This photo provided by BigHit Music shows a poster for the music video for the group's 2017 hit "DNA" surpassing 1.6 billion views on YouTube, Nov. 13. Yonhap

The music video for global K-pop sensation BTS' 2017 hit song "DNA" has surpassed 1.6 billion views on YouTube.

The video hit the milestone at about 3:30 a.m. on Wednesday, becoming the third from the group to do so after "Dynamite" and "Boy With Luv," according to the group's agency, BigHit Music.

The lead track of "Love Yourself: Her," the band's fifth EP released in September 2017, "DNA" depicts the fresh and passionate love of youth.

BTS delivers a message that "the two of us have been fatefully intertwined from the beginning of time and were one from our DNA" in a refreshing and cheerful manner, harmonizing electro-pop sounds with acoustic guitar, in the song.

Including "DNA," the septet now has a total of 39 music videos that have garnered more than 100 million YouTube views. (Yonhap)