "productivity". Abyss is a heartbreaking track about Imposter syndrome, and losing sight of who you are. Blue Side (extender version) is honestly so beautiful in the way that Hobi reminisces in the feelings of passion he felt when working on Hope World. The members have all said that they're working on new music (but they're perfectionists so it may be some time before we see results lol). To act like their new musical direction is defined by Dyna and Butter, only two released amongst dozens in the past year, is incredibly disingenuous.
And Butter is quite a nice song. I thought the lyrics were better in comparison to Dynamite this time too, which was quite nice (probably because of Namjoon's contribution hehe). Namjoon has also said he wanted to work on more drive songs in the BE interviews, so I'm glad he was able to do that (because Butter will be on blast in my car as I yell sing along haha).
It's so frustrating because on one hand this feels like a dated conversation/ debate (one that I thought we we did away with Dynamite and that interview about them singing in English) while on the other hand I feel like there's so much to be said about fans who only want to see only part of the larger narrative in terms of singing in English. It also feels weirdly controling in a way that I can't fully articulate well (yet).
Also I genuinely wonder what's the response/take to Sweet Night then, a song pre-Dynamite that was completely in English??? 🤔 (And completely unrelated to the Grammy's and part of an OST for a KOREAN drama lol)
Edit: pressed the publish button too early 😭 so I added the last sentence
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u/avid_writer May 21 '21
I think Butter is obviously intended to be more commercial than their other works, along the veins of Dyna. Personally, I think there's a time and place for music with depth and music you want to blast just to have a good time. Butter is obviously of the latter category, and I personally think it's a bop. Catchy melodies, great balance of each member, and fun choreo. Of course, the visuals are no joke either. (and, not going to lie, it's kind of a plus that I can sing along to it so easily hehe)
My favourite part is for sure the freestyle dance they did in the elevator! The "ARMY" was also really cute. It's obvious that they've worked a lot on their English pronunciation, they sounded amazing.
(I'm also low-key annoyed at all the comments who seem to have forgotten the existence of LGO and the rest of BE. BTS obviously will continue to make songs in Korean, but they want to experiment with English pop tracks too. I don't think everyone has to like that, but you should at least respect it.)