"Truly iconic"— Fans laud BTS' Taehyung as Love Me Again becomes the first Korean B-side track to surpass 800 million Spotify streams

On September 10, 2024, BTS member Taehyung's song Love Me Again from his solo debut album Layover reached a remarkable milestone by exceeding 800 million streams on Spotify. This achievement marks Love Me Again as the first Korean B-side track to reach this impressive number of streams.

For those who may not know, A B-side track refers to a secondary song on a single or EP, also known as the "flip-side." The term comes from the vinyl record era, where records had an A-side (the main song) and a B-side (the secondary track). While A-sides were promoted heavily, some B-sides have achieved notable success.

Fans of the idol turned to social media to praise him for breaking records while still in the military. On X, user @iconicishe marked this achievement as a truly "iconic" moment in the music industry, writing,

"Did that without excessive versions. Truly iconic. Congratulations Taehyung!"

"All this while serving in the military for almost 9 months!! Who's doing like BTS? Dayummmm..!" a fan commented.

"I WISH YOU COULD LOVE ME AGAIN NO I DONT WANT NOBODY ELSE congratulations to my sir captain Taehyung!!!! Love me again the greatest masterpiece," another user wrote.

"another proud moment. ahhh so happy!! thank you to all Taehyung lovers who always work hard in streaming. We all deserve a pat in the back for a job well done! Let's work and stream harder for our V," a person remarked.

Fans of Taehyung also encouraged others to continue streaming the song to help it reach one billion streams.

"letsgooooo give my baby some love," a fan commented.

"We are getting that 1B soon! Congratulations love. I bet 100K streams are from me," another user mentioned.

"Keep enjoying Tae’s music!," a person wrote.

"Queen," a fan commented on X.

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More about BTS' Taehyung's Love Me Again and its achievements

On September 8, 2024, BTS' Kim Tae-hyung, also known as V, made his solo debut with the release of his first album Layover. The album, which came out just months before his military enlistment, features six tracks accompanied by its music video:

1. Rainy Days
2. Blue
3. Love Me Again
4. Slow Dancing
5. For Us
6. Slow Dancing (Piano ver.)

Love Me Again, was a pre-release track released on August 10, 2023, along with Rainy Days. Since its debut, the music video has accumulated an impressive 102 million views on YouTube as of the time of writing this article, making it Taehyung’s third video to reach this milestone, alongside Winter Bear and Sweet Night.

Upon its release, the track set a record for being the fastest music video by a male artist to garner 2 million views in just 22 minutes in 2023. Following the album's release, the singer's tracks saw strong performances on multiple music charts. Oricon announced that Rainy Days and Love Me Again secured the No. 1 and No. 2 spots on its daily digital singles chart, respectively.

Both songs also made impressive debuts on Spotify’s Global Top Songs chart, with Love Me Again entering at No. 10 after earning 3.77 million filtered streams on its first day, and Rainy Days landing at No. 12 with 3.57 million streams.

Furthermore, both songs reached the No. 1 position on the iTunes Top Songs charts in several countries, including major markets like the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, Germany, and France.

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Taehyung is currently fulfilling his duties in the South Korean military’s Special Duty Team (SDT). He and the other group members are anticipated to make their comeback in 2025 after completing their mandatory service.