MTV's Hunger Games playlist starts with Ben Wang's karaoke confession

Whitney Peak, Joseph Zada, Mckenna Grace and Iris Apatow join Wang to choose on-set anthems and favorite film music.

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Ben Wang has an explanation for the previous night's karaoke: "I did 'Lovesick Blues' as Hank Williams." His castmates' laughter sets the tone for MTV's only new upload of the week, a playlist-building interview with the cast of The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping.

Whitney Peak, Joseph Zada, Mckenna Grace, Wang and Iris Apatow work through repeat listens, nostalgic favorites and karaoke standbys. The selections stretch from Phoebe Bridgers and Nine Inch Nails to The Muppets. Peak chooses Justin Bieber's "Never Say Never" for karaoke, specifying that she always takes Jaden's parts.

The most distinctly Hunger Games detail comes from Grace: Caesar Flickerman's introduction music became her and Wang's on-set hype-up song. Later, the group returns to the franchise's scores, including "Horn of Plenty" and the Quarter Quell sequence. Viewers are picking up those musical threads, requesting a Zada karaoke performance and remembering their own long-running attachments to Flight Facilities' "Crave You."

The interview has reached roughly 27,000 views. MTV's larger daily audience remains concentrated around its VMAs performances: LISA's "SaWaDiKa" is the busiest, with more than nine million views overall, followed by Madonna's medley with Sabrina Carpenter and Charli xcx, then Sienna Spiro's "Great Expectation."

Subscriber numbers held steady over the week, while daily viewing is below MTV's usual level. Among nearby music channels, NPR Music is enjoying stronger-than-usual daily viewing, while Vevo is close to its normal rhythm. MTV's new contribution is smaller and more conversational: five actors revealing what they sing when the film cameras aren't rolling.

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The videos drawing views on MTV right now

LISA Performs "SaWaDiKa" | 2026 VMAs9,020,262 views Madonna “Bring Your Love” ft. Sabrina Carpenter & “Danceteria” ft. Ch…2,727,545 views Sienna Spiro Performs "Great Expectation" | 2026 VMAs425,627 views

The numbers

Here is MTV's week in views and subscribers.

subscribers

11,600,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

2,742,984,067

views per day

615,498

typical day: 1,057,724

first-day views of each video posted this week

’The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reapi…

17,353

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

Lyrical Lemonade

24,300,000

Vevo

20,000,000

Atlantic Records

16,000,000

NPR Music

13,100,000

MTV

11,600,000

COLORS

8,610,000

BBC Radio 1

8,570,000

Complex

6,990,000

GRM Daily

6,730,000

As of October 29, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.