Admin l Tuesday, June 30, 2020
SEOUL, South Korea – A South Korean musical group, BlackPink has set new Guinness World Record titles with the release of the video ‘How You Like That’.
How You Like That by BlackPink got 86.3 million views in the first day of release, and became Most viewed YouTube video in 24 hours, Most viewed music video on YouTube in 24 hours and Most viewed YouTube music video in 24 hours by a K-pop group.
Announcing the development, Guinness World Record said all three records surpass previous record holder BTS – who, together with US singer Halsey previously achieved these three record titles with the video for ‘Boy With Luv’ in April 2019.
Other previous record holders for most viewed YouTube video in 24 hours include Ariana Grande’s “thank u, next” (55.4 million views), Taylor Swift’s “Look What You Made Me Do” (43.2 million views) and BLACKPINK themselves, who held the titles for just one week with their last release “Kill This Love” (56.7 million views).
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‘How You Like That’ is the group’s first single since ‘Kill This Love’, with members Jisoo, Jennie, Rose and Lisa gearing up towards the release of their first Korean-language album.
YouTube also confirmed to Guinness World Records that the live premiere of ‘How You Like That’ reached 1.66 million peak concurrent viewers, subsequently setting two new record titles for: Most viewers for the premiere of a video on YouTube, Most viewers for the premiere of a music video on YouTube
BLACKPINK group formed in 2016 and recently featured on Lady Gaga’s track “Sour Candy”, which charted in both the United States and United Kingdom. They are already the most followed female group on Spotify as well as the music group with the most subscribers on YouTube, surpassing One Direction.