▲This photo, provided by YG Entertainment, shows that Blackpink's mv“As If It’s Your Last" surpassed 1.2 billion views. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

SEOUL, August 22 (Yonhap) -- Girl group Blackpink’s music video of “As If It’s Your Last,” released in 2017, has exceeded 1.2 billon views on YouTube, its agency YG Entertainment announced on Monday.

The MV surpassed 1.2 billion views on the previous day, Aug.21 at 6.46 p.m. This is 5 years and a month after its release.

YG Entertainment said, “After Blackpink's comeback on Aug.19, YouTube subscribers soared to nearly 1.5 million, and as the holiday season came around, the number of music video views accelerated fast.”

“As If It's Your Last,” a song featuring an addictive synthesizer sound and romantic lyrics, was also named on the “Song of the Summer Top 25” by Billboard in 2017.

BLACKPINK now has a total of five videos with 1.2 billion views following “DDU-DU DDU-DU,” “KILL THIS LOVE,” “BOOMBAYA,” and choreography video of “How You Like That.”

Meanwhile, Pre-released song from their second full album, “Pink Venom” released on Aug.19 is the most viewed video on YouTube for the third day following 100 million views in 29 hours of its release.

(This article is translated from Korean to English by Jiwon Woo.)

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