BTS Jin’s ‘The Astronaut’ surpasses 250 million on Spotify

[Star News | [Reporter Moon Wan-sik]

BTS Jin’s solo song ‘The Astronaut’ shone with popularity by exceeding 250 million streams on Spotify, the world’s largest music platform.

Jin’s solo song ‘The Astronaut’ surpassed 250 million streams on Spotify on October 2nd.

Jin’s first solo single ‘The Astronaut’, released on October 28 last year, achieved 100 million streams on Spotify in 72 days, setting the record for the shortest time for a Korean male K-pop solo song at the time.

It then achieved 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 the day of his solo song’s release, Jin was first listed on Spotify’s ‘Global Top Artist’ and ‘Japanese Top Artist’ charts, setting a record for debuting at the highest ranking among Korean solo artists of all time.

▶진 (Jin) ‘The Astronaut’ Official MV

Jin’s official music video for ‘The Astronaut’ exceeded 93.08 million views as of 7 a.m. on October 6, and the stage video with Coldplay in Argentina exceeded 24.87 million views, continuing to be extremely popular globally.

▶진 (Jin) ‘The Astronaut’ (with Coldplay) @ Coldplay’s Music Of The Spheres Tour in Buenos Aires

The music video for ‘The Astronaut’ attracted attention with Jin’s delicate and sensuous facial expressions as he appeared as an ‘spaceman’ who made an emergency landing. In particular, the mysterious and sensuous sound and visual beauty evoked the feeling of watching a science fiction movie, garnering great attention.

As soon as the music video was released, it received an explosive response, reaching 1 million views in 15 minutes, 10 million views in 12 hours and 30 minutes, and 30 million views in 4 days.

It also showed off its overwhelming popularity, reaching 1 million likes in 1 hour and 4 minutes and 3 million in 13 hours. As of October 5, the number of likes has reached 5.42 million, proving that it continues to be a hot topic even during the military service period.

Jin’s ‘The Astronaut’ music video ranked first on ‘Global YouTube Music Trending’ for 17 consecutive days from October 28 to November 13, 2022 immediately after its release. Previously, Jin’s self-composed solo song ‘Super Tuna’ music video ranked first for 16 consecutive days, and Jin broke this record himself, writing a new history in K-pop.

‘The Astronaut’ swept the iTunes Top Songs chart as soon as it was released, reaching #1 in 80 countries within 5 hours and 30 minutes of its release, #1 in 90 countries within 8 hours and 25 minutes, and #97 at 4 a.m. on the 29th (Korean time). Jin’s immense popularity was proven by achieving first place in all countries.

Starting with Mexico, it topped the iTunes Top Songs chart in Micronesia on July 28th, followed by Germany, the UK, France, and the US, followed by Niger on July 29th the next day, and Ghana on September 11th. It showed its potential by achieving first place in a total of 107 countries.

Reporter Moon Wan-sik munwansik@mt.co.kr