On October 23, 2024, Soompi reported that BLACKPINK's Rosé's latest song APT reached 100 million views on YouTube just five days and three hours after its release. This made APT, a pre-release track from her upcoming solo album Rosie (released on October 18), the fastest music video to hit 100 million views in 2024.
BLACKPINK's Rosé's fans inundated the internet with their praises for the singer. Expressing this sentiment, a fan on X stated:
“‘APT’ by Rosé and Bruno Mars surpassed 100M views on YouTube in just 5days congratulations Rosé Biggest collab of the year Spotify stream, iTunes, Apple and Koreans charts are so good too. Very proud of Rosé”
Many fans asserted that Rosé deserved this achievement, while others seemed proud of her.
“100th RAK and 100 million views in 5 days. rosé you're truly the number one girl. we number ones always love you”- stated a fan on X.
“DAMNNN THIS IS SO FASTTT. I WONDER WHO TF IS STREAMING APT. MV ON YOUTUBE??CONGRATULATIONS MY SINGER-SONGWRITER-SOLOIST ROSÉ AND APT. YOU DESERVEDDD THIS SO MUCH AND I'M SO PROUD OF YOU!!”- remarked another X user.
“100M already, apt you're such a monster”- commented a fan.
Another fan commented that Bruno Mars and BLACKPINK's Rosé collab is a chef’s kiss.
“APT is getting the laurels it deserves. Too bad it is based on a drinking game, though. Had to drop in there.”- remarked another fan.
“I thought it would take a week, but it only took 5 days. This is very surprising.”- wrote a fan.
“Wow, ROSÉ and Bruno Mars have done it 'APT.' hitting 100M views is such an amazing milestone. Their talent shines through, and it’s so exciting to see this success.”- stated an admirer.
“I think this will have so much impact. There's beauty in simplicity but effectiveness too and that applies to music, no wonder it's so addictive to all markets the whole apt. korean drinking game by rose's part and the bruno collab is just chefs kiss”- commented another fan.
BLACKPINK's Rosé and Bruno Mars’ APT became fastest collab of 2024 to surpass 100 million views
On October 23, the official social media page of the World Music Awards shared other milestones achieved by Rosé's latest song. They reported that the duo’s song also became the fastest K-pop MV as well as the fastest collab of 2024 to surpass 100 million views on YouTube.
APT scored the biggest Korean soloist debut of 2024 on YouTube, with 25.24 million views within 24 hours of its launch. BLACKPINK's Rosé’s pre-release collaborative track has now surpassed 117 million views on YouTube, as of this writing.
Additionally, APT became the most-liked music video by a female-male duo in its first 24 hours on YouTube, earning around 2.91 million likes. It also became the fastest music video of 2024 to reach 5 million likes on the platform. Rosé's hit continues to break records, topping Worldwide iTunes for the fifth consecutive day.
APT is the part of Rosé’s eagerly awaited album, Rosie, which is slated for release on December 6, 2024.