Stray Kids' "Thunderous" music video was the most-viewed K-pop MV in the fourth week of August!
On Aug. 23, Stray Kids returned with their highly-anticipated full-length album "NOEASY," which is the group's first release in 11 months. This album features the title track "Thunderous," which was composed by 3RACHA (consisting of members Bang Chan, Han, and Changbin).
Stray Kids' "Thunderous" MV was also shared on the same day, and it quickly accumulated millions of views in a short period.
Stray Kids Thunderous Music Video is the Most Viewed K-pop MV in Week 35 of 2021
On Aug. 30, K-pop Radar the Top 10 most-viewed K-pop MVs for Week 35 of 2021 or the fourth week of August.
K-pop Radar keeps track of the number of views or followers of Korean acts across various platforms, including YouTube, Spotify, Twitter, Instagram, and more.
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According to K-pop Radar, Stray Kids' "Thunderous" MV secured the No. 1 spot on the weekly "Top 10 Music Video" list just three days after it was released.
The music video for Stray Kids' new song "Thunderous" just took approximately 21 hours to reach 10 million views on YouTube. It has broken the record of 28 hours set by their previous track, "Back Door."
Based on K-pop Radar's analysis, Stray Kids' "Thunderous" music video gained a total of 40.84 million views on YouTube within the week of Aug. 22 to 28.
"Thunderous" was the only one to garner more than 20 million YouTube views and more in the last week of August.
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As of Aug. 30, Stray Kids' "Thunderous" MV reached 50 million views on YouTube, becoming the group's fastest music video to attain the milestone, doing so in only six days and 21 hours.
The octet broke their personal record of 11 days set by the music video for "God's Menu."
Since Stray Kids appeared on Mnet's "Kingdom: Legendary War," their popularity has continued to rise. Besides the YouTube views, they also see great growth on social media.
Stray Kids' Instagram followers increased by more than 4.57 million over the past eight months, exceeding the cumulative number of 15.3 million followers.
Brave Girls After We Ride and Red Velvet Queendom are also the Most Viewed K-pop MV in Week 35 of 2021
In the fourth week of August, Brave Girls' "After We Ride" MV was the most-viewed K-pop MV by a female artist on YouTube.
The music video for Brave Girls' new song "After We Ride" gained 16.88 million views since it was released on Aug. 23.
Brave Girls' "After We Ride" MV was also the most viewed among the music videos by a female K-pop act on Aug. 30, with more than 1.9 million views. As of that day, the MV has crossed 20 million YouTube views.
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Another most-viewed K-pop MV in Week 35 of 2021 is Red Velvet's "Queendom." It garnered 16.84 million views on YouTube, according to K-pop Radar.
On Aug. 23, Red Velvet's "Queendom" MV surpassed 50 million YouTube views, becoming the group's fastest music video to achieve the feat, doing so in only seven days and two hours.
Here are the Top 10 Most Viewed K-pop MVs on YouTube in Week 35 of 2021:
- Stray Kids "Thunderous" - 40,840,851 views
- Brave Girls "After We Ride" - 16,884,788 views
- Red Velvet "Queendom" - 16,849,346 views
- T1419 "FLEX" - 16,783,160 views
- CIX "WAVE" - 14,145,895 views
- BTS "Permission to Dance" 12,097,253 views
- BTS "Butter" - 9,440,238 views
- PSY "GANGNAM STYLE" - 7,799,504 views
- VERIVERY "TRIGGER" - 7,409,485 views
- Kwon Eunbi "Door" 7,335,250 views
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Written by Mhaliya Scott
