BTS’s 'Boy With Luv' surpasses 1.2 billion views on YouTube

BTS's ″Boy With Luv″ became the band's second music video to surpass 1.2 billion views on YouTube. [BIG HIT MUSIC]

BTS’s “Boy With Luv” has become the boy band's second music video to surpass 1.2 billion views on YouTube.

The band's label Big Hit Music announced the video reached the milestone at 9:48 a.m. on Thursday.

“DNA” became the first music video to exceed that number of views in February, and “Boy With Luv” marks the second music video to do so just two months later.

“Boy With Luv” is the lead track of the band’s sixth EP “Map of the Soul: Persona” which was released in April 2019 and features American pop singer Halsey.

The single debuted at No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 and stayed on the chart for eight consecutive weeks.

BTS has 31 music videos with more than 100 million views, including “Dynamite” which recently reached 1 billion views, “Fake Love” and “MIC Drop (Steve Aoki Remix)” with 900 million views.

BY LEE JAE-LIM [lee.jaelim@joongang.co.kr]