BTS 2018 News & Update: V, Suga, Jin, Jungkook, RM, Jimin, J-Hope Got Another 300M Views On YouTube, UK Concert Tour Dates Revealed
BTS continues to thrive this year. In fact, aside from their upcoming third full-album Love Yourself: Tear, they are also set to have a massive world tour, Love Yourself. In an addition to the list of their achievements, V, Suga, Jin, Jungkook, RM, Jimin, and J-Hope reach another milestone with their song "Dope."
"Dope" music video has reached more than 3 million views, as of this writing, on 1theK YouTube Channel. The BTS song from The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, Pt. 1, reached the mark on Sunday, April 29, at about 3 p.m. KST, per Soompi. This was after almost three years since the clip got uploaded on June 24, 2015, at exactly 12 a.m. KST.
If "Dope" music video's views from BigHit Entertainment's YouTube channel will be added, it will have almost 3.1 million views, all in all, All Kpop reported. The song is now the seventh music video from a K-pop group that has reached 300 million views on YouTube. It is also the third track from BTS that got the achievement after "DNA" and Fire." This also makes BTS the first K-pop idols that have three music videos with more than 300 million views on YouTube.
Meanwhile, it looks like BTS' success will continue, and their names will be known all over the worlds as they are about to embark their new world tour. BigHit Entertainment recently announced the making of Love Yourself world tour after the success of their Trilogy Episode concert tour that started in 2014.
BTS now revealed the dates of their massive Love Yourself world tour, and it will include a two-night concert at O2 Arena in London. Jin, Suga, J-Hope, RM, Jimin, V, and Jungkook will be performing in front of 20,000 audiences on October 9 and 10.
Of course, this includes a performance in their own land, South Korea, and will be followed by other performances in Canada, Germany, and the Netherlands, according to Independent. However, BigHit Entertainment has yet to announce other information about Love Yourself concert tour like the ticket sales' starting date.
BTS' new album, Love Yourself: Tear, on the other hand, is set to be officially released on May 18. Their title track will be unveiled worldwide on their upcoming performance at the 2018 Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas in the same month.