RGM HOOKED! — The Hook Challenge
🪙 Entry Fee
🪙 200 RGM Coins
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Got a hook people can’t get out of their heads? 🎶 RGM HOOKED! puts the spotlight on one of the most important parts of a record the HOOK. Submit an original track featuring your strongest chorus or hook. We’re looking for something catchy, creative, memorable, and powerful enough to make listeners want to run it back again. This competition isn’t about having the biggest following or even the most complicated song. We want the hook that STICKS. 🪝🔥
Max entries per artist: 1
📅 Key Dates
Start Date
Fri, Aug 21, 7:48 PM UTC
Submission Deadline
Sat, Aug 29, 7:48 PM UTC
Contest End Date
Fri, Aug 28, 7:48 PM UTC
Results Date
Sat, Aug 29, 7:48 PM UTC
🏅 Rewards
Reward coins land in your reward balance — spendable on RGM features but not withdrawable to cash.
🥇 1st Place
🪙 7,500
Reward coins
⚡ 5,000 promo plays
🎖 1 badge
🥈 2nd Place
🪙 6,500
Reward coins
⚡ 2,500 promo plays
🎖 1 badge
🥉 3rd Place
🪙 5,500
Reward coins
⚡ 1,000 promo plays
🎖 1 badge
📜 Rules
Entry Requirements
- 🎵 One original track
- 🎤 All genres welcome
- 👤 One entry per artist
- 🪝 Track must contain a clear hook or chorus
- ✍🏽 Submission must showcase original creative work
- 🎧 Artist must have permission/rights to use the submitted music
- 🏆 No previously winning RGM contest entry
Judging Criteria
🪝 Catchiness — Does the hook immediately grab attention?
🔁 Replay Value — Does it make you want to hear it again?
✨ Originality — Does the hook have its own identity?
🎤 Delivery — Flow, melody, confidence, timing and execution.
❤️ Connection — Does the hook create a feeling or stick with the listener?
🔥 Overall Impact — How strong and memorable is the hook as a complete package?
🏆 Winner Structure
🥇 1st Place — RGM HOOKED! Champion 🥈 2nd Place — Top 3 Finalist 🥉 3rd Place — Top 3 Finalist
🎁 Winner Perks
🏆 Official RGM HOOKED! Champion Badge ⭐ Featured Spotlight on RGM Studio 📰 RGM Reports recognition 📖 RGM Magazine recognition 👑 Hall of Champions induction 📣 Promotional placement 🤝 Exclusive RGM opportunities when available
🎤 Submitted Entries(5)
Public entries — see who else is competing.
Settle Down
by Sista Love
I Wanna Get High
by Rookie RedEyeChild
Da blues
by BigMatt60
ALL THE SMOKE
by UNORTHaDOX THE ORTHa
LAID BACK
by K $weet Da Goddess