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BTS's 'Butter' is now the group's 13th music video with 400 million views

By Dianne Mariano

On June 28, Bangtan Sonyeondan, more popularly known as BTS, achieved another record for their music video titled "Butter" which has surpassed 400 million views on YouTube.

According to Soompi, "Butter" is now BTS's 13th music video to achieve this success following "Spring Day," "DNA," "Fire," "Dope," "Fake Love," "MIC Drop (Steve Aoki Remix)," "Blood Sweat & Tears," "IDOL," "Save Me," "Boy With Luv," "Not Today," and "Dynamite."

At this writing, BTS's “Butter” music video has 401,683,986 views on Youtube. Currently, this latest summer anthem remains to be the most-viewed music video in a span of 24 hours.

The official music video of “Butter” also has the biggest YouTube premiere with over 3.9 million viewers at the time.

The global K-Pop icons' second all-English track is now considered as the fastest Korean group music video to exceed 300 million views and the fastest music video to surpass 200 million views on the video-sharing platform.

Fans of BTS, who are called ARMY, expressed their utmost support and love for the K-Pop group's latest achievement and sent their congratulatory messages on Twitter.


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On June 28, BTS released their first set of concept photos for the upcoming CD version of “Butter.” These concept photos showcased each member of the band as well as their own unique charms.

Earlier today, the “Butter” concept photos version two was released and had colorful and lively themes. Each member had their own mug shots and wore heart-shaped handcuffs at their wrists.

At this writing, BTS's “Butter” concept photos version 1 and 2 have more than 2 million likes on Instagram.

The upcoming CD version of “Butter” will be released on July 9 which will include a new track.

Butter” is the second record-breaking hit of BTS that was written in the English language and has two remix versions namely “Butter” (Hotter Version) and “BTS” (Cooler Version).

Composed of RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V, and Jungkook, BTS is one of the leading names in the global music and entertainment industry.

Get to know more about the meaning behind BTS's “Butter” in this gallery:

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