September 21, 2026 Melon Chart: SOYEON’s New Hit Shakes Top 3

Welcome to this week’s Melon chart analysis. The chart for September 14–20 combines remarkable stability at the summit with several dramatic rises below it. RESCENE extends its extraordinary run at No. 1, while SOYEON makes the week’s biggest move by soaring from near the bottom of the Top 100 to second place. IU also sends two songs sharply upward, adding fresh competition to a chart otherwise dominated by familiar long-running hits.

📊 This Week’s Top 10

🔄 Top 3 Analysis & Continuity

The most important number this week is ten. RESCENE remains at No. 1 with “LOVE ATTACK” for the tenth consecutive week, extending a run that had already reached nine weeks on the previous chart. The group also places “Pretty Girl” at No. 6 and “Deja Vu” at No. 7, giving RESCENE three songs in the Top 10 once again. Both supporting tracks slip one position this week, but their continued presence shows that the group’s chart strength extends well beyond a single hit.

The week’s most dramatic change belongs to SOYEON. “퇴사할게여 (Narr. 기안84)” entered last week’s chart at No. 91 and now jumps 89 places to No. 2. It is an exceptional one-week rise and immediately makes the song the closest challenger to RESCENE’s long-running leader. The playful title, which roughly means “I’m Going to Quit My Job,” gives the track an instantly recognizable theme for anyone familiar with the pressures and frustrations of office life.

I.O.I moves down one place to No. 3 with “갑자기.” Its recent chart path has been No. 3, No. 2 and now No. 3 again, demonstrating stability rather than a sudden breakthrough. Although SOYEON’s rapid ascent pushes it out of the runner-up position this week, “갑자기” remains firmly established among the chart’s leading songs.

🔎 K-Culture Insight

The 89-place rise of “퇴사할게여” is striking because its central idea can be understood immediately. Fantasies about leaving a difficult job are a familiar source of humor and conversation in Korea, particularly among younger office workers. The narration by Kian84, a webtoon artist and television personality closely associated with candid and sometimes awkward depictions of everyday life, strengthens the song’s humorous and relatable character.

The weekly chart alone cannot fully explain what caused such a sudden surge, but the combination of a direct title, an everyday theme and a recognizable narrator gives the song several elements that can travel quickly through broadcasts, short-form videos and online conversation.

🎯 Chart Focus: CORTIS and the Long Run of “REDRED”

CORTIS falls one place from No. 3 to No. 4 with “REDRED.” Across the latest three weekly charts, the song has moved from No. 4 to No. 3 and back to No. 4. That short sequence, however, does not tell the full story. “REDRED” had already spent substantial time near the top earlier in its chart run, so its current position should be viewed as another stage in a long period of upper-chart strength rather than merely a three-week Top 5 appearance.

BIGBANG’s “BiiiG,” RESCENE’s “Pretty Girl” and “Deja Vu,” ATEEZ’s “BAD” and Taeyeon’s “만찬가” also each move down one place. Their declines are largely the result of two major upward moves ahead of them: SOYEON’s jump to No. 2 and IU’s arrival in the Top 10.

🚀 IU Makes a Double Climb

IU records two of the week’s largest gains. “이 별로부터” rises 24 places from No. 32 to No. 8, entering the Top 10 in its second chart week. “Dear my crazy soulmate” climbs even further in numerical terms, moving 53 places from No. 66 to No. 13. These are not new entries this week; both songs debuted on the previous chart and have now made strong follow-up gains.

Their rise pushes aespa’s “LEMONADE” from No. 7 to No. 11 and ILLIT’s “It′s Me” from No. 10 to No. 12. D.O.’s “Guitarist” is another notable climber, jumping 49 positions from No. 99 to No. 50.

Closing Forecast

SOYEON now presents the clearest immediate challenge to “LOVE ATTACK,” but displacing a song that has remained No. 1 for ten consecutive weeks will not be easy. The next chart will show whether “퇴사할게여” can sustain its explosive momentum or whether its enormous first-week rise settles into a lower position.

IU’s two rapidly climbing songs are also worth watching. “이 별로부터” has already reached No. 8, while “Dear my crazy soulmate” sits just outside the Top 10 at No. 13. Meanwhile, established contenders such as I.O.I’s “갑자기” and CORTIS’s “REDRED” remain close enough to the summit to benefit from any slowdown among the current leaders.

📉 Extended Chart (11–100)

Source: Melon Weekly Chart, September 14–20, 2026

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