BTS Jimin produces song ‘Friend’ on Spotify 190 million

BTS Jimin's 'Friends' is proving its undiminished popularity.

Jimin's produced song 'Friend' surpassed 190 million streams on Spotify, the world's largest music platform, on December 27.

Shazam surpassed 300,000 listens on December 29th. Shazam is the world's largest music search platform that recognizes songs and provides information about song names and artists, and is feeling the continued love of global fans.

In addition, on the domestic music site Melon, the official YouTube audio source is receiving an even response, recording 44.43 million views, with 132.4 million total streams and more than 2.4 million total listeners.

'Friend', a song from BTS' 4th full-length album and in which Jimin shows off his writing, composing, and producing skills, is an easy listening song that beautifully combines witty autobiographical lyrics and a cheerful, gospel-like melody.

'Friend' was a nominated song for the 2020 Gaon Music Awards 'Song of the Year' in February when the sound source was released, and was the only BTS member at the time to be selected along with the solo song 'Filter', garnering great popularity and Jimin's outstanding musical ability. Competency was recognized.

In Japan, it was used as background music for broadcast programs several times and achieved gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ), showing overwhelming prominence in both Korea and Japan. In particular, it was inserted as an OST in the Marvel movie 'Eternals', making it even more popular globally. It became an opportunity to create.

Last year, 'Friend' was the first Korean song to appear on the official ending credits of 'Eternals', and fans commemorating it on SNS relayed credit certifications, and even 'Eternals' and Marvel Studios joined in on the official Twitter, creating a global sensation. There is a bar.

As Jimin achieved successful results by proving his popularity and ability as an artist with his producing debut song 'Friend', expectations are rising whether he will be able to produce a song again in his upcoming solo album.

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