On this week's show: Butter returns to the top, BTS kills it at the Live Lounge, and more.

• Data Drop
• News
  • Butter returns to the top, Permission to Dance stays top 10
  • BTS impresses with Live Lounge performance
  • Steve Aoki gives ARMY a present for 1 billion views
• Next Week
• Last Word: Great work ARMY!

How to Support India Right Now (Conde Nast Traveler)

Anti-Asian Violence Resources

Intro song: Butter from BTS Mic Drop Celebration Megamix (YouTube)

Featured image: Photo by Kristina Flour on Unsplash

Data Drop

BT21 ORIGINAL STORY EP.10 - TATA Experiencing Earthlings Culture (YouTube)

Jung Kook: "I think we'd better not ever stop" (Weverse)

j-hope: "I'm not the kind of person to settle for their life as it is" (Weverse)

Jin: "I just hope anyone who likes me is happy" (Weverse)

V: "I have a desire to perfect one cool thing about myself" (Weverse)

RM: "I hope I'm on my way somewhere" (Weverse)

SUGA: "This is the only thing I know how to really do" (Weverse)

Jimin: "There's people who've been rooting for us throughout this difficult time" (Weverse)

BTS Other Cuts (Weverse)

Chart Links

New BangtanTV Videos

Keep dancing! 🕺💃 #PermissiontoDance Challenge only on YouTube #Shorts (YouTube)

BTS (방탄소년단) 'Permission to Dance' @The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (YouTube)

BTS (방탄소년단) 'Butter' @The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (YouTube)

Let's just have fun with your loved ones!😎 #PermissiontoDance Challenge only on YouTube #Shorts (YouTube)

BTS (방탄소년단) Butter : Epilogue Film (YouTube)

New VLIVE Videos

Jungkook 😊 (VLIVE)

Etc

Universal Music Group Posted Almost $1Bn in EBITDA Profit in the First Half of 2021 (Music Business Worldwide)

Articles

McDonald's sales surge amid reopening despite staffing "challenges" (Yahoo Finance)

"Finding home": understanding how music supports listeners' mental health through a case study of BTS (University of Washington)

News

BTS' 'Butter' Returns to No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100, Ties For 2021's Longest Rule (Billboard)

BTS Make History As They Replace Themselves Atop The Hot 100 Two Weeks In A Row (Forbes)

BTS - Dynamite in the Live Lounge (YouTube)

BTS - Permission To Dance in the Live Lounge (YouTube)

BTS - I'll Be Missing You (Puff Daddy, Faith Evans and Sting Cover) in the Live Lounge (YouTube)

BTS Added Korean Lyrics to "I'll Be Missing You" BBC Live Lounge Cover (Teen Vogue)

BTS's "MIC Drop" Remix Becomes Their 4th MV To Achieve 1 Billion Views (Soompi)

Steve Aoki thanks BTS and fans with Celebration Megamix for 1 billion views of 'Mic Drop' remix on YouTube (Bandwagon)

One Billion Streams | BTS Mic Drop Celebration Megamix | Steve Aoki x BTS Mixes (YouTube)

Next Week

03 Aug, Tues: Memories of 2020 DVD release 03 Aug, Tues: Run BTS Ep 145, 9PM KST 05 Aug, Thurs: Run BTS Ep 145 Behind the scenes photos and video, 9PM KST

Last Word

Great work ARMY!

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