"Zutter" (, lit. "Dope") is a song by South Korean band
Big Bang
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, sung by the duo of members
GD & TOP
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. It was released as a
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alongside "
Let's Not Fall in Love
"Let's Not Fall in Love" () is a song recorded by South Korean boy band Big Bang. It was released through YG Entertainment on August 5, 2015, alongside the single " Zutter"; both tracks make up the single album '' E'' as part of the group's ''Made ...
" on August 5, 2015 through
YG Entertainment
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, in conjunction with the single album ''
E''. The single was later added as the seventh track for the band's third Korean-language studio album ''
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'', which was released on December 12, 2016.
Background
A single including the sub-unit GD&TOP was announced on July 24, with the teaser image being released the next day. "Zutter" marks the first release of the duo in four years, since the album ''
GD & TOP
GD & TOP was a South Korean hip-hop/ pop duo formed by G-Dragon and T.O.P, the rappers of the K-pop boy band Big Bang in 2010. The release of their first album, ''GD & TOP'' (2010) was a commercial success becoming one of the best selling albums ...
''.
G-Dragon stated that he had a difficult time written the rap lyrics of "Zutter", saying "I've written rap lyrics for a long time, but these days, I keep going over them again. Because rap lyrics have become a topic of controversy on a certain show, I look over each line again and again."
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said that the Korean survival competition show ''
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'' made G-Dragon go over the lyrics many times.
On August 12, "Zutter" was banned from
KBS due to the content of the song and coarse language in the lyrics and title. YG Entertainment responded, announcing that there would be no revisions to the song, "In order to maintain the meaning of the song, we have no plans to change the lyrics of Zutter."
Composition
Written and composed by the duo along with
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, "Zutter" is a hip-hop song with a trap-driven melody. ''
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'' described the track as "minimal, hip-hop cut peppered with trappy snares, knocking percussion and woozy synths to emphasize both dudes' distinctive spitting styles."
''
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'' noted that the lyrics explore "the unapologetic dissipation of the 'thug life,' and the swaggering self-praise typical to hip-hop — but with a tone of self-ridicule."
Reception
''Kpop Starz'' hailed "Zutter" as "arguably the group's most blazing and edgy single to date". ''Billboard'' said that the song was a "natural progression from their earlier tracks as a duo", and added that the single and the music video "showed just how bizarre the pair can actually be." ''Philippine Daily Inquirer'' felt that the song "suggests that GD & TOP are not in reverence of themselves, but are aware they are participating in a time-worn hip-hop tradition of unreasoning self-assertion and the debauchery that follows success."
''Osen'' described "Zutter" as "wild and stylish" with a "unique flow and rap with full beat catch the ears of listeners".
"Zutter" sold 280,817 digital copies in its first week on the
Gaon Chart
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and peaked at number two in the
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and Download charts, only behind the group's other single "
Let's Not Fall In Love
"Let's Not Fall in Love" () is a song recorded by South Korean boy band Big Bang. It was released through YG Entertainment on August 5, 2015, alongside the single " Zutter"; both tracks make up the single album '' E'' as part of the group's ''Made ...
." It also debuted at number seven on the Streaming Chart, with over 4.334 million streams, 19th on BGM Chart and 32nd on Mobile Chart.
On the second week the song dropped to number four on Digital Chart but raised to a peak position of number two on Streaming Chart with 5.210 million streams and 116,572 downloads sold.
By the end of 2015, "Zutter" sold 823,317 digital units in South Korea, and ranked number 63 on the year-end Gaon Download Chart.
The single peaked at the second position on
''Billboard'' World Digital Songs.
"Zutter" ranked at 16 on the most popular Korean singles of 2015 in Taiwan by music streaming service
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.
Charts
Weekly charts
Monthly charts
Year-end charts
Release history
References
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Korean-language songs
YG Entertainment singles
Songs written by Teddy Park
Songs written by G-Dragon
Songs written by T.O.P