MEAWW.COM / ENTERTAINMENT / MUSIC

BTS ‘Dynamite’ shatters BLACKPINK records, but Army must push for 100 million views?

‘Dynamite’ chalked up more than 86.4 million views on YouTube, snatching the crown from Blackpink for ‘How You Like That’

BTS Army can't stop celebrating! The K-pop idols’ new video for ‘Dynamite’ has shattered all records on YouTube after the upbeat disco-pop song clinched the top spot for the highest number of views and most live views in the first 24 hours of its debut. 

No sooner was the song rolled out for fans on Friday, August 21, at 12 am ET or 1 pm KST, it created much hysteria on Twitter. As per a Variety report, by 8.35 pm ET or 9.35 am KST on Saturday, the track chalked up more than 86.4 million views on YouTube, snatching the crown from Blackpink for ‘How You Like That’, which raked almost 86.3 million views in the first 24 hours. Moreover, after the video dropped, it instantly had almost three million concurrent live viewers, YouTube confirmed Friday.

With a surge of energy, the track has BTS band members — RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V and Jungkook — searching for happiness by trying to spread joy with their addictive moves and charming allure. The chorus by Jungkook goes: "'Cause I, I, I'm in the stars tonight / So watch me bring the fire and set the night alight / Shining through the city with a little funk and soul / So I'ma light it up like dynamite, woah-oh-oh..." The lyrics further read: "King Kong, kick the drum / Rolling on like a Rolling Stone / Sing song when I'm walking home / Jump up to the top, LeBron."

If that was not enough, the K-pop band's passionate fanbase dubbed as BTS Army can't stop pushing for 100 million views on Twitter now. The big question on all minds is: Will K-pop’s all-English song garner 100 million views and will the Army keep streaming the track until it doesn't? In no time, ‘WE BROKE THE RECORD’ started trending on Twitter with the Army pushing fans to help reach the 100 million mark!

"NOW THAT WE BROKE THE RECORD, THE THING THAT WE NEED TO DO IS KEEP ON STREAMING TILL WE GET THAT 100M OKAY GUYS, FIGHTING," one tweet read and another said, "Yes we broke the record, that means KEEP STREAMING UNTILL 100 MILLION!!! Go go go!! I'm gonna sleep for two days after this, streaming days are exhausting but so worth it."

One fan wrote: "I made my sis stream while I took a quick nap, I came back and I see that WE BROKE THE RECORD. I’m so proud of us let’s keep on streaming and go towards that 100M I know we got this." Another said, "Jungkook is here to remind you that even though we broke the record, we still got time to get it to 100 million or more views. SO KEEP F**KING STREAMING."

One fan even calculated the number of views needed in that time. "WE BROKE THE RECORD, OUR BOYS CLEARLY DESERVES THIS SO MUCH SO THIS SHOUL DRIVE IS IN MORE STREAMING!! WE ONLY HAVE 4 HOURS GUYS AND WE STILL NEED 12M!! IF WE GAIN 5M PER HOUR THEN OUR ESTIMATED VIEWS ARE 100M-110M!! WE CAN DO THIS GUYS," the tweet read. Another said, "WE BROKE THE RECORD Anyway, can we act like Dynamite just premiered for the last hour of streaming? The got 20m last time, hopefully we can get at least 10m in the last hour."

Can the song cross the 100 million mark? Share your thoughts in the comments below.