BTS Debuts ‘Butter' Performance at 2021 Billboard Music Awards
BTS took home four awards, including Top Selling Song for "Dynamite"
By Ryan Gajewski ••
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(l-r) Jimin, J-Hope, Jin, Jungkook, RM, Suga, and V of BTS on stage during the 2021 Billboard Music Awards held at the Microsoft Theater on May 23, 2021 in Los Angeles, California.
The group showed off their trademark dance moves and flawless vocals with "Butter" during the ceremony held at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles and hosted by Nick Jonas. This was a huge night for BTS, who won four awards, including Top Selling Song for "Dynamite."
"Butter" is the widely popular group's latest single, released on May 21. Sunday's highly anticipated BTS performance featured members Jin, Suga, J-Hope, RM, Jimin, V and Jungkook.
Ahead of the awards ceremony, songwriter David Stewart spoke exclusively to E! News about the experience of co-writing BTS' first entirely English-language single, "Dynamite."
"Because they're such an animated fun, almost like happy-go-lucky group, they brought this animation to it," David told E! News. "That's what the song needed, because all the lyrics were fun. You know, sing song, ping pong, King Kong. You can't take yourself too seriously to sing those lyrics."
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Willow Sage Hart and P!nk perform onstage for the 2021 Billboard Music Awards at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California.
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Willow Sage Hart and P!nk perform onstage for the 2021 Billboard Music Awards at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California.
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Drake accepts Artist of the Decade with son Adonis on stage during the 2021 Billboard Music Awards held at the Microsoft Theater on May 23, 2021 in Los Angeles, California.
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Host Nick Jonas of the Jonas Brothers speaks onstage during the 2021 Billboard Music Awards at the Microsoft Theater on May 23, 2021, Los Angeles, California.
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Nick Jonas, Kevin Jonas, and Joe Jonas of Jonas Brothers perform onstage for the 2021 Billboard Music Awards, broadcast on May 23, 2021 at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California.
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Kevin Jonas and Nick Jonas of the Jonas Brothers, Marshmello, and Joe Jonas of Jonas Brothers performs onstage for the 2021 Billboard Music Awards, broadcast on May 23, 2021 at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California.
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Marshmello and Joe Jonas of Jonas Brothers perform on stage during the 2021 Billboard Music Awards held at the Microsoft Theater on May 23, 2021 in Los Angeles, California.
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V, Suga, Jin, Jungkook, RM, Jimin and J-Hope of BTS, winners of the Top Selling Song Award for ‘Dynamite,’ pose for the 2021 Billboard Music Awards, broadcast on May 23, 2021 at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California.
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The Weeknd performs for the 2021 Billboard Music Awards, broadcast on May 23, 2021 at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California.
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Bad Bunny performs on stage for the 2021 Billboard Music Awards, broadcast on May 23, 2021 at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California.
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Meghan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly, winner of the Top Rock Album Award pose backstage for the 2021 Billboard Music Awards, broadcast on May 23, 2021 at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California.
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H.E.R. performs onstage for the 2021 Billboard Music Awards, broadcast on May 23, 2021 at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California.
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Takeoff of Migos, H.E.R., DJ Khaled, and Quavo and Offset of Migos perform onstage for the 2021 Billboard Music Awards, broadcast on May 23, 2021 at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California.
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Doja Cat performs on stage for the 2021 Billboard Music Awards, broadcast on May 23, 2021 at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California.
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Dave Bayley of Glass Animals performs on stage during the 2021 Billboard Music Awards held at the Microsoft Theater on May 23, 2021 in Los Angeles, California.
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Gabby Barrett, winner of the Top Country Female Artist Award, poses backstage for the 2021 Billboard Music Awards, broadcast on May 23, 2021, at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California.
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Alicia Keys performs on stage for the 2021 Billboard Music Awards, broadcast on May 23, 2021 at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California.
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P!nk accepts the Icon Award from Jon Bon Jovi on stage for the 2021 Billboard Music Awards, broadcast on May 23, 2021 at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California.
In a June cover story for Rolling Stone, the members discussed the situation surrounding men in South Korea between the ages of 18 and 28 typically being required to serve in the military for roughly two years. Jin turned 28 in December, but the government passed a law permitting him to wait until he's 30 to serve.
"I think the country sort of told me, 'You're doing this well, and we will give you a little bit more time,'" Jin explained to the publication. He pointed out that military service "is an important duty for our country. So I feel that I will try to work as hard as I can and do the most I can until I am called."
