K-pop's BLACKPINK notches another record with 1.2 billion YouTube views for DDU-DU DDU-DU

KATHMANDU: K-pop girl group BLACKPINK has added another record to their name becoming the first K-pop group whose music video for 2018's DDU-DU DDU-DU has surpassed 1.2 billion views on YouTube.

Their June 26 pre-single How You Like That became the most viewed on YouTube in 24 hours with 82 million views.

On June 29 at approximately 8:08 am KST, BLACKPINK’s music video for their 2018 smash hit DDU-DU DDU-DU surpassed 1.2 billion views on YouTube, making it the first K-pop group music video ever to achieve the feat, reports Soompi.

The only other Korean music videos to have reached the milestone on YouTube to date are PSY’s Gangnam Style and Gentleman.