BTS’ Jimin’s Smeraldo Garden Marching Band overtakes Vs FRI(END)S as fastest K-pop song of 2024 to reach 100 million Spotify streams

BTS’ Jimin’s Smeraldo Garden Marching Band (feat. LOCO) continues to surge across various music platforms. With this fan-favorite track, the K-pop idol has made his biggest career debut and is also the fastest solo artist to reach 100 million streams on Spotify in 2024.

Jimin’s Smeraldo Garden Marching Band (feat. LOCO) reaches 100 million Spotify streams within 22 days of release

According to Spotify updates on July 21, Jimin’s MUSE pre-release track “Smeraldo Garden Marching Band (feat. LOCO)” has surpassed a whopping 100 million streams on Spotify.

Released on June 28, the track reached that stream count in 22 days, becoming the fastest K-pop song in 2024 to achieve the feat, overtaking Jimin’s bandmate V’s latest digital single FRI(END)S.

Congratulations, Jimin!

More about Jimin’s Smeraldo Garden Marching Band (feat. LOCO)

On June 28 at around 1:00 p.m. KST (9:30 a.m. IST), Jimin released Smeraldo Garden Marching Band along with a distinctively designed music video. The track serves as a pre-release for his second solo album MUSE, which was unveiled on July 19.

With the immaculately written lyrics, the singer expressed the “untold truth” and mentioned the BTS track “The Truth Untold” from LOVE YOURSELF: TEAR. The name of the song is heavily based on the word Smeraldo, the name of the fictional flower invented by BTS.

At the same time, the song’s title was inspired by the legendary rock band The Beatles’ 1967 album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. It was later revealed that while planning his album MUSE with producers Pdogg, EVAN and GHSTLOOP, who Jimin had previously worked with in FACE, the four began to refer to themselves as a cohesive group. What initially seemed like a playful name soon became the title of the pre-released track for Jimin’s MUSE.

In addition to this song, the album also includes the title tracks “Who,” “Rebirth (Intro), “Interlude: Showtime,” “Slow Dance (feat. Sofia Carson), “Be Mine,” and “Closer Than This,” all of which were released along with the album on July 19.

Let’s rewatch Jimin’s music video “Smeraldo Garden Marching Band” to celebrate 100 million Spotify streams:

What is Jimin doing now?

Meanwhile, Jimin is currently completing his mandatory military service, which he started on December 12, 2023. After 8 months of service as an active soldier, the K-pop idol is scheduled to be discharged in June 2025 along with bandmate Jungkook. He will then reunite with the rest of the group to resume BTS activities.