Hi everyone. The countdown was okay this week I thought. We actually have a hit song at #1 (shocking, I know), but there's still some problems with favoritism here. But I guess I kinda expect it at this point. Here are the exits:
- Lauv - I Like Me Better (#45)
- Camila Cabello - Never be The Same (#39) {1 Week At #1}
- Maroon 5 - Wiat (#34)
- Charlie Puth/Kehlani - Done For Me (#43)
45. Alessia Cara - Growing Pains (#44) [-1]
44. Niall Horan - On The Loose (#36) [-8]
43. Halsey - Alone (#37) [-6]
42. Drake - In My Feelings (#40) [-2]
41. 5 Seconds of Summer - Want You Back (#41) [=] {1 Week At #1}
40. Cardi B/Bad Bunny/J Balvin - I Like It (Radio Edit) (#42) [+2]
39. George Ezra - Shotgun (#38) [-1]
38. NF - Lie (DEBUT)
37. Madison Beer - Home With You (#31) [-6]
36. Marshmello/Bastille - Happier (DEBUT)
35. Bazzi/Camila Cabello - Beautiful (DEBUT)
34. Brown & Gray - Top Down (#30) [-3]
33. PNAU - Go Bang (#33) [=]
32. Train/Cam/Travie McCoy - Call Me Sir (#32) [=]
31. Zedd/Elley Duhé - Happy Now (DEBUT)
30. Dan + Shay - Tequila (#27) [-3]
29. PRETTYMUCH - Summer On You (#24) [-5]
28. Dua Lipa - IDGAF (#35) [+7]
27. Shawn Mendes - In My Blood (#16) [-11] {2 Weeks At #1}
26. Marshmello/Anne-Marie - FRIENDS (#19) [-7]
25. Dennis Lloyd - Nevermind (#26) [+1]
24. Ariana Grande - no tears left to cry (#13) [-11]
23. Foster The People - Sit Next To Me (#14) [-9]
22. Bebe Rexha - I'm A Mess (#28) [+6]
21. DJ Khaled/Justin Bieber/Quavo/Chance The Rapper - No Brainer (#29) [+8]
20. Calvin Harris/Dua Lipa - One Kiss (#23) [+3]
19. Imagine Dragons - Natural (#18) [-1]
18. NOTD/Bea Miller - I Wanna Know (#17) [-1]
17. Weezer - Africa (#22) [+5]
16. Zedd/Maren Morris/Grey - The Middle (#6) [-10] {9 Weeks At #1}
15. lovelytheband - broken (#11) [-4]
14. Ariana Grande - God is a woman (#25) [+11]
13. Maroon 5/Cardi B - Girls Like You (#17) [-6]
12. Taylor Swift - Delicate (#12) [=] {3 Weeks At #1}
11. Imagine Dragons - Whatever It Takes (#9) [-2] {1 Week At #1}
10. Selena Gomez - Back To You (#3) [-7]
9. Charlie Puth - The Way I Am (#20) [+11]
8. Post Malone - Better Now (#15) [+7]
7. The Chainsmokers/Emily Warren - Side Effects (#21) [+14]
6. Backstreet Boys - Don't Go Breaking My Heart (#8) [+2]
5. Khalid/Normani - Love Lies (#10) [+5]
4. Panic! At The Disco - Say Amen (Saturday Night) (#5) [+1] {4 Weeks At #1}
3. Fall Out Boy - The Last Of The Real Ones (#1) [-2] {2 Weeks At #1}
2. Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes (#2) [=] {2 Weeks At #1}
1. 5 Seconds of Summer - Youngblood (#4) [+3] {1st Week At #1}
Biggest Jump of the Week: The Chainsmokers/Emily Warren - Side Effects (+14)
Biggest DROP!!!!.... of the Week: Tie Between Ariana Grande - no tears left to cry and Shawn Mendes - In My Blood (-11)
#1 Song This Week One Year Ago: Shawn Mendes - There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back (5th Week)
New Entrants
~Lie is just barely in red for me right now. I don't mind the production and his vocals are actually pretty good. But the lyrics just suck. I understand why someone might enjoy them, but I would like to highlight a few lines in particular that bother me:
You say all I ever do is just control your life
But how you gonna lie like that
I find it incredibly obnoxious that NF is attacking his ex in this way. His basically telling her that whatever she's feeling is a lie. Maybe she's telling you how she genuinely feels, but you're too blind and arrogant to see it.
You say you want a man that keeps it real
Then why you mad when I get real with you
These lines seem perfectly fine at first glance, but when you hear how he says them it brings up another set of problems. NF is very angry in this song. I think we can all see that. With this anger he has here, it makes me feel that he's probably approaching this girl with the same anger when he "gets real" with her. In which case, I think it's very okay that she gets annoyed with him. This may seem like jumps in logic to make, but honestly I'm basing it all on personal experiences I've had recently that these lyrics remind me of. So if you like these lyrics, that's totally fine. But they just really bother me.
~Next up is a song that really grew on me recently. While I really didn't like the vocals here at first, they've definitely grown on me. I think Dan Smith's voice fits this type of song well. But by far the best part of this song is Marshmello's production, which I personally think is his best to date. That drop is super catchy. I don't know if it'll stick with me in the long run, but it's safe to say that I'm enjoying it at the moment.
~Beautiful is by far the best debut this week. I like Mine, but this is a huge step-up from it. Bazzi's vocals have improved a ton. Also, I love Camila's voice here. I think she sounds fantastic. The production is also really catchy and a big step-up from Mine. And the lyrics are nothing special, but they also don't actively suck unlike one of other debuts. Overall, this is a great song and I hope to see it do really well here.
