#halloween

"Dracula," Tame Impala's song with a viral remix featuring JENNIE, had its biggest day yet on Halloween: 2.8 million official on-demand U.S. streams on Oct. 31, according to Luminate, a new single-day high by a nearly 40% margin, Billboard reports. Rolling Stone says the original and the remix together drew 16 million global on-demand streams from Oct. 30 to Nov. 1.

It still trailed the perennial favorites on Oct. 31: Michael Jackson's "Thriller" (10 million), "Monster Mash" (7 million) and Ray Parker Jr.'s "Ghostbusters" (6.6 million). But Billboard says it led 21st-century spooky songs comfortably, ahead of Rihanna's "Disturbia" (2 million) and Lady Gaga's "Bloody Mary" (1.4 million). The song, in its 58th week on the Hot 100, has topped Billboard's Radio Songs chart for seven weeks.

Harry Styles wrapped up his Madison Square Garden residency on Oct. 31, its 30th show and the second night of his "Harryween" concerts, dressed as New York's Pizza Rat, Billboard reports. He took the stage in a furry brown onesie with oversized pink ears, a long tail and black sunglasses, carrying a giant foam slice of pizza, a nod to the viral 2015 video of a rat dragging pizza down subway stairs. The Hollywood Reporter reports that the New York Knicks' Jalen Brunson made a surprise visit.

On Oct. 30, Billboard reports, Styles opened as Elvis Presley while his band and dancers dressed as versions of Styles from across his career, then changed into the outfit from his 2010 X Factor audition and sang Stevie Wonder's "Isn't She Lovely," the song that got him through that round at 16.

Bram Dunehew of Concord, North Carolina, a college student studying civil engineering, filled up his car on Friday, but the pump didn't print his receipt, so he went inside the store, the North Carolina Education Lottery says. While there he bought a $3 Powerball ticket.

In Saturday's Halloween drawing, the ticket matched all five white balls for $1 million, doubled to $2 million by the Power Play option. "It's crazy because I never would have even bought that ticket if the receipt printed outside," he said. He bought it at Sam's Mart on N.C. 49 in Harrisburg and took home $1,440,201 after federal and state tax withholding. He told the lottery he plans to buy his father a Cadillac and that "Halloween's now my favorite holiday."

Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark spent Halloween night scaring trick-or-treaters in her neighborhood in a skull mask, then handing out candy, The Big Lead reports; the children likely had no idea a WNBA star was behind the mask. Heavy reports that Fever photographer Bri Lewerke posted the video on TikTok.

It came days after the Fever's front-office shake-up following a first-round playoff exit to the Las Vegas Aces: team president and general manager Kelly Krauskopf stepped down and Amber Cox was fired, Heavy reports.

Videos of children dumping whole bowls of unattended Halloween candy into their bags, often caught on doorbell cameras, have become an annual viral debate, Parents reports via Yahoo. Data from the short-form trend platform Virlo, shared with Parents, puts candy-bowl etiquette videos at about 91.7 million views across social platforms. The article cites a survey finding doorbell cameras in about 39% of U.S. homes.

Virlo cofounder Deniz Sancar says the footage makes viewers "feel like they're standing on the porch," and the comment debates add to its shareability. Texas counselor Brook McKenzie argues that posting the clips confuses "accountability with humiliation" and that online ridicule can follow children through school. The article says taking the whole bowl is still wrong, but suggests parents correct it privately.