NCT WISH's I SPY Climbs to #2 on Melon TOP100 Without a Fan-Event Push

NCT WISH's "I SPY" has peaked at #2 on Melon's TOP100, and Korean fan communities lit up as soon as the ranking appeared. On theqoo, one of the first replies called it "this is WISH's strength," while another noted that the song is being received by the general public, not just the fandom.

The detail fans keep returning to is how the song got there. On instiz, the post announcing the peak pointed out that the climb happened even without a fan event driving it, and a reply under it joked that not every group could manage that kind of result if events were the only engine. Whether or not that framing holds up in full, it explains why the reaction was less about the number itself and more about where the streams seem to be coming from.

What fans are hearing in the song

The comment threads on both sites are warm and a little stunned. Several users simply wrote "congrats" and "daebak," and one theqoo commenter wrote that WISH is "becoming successful too." Another compared the song's mood to the nostalgic feel of INFINITE's catalog, a reference that suggests the track is landing with listeners who follow K-pop beyond the current wave of groups.

For NCT WISH, the youngest unit in the NCT family, a #2 peak on Melon is a notable marker. Melon is South Korea's largest music platform and its TOP100 is widely read as a gauge of mainstream listening, which is why fans treat a high placement there as more meaningful than a first-day spike. If the song holds near the top in the days ahead, it would back up what fans are already saying: that "I SPY" has found an audience outside the usual fan base.