megahit

A likely megahit at a time when Netflix could really use one, it rivals anything in Disney’s superhero arsenal but has enough personality to render the comparison pointless.

Three weeks after its release, “Squid Game,” the surprise ultraviolent megahit from South Korea that Netflix has said may become its “biggest show ever,” seems to defy explanation.

Another song that almost never came to be for the same reason was the megahit ballad “Hero.”