On June 28, Kpop became exciting when the two most popular members of Blackpink and BTS both returned solo.
Lisa (Blackpink) released the MV "Rockstar" in the morning, Jimin (BTS) collaborated with rapper Loco to release the MV "Smeraldo Garden Marching Band" in the early afternoon of the same day.
Recently, the media confirmed that Lisa's MV "Rockstar" became the Kpop MV released on YouTube in 2024 with the most views and likes in the first 24 hours.
The MV Rockstar earned 32.4 million views and 3.2 million likes after 24 hours of release, breaking Baby Monsters previous record with the MV Sheesh (reaching 24.4 million views in the first 24 hours).
Meanwhile, Jimin's MV "Smeraldo Garden Marching Band" currently has 5.3 million views and 1.2 million likes after 21 hours of release.
Although losing to Lisa on YouTube, Jimin still dominated the global iTunes chart.
The song Smeraldo Garden Marching Band has risen to the Top 1 of iTunes worldwide and Top 1 of iTunes Europe. Meanwhile, Lisa's "Rockstar" is close to 2nd place.
On the evening of June 28, Smeraldo Garden Marching Band took the Top 1 iTunes of the worlds 8 largest music markets, including the US, UK, Canada, Australia, Germany, France, Italy, and Japan.
On social network Twitter, the keyword about Jimin and Lisa both surpassed 2 million posts.
In the Korean market, because Lisa's "Rockstar" is an English song, its opening-time release achievements are quite low, reaching 67 Bugs and 77 Genie. Meanwhile, Smeraldo Garden Marching Band debuted in 2nd place Bugs, 30 Melon and 70 Genie.
Currently, Jimin's song still maintains the Top 54 Melon, while Lisa's song is not on this chart.
