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BTS (BTS) V's solo song "Friends" (FRI(END)S) became popular with more than 570 million streams on Spotify.
The digital single "Friends" recorded 570 million streams on Spotify, the world's largest music streaming platform, on the 18th. "Friends" is a pop soul R&B genre with sweet melodies and witty lyrics, and you can enjoy V's various tones that freely cross the low notes and falsetto.
Released on March 15, 2024, "Friends" debuted at No. 65 on the U.S. Billboard main single chart "Hot 100," No. 3 on Billboard Global (excluding the U.S.) and No. 5 on "Global 200," despite V's lack of a real album due to his military service. UK's 'UK Official Chart' singles chart enters 13th place. It has been on the chart for two consecutive weeks, and debuted at No. 3 on the UK's biggest chart, the Official Big Top 40 chart, with tracking in just two days.
It also reached No. 1 on Worldwide iTunes and European iTunes, and became the first song in the world to top the iTunes charts in 100 countries to be released in 2024. Amazon Music and Apple Music selected Friends as the "2024 Best K-Pop". It was so popular that it was selected as the background music for season 3 of the popular American drama series "The Summer I Turned Pretty."
The music video filmed in the UK also made a big splash. V's excellent performance, which three-dimensionally expresses conflicting characters in different situations when he is alone and with his lover, gave him a sense of immersion as if he were watching a movie.
Since its release, the music video has topped YouTube's world trend music category for 14 consecutive days, and became the first K-pop artist to top the U.S. "Tidal Top Video" chart.
Meanwhile, V had 2,031,4183 Spotify followers as of January 19. This is the highest ranking for K-pop solo artists, and V enjoys unrivaled popularity as a solo artist.
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