Maybe Dynamite's promos spoiled us as a fandom but Butter's promos this time have been horrendous. It was released right around Festa 2021 and that literally shelved all activities for almost a month. But since then, they performed the song all but 5 times?!!
Out of the five times, Butter was performed for the US audience three times
And for the Japanese audience two times
And it definitely does not help that they are releasing Permission to dance in two weeks on July 9th?!! Everything about this comeback has just felt like an afterthought.
Then let's next talk about the physical release. I got this message about my cassette (and vinyls)
The only thing semi-okay about Butter is Columbia doing 1/4th of their job with radio but it still feels like Butter wasn't their intended track they would promote heavily like Dynamite. Dynamite got Samsung, Hyundai, Fortnite, etc plus almost performed over 40 times! Was releasing so close to Festa and the immediate shift to their next single, Permission To Dance, unfair to Butter? Again I loved that most of their energy this year for Festa has been great,
We did get these great perfs!
but it really does feel like Butter got the short end of the stick with LIVE performances and general hype for the fandom compared to Dynamite's run. Anyone else feeling the same way as me? AKP ARMY, I'd like to hear your thoughts.