BTS V's song "Friends" has reached a huge milestone on Spotify, with over 385 million streams, proving its lasting popularity.

This track, which V gifted to fans while serving in the military, dropped on March 15 and has been gaining attention ever since.

When it first came out, "Friends" debuted at No. 65 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, No. 3 on the Billboard Global (excluding U.S.), and No. 5 on the Global 200.

It also entered the UK Official Singles Chart at No. 13 and hit No. 3 on the UK's Official Big Top 40 after just two days of tracking. The song stayed on the chart for five straight weeks.

The track topped the Worldwide iTunes and European iTunes charts and became the first song in 2024 to hit No. 1 in 100 countries. It has now reached No. 1 in 102 countries.

In Spotify's mid-year review for 2024, "Friends" was the most-streamed K-pop solo song and made it into the top 10 longest-charting K-pop solo songs on the global Spotify chart, further showing how powerful the song is.

The music video for "Friends," which was filmed in the UK, also caught a lot of attention. After its release, it topped YouTube’s World Trending Music section for 14 days straight. On Tidal, it hit No. 1 on the "Top Video" chart in 23 countries and became the first K-pop artist's music video to top the U.S. Tidal Top Video chart.

The "Friends" music video was praised for its creativity and technical excellence, earning a nomination for "Best Pop International" at the 2024 UK Music Video Awards (UKMVA).

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Actor Lee Min Ho recently shared an unforgettable and embarrassing moment from his early career, revealing how he became a “falling star” at his first Baeksang Arts Awards.

On the December 25th episode of You Quiz on the Block (Episode 274), Lee Min Ho made a guest appearance and reflected on his rise to fame.

The actor, known for his iconic role as Goo Jun Pyo in Boys Over Flowers, won the Best New Actor award at the Baeksang Arts Awards, but it wasn’t just his victory that grabbed attention.

Lee Min Ho recalled, "I was attending the Baeksang for the first time, and I was so excited. Since I wasn’t going as Goo Jun Pyo, but as Lee Min Ho, I styled my hair in a perm and was ready to go." However, things took an unexpected turn when he tripped and fell on the red carpet.

He sighed, recalling, "That day, I fell. I fell and created so many memes. Even now, I look back and think, 'How did I walk that quickly on the red carpet?'"

Laughing at his own clumsiness, he admitted, "I was moving at the speed of light, no composure, no focus. Honestly, more than the joy of winning the award, that day was chaotic and so embarrassing for me."

Though his win was a highlight, Lee Min Ho humorously shared that the incident of tripping overshadowed the excitement of his achievement.

It’s safe to say that while the fall became a funny meme, it also became a lesson in humility for the actor, and a moment that fans still remember to this day.

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