[News] BTS Jimin's solo song "Promise" becomes the fastest song to surpass 13 million streams on SoundCloud, prominent media worldwide pay attention

BTS Jimin's first self-composed and self-written song "Promise" surpassed 13 million streams in just 2 days 20 hours since release. This is the biggest and fastest record for a song produced by a BTS member.

"Promise" currently ranks No. 1 globally since its release on the global online music platform SoundCloud. It also ranks No. 1 on the New & Hot Chart and the Top 50 Chart. It has also reached No. 1 in the US, UK, Canada, France, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, Netherlands, and Ireland. SoundCloud's official account also introduced "Promise" on its official account, showing its passionate affection for Jimin's solo song.

"Promise" currently ranks No. 1 on SoundCloud's Worldwide Chart. It ranked No. 1 in the Top 50 Chart and the Hot & New Chart. It also ranked No. 1 in the US, UK, Canada, France, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, Netherlands, and Ireland. SoundCloud introduced "Promise" on its official account, showing keen affection for Jimin's solo song.

"Promise," which is currently streaming at a breakneck speed around the world, caused SoundCloud to crash the dawn of December 31. It drew unprecedented, explosive attention and congratulatory messages from famous official accounts and celebrities around the world, at home and overseas.



Starting with Twitter's main account, about 60 official overseas accounts, including Billboard, Hollywood Life, US Weekly, NME, Teen Vogue, and other overseas media, entertainment magazines, US radio, US music charts, famous US TV broadcasts and moderators, K-pop magazines, and musicians were celebrating Jimin's first solo song "Promise."

US' nationwide radio America Top 40, which is a worldwide independent song countdown radio program, is known to be difficult for non-Americans to penetrate. It showed interest in the release of Jimin's solo song, demonstrating Jimin's impact which breaks down the high barriers of US radio. The introduction and broadcast of "Promise" on US radio accounts, which are difficult for K-pop to break through, clearly show the global anticipation for BTS Jimin's solo music.

In addition, famous US talk show hosts Jimmy Fallon and Denny Directo quickly congratulated Jimin on the release of his solo song. The U.S. Walmart, which owns a total of 4,761 stores, drew attention by posting that it would play Jimin's "Promise" at stores nationwide, while the U.S. retail industry "Target" also expressed congratulations and great interest in Jimin's solo song. Elite Daily editor-in-chief of the U.S. also expressed expectations in the future by posting, "Jimin looks forward to more solo projects in the future."

BTS Jimin's first self-composed song, "Promise," is addictive with Jimin's unique, delicate and emotional vocals on acoustic guitar. The variations of vocal color are expressed differently, exerting a rich sense of sophisticated pop ballad, as well as the ability to write and compose songs at once.

Jimin said about his New Year's goal, "First of all, I think it would be great to have another song with my thoughts. I hope there are more opportunities to meet you than this year. My biggest goal is to exert good influence and show you a good performance in such a place." Anticipation for BTS Jimin's solo career are expected to grow further in the future due to the explosive reaction around the world to his first solo song.



Source: Herald