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soryang

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Sun Jan 17, 2021, 05:43 PM Jan 2021

Blackpink's Jennie is first female K-pop artiste to hit 600m YouTube views

Straits Times
Lim Ruey Yan
JAN 15, 2021, 4:27 PM SGT


Member of girl group Blackpink, Jennie, who turns 25 on Saturday (Jan 16), got an early birthday gift when she became the first South Korean female artiste to surpass 600 million views on YouTube - a feat she achieved with her aptly named hit song Solo.

According to her agency YG Entertainment, the music video for the song reached 600 million views at about 5.20am on Friday (Jan 15) - about two years after Solo's release in November 2018.

The tune, about seeking independence after a break-up, was written and co-produced by Korean-American rapper and songwriter Teddy Park...


https://www.straitstimes.com/life/entertainment/blackpinks-jennie-is-first-k-pop-female-artiste-to-hit-600m-youtube-views




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Blackpink's Jennie is first female K-pop artiste to hit 600m YouTube views (Original Post) soryang Jan 2021 OP
LOL, Boggles my peabrain. OAITW r.2.0 Jan 2021 #1
I've been laughing since i saw this soryang Jan 2021 #2

OAITW r.2.0

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1. LOL, Boggles my peabrain.
Sun Jan 17, 2021, 05:48 PM
Jan 2021

One person/group can garner 600MM views? That's world class, but does it have multi-decade staying power?

soryang

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2. I've been laughing since i saw this
Sun Jan 17, 2021, 05:58 PM
Jan 2021

I wouldn't have noticed but I saw the article when I was researching a South Korean news story in the Straits Times. So I took a look. I'm mostly laughing at myself, because I didn't even know who she was. I guess that just gives away my age and how out of touch I am with the younger generation.

It's a cultural milestone...I guess.

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