Posted by Lily_Chims37,517 pts Wednesday, July 6, 2022
"With You" by Jimin and Sungwoon becomes the fastest Korean OST and KDrama OST to surpass 90 Million streams on Spotify
The most successful Korean original soundtrack, which was praised by Genius Korea, Rolling Stone India, Teen Vogue, and more as one of the best OSTs of 2022, is writing bigger records.
On the 4th of June, just 71 days after the release of BTS Jimin and Ha Sungwoon's song, With You, for the Korean drama Our Blues, it surpassed 90 Million streams on Spotify, the largest streaming platform in the world.
With this monumental and prime achievement, With You is now the fastestKorean OST and Korean Drama OST to surpass 90 Million streams on the platform in such a short period. Additionally, it is the fastest OST by Korean soloists as well as the fastest song by Korean soloists to achieve this feat. Fans and media congratulated Jimin and Sungwoon with #WithYou90M and more on Social Media.
On the same day, the song hit a new score on the Korean streaming platform MelOn when it finally got 1 Million Unique Listeners and over 23 Million streams overall. This is Jimin's fifth song to have a Million ULs, and it is impressive for it to have achieved this, considering that it was released on Sunday, 24th April, with only one hour of tracking time on Korean platforms.
The song's performance is also excellent on the MelOn real-time and Top 100 chart and on Genie, Bugs, and Vibe daily charts. It shows a steady rise daily with longevity on the charts. On Spotify South Korea 200 Daily Chart, Jimin's songs are all charting with With You and Filter leading in the top 50, Friends, Lie and Serendipity FLE in the top 100, and Intro Serendipity with With You instrumental in the top 120, all having thousands of streams.
On the same day, With You also surpassed 290K Shazams, and on YouTube, the song is edging onto 19 Million views as it is currently at 18.7 Million; together with its Audio, Lyric, Loop, and autogenerated videos, the song has accumulated 28 Million streams on YouTube overall.
Streams and chart performance aside, the song is also a hit on Social Media platforms, having been used in over 103K Instagram videos gathering millions of views, and on TikTok, the song has exceeded 157K videos so far.
With You is also ruling the airwaves globally and especially in South Korea, where the song continues to get lots of radio play. It has been requested on KBS Cool FM's Hwang Jungmin Music show, MBC FM4U Radio two times, SBS Radio Park Ha Sun's Cinetown, and more in June and part of July.
It's the best song ever and deserves all this success and achievements