Hot on the heels on the success of their release of the popular Maroon 5 hit Memories, the world-renowned Drakensberg Boys Choir drop their newest single; a catchy take on the smash hit Butter by the global sensation BTS; across all digital platforms on Friday, July 15th, along with a striking music video filmed on location on the scenic Whale Bone Pier in Umhlanga, South Africa .
While the Drakensberg Boys Choir are known predominantly for singing classical music, they have always embraced the contemporary music of the time, dating back to the 80’s.
Over the past 2 years there has been an upward drive to make another shift towards bringing the choir into a modern space. This rendition of the worldwide hit Butter was a fun idea of how they can take a very well-known pop song – with over 780 Million views of their music video to date – and make it relevant to a choir, but also have some fun with the choreography.
As the original song wasn’t arranged for choir but for the South Korean Boy Band, they put choir parts in with flowing melodies that complement the lead line. They wanted to showcase the different talents of the boys and didn’t shy away from the rap section. They also added Zulu over the original melody to bring out the African flavour that the DBC is known for.
Sticking quite close to the original production of the song, some new elements were added to make it unique to the DBC. The saxophone solo at the end of the original was replaced with a guitar solo. Vocally the song is very different from the original.
Listen to Drakensberg Boys Choir’s rendition of ‘Butter’ below and read more music news here.
