BTS 'Dynamite' breaks YouTube record for most-viewed video in first 24 hours

BTS Army has done it: The K-pop idols' new video for Dynamite has set a new YouTube record for views in the first 24 hours of release.

BTS Army has done it: The K-pop idols' new video for Dynamite has set a new YouTube record for views in the first 24 hours of release.

The upbeat, dance-y and vivid music video from BTS was released on YouTube Friday, Aug 21, at midnight. By 8.35pm, Dynamite had registered more than 86.4 million views. That has pushed it ahead of the prior record holder, Blackpink's How You Like That, which two months ago racked up an official tally of 86.3 million views in the first 24 hours.