"Antal Boom" TWS has nearly 80 million monthly viewers on YouTube

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The monthly audience of YouTube music of the group TWS (Tuus) soared by about 491% from the previous month to 78.5 million (January 8). This is the highest number for K-pop artists as well as fifth-generation boy groups.

YouTube Music Monthly Viewers refer to the number of users around the world who have watched or listened to music on TWS (Shin Yu, Do Hoon, Youngjae, Hanjin, Jihoon, and Kyungmin) in the past 28 days. The number of viewers of TWS, which was around 13.29 million for a month in November last year during the mini-fourth "playhard" activity, increased by more than 65 million in just over a month.

This growth accelerated with the "Antal Challenge" of the title song of the mini 4th album "OVERDRIVE" creating a popular sensation at the end of the year. The challenge drew high attention as it was re-examined several times at major awards ceremonies at home and abroad. Stars such as singers, actors, and entertainers, as well as the public, continued to participate, establishing itself as a national meme (internet content).

In fact, "OVERDRIVE" has been at the top of the TikTok music chart "Top 50" for a week after steadily rising to the top, and has settled in fifth place on Korean YouTube's "Daily Shorts Popular Song" (January 6th) to show its popularity that does not cool down in the new year. The number of posts in which the song was inserted exceeded 580,000 as of today (9th).

The fever that started on the short platform also led to the reverse of the music charts. "OVERDRIVE" re-entered Melon's daily chart at No. 99 (December 6, 2025) and recently soared to No. 39 (January 6, 2026). It is also cruising on major domestic music sites such as Genie Music, Flo, and Bugs, and ranked second on China's largest music site QQ Music's "Weekly Korean Chart" (counting period from December 25 to 31, 2025) to prove its global expansion.

As a result, TWS has solidified its status as a 'challenge hit maker' in name and reality. This is the result of proving the impact of the challenge by successfully succeeding "The first meeting doesn't go as planned" and "If I'm S, you'll be my N" and "OVERDRIVE." Attention is focusing on what kind of work those who lead the short-form trend based on their strong popularity will create new repercussions next time.

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