BTS Jimin's 'Filter', 352 million on Spotify

BTS Jimin's 'Filter' has become a steady song, receiving continued love from listeners in the new year.

Jimin's solo song 'Filter' surpassed 352 million streams on Spotify as of January 23, breaking the record as the fastest Korean male solo song.

The YouTube audio video of 'Filter', which was released only as an audio track without a music video, exceeded 105 million views, and also achieved the shortest record for a Korean male solo song, showing off its undiminished sound power.

On Melon, Korea's largest music platform, 'Map of the Soul; The '7' version and the 'Proof' album version recorded a combined 132 million streams, the most streams among all solo songs included in the two albums, which is an amazing achievement achieved without any promotion.

The popularity of 'Filter' goes beyond the music platform and is loved by many users on TikTok. As of the 24th, it was used as BGM in more than 428,000 videos, and was used as 'Permission to Dance' and 'Boy with Luv' on BTS' official TikTok account. ', 'Fake Love', and 'GO Rather than Worry', it ranked 5th overall, setting a record of 1st place as a solo song.

'Filter' is an exciting Latin pop song that lets you feel Jimin's outstanding voice and fatal charm. It was included in BTS' 4th full-length album in February 2020 and topped the two major pop charts, the US Billboard Chart and the UK Official Chart, immediately after its release. It has become a hot topic, ranking on both the and Canadian Billboard charts.

Meanwhile, following 'Filter', which has been steadily gaining popularity for the past three years as K-pop's representative solo song, Jimin announced in a recent interview, ''I've been working on a personal album,'' and announced a solo album that will be filled entirely with his own voice. It raised fans' expectations.

Reporter Junho Yoon, Ten Asia delo410@tenasia.co.kr