Record! Video Clip The Reason From Hoobastank Shows More Than 1 Billion Times On YouTube

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JAKARTA - This December, Hoobastank will celebrate 20 years of the release of their second album, The Reason.

The full album took the band to a higher level after their debut success through the 2001 self-titled album.

The Reason features a successful single of the same name that helped strengthen the band's name on the world rock scene.

Since then, the single The Reason has even been certified four times platinum and has occupied several No. 1 chart positions along the way. Meanwhile, the album, won double platinum. The Reason's success has made the entire band's catalog surpassing four billion on all digital streaming platforms.

As Hoobastank prepares to celebrate the album's 20th anniversary, the official music video for The Reason has just reached a milestone, surpassing a billion views on YouTube.

The video, directed by Brett Simon, shows the maximum screen time during its MTV "TRL" days, getting the band two VMA nominations in 2004 for "Best Rock Video" and "Best Group Video".

In recent years, Hoobastank has resurfaced to mainstream through TikTok, popular TV shows, and collaborations.

The viral success of the #NotAPerfectPerson trend on TikTok has brought new attention to the hit single because the hashtag currently has more than 948 million views and its voice has been used in more than 220 thousand posts.

When Netflix hit "Beef" gained great popularity in 2023, its first episode featured Hoobastank's The Reason, which sent the song back on the iTunes Rock charts and appeared on the Top 200 Shazam in the US, the most-hit song in the United States.

Recently, pop singer Venezuela Moly released a Latin version of The Reason featuring Hoobastank, and vocalist and guitarist Doug Robb and guitarist Dan Estrin from joining Moly on stage at the Univision award, Premios Juventud.

Due to the attention of this mainstream and a new generation of music enthusiasts who discovered the band's catalog, Hoobastank has more than nine million monthly listeners and two million followers on Spotify, where The Reason is on its way to reach one billion streams.