BTS’s ‘DNA’ music video has once again made history by surpassing 1.6 billion views on YouTube. The title track ‘DNA’ from BTS’s album ‘LOVE YOURSELF 承 ‘Her”, released in September 2017, exceeded 1.6 billion views around 3:30 AM (KST) on November 13. This marks BTS’s third music video to reach 1.6 billion views, following ‘Dynamite’ and ‘Boy With Luv (Feat. Halsey)’.
‘DNA’ conveys a message of youthful freshness and passionate love, expressing that “the two of us were fatefully intertwined from the beginning and were one from our DNA.” The song, characterized by its harmonious blend of electro-pop sounds and acoustic guitar, vividly and cheerfully portrays the excitement of boys falling in love for the first time. The music video starts with an addictive whistle sound and captivates viewers with its stunning transitions between virtual reality and outer space. BTS delivers a visually pleasing performance through powerful choreography as individuals, units, and a group.
BTS currently holds a total of 39 music videos with over a hundred million views, including ‘DNA’. ‘Dynamite’ has 1.8 billion views, ‘Boy With Luv (Feat. Halsey)’ has 1.8 billion views, ‘MIC Drop (Steve Aoki Remix)’ has 1.4 billion views, ‘IDOL’ has 1.3 billion views, and ‘FAKE LOVE’ has 1.2 billion views.
Additionally, BTS has set records with ‘Blood Sweat & Tears’, ‘Butter’ surpassing 900 million views, ‘FIRE’, ‘DOPE’, ‘Save Me’ each with 700 million views, ‘Permission to Dance’ and ‘ON’ Kinetic Manifesto Film with 600 million views, ‘Not Today’, ‘Spring Day’, ‘Life Goes On’, ‘Black Swan’ with 500 million views, ‘Boy In Luv’ with 400 million views, ‘War of Hormone’, ‘ON’, ‘No More Dream’ each with 300 million views, ‘I NEED U’, ‘Dynamite’ (Choreography ver.), ‘Dynamite’ B-side, ‘Just One Day’, ‘Yet To Come (The Most Beautiful Moment)’ each with 200 million views. Music videos that have surpassed 100 million views include ‘We are bulletproof PT.2’, ‘RUN’, ‘Serendipity’, ‘Singularity’, ‘IDOL (Feat. Nicki Minaj)’, ‘I NEED U’ (Original ver.), ‘Ego’, ‘Interlude : Shadow’, ‘Epiphany’, ‘N.O’, ‘Butter (Hotter Remix)’, ‘Boy With Luv (feat. Halsey)’ (‘ARMY With Luv’ ver.), ‘Danger’, among others.
The anticipation of what records BTS will set in the future continues. As long as fans’ love and support persist, BTS’s record-breaking journey will not stop.
