Summer Hits: BTS - Butter (with Jenna Andrews)
b"In summer 2020, BTS released \\u201cDynamite,\\u201d their first single recorded entirely in English. The song shot up the charts, became one of the most successful YouTube videos in history, and won over pop radio, which had stubbornly refused to play their songs in Korean. Now, in summer 2021, BTS have topped themselves again with \\u201cButter,\\u201d yet another English-language bop that melts like \\u2026 well, you get it. BTS member Jimin told Variety that they wanted to make an \\u201ceasy-listening,\\u201d fun song, and it arrived as a much-needed distraction from the interminable global pandemic.\\nWith everyone constrained by travel restrictions, the song was written over WhatsApp, a collaboration achieved via text and voice notes sent between South Korea and the U.S. Jenna Andrews, one of the songwriters, says the track went through at least 50 rewrites to reach perfection. The final single is a tightly produced, less than three-minute song in which every moment is a hook. It shifts nostalgically from \\u201980s Prince to \\u201990s Michael Jackson through 2000s EDM, each second highlighting BTS\\u2019s musical savvy and distinctive vocal performance.\\nIn our kick-off episode of\\xa0Switched\\xa0on Pop\\u2019s Summer Hits series, Andrews spoke about how she worked with BTS to craft this song remotely and map out every throwback reference. In the second half of the episode, we speak with Bora, a prominent BTS translator who presents the case for why we should hear \\u201cButter\\u201d as the first step down the BTS rabbit hole, especially into their Korean-language discovery.\\n\\nSongs Discussed\\n\\nBTS - Butter, Dynamite, Silver Spoon, Dope, Dis-ease\\n\\nMichael Jackson - Smooth Criminal, Rock With You, Man In The Mirror, Remember The Time, Bad\\xa0\\n\\nUsher - \\u201cU Got It Bad\\u201d\\n\\nDaft Punk - Harder Better Faster Stronger\\n\\n\\nMore\\n\\nBora\\u2019s BTS Rabbit Hole Playlist\\n\\nARMY translators' lyric translations:\\xa0\\n\\ndoolset lyrics \\u2013 BTS Lyrics in English\\n\\nBTS TRANSLATIONS \\u2013 (do you, bangtan / do you bangtan?)\\n\\nLyrics \\u2014 BTS-TRANS/BANGTANSUBS\\n\\n\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices"