“Midnight Sun” (Remix) by Zara Larsson and PinkPantheress is predicted to be the year’s most annoying song, with an 88.4% “annoyingness score,” according to SeatPick.

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SeatPick analyzed the year’s most popular songs according to official top charts, then measured repetition, shrillness, harmonic dullness and filler lyrics to calculate the percentage chance that listeners would find the song stuck in their heads.

  1. “Midnight Sun,” Zara Larsson, Pink Pantheress (88.4%)
  2. “My Loving,” Sonny Fodera and Chrystal (85.6%)
  3. “New Religion,” Bebe Rexha and Faithless (84.3%)
  4. “Imposter,” Louis Tomlinson (80.2%)
  5. “Mr. Know It All,” Teddy Swims (74.7%)
  6. “Sleepless in a Hotel Room,” Luke Combs (74.1%)
  7. “Bring Your Love,” Madonna and Sabrina Carpenter (69.1%)
  8. “Swim,” BTS (67.6%)
  9. “Lights Burn Dimmer,” Fred Again … and Jamie T. (66.8%)
  10. “Internet Girl,” KATSEYE (66%)
  11. “Dying for You,” Charli xcx (62.8%)
  12. “What’s Done is Done,” Jorja Smith (62%)
  13. “drop-dead,” Olivia Rodrigo (61.2%)
  14. FIX UR FACE,” mgk featuring Fred Durst (58.7%)
  15. “Dracula (JENNIE Remix),” Tame Impala, JENNIE

Topping the rankings as 2026’s most annoying song, “Midnight Sun,” earns its place through a combination of relentless repetition and a bright, high-frequency energy that grates on the listener over time. Its repetition score is the highest of any track analyzed, reflecting the song’s hook-driven structure, melodic phrases cycle back with regularity.

The tempo sits squarely in the sweet spot for catchiness, but what makes a song hard to forget can make it equally hard to bear.