BLACKPINK’s ‘Ice Cream’ M/V Reaches 800 million Views…9th Video to Reach Such Feat
[스타투데이=성정은 기자] The M/V for group BLACKPINK’s ‘Ice Cream’ reached 800 million vies on YouTube.
According to YG Entertainment on the 30th, the M/V for BLACKPINK’s ‘Ice Cream’ surpassed 800 million views on YouTube as of 2:15AM of this day. This feat comes in around 2 years and 3 months since it was released in August 2020.
As a result, BLACKPINK now has 9 videos which surpassed 800 million views out of their 37 video content which recorded hundreds of millions of views. Ahead of ‘Ice Cream’, BLACKPINK’s ‘DDU-DU DDU-DU (1.9 billion views)’, ‘Kill This Love (1.7 billion views)’, ‘BOOMBAYAH (1.5 billion views)’, ‘As If It’s Your Last (1.2 billion views)’, the M/V (1.1 billion views) and performance video for ‘How You Like That (1.2 billion views)’, and the M/V for JENNIE’s solo song ‘SOLO’, ‘WHISTLE’, and ‘PLAYING WITH FIRE’ had reached the same feat.
‘Ice Cream’ garnered great attention from global fans as it was the first cute and refreshing concept by BLACKPINK, and was also a pop genre song with simple and bubbly sounds. group created great synergy with Selena Gomez through this song, and many believed BLACKPINK was able to expand their musical spectrum and secure more global fandom through this collaboration.
Right after the release, the song took the first place on iTunes Worldwide Chart, and renewed the K-POP girl-group record by placing 13th on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. The song stayed on the chart for 8 consecutive weeks.
BLACKPINK’s first full album ‘THE ALBUM’ which contained this song placed 2nd on U.S. Billboard 200 and UK’s official album chart, also breaking their record as a K-POP girl group.
Meanwhile, BLACKPINK is currently on the largest world tour as a K-POP girl group holding approximately 1.5 million audiences. They interacted with 200,000 fans in North America by selling all their tickets for 14 shows in 7 cities, and will continue on their tour in Europe starting with London on the 30th. They plan to hold 10 shows in 7 European cities. From 2023, they will expand the scope of their tour and meet with fans in Asia and Oceania.
2022.12.1
