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Posted by Lily_Chims37,517 pts Tuesday, September 6, 2022

Fans celebrate the anniversaries of Jimin's 'Serendipity' and 'Lie' with WorldWide Twitter trends, donations, and new milestones

BTS' Jimin has only released icon hit after hit since his first solo song 'Lie' up until the recent MOTS: 7 hit track 'Filter' and OST 'With You.'

The 5th of September KST marked five years with the sensational sweet RnB track 'Serendipity.' This is a song from the 'Love Yourself: Her' album released in 2017, launched in its Intro version as the trailer for the album.

Fans celebrated its anniversary this year with JIMIN OUR SERENDIPITY, #5YearsWithSerendipity, and #세렌디피티5주년축하해 as they reminisced its enchanting performances, good standing on charts, critical acclaim and impact seeing that it has been used for wedding receptions, as lullabies for babies and cure for insomnia and for mental comfort.

JIMIN OUR SERENDIPITY led worldwide, taking the 23rd spot; #5YearsWithSerendipity trended worldwide at #25 and in the United States at 28. The Korean congratulatory tag #세렌디피티5주년축하해 was 26th worldwide and in South Korea #1. Along with these were the keywords Jimins, WE LOVE YOU JIMIN, and JIMIN JIMIN, which amassed over 657K mentions.


'Serendipity' has been an utter favorite among many. American TV Host & personality James Corden loves the song and even wishes that Jimin would perform it on his show one day. American award-winning singer Khalid attended a BTS concert and watched Jimin perform; he shared the experience of him singing along on his IG stories. Boyz 2 Men's Shawn Stockman has expressed how much he loves it and eventually covered the song in Korean. The achievements of Intro Serendipity range from being BTS' first solo MV to surpass 100M views on YouTube, where it trended in over ten countries and got 500 reactions in over 48 hours. It was the highest charting BTS track from the album to debut in Korean platforms other than the title track and charted #2 on the Billboard World Digital Song Sales chart, #8 on New Zealand Heatseeker singles, it was #18 on the Singapore region streaming chart, #16 on Chinese QQmusic daily popular chart and was the 2nd BTS solo to ever appear in official charts UK Top 20 Most streamed song. Together with its full version, 'Serendipity' has a combination of over 324 Million streams on Spotify after the Intro version surpassed 113 Million streams today.



'Lie' is Jimin's first ever masterpiece released in 2016 under the 'Wings' album. It showcased his abilities as a writer, composer, artist, and performer and thus became one of the most covered tracks by K-pop idols as well as international artists along with Serendipity.

The song received high acclaim from major outlets in music like Billboard, Rolling Stone, and more. 'Lie' was described as a perfect mixture of beautiful vocals and a dark, dangerous melody. The use of haunting violins, eerie vocal harmonies, and synthesizers juxtaposed his sweet vocal tone. Idolator called him a Pop God who delivered powerful vocals and one of the best dance moves while performing the song.

To celebrate its 6th year anniversary on the 6th of September, KST fans trended LIE BY JIMIN worldwide on Twitter, peaking at #12 .#지민아_라이6주년축하해 rose to the 1st spot in South Korea along with #6YearsWithLie which appeared on Twitter trends.

 


It has seen massive success since the beginning; some of the major ones include being the most streamed 2016 Korean solo and nontitle track on Spotify, YouTube, Pandora, Melón, Apple Music, Anghami, Deezer, and Jio Saavn. It was the highest charting nontitle track on all Korean streaming platforms and the first BTS solo on iTunes WorldWide chart Top 100. In the UK official charts of 2018, 2019, and 2020 it was in the Top 40 most streamed BTS songs, among other achievements. Currently, it has 185 Million streams on Spotify and has now achieved 55 number #1s on iTunes as Honduras joins the list.

To crown and meaningfully commemorate the achievements, Jimin fanbase Jimin Asia Pacific decided to give back by donating to the WWF in order to protect vulnerable wildlife species and wild places worldwide. Jimin Data, one of Jimin's largest global fanbases, commemorated the anniversaries with a donation under Jimin's name to the United Nations World Food Programme in order to be the change we all want to see in the world. It is wonderful to witness Jimin inspiring his fans to be good and generous just as he is.

Congratulations Jimin!

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Jimin's talent, skills and charms. A certified top-tier performer. #King

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Thanks Jimin for these masterpieces❤️

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