BTS: New song Butter drops and breaks YouTube records

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Image caption, The band spell out the word ARMY in the video - the name for their fans - and thank them for their support

BTS have just dropped their new song Butter, with the band once again breaking records on YouTube.

The K-pop group broke its own record for the most YouTube views in the space of 24 hours, reaching a total of 113 million plays.

That's about a whooping 12 million more than the 101.1 million they got for their previous song Dynamite, which went online in August last year.

The new tune also set a record for the largest YouTube video premiere with 3.9 million people watching it at the same time.

Butter was thought to have already beaten Dynamite's previous record by earning 10 million views in less than 15 minutes of its release.

After just 6 hours it has been watched more than 50 million times!

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Image caption, BTS will be performing at the Billboard Music Awards

BTS described their new song as: "a summer song that is somewhat soft and charismatic."

Butter is also the second song, after Dynamite, to be performed entirely in English by the group, whose first language is Korean.

In a special press conference BTS announced that they would be performing their new single Butter for the first time at the upcoming Billboard Awards on 24 May.

"Our first Butter performance will be at the Billboard Music Awards,' Suga confirmed. 'For every song, the first performance is always鈥 we're anxious and excited, but also anxious and nervous."

BTS are nominated for four awards including Top Selling Song and Top Selling Sales Artist.

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