BTS have damaged the document for essentially the most seen YouTube video in 24 hours.
The Okay-Pop megastars – RM, Jin, SUGA, J-Hope, Jimin, V, and Jungkook – made historical past on Friday (21.08.20) with the discharge of their new single, ‘Dynamite’, because the music video for the track set the brand new document for the most important 24-hour debut, amassing a whopping 101 million views in its first day on the platform.
A YouTube spokesperson confirmed to Forbes on Sunday (23.08.20): ”We can verify that [the video titled] ‘BTS (방탄소년단) ‘Dynamite’ Official MV’ set a brand new all-time 24hr document, surpassing 100M views with 101.1m views within the first 24 hours.”
The observe additionally set the document for largest music video premiere when it garnered over three million concurrent viewers when it premiered on the platform.
‘Dynamite’s new document means it’s the first, and presently the one, YouTube video in historical past to obtain greater than 100 million views inside its first 24 hours.
Not content material with simply dominating YouTube, ‘Dynamite’ additionally noticed BTS break the document for the most important Spotify debut of 2020, when it garnered 7.779 million streams in its first 24 hours.
The observe additionally set a number of iTunes information, changing into the quickest track to ever attain primary in 100 nations, with a time of simply eight hours, and making BTS the one artist to ever have 5 songs obtain 100 quantity ones.
Meanwhile, BTS not too long ago stated they hope their new single – which is their first to be sung solely in English – will deliver ”happiness and confidence” to their followers amid the coronavirus pandemic.
SUGA stated: ”’Dynamite’ sends a message of happiness and confidence. It says, regardless that we’re going by means of powerful instances, let’s do what we will in our locations, let’s discover freedom and happiness by means of dance and music. I’d say it is a track devoted to all of the individuals who felt like they’ve fallen down while operating a marathon.”
The launch of ‘Dynamite’ comes because the band are additionally getting ready their new album, which is about to be launched within the coming months.
The document will likely be virtually solely put collectively by the members themselves, together with the album art work and the general manufacturing.
Jimin stated: ”We are nonetheless engaged on our album, it is nonetheless a go. Our objective is to launch it within the second half of this yr. This new album has the very best participation fee of some other albums that we launched, and we’re working actually laborious.
”We cannot pinpoint an actual launch date simply but, however as a lot as [our fans] are ready for us, we actually need to see you too so we’ll work more durable.”
