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Crush's 'Hate' Surges in Charts Thanks to Challenge Featuring NCT WISH and Other Idols

Published 2026.03.05

By Cely Editor

Crush's 'Hate' Surges in Charts Thanks to Challenge Featuring NCT WISH and Other Idols

Crush's song 'Hate' (Miwo), released in November 2023, is experiencing a resurgence in streaming charts through a viral dance challenge. The track, which is one of the title songs from Crush's third studio album 'wonderego,' entered Melon's Top 100 at position 100 on March 1st and climbed to 54th place by March 4th at 8 AM. The song gained momentum after a dance crew launched the 'Hate Challenge' in early February, which was subsequently joined by popular idol groups including IVE, NCT WISH, Boynextdoor, TOURS, VERIVERY, and Kickflip. The song is now performing strongly across multiple music charts: ranking 54th on YouTube Music's Korean weekly popular songs chart, 28th on the weekly artist chart, and 16th on Spotify's daily popular songs chart as of March 2nd. Currently, Crush is actively working as a producer on Mnet's 'Show Me The Money 12' alongside Zico, with whom he released the duet 'Yin and Yang,' and has collaborated with artists like Dean and Phenomenal on various versions of the track.