TWICE Hits Double Milestone On YouTube; 'Knock Knock' Reaches 100 Million Views, 'Signal' Surpasses 25 Million
TWICE recently hit a double milestone when its MV for "Knock Knock" reached 100 million views over the weekend and its latest hit "Signal" reached a landmark 20 million views on youtube. These insane viewing records are proving the dedication of TWICE's fandom, ONCE when it comes to supporting their idols.
According to a report by Soompi, TWICE's "Knock Knock" is not the first time that TWICE has achieved a landmark 100 million views for their videos. Its "TT" music video from its "TWICEcoaster: Lane 1" album recently posted 189 million views which give TWICE the record as the most viewed K-pop girl group in history, overtaking the record earlier held by Girls' Generation.
It was also announced by TWICE's official Twitter account that TWICE's latest release "Signal" also reached 20 million views. However, a more recent visit to the MVs official youtube page pegs the views at closer to 26 million views in just a span of days. As of Monday afternoon, 25,943,181 users have viewed the alien themed video.
The positive viewing record is contrary to earlier negative reactions made by some fans on social media who have criticized TIWCE's "Signal" to be not up to standard with the girls' previous releases.
Some fans expressed disappointment about the quality of the song and criticized TWICE for topping the charts only because of their tremendous popularity. Some netizens criticized the song for being weak.
All Kpop reported that TWICE has been the subject of many controversies lately which began when EXO's fandom EXO-L accused the girls of plagiarizing the K-pop idol group's "supernatural" concept. Recently, netizens have also accused TWICE of plagiarizing the acoustic part of Hailee Steinfeld's hit "Starving." But that was not the end as plagiarism accusations seem to come in threes. The girls are also now battling allegations that TWICE's choreography for "Signal" was copied from Lovelyz's "WoW." Their label JYP Entertainment has vowed to issue a statement as soon as it gets to the bottom of the matter.
