Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorBTS’s “Dynamite” music video is the new record-holder for highest number of YouTube viewers for a video premiere, registering at least more twice the peak live-audience size as the previous high-water mark.
The new “Dynamite” vid from the K-pop superstars also is pacing to become the most-viewed video ever in the first 24 hours on YouTube.During the “Dynamite” premiere Friday (Aug.
21), the video drew just over 4 million live concurrent viewers on YouTube at one point, although the official count has yet to come in from the internet video platform.
In any case, that easily destroyed the record set in June by K-pop girl group Blackpink for “How You Like That,” which officially drew 1.66 million concurrent.
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