Musically , I also find butter and perm. to dance really, really, generic and dissapointing.
Like in Butter, lyrics like "do the boogie like"....like, THAT is the lyrics your team of so called world renowned producers come up with ??
I was literally infuriated at that lyric lol. Anyone coulda written it.
The lyrics like "smooth like butter, pull you in like no other", also just made me sad bc they basically brag about getting fans addicted and "pulling them in", so to speak.
I think they just try to be super appealing to the mainstream now, I feel like, Dynamite, despite its evil messages, was something one can vibe too, and quite enjoyable, just from a musical standpoint.
What came after that, I can not help than feeling like it tries way too hard to be like dynamite, but it fails at that.
It comes across as insincere.
Also I am convinced that butter is an attempt at getting a similar vibe like Michael Jacksons "Smooth Criminal".
Like how they are dressed up like criminals in the beggining, brag about doing criminal stuffs, and say "smooth like butter", it is a similar vibe.
Of course their musical and vocal talents are nowhere even near Michael's though.
(And I am of course very critical of his creepy, inappropriate interactions with little boys, but one can not deny his talent artistically).
with perm. to dance , I literally did not recognize some of their voices ! Esp. J-hope, but almost everyone else too.
There's some really heavy alterations done on their voices, that I find super annoying to listen to.
I was most disappointed by txt comeback though. Bc I have to say, musically I do enjoy some of their previous stuff.
But songs like "Magic", mannn....the autotune is H E A V Y and bad.
And the lyrics:
Oh its just like magic...
oooo its magic
ooo its magic....
oooo its magic..
like C'MON yall, it felt like a joke.
I literally do not like a single song from their comeback.
And I am not trynna be a hater about that, I just genuinely do not like one song.
And "Lovesong xo1" just doesn't work for me.
The concept don't fit them imo , and also don't got anything to do with k pop.