By John Ezekiel J. Hirro
With “SOLO,” Jennie is literally in a league of her own.
BLACKPINK main rapper Jennie’s music video for her solo debut single “SOLO” surpassed 500 million YouTube views on Tuesday, the most for any release by a K-pop soloist.
It took “SOLO” 624 days to achieve the feat.
“I’m so grateful for all the love for SOLO. This song means so much to me and I’d like to thank you all for supporting this song to this day and thank you to the amazing staff members who made it all possible,” Jennie wrote on her Instagram page.
The hashtag #JENNIESOLO500M climbed up the Twitter trending list immediately after the music video reached the half-billion mark.
[INFO] 200728 5:28 AM KST, #JENNIESOLO500M is trending WORLDWIDE at #2 #BLACKPINK #블랙핑크#JENNIE #제니 @BLACKPINK pic.twitter.com/hZKYXxo83y
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Released on Nov. 12, 2018, “SOLO” was the first solo single by a BLACKPINK member.
Main vocalist Rosé is widely believed to be the next member to have a solo single.
BLACKPINK recently unveiled that their debut full-length album would drop on Oct. 2.
Watch the music video for “SOLO” here: