The song 'APT.' by BLACKPINK's Rose and Bruno Mars has successfully gained popularity in a short time. The music video has been watched more than 159 million times, only eight days after it was uploaded.
Although it went viral and topped the charts, the song is on the banned list. The news has attracted the attention of readers for the past week. It didn't take long for fans to be hooked on this upbeat pop-funk song. Many content creators also made cover videos or parodies of the fun and cheerful video clip.
'AP.T' has also achieved the 96th RAK or Real-Time All Kill. This means that the collaboration song between BLACKPINK's Rose and Bruno Mars has ranked first on all four Korean charts Bugs, MelOn, Genie, and FLO 96 times.
So popular, 'APT.' was included in the list of songs that students should not listen to. In South Korean music culture, there is a term 'forbidden songs', referring to songs that are considered too catchy or distracting to listen to while studying, especially for the grueling college entrance exams.
In addition to 'APT.', the unofficial list of songs that students are banned from listening to because they are addictive includes aespa's 'Next Level', Red Velvet's 'Zimzalabim', and SHINee's 'Ring Ding Dong'. As quoted from Koreaboo, the song's melody and unique concept also make 'APT.' labeled as one of the songs that is too hard to forget.
Students and fans have warned each other online, joking that the song is 'impossible to escape' because it is addictive. 'APT.' itself is inspired by the popular Korean drinking game called Apartment or 'Apateu' for short.
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