Fans say BTS’ upcoming single, “Butter,” will be the song of the summer. It’ll be the K-pop group’s second track recorded in English rather than Korean.
But that’s not all! Though “Butter” didn’t match “Dynamite’s” No. 1 debut on Spotify’s Global Top 50 chart (don’t shoot the messenger, ARMY; blame that darn talented Olivia Rodrigo and “Good 4 U”), it set Spotify’s first-day streaming record with almost 21 million “unfiltered” global streams (and over 11 million filtered).
That huge disparity between filtered and unfiltered has to do with the way Spotify determines whether streams are legitimate, and has miffed BTS stans.
K-pop superstars and Grammy nominee BTS added another record for their new digital single “Butter.”
Music streaming app Spotify announced that “Butter” rewrote Spotify history by achieving the highest streams in a single day last May 21, the date the song was released.
“On May 21, #BTS Butter broke the record for most-streamed song in a day in Spotify history #SpotifyCharts,” Spotify Charts posted on Twitter but did not disclose the numbers.
Korean media reported on May 23, based on a press statement by Big Hit Music, that according to Spotify, “Butter” earned 20.9 million global streams on the first day of release on May 21, which is the biggest number of global streams per day in Spotify’s history. This is 66 percent higher than the 12.6 million global streams record set by BTS’ “Dynamite” last year.
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Olivia Rodrigo’s debut album describes a sour breakup, but fans are left with a sweet after-taste of nostalgia. The debut “SOUR” dropped Friday, and many people are reliving high school through Rodrigo’s teenage angst, pensive lyrics and relatable topics.