BTS Jin, 'Don't Say You Love Me' surpasses 1 billion streams on Spotify... Solo artist's highest play count record

BTS member Jin’s solo song ″Don’t Say You Love Me″ has surpassed 1 billion cumulative streams on Spotify. According to Spotify, this song is the title track of the mini album 2 ″Echo,″ released last May, and exceeded 1 billion streams as of August 18. This is the highest number of streams among Jin’s solo songs. ″Don’t Say You Love Me″ is a pop genre song that captures the emotions of lovers who find it hard to let go of each other even at the end of their relationship, blending restrained sounds, a cool atmosphere melody, and Jin’s calm voice. The song entered the US Billboard main song chart ″Hot 100″ at number 90 (issue dated May 31, 2025). With this, Jin has placed three solo songs on the ″Hot 100,″ following his 2022 solo single ″The Astronaut″ and the title track ″Running Wild″ from the 2024 mini album 1 ″Happy.″ The chart performance was also remarkable. ″Don’t Say You Love Me″ ranked 2nd on Spotify’s ″Weekly Top Songs Global,″ 6th on Billboard’s ″Global 200,″ and 4th on ″Global (excluding US),″ entering the top 10 on various charts. The album ″Echo,″ which includes this song, also achieved 3rd place on the Billboard main album chart ″Billboard 200″ (issue dated May 31, 2025), setting a new highest rank for Jin’s solo albums. Meanwhile, BTS kicked off the second leg of the North American tour for the world tour ″ARIRANG″ at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, USA, on August 1 and 2 (local time), and is scheduled to continue performing in Toronto on the 22nd and 23rd.