“Dynamite” is the second BTS’ song fully recorded in English. The song it is already breaking records worldwide.
Let’s dive into some trivia and facts about the new song.
- “Dynamite” is a song recorded by South Korean boy band BTS
- The song was released on August 21, 2020, through Big Hit and Sony Music
- It is BTS’ second song fully recorded in English
- The accompanying music video broke the world record for receiving the most views within 24 hours on YouTube
- It has more than 132 million views since its release
- According to YouTube, it also broke the record for a video premiere
- The BTS “Dynamite” video had about 98.3 million views in the 24 hours after it went live on YouTube
- The “Dynamite” music video was released on YouTube Friday, Aug. 21, at 12 a.m. ET/1 p.m. KST
- By 8:35 p.m. ET (9:35 a.m. KST on Saturday), “Dynamite” had registered more than 86.4 million views on YouTube
- It hit the No. 1 trending spot on YouTube globally within 12 hours of its debut
- The video also notched a record for most-viewed YouTube Premiere with more than 3 million live concurrent viewers
- The “Dynamite” vid was directed by Yong Seok Choi of production firm Lumpens, who also helmed “Boy With Luv”
- On July 26, 2020, the group confirmed during a livestream on V Live that they will be releasing an English-language song on August 21, 2020
- This song is the first single for the group’s upcoming album with YFS Digital
- Talking about the song, the group said that “due to COVID-19, people around the world have been going through tough times and we wanted to share some positive energy with our fans”
- A day after the announcement a website went live displaying seven countdowns, with each of them counting down to a new announcement for the single
- On July 31, the group shared a pre-save link for Spotify
- On August 2, Big Hit revealed that the title of the song will be “Dynamite”
- The following day pre-orders went live for a 7-inch, a cassette, the digital single and the instrumental for US customers
- The next day, the group shared a promotion schedule revealing two music video releases, three interviews with American networks and a performance at the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards