Paulo Coelho congratulates BTS for reaching over 100M views in 24 hours with ‘Butter’ MV

Looks like we have another ARMY among us!

Paulo Coelho was all praises for the record-breaking South Korean boy group BTS for reaching over 100 million views in 24 hours with their newly released “Butter” music video.

“Congrats, BTS!!! Over 100,000,000 views in 24 hr!” tweeted the renowned Brazilian author on Saturday, adding the hashtags #Butter100M and #ARMY.

Congrats @BTS_twt!!! Over 100.000.000 views in 24 hr!#BUTTER100M #ARMY ????????????????

— Paulo Coelho (@paulocoelho) May 22, 2021

The “The Alchemist” writer revealed that he was losing a lot of followers for congratulating BTS, but he had no regrets.

“This is the price to pay when you support people you admire. The boys overcame so many difficult moments, prejudices, etc. and THEY WON!!!”

I am losing a lot of followers because I posted a tweet congratulating @BTS_twt but this is the price to pay when you support people you admire.
The boys overcame so many difficult moments, prejudices, etc.
and
THEY WON!!!????????????????

— Paulo Coelho (@paulocoelho) May 22, 2021

On Friday, BTS dropped the music video to their highly anticipated new English single “Butter.”

According to a Variety report, the group broke the record they set with “Dynamite” for the highest number of YouTube views in the first 24 hours of release after “Butter” got around 113 million views.

YouTube, meanwhile, is set to confirm the final 24-hour total figures as of writing. – Kaela Malig/RC, GMA News