The femme fatale adds another trophy to its 300 million viewed music video Hall of Fame—Lovesick Girls.
BLACKPINK's Lovesick Girls crosses the 300 million mark on Youtube
With no hesitations, the music video of the South Korean all-girl group for Lovesick Girls hits the 300-million-view mark on Youtube. The latest music video achieved the staggering digits on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24 (Thursday).
At around 9 PM, following South Korea's time zone, the music video made sure to win big on heels time for the Christmas cheer.
Moreover, the impressive view digits coveted by BLACKPINK marks the music video for Lovesick Girls, the ninth music video of the group, to achieve the same feat.
It follows the same remarkable achievement of As If It's Yout Last, BOOMBAYAH, DDU-DU DDU-DU, Whistle, Playing With Fire, How You Like That, Kill This Love, and Ice Cream with American singer Selena Gomez, per Soompi.
Allkpop delightedly reported the matter, leading fans of the K-pop female quartet to gush over their idols' intense Youtube presence.
Rose, Lisa, Jennie, and Jisoo only took almost three months to collect the massive number of Youtube views since the music video was uploaded on Oct. 2. It made its way to Youtube's streaming services precisely 1 PM KST that day, earning viewing traffic on the platform.
The round-about of the music video for Lovesick Girls
The crossing of the music video of the 300-million-mark on Youtube is an impressive milestone for the girls and the BLINKS. With its success, the controversies that stick to it cannot be denied.
When the music video was released in October, it made critics experience a shaking after Jennie's scene was pinned as an assault that objectifies nurses. According to Pinkvilla, Jennie's nurse costume led the Health and Medical Workers' Union to criticize the music video.
The case was then immediately taken care of by BLACKPINK's official home management and recording label, issuing an apology to the matter. The response of YG Entertainment includes cutting off the specific scene on the music video.
The decision by the agency was entirely accepted by the union, saying, "We welcome your decision to change the scenes quickly like the global stars you are. Us, 440,000 nurses will cheer on BLACKPINK in hopes that they continue to grow as global singers representing Korea."
The union also highlighted that the case should serve as a warning for harassing nurses in any form. With that, BLINKS and supporters of BLACKPINK expressed their sincerity in taking the matter seriously, offering the needed emotional help the union needs.