K-pop — or Korean Pop — has taken over and Halloween is going to be the first huge public display of it. Following the popularity of the hit Netflix movie “KPop Demon Hunters,” little Rumis, Miras, Zoeys and Jinos are sure to be running all over town.

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While fans see "Thriller" as the king of Halloween, Billboard ’s ranking likely relied on streaming data, radio play, and chart performance, rather than cultural influence. That may explain why songs that have recently gone viral or spiked in October streams ranked higher.