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BTS makes history as 'DNA' becomes first Korean music video to cross 1 billion views

WION Web Team
New DelhiUpdated: Jun 01, 2020, 02:02 PM IST
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BTS originally released 'DNA' on September 18, 2017.

BTS makes history yet again as the Korean pop band charted new heights of success. 

The boy band made YouTube story as their recently released music video titled ‘DNA’ hit the 1 billion mark on YouTube. 

With this, BTS has become the first Korean boy band’s music video ever to achieve the feat. 

The only other Korean music videos to have reached the milestone on YouTube to date are PSY’s ‘Gangnam Style,’ PSY’s ‘Gentleman’ and BLACKPINK’s ‘DDU-DU DDU-DU.’

BTS originally released ‘DNA’ on September 18, 2017. So it basically took the video just over two years to surpass 1 billion views.

Watch the music video for ‘DNA’ here if you haven’t seen: