Blackpink ‘Pink Venom’ Scores Biggest YouTube Music Video Premiere of 2022

variety.com:

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorBlackpink kicked in the door with the release of “Pink Venom,” which has become the most-viewed music video on YouTube this year to date in the first 24 hours.The K-pop powerhouse group’s dance-fueled, female-empowerment video for “Pink Venom” reached an impressive 82.2 million views within 24 hours after it dropped on YouTube at midnight ET Friday (1 p.m.

KST), according to the video platform’s public views counter. Blackpink fans, aka “Blinks,” also gave “Pink Venom” 6 million likes on YouTube during the initial release window.That makes “Pink Venom” No.

4 on the all-time YouTube 24-hour views rankings, just behind Blackpink’s own “How You Like That,” which reached 86.3 million views June 2020.

The top two spots are still held by BTS, which last year racked up 108.2 million views for “Butter” in the first 24 hours and notched 101.1 million for “Dynamite” in 2020.