BTS member Jin has once again proven his immense global popularity with his solo track “Don’t Say You Love Me.”

On October 26 (KST), Jin’s “Don’t Say You Love Me” surpassed 600 million streams on the world’s largest music platform, Spotify. This marks the first and fastest K-pop song to reach this milestone in 2025. As of November 8, the song has exceeded 628 million streams.

The title track from Jin’s solo mini-album “Echo” recorded 564.2 million streams on Spotify as of October 18 (KST), becoming the most streamed K-pop song of 2025 on the platform worldwide.

In addition, “Don’t Say You Love Me” achieved over 50 million streams on Spotify Japan alone in October— the fastest record ever for a K-pop solo artist. It reached this milestone in just 146 days.

The song also made history by ranking in the Spotify Global Top 10 for over 100 consecutive days, the first and only song by an Asian artist to do so in 2025, proving its massive global appeal. Furthermore, “Don’t Say You Love Me” topped the Spotify Global Chart (as of May 25), becoming the first Asian artist’s song of 2025 to reach No. 1 on the global ranking.

Released on May 16 (KST), Jin’s second solo mini-album “Echo” has received widespread love across the globe. Known for his beautiful tone and wide vocal range, Jin showcased his versatility by effortlessly moving between high and low registers. He also participated in writing lyrics for four out of the seven tracks on the album. “Echo” has stayed on the Billboard World Albums Chart for over 22 weeks, marking it as the first and only 2025 K-pop solo album to achieve such a record, further proving his overwhelming popularity.



Jin now holds the record for the most No. 1 songs (7 total) in the history of the Billboard World Digital Song Sales chart as a soloist. He also ranks as the best-selling K-pop solo artist in the United States in 2025, based solely on pure album sales.

Meanwhile, from June 28 to August 10 (local time), Jin held 18 shows across 9 cities—including Korea, Japan, the U.S., and Europe—on his first solo fan concert and world tour, titled “Run Seokjin Tour” (#RUNSEOKJIN_EP.TOUR).



The tour achieved remarkable commercial success, ranking among the Top 20 Global Concert Tours selected by Pollstar, which is based on average box office revenue per city. Jin also made history as the highest-ranked Asian soloist on both the July Billboard Top Tours Monthly Chart and the August Billboard Top Tours Chart, becoming the Korean solo artist with the highest tour revenue in Europe and setting multiple new Billboard touring records.





Written by Mun Wan Sik
Translated by Lee So Yun