‘APT.’ of Rosé becomes fastest K-Pop solo music video to reach 300 million views | ABS-CBN
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‘APT.’ of Rosé becomes fastest K-Pop solo music video to reach 300 million views
‘APT.’ of Rosé becomes fastest K-Pop solo music video to reach 300 million views
Toff C.
Published Nov 15, 2024 07:38 PM PHT
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Updated Nov 22, 2024 06:20 PM PHT
Rosé's latest single "APT." has reached another feat.
Rosé's latest single "APT." has reached another feat.
"APT." has set a new record as the fastest music video by a K-pop soloist to hit 300 million views as per a report by Soompi. The video achieved the milestone in 22 days surpassing the previous record of Psy's 2013 hit track "Gentleman" which achieved 300 million views in 25 days.
"APT." has set a new record as the fastest music video by a K-pop soloist to hit 300 million views as per a report by Soompi. The video achieved the milestone in 22 days surpassing the previous record of Psy's 2013 hit track "Gentleman" which achieved 300 million views in 25 days.
It also became the fastest music video across all genres to reach 300 million views on YouTube this year and ranking as the sixth-fastest overall in history.
It also became the fastest music video across all genres to reach 300 million views on YouTube this year and ranking as the sixth-fastest overall in history.
"APT." reached 300 million views on November 9.
"APT." reached 300 million views on November 9.
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Released on October 18, "APT" is Rosé's collaboration with Bruno Mars. On its first day of release, the song gained the biggest debut for a male-female duet on YouTube this year. It achieved more than 25 million views on YouTube on its first day on the platform.
Released on October 18, "APT" is Rosé's collaboration with Bruno Mars. On its first day of release, the song gained the biggest debut for a male-female duet on YouTube this year. It achieved more than 25 million views on YouTube on its first day on the platform.
The record surpassed the previous record set by Taylor Swift and Post Malone's "Fortnight."
The record surpassed the previous record set by Taylor Swift and Post Malone's "Fortnight."
"APT." is inspired by the Korean drinking game Apartment. It is pronounced as apateu or 아파트 in Korean.
"APT." is inspired by the Korean drinking game Apartment. It is pronounced as apateu or 아파트 in Korean.
In an interview with Vogue, Rosé shared that she got the inspiration for the song when she was playing the drinking game with her team in the recording studio.
In an interview with Vogue, Rosé shared that she got the inspiration for the song when she was playing the drinking game with her team in the recording studio.
"I was like, 'Is this okay that I've written like a song about like a drinking game? Is this too unserious?' And so I like got all of the producers and songwriters to delete the song off of their phones," she said.
"I was like, 'Is this okay that I've written like a song about like a drinking game? Is this too unserious?' And so I like got all of the producers and songwriters to delete the song off of their phones," she said.
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Upon noticing that listeners from her team became "obsessed" with the song, the BLACKPINK member decided to move forward with completing the track.
Upon noticing that listeners from her team became "obsessed" with the song, the BLACKPINK member decided to move forward with completing the track.
On how her collaboration with Bruno Mars materialized, Rosé recalled: "Last year, Bruno came to perform in Korea, in Seoul and my friends were like, 'Do you wanna go watch a Bruno Mars concert?' And so ever since then I was like, 'Oh my god, I love Bruno Mars, I play his songs all the time.'"
On how her collaboration with Bruno Mars materialized, Rosé recalled: "Last year, Bruno came to perform in Korea, in Seoul and my friends were like, 'Do you wanna go watch a Bruno Mars concert?' And so ever since then I was like, 'Oh my god, I love Bruno Mars, I play his songs all the time.'"
She went on: "Fast forward somebody set up a meeting with him and I. And I met him and I was like, I was fangirling so much, and he liked jumped on the song and he had all these like crazy ideas for it."
She went on: "Fast forward somebody set up a meeting with him and I. And I met him and I was like, I was fangirling so much, and he liked jumped on the song and he had all these like crazy ideas for it."
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