BTS' Jin's 'The Astronaut' gained global popularity by surpassing 221 million streams on Spotify, the world's largest music platform.
Jin's solo song 'The Astronaut' recently surpassed 221 million streams on Spotify. As of August 23, it is recording 221,584,088 streams.
Jin's first solo single, 'The Astronaut', released on October 28 last year, received 50 million streams in 22 days, 60 million streams in 29 days, 70 million streams in 37 days, and 90 million streams in 57 days on Spotify. 10,000 streams, achieving 100 million streams in 72 days, setting a new record for the shortest period of time for a Korean male K-pop solo song at the time.
On the day of the release of her solo song, Jin reached the top of Spotify's 'Global Top Artist' and 'Japan Top Artist' charts, recording the highest ranking among Korean solo artists of all time, making an unconventional move.
The music video for “The Astronaut,” released on October 28 last year, recently surpassed 88 million views and surpassed 88.53 million views as of the afternoon of the 23rd, proving its popularity.
Jin's 'The Astronaut' music video received an explosive response as soon as it was released, achieving 1 million views in 15 minutes, 10 million views in 12 hours and 30 minutes, and 30 million views in 4 days. In addition, it showed off its overwhelming popularity by recording 1 million 'likes' in 1 hour and 4 minutes and 3 million in 13 hours. As of August 23, the number of likes exceeded 5.38 million.
The music video for 'The Astronaut' drew attention with Jin's delicate and sensuous expression acting as an 'alien' who crashed. In addition, it was well received that Jin's attractive bass sound and unique refreshing yet dreamy atmosphere showed various aspects of vocalist Jin. and captivated fans all over the world.
Written by Mun Wan SikTranslated by Lee So Yun