Reporter : Monica Suk
Editor : Lucia Hong
Big Bang [YG Entertainment]
Big Bang's "MONSTER," which was released online just yesterday, has registered a record-breaking number of views on YouTube.The music video for "MONSTER," the boys' new title track listed on their forthcoming special edition, "STILL ALIVE," has set a new record on YouTube as K-pop artists, logging over three million views within a day of becoming available for streaming on the website.The five individual teaser clips of Big Bang members, which have been released in advance, have also been gaining hot responses from their fans.T.O.P's 22-second-long teaser clip has numbered well over two million views as of this morning, while G-Dragon recorded 1.6 million and Taeyang posted 940,000 views.The monster-like power of "STILL ALIVE" is also being seen on domestic online music charts. On Bug's Music's real-time singles chart, "MONSTER" sat at No. 1, while "STILL ALIVE," "EGO," "FEELING" and "BINGLE BINGLE" each scored No. 3, No. 4, No. 5 and No. 6 at 10 a.m. in local time this morning. The collaborative album with Hyundai Card, which will be released on June 6, is composed of nine tracks including four special editions from their last album, "ALIVE" -- "FANTASTIC BABY," "BAD BOY," "BLUE" and "LOVE DUST." Including "MONSTER," the boys' new tracks are "STILL ALIVE," "FEELING" and "BINGLE BINGLE."Despite the album's thriving success, their agency YG Entertainment said in a press release last week that Big Bang will not be promoting the album on televised music programs.Currently, members G-Dragon, T.O.P, Seungri, Taeyang and Daesung are in Osaka, Japan for their world tour. The concert will continue to open in Saitama from June 16 to 17 and in Fukuoka from June 23 and 24.Capture image of Big Bang's music video list on YouTube [YouTube]
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