BTS' "Idol" Music Video Is Fasted to Rack Up 100 Million Views in 2018

Last week, BTS dropped the third and final installment of their Love Yourself series, Love Yourself: Answer, and celebrated the release by also revealing the visuals for for the album's latest single, "Idol." As with most things the boy band releases, the music video has been racking up views. In fact, it received enough hits in its first 24 hours to break Taylor Swift's YouTube record for most views in the first 24 hours. 

Now, the colorful clip has reached another milestone. On Thursday (August 30), it was confirmed the video is the fastest to reach 100 million views in 2018 (it's at over 111 million at time of writing). 

Watch the record-breaking video below.

Love Yourself: Answer follows Love Yourself: Her and Love Yourself: Tear. The third album in the trilogy comprises 25 songs, some of which were on the other records, including "Her" and "Fake Love;" remixed versions of fan-favorites "DNA," "Fake Love" and "Mic Drop," and six new tracks: "Trivia 轉: Seesaw," "Trivia 起: Just Dance," "Trivia 承: Love," "Answer: Love Myself," "I'm Fine" and "Idol."

BTS recently kicked off their Love Yourself world tour, which sees the septet make history yet again by becoming the first Korean act to play at a U.S. stadium. James Corden has suggested the boy band join him for "Carpool Karaoke." You better believe if that happens it'll quickly become the most viewed episode of The Late Late Show's beloved segment.

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