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Butter

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Learn Butter by BTS with lyrics, line-by-line translation, and interactive vocabulary practice.

Learn this song interactively 53 lines, first 50 translated

About this song

Butter by BTS is a great song to learn Korean through music. This page breaks down 53 lines with a clear, line-by-line translation, plus 7 key words such as right-left, beat, side. Singing along is one of the fastest ways to pick up natural pronunciation and make new phrases stick — far more memorable than plain word lists. Tap any line to open interactive mode and practice the vocabulary until you own it.

Lyrics and Translation

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Smooth like butter, like a criminal undercover

Smooth like butter, like a criminal undercover

Gon' pop like trouble breaking into your heart like that, ooh

Gon' pop like trouble breaking into your heart like that, ooh

Cool shade, stunner, yeah, I owe it all to my mother, uh

Cool shade, stunner, yeah, I owe it all to my mother, uh

Hot like summer, yeah, I'm making you sweat like that (break it down!)

Hot like summer, yeah, I'm making you sweat like that (break it down!)

Ooh, when I look in the mirror

Ooh, when I look in the mirror

I'll melt your heart into two

I'll melt your heart into two

I got that superstar glow, so

I got that superstar glow, so

Ooh (do the boogie, like)

Ooh (do the boogie, like)

A side step, right-left, to my beat

A side step, right-left, to my beat

High like the moon, rock with me, baby

High like the moon, rock with me, baby

Know that I got that heat

Know that I got that heat

Let me show you 'cause talk is cheap

Let me show you 'cause talk is cheap

Side step, right-left, to my beat

Side step, right-left, to my beat

Get it, let it roll

Get it, let it roll

Smooth like butter, pull you in like no other

Smooth like butter, pull you in like no other

Don't need no Usher to remind me you got it bad

Don't need no Usher to remind me you got it bad

Ain't no other that can sweep you up like a robber

Ain't no other that can sweep you up like a robber

Straight up, I (got ya)

Straight up, I (got ya)

Making you fall like that (break it down)

Making you fall like that (break it down)

Ooh, when I look in the mirror

Ooh, when I look in the mirror

I'll melt your heart into two

I'll melt your heart into two

I got that superstar glow, so

I got that superstar glow, so

Ooh (do the boogie, like)

Ooh (do the boogie, like)

Side step, right-left, to my beat

Side step, right-left, to my beat

High like the moon, rock with me, baby

High like the moon, rock with me, baby

Know that I got that heat

Know that I got that heat

Let me show you 'cause talk is cheap

Let me show you 'cause talk is cheap

A side step, right-left, to my beat

A side step, right-left, to my beat

Get it, let it roll

Get it, let it roll

Get it, let it roll

Get it, let it roll

Get it, let it roll

Get it, let it roll

Ice on my wrist, I'm the nice guy

Ice on my wrist, I'm the nice guy

Got the right body and the right mind

Got the right body and the right mind

Rolling up the party, got the right vibe

Rolling up the party, got the right vibe

Smooth like (butter), hate us (love us)

Smooth like (butter), hate us (love us)

Fresh boy, pull up and we lay low

Fresh boy, pull up and we lay low

All the players get moving when the bass low

All the players get moving when the bass low

Got ARMY right behind us when we say so

Got ARMY right behind us when we say so

Let's go

Let's go

Side step, right-left, to my beat (right-left, to my beat)

Side step, right-left, to my beat (right-left, to my beat)

High like the moon, rock with me, baby

High like the moon, rock with me, baby

You know that I got that heat

You know that I got that heat

Let me show you 'cause talk is cheap (you know that talk is cheap)

Let me show you 'cause talk is cheap (you know that talk is cheap)

Side step, right-left, to my beat

Side step, right-left, to my beat

Get it, let it roll

Get it, let it roll

Smooth like (butter), cool shade (stunner)

Smooth like (butter), cool shade (stunner)

And you know we don't stop

And you know we don't stop

Hot like (summer), ain't no (bummer)

Hot like (summer), ain't no (bummer)

You'll be like, "Oh my God"

You'll be like, "Oh my God"

We gon' make you rock, and you say (yeah)

We gon' make you rock, and you say (yeah)

Song Vocabulary

Key words from this song. Practice them in Langooo to remember them faster.

right-left

[oreunjjok-wenjjok]

left of right

beat

[bi-teu]

beat

side

[jjok]

side

step

[seuteop]

step

roll

[rol]

roll

butter

[beoteo]

butter

smooth

[seumudeu]

smooth