BTS Jungkook, ‘Seven’ music video reaches 300 million views

Jungkook's 'Seven (feat. Latto)' achieved 300 million views.

BTS Jungkook's first solo single 'Seven' music video YouTube views exceeded 300 million at around 2:43 am on the 12th.

This is an achievement about 5 months after the music video was released on July 14th. 'Seven' is a song that combines an addictive melody with warm-sounding acoustic guitar, UK garage genre rhythm, and Jungkook's sweet vocals, and hit major music charts around the world as soon as it was released.

This song went straight to number one on the US Billboard's main song chart 'Hot 100' (as of July 29), and peaked at number three on the UK's official single chart 'Top 100'. 'Seven' also ranked 4th in 'Top 10 Songs Globally' in the '2023 Wrapped Year-end Summary' campaign recently announced by Spotify, the world's largest music streaming platform.

Jungkook and 'Seven' were selected by the recently announced US Billboard staff as 'Billboard's Greatest Pop Stars of 2023: Introduction & Honorable Mentions (Staff List)' and 'The 100 Best Songs of 2023'. 2023: Staff Picks).

Billboard gave a favorable review of 'Seven', saying, "With a beat influenced by UK garage and Latto's strong featuring, this song is worthy of captivating even the most stubborn pop fans in the world."

Meanwhile, BTS Jungkook and member Jimin will enlist as active-duty soldiers in the army today (12th).

Kim Se-ah, Ten Asia reporter haesmik@tenasia.co.kr