One user commented, “And now DNA has 1.3 billion views on YouTube today. Wow. Congrats to us, let’s stream more.” Another user commented and added screenshots of the video expressing his excitement, “They are actually five videos in total reaching 1B views and only over half that far away! #BoyWithLuv1B #DNA1B #bts.”
Besides BTS’ DNA, other Korean music videos that have garnered 1 billion views on YouTube are Blackpin’s “Kill This Love” and “DDU-DU DDU-DU”. Apart from this, it is also PSY’s ‘Gangnam Style’ and ‘gentleman‘.
The song hit the screens on July 2, 2021 at 11:55 PM (KST). The music video took 3 years, 9 months, 14 days, 5 hours and 55 minutes to reach the milestone as the music video was released on September 18, 2017 at 6 PM (KST). Upon release, ‘DNA’ was critically acclaimed for its production, sound and direction. ‘DNA’ was a commercial success as it peaked at number two on the Village Digital Chart and number one on the Billboard K-Pop Hot 100. It has since sold 2.5 billion copies in South Korea.
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