"SMASH HIT" — Fans delighted as BTS' Jin's 'Don't Say You Love Me' emerges as the fastest song by a K-act to reach 100 M on Spotify

On June 6, BTS' Jin's track Don't Say You Love Me became the fastest song by a Korean act to reach 100 million streams in 2025 on the audio listening platform Spotify.

For those unversed, Don't Say You Love Me is the first and title track of the artist's second solo album, Echo. It was released through Big Hit Music on May 16 at 1:00 p.m. KST.

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Following this, news of BTS' Jin's latest milestone circulated on social media and quickly went viral among fans. One X user tweeted:

"SMASH HIT."

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Fans commented that Don't Say You Love Me was a strong release and expressed their appreciation for the song. Many shared congratulatory snippets to commemorate the idol's latest milestone.

"CONGRATULATIONS JIN Run Jin!! It’s a a great song, I love it," a fan reacted.

"LETS DO FASTEST TO 1BILLION THIS YEAR NEXT WOOOOOO," another fan mentioned.

"Congratulations my #seokjinnie "Don't Say You Love Me" by #Jin now hits 100 Million streams on Spotify, becoming the Fastest song by K-pop act to do so in 2025..! Just in 21 days CONGRATULATIONS JIN," one fan shared.

Meanwhile, some fans added that BTS' Jin achieved this success through his vocal and artistic skills.

"Organic king congratulations for your new milestone," an X user reacted.

"The man who deserves the universe," another fan mentioned.

"Don't Say You Love Me" has reached 100 MILLION streams on Spotify, becoming the FASTEST song by a K-act to reach this milestone in 2025! So happy and proud of you #JIN !!! Love you," one netizen wrote.

More about BTS' Jin's Echo album

BTS' Jin's second solo album, Echo, was distributed by YG Plus and HYBE. The physical release was available in four versions. It featured seven tracks, including Don't Say You Love Me, Nothing Without Your Love, Loser (feat. Yena), Rope It, With the Clouds, Background, and To Me, Today.

Echo reached the No. 1 spot on the iTunes Top Albums chart in 63 regions. Meanwhile, the track Don't Say You Love Me topped the iTunes Top Songs chart in 61 regions. The album debuted at No. 63 on the United Kingdom's Official Albums Chart, while the song Don't Say You Love Me debuted at No. 58 on the Official Singles Chart.

In other news, Jin completed his mandatory military service and was discharged in June 2024. BTS is scheduled to reunite as a group in 2025.

About the author

Kirti holds a Bachelor's degree in Journalism & Mass Communication and has been a Kpop writer at SK POP since 2022. She has been following Kpop and Kdramas since the last 6 years and but has worked in the genre only in the last 3-4 years donning several several caps - social media intern, copywriter, article writer and academic writer.

Kirti likes to pen down insightful features based on Korean dramas, especially the 'Ending Explained' categories. It gives her the satisfaction of creating the most authentic content rather than simply replicating what media outlets generally do.

Her process of creating content is time-consuming, yet methodical; she prefers to use original sources of information, which in her case are Korean outlets. She watches entire episodes, writes them down, cross-checks/fact-checks the details/event timelines off the web and eventually creates her copy.

Kirti likes Lee Je-hoon, IU, and Kim Seon-ho since she feels that their dramas are inspiring and have good plotlines. When she is not writing about K-dramas, she can be found watching them.

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Edited by Shubham Soni