The music video for EXO's "Love Shot" has attained an impressive milestone, which earned the Korean-Chinese boy group a new title.
EXO's "Love Shot" MV Exceeds One Million Comments on YouTube
On Dec. 13, 2018, SM Entertainment's boy band EXO dropped "Love Shot" as the repackaged version of their fifth studio album "Don't Mess Up My Tempo." The repackaged album contains the title track of the same name and the song's music video was released on the same day.
"Love Shot" is a song wishing to rediscover the meaning of true love, a sentiment that appears to be fading away from a dreary world, and desiring to be together with someone. EXO members Chen and Chanyeol participated in writing the track's lyrics.
On Feb. 23, World Music Awards took to its official SNS accounts to share some great news. It announced that EXO's "Love Shot" MV has now reached one million comments on YouTube and is still counting. It became the nonet's fourth music video to achieve this feat and the fifth overall by an artist under SM Entertainment.
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The first three music videos of EXO to hit the one-million mark are "Obsession," which now has 1.7 million comments, "Ko Ko Bop," which currently has 1.02 million comments, and "Tempo" with 1.03 million comments.
Although the music video for the debut song "Mmmh" of EXO member Kai has also obtained one million comments on YouTube, this is considered as an achievement of an SM solo artist. And so, this makes the "Love Shot" MV the fifth music video overall by an SM artist to reach the milestone.
EXO Makes History after "Love Shot" MV Hits One Million YouTube Comments
With the "Love Shot" MV becoming an addition to the group's list of music videos with such an impressive count of YouTube comments, the band has earned a new title. EXO now joins BTS as the only male artists worldwide and K-pop male acts to have more than three music videos with one million comments on the platform. Some of the MVs for BTS's songs to hit the one-million mark in the comments are "Dynamite," "Boy with Luv," "Life Goes On." "ON," "Fake Love," and more.
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EXO's Previous Milestones with "Love Shot"
Defined as a pop dance track that comes with an addictive chorus and heavy 808 bass, EXO's "Love Shot" achieved several feats in the past.
On March 14, 2019, the MV for the song exceeded 100 million views, then on Oct. 15 of the same year, it surpassed 200 million views. On Aug. 18, 2020, the MV had more than 300 million views. The "Love Shot" MV becomes EXO's fastest music video to obtain all these three milestones.
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EXO's "Love Shot" also managed to stay on top of the Billboard World Digital Song Sales chart for three consecutive weeks. It also claimed the first position on the Billboard K-pop Hot 100, plus it entered other international charts including the New Zealand Hot Singles at No. 9, the Independent Singles Breakers in the United Kingdom at No. 7, the Billboard Japan Hot 100 at 29, and more.
Congratulations to EXO and EXO-Ls!
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