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The group's third mini album title track joins six earlier videos at the mark, with a new song due October 23.
BABYMONSTER's music video for "CHOOM" crossed 200 million views on YouTube on October 12 at roughly 9:30 a.m. KST, YG Entertainment said, per Soompi.
"CHOOM" is the title track of the group's third mini album. It is their seventh music video to pass 200 million views, following "BATTER UP," "SHEESH," "DRIP," "FOREVER," "WE GO UP" and "PSYCHO."
The video arrived on May 4 at 6 p.m. KST, which puts the climb to 200 million at a little over five months.
The clip leans on the members' choreography and large-scale group dance sequences, staged against settings including a security checkpoint and a ballet studio, according to allkpop.
Immediately after release, "CHOOM" took the top spot on YouTube's worldwide trending chart, and also ranked first on the 24-hour most viewed videos list and the global YouTube daily popular music video chart.
The separate performance video for the song has moved past 97 million views. BABYMONSTER's official YouTube channel now counts 13.4 million subscribers, having hit 10 million one year and five months after debut, with total channel views above 10 billion.
Elsewhere, "SHEESH" was certified platinum by the RIAJ after passing 100 million streams in Japan.
The group is in the middle of its second world tour, a 31-show run through 18 cities across five continents taking in Asia, Oceania, South America, North America and Europe.
Up next is a new song on October 23 at 1 p.m. KST, midnight ET.
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