[OFFICIAL] iKON’s ‘LOVE SCENARIO’ Reaches 100 Million Views Whilst Summer Comeback Coming Up…’Multiple Celebrations’
[OSEN=정지원 기자] iKON won the honor of reaching 100 million views for the first time since debut with the MV for ‘LOVE SCENARIO’.
As of June 1, 3:15, iKON’s ‘LOVE SCENARIO’ surpassed 100 million views in their official YouTube channel, becoming iKON’s first MV to surpass 100 million views since debut.
YG Entertainment shared the news by revealing a special celebration poster through their official blog(www.yg-life.com), congratulating iKON’s first 100 million views with the song ‘LOVE SCENARIO’.
‘LOVE SCENARIO’ is the title song from iKON’s 2nd official album ‘RETURN’, released back on January 25. The song contains catchy melodies and warm emotions.
The song was praised by the press and was known to ‘rewriting boy-group history in the past 10 years’ by maintaining its no. 1 spot in real-time music charts for 43 days, becoming a mega-hit song.
‘LOVE SCENARIO’ was popular not only in Korea, but also overseas. Foreign press including Billboard and BuzzFeed praised iKON’s growth and musicality. They topped foreign iTunes Album Charts in 17 different countries while topping the KPOP Weekly Chart in China’s largest music platform, QQ Music for 4 consecutive weeks, and was placed at no. 1 in iTunes Album Comprehensive Chart in Japan, creating a worldwide syndrome.
The MV for ‘LOVE SCENARIO’ which achieved the best results in Korea and worldwide also displayed a steady increase in view counts, eventually leading to the achievement of ‘iKON’s first 100 million views since debut’.
The MV for ‘LOVE SCENARIO’ gathered attention with its sensible visuals which reminded viewers of a film on theaters. The progress of love and various scenes were expressed into a single scene using MCC, which made the MV more interesting for the viewers.
YG’s representative producer YANG HYUN SUK recently shared the news of iKON’s ‘LOVE SCENARIO’ surpassing 100 million views and noticed iKON’s surprise release this summer through his social media, raising expectations of fans in Korea and worldwide.
iKON is currently meeting their fans through their reality program, ‘Self-Produced iKON TV’. Members of iKON are producing the show themselves while participating in the planning, filming, and editing, displaying their unexpected charms which couldn’t be seen on stage. The show airs every Saturday at 10 PM through YouTube and broadcasts on the same night at 12:30 AM through JTBC.
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