

“Brad Deutser relentlessly supported our work by interviewing hundreds of members of Longhorn Nation, participating in our committee work, and orchestrating many of the products of the committee such as the videos - a truly dedicated Longhorn,” Reddick, associate dean for equity, community engagement and outreach, wrote in a letter accompanying the report. But the committee’s chair, Richard Reddick, confirmed after this story’s publication that Deutser’s title meant he advised the committee chair, and was not a chair himself. UT-Austin officials didn’t respond to repeated inquiries seeking more information about Deutser’s role. Lee, as previously asserted by some members of the school community.ĭeutser’s involvement in the group’s work was so significant that he was listed as a board member and “Special Advisor to the President and Committee Chair” in its final report. Ultimately, the committee’s report concluded the intent of the song was “not overtly racist,” and could not find primary documents that tied the phrase to Confederate Gen. In fact, UT-Austin had hired Deutser and his company to two contracts worth up to $1.1 million to revamp the image of the alma mater, along with broader organizational projects including a new communication and engagement strategy for the university, and defining “what it means to be a Longhorn,” according to copies of the contracts obtained by the Texas Tribune through an open records request. Park Jimin is indeed a record-breaker who shows great promise of success with his own music.But by the time the group released its final report in March, a new name had quietly been added to its ranks: Brad Deutser, a Houston consultant who helps organizations with everything from company culture to crisis communications and branding. On the 18th of August, "Friends" also achieved 116 Million streams on Spotify, while Filter bagged 67 Million streams on YouTube, remaining the most-streamed Korean solo track on the platform.

Recently it demonstrated longevity on the BILLBOARD World Digital Song Sales Chart by ranking #12 for 73 weeks as the longest-charting Korean solo track from a group. It can be said then that the song achieved a triple crown on the three major Korean music streaming platforms (GAON, Genie, and Melon). Filter is also the most-streamed Korean Solo on Melon, having garnered 118 Million streams. It should be remembered that Filter enjoyed the biggest debut ever for a track recorded by a Korean Soloist with 2.2 Million streams, and along with Friends, it was even nominated for the 10th GAON Chart Artist Of The Year and appeared on Genie's 2020's Top 5 most streamed B-Side track. The track is on its way to 200 Million streams as the most-streamed Korean B-side since 2018 and the most-streamed solo track from the BTS Map Of The Soul 7 Album. On the same day as well fans had much to celebrate, as Jimin set the record for the fastest Korean B-Side and Korean Male Solo Song with Filter, when it surpassed an outstanding 190 Million streams on Spotify. Since this is the case, Jimin's achievement on the platform shows his potential for a booming solo music career when the chance shall present itself.įans were also thrilled with this great achievement and celebrated by trending 1 MILLION SHAZAM'S FOR JIMIN, CONGRATULATIONS JIMIN, and more to honor the occasion. The importance of Shazam cannot be overlooked because through the platform, artists are able to appropriately plan their promotional, social media activities, and even live shows in order to find out what their audiences want and even better connect with them. On the 20th of August, it was revealed that data from all of Jimin's solo tracks Promise (197,869), Christmas Love (11,955), Filter (301,875), FullLength and Intro Serendipity (330,853), and Lie (198,962) had attained 1 Million shazam's in total. Shazam is the world's largest discovery platform for music, movies, advertising, and television shows. Just days after it was announced that BTS member Jimin had achieved 1 Billion streams across three platforms with his 5 audio solo tracks, he scores yet another milestone on Shazam.
