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Tamar Herman

Twitter’s song of summer 2021 is officially BTS’ Butter, the American social media platform announced on September 1.
Between the end of May and the middle of August, the BTS record-making hit was the most tweeted about song in the US on Twitter.
The news arrived on BTS member Jungkook’s birthday, and just a few days after a new remix of the song arrived featuring Megan Thee Stallion.
In general, BTS has been one of the most popular entities on Twitter for several years.


Along with Butter, Wizkid’s Essence, featuring Tems and a remix from Justin Bieber, was the next most tweeted about song, followed by Lil Nas X’s Industry Baby with Jack Harlow.
BTS has discussed high hopes for the song getting a Grammy nod.
BTS and Megan Thee Stallion team up on new Butter remix
Along with being popular on Twitter, Butter is also the No. 1 song this summer on Billboard’s new Songs of the Summer chart.
The top 10 songs most tweeted about songs from May 31 to August 18 in the US were:
Butter BTS


Essence Wizkid ft. Tems and the remix ft. Justin Bieber
Industry Baby Lil Nas X ft. Jack Harlow
Stay The Kid LAROI ft. Justin Bieber
Yonaguni Bad Bunny
Peaches Justin Bieber ft. Daniel Caesar
Thot Sh*t Megan Thee Stallion
Good 4 U Olivia Rodrigo
Levitating Dua Lipa
Bad Habits Ed Sheeran


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As well as the most tweeted about song, Butter was also No 1 on Billboard’s Songs of the Summer charts
Wizkid’s Essence was the next most tweeted about release, followed by Lil Nas X’s Industry Baby


BTS’ Butter also topped Billboard’s new Songs of the Summer chart, adding to BTS’ hopes of a Grammy nod. Wizkid’s Essence was the next most tweeted about release.
