10 songs under three minutes: we measured the length of 100 K-pop songs on the chart
The median length of the 100 songs on the Bugs weekly chart was 3:12. Four in ten songs released this year run under three minutes, and the shortest is 2:03.
We measured the length of each of the 100 songs on the Bugs weekly chart (September 21–27). The median was 3:12, and 30 songs were under three minutes. Split by release year, the difference is clear: 15 of the 37 songs released this year run under three minutes, but only 2 of the 23 songs from 2023 or earlier do. The longest song runs 5:01, and the shortest, at 2:03, is less than half of that. We picked the ten shortest. They're in order of length, not a ranking.
2:03 · JENNIE 'like JENNIE'
The shortest song on this chart. It came out in March 2025 on the full album 'Ruby'. JENNIE's other two songs on the same chart run 2:25 and 3:19. Apple Music
2:12 · ILLIT 'NOT CUTE ANYMORE'
Released on November 24, 2025. ILLIT has three songs on this chart, and all three are under three minutes. The two that came after 2024's 'Magnetic' (2:40) are more than 20 seconds shorter. Apple Music
2:18 · ILLIT 'It's Me'
Released on April 30 this year with the EP 'MAMIHLAPINATAPAI'. It's a song that opens with the voice from the very first sound. Apple Music
2:21 · KiiiKiii 'Pop Off Pop Off'
On the EP 'WhyKiiiKiii', released August 10. KiiiKiii's January song '404 (New Era)', also on the chart, runs 2:59, so 38 seconds disappeared in about half a year. Apple Music
2:25 · JENNIE 'Less than a Lover'
Released on July 24. 'FALLEN ANGEL', out a month later on August 28, runs 3:19, so two songs on the same digital EP are 54 seconds apart. Apple Music
2:32 · TWS '첫 만남은 계획대로 되지 않아' ('plot twist')
Released on January 22, 2024 with the debut album 'Sparkling Blue'. A short song still on the chart nearly two years later. TWS's 2025 song 'OVERDRIVE' also runs 2:40. Apple Music
2:36 · IU 'Dear my crazy soulmate'
A song on the September 10 single '이 별로부터'. '이 별로부터', released the same day, runs 3:45, so there's more than a minute between the two songs on one single. Apple Music
2:36 · ATEEZ 'BAD'
Released on June 26 with 'GOLDEN HOUR : Part.5'. The music video runs 3:45, more than a minute longer than the song. Apple Music
2:36 · ROSÉ 'toxic till the end'
A song from the December 2024 full album 'rosie'. Last month's 'new trick' runs 3:02. Apple Music
2:38 · 10CM '너에게 닿기를' ('To Reach You')
Released on March 6, 2025. A year and a half later, it's still on the chart. Apple Music
There's the other end too: 15 songs run over four minutes, and the longest, ZO ZAZZ's '모르시나요' ('Don't you know'), runs 5:01. We gathered the stories of the old songs still on the chart in yesterday's list.
테마 리스트차트곡 길이제니아일릿키키투어스아이유에이티즈로제10CM
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