~Lastly, we have a song that has really faded on me. Zedd's production has been getting steadily worse, and Happy Now is almost his worse yet (Get Low exists). The production is just flat and generic, and the drop is nothing. Also, Elley Duhé is also a kinda nothing personality. And her vocals are.... meh. That's kind of my reaction to the whole song. And also that autotune at the end.... wow. I expected better from you Zedd.
Hit-Bound
Biggest Jump of the Week: The Chainsmokers/Emily Warren - Side Effects (+14)
Biggest DROP!!!!.... of the Week: Tie Between Ariana Grande - no tears left to cry and Shawn Mendes - In My Blood (-11)
#1 Song This Week One Year Ago: Shawn Mendes - There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back (5th Week)
New Entrants
~Lie is just barely in red for me right now. I don't mind the production and his vocals are actually pretty good. But the lyrics just suck. I understand why someone might enjoy them, but I would like to highlight a few lines in particular that bother me:
You say all I ever do is just control your life
But how you gonna lie like that
I find it incredibly obnoxious that NF is attacking his ex in this way. His basically telling her that whatever she's feeling is a lie. Maybe she's telling you how she genuinely feels, but you're too blind and arrogant to see it.
You say you want a man that keeps it real
Then why you mad when I get real with you
These lines seem perfectly fine at first glance, but when you hear how he says them it brings up another set of problems. NF is very angry in this song. I think we can all see that. With this anger he has here, it makes me feel that he's probably approaching this girl with the same anger when he "gets real" with her. In which case, I think it's very okay that she gets annoyed with him. This may seem like jumps in logic to make, but honestly I'm basing it all on personal experiences I've had recently that these lyrics remind me of. So if you like these lyrics, that's totally fine. But they just really bother me.
~Next up is a song that really grew on me recently. While I really didn't like the vocals here at first, they've definitely grown on me. I think Dan Smith's voice fits this type of song well. But by far the best part of this song is Marshmello's production, which I personally think is his best to date. That drop is super catchy. I don't know if it'll stick with me in the long run, but it's safe to say that I'm enjoying it at the moment.
~Beautiful is by far the best debut this week. I like Mine, but this is a huge step-up from it. Bazzi's vocals have improved a ton. Also, I love Camila's voice here. I think she sounds fantastic. The production is also really catchy and a big step-up from Mine. And the lyrics are nothing special, but they also don't actively suck unlike one of other debuts. Overall, this is a great song and I hope to see it do really well here.
~Lastly, we have a song that has really faded on me. Zedd's production has been getting steadily worse, and Happy Now is almost his worse yet (Get Low exists). The production is just flat and generic, and the drop is nothing. Also, Elley Duhé is also a kinda nothing personality. And her vocals are.... meh. That's kind of my reaction to the whole song. And also that autotune at the end.... wow. I expected better from you Zedd.
Hit-Bound
- Jason Derulo & David Guetta/Nicki Minaj/Willy William - Goodbye
- LSD - Thunderclouds
- Sabrina Carpenter - Almost Love
- Calvin Harris/Sam Smith - Promises
- The Struts/Kesha - Body Talks
- Tiësto & Dzeko/Preme/Post Malone - Jackie Chan (DEBUT)
- Anne-Marie - 2002
- AJR - Burn The House Down
- Clean Bandit/Demi Lovato - Solo
- Pitbull/Theron Thero - Free Free Free (DEBUT)
- Kim Petras - Heart To Break (DEBUT)
- Walk The Moon - Kamikaze
- The Vamps - Just My Type
- Bryce Vine - Drew Barrymore
- Panic! At The Disco - Hey Look Ma, I Made It (RE-ENTRY)
~Hey Look Ma, I Made It re-enters because Brendon Urie.
~Jackie Chan is amazing! I love everything about this song. The production here is great, especially that drop. Post Malone delivers what might be his best vocal performance to date, and even Preme sounds decent. More on this if it debuts.
~Free Free Free is kinda annoying honestly. We get a typical Pitbull verse where he goes on and on about nothing. Theron Theron sounds very annoying in the chorus, as he just constantly repeats the words "free free free" over. And over. And over. And over again.
~Heart To Break is decent. I think Kim Petras sounds pretty good. I've only listened to this once, so it'll probably grow on me soon.
My Top 5 Hit-Bound Picks
1. Tiësto & Dzeko/Preme/Post Malone - Jackie Chan
2. LSD - Thunderclouds
3. Jason Derulo & David Guetta/Nicki Minaj/Willy William - Goodbye
4. Anne-Marie - 2002
5. Walk The Moon - Kamikaze
Are you blurbing now?
~Sorry but I just can't really do many blurbs this week. I got sick recently and have a bit of a fever, but I'll still touch on our exits. Never Be The Same exited after a very long tenure, and it'll make the year-end list. As will Wait, which lasted around the same amount of weeks as Never Be The Same. I Like Me Better also finally left, I don't know why I ever liked that song. I am, however, saddened about Done For Me. This is one of my favorites from one of my favorite artists. I also think it'll just barely miss the year-end list, which is really too bad.
Top 20 Review
0-Awful
20. NOTD/Bea Miller - I Wanna Know
19. Panic! At The Disco - Say Amen (Saturday Night)
18. Imagine Dragons - Whatever It Takes
1-Bad
17. Weezer - Africa
16. Backstreet Boys - Don't Go Breaking My Heart
2-Mediocre
None!
3-Decent
15. Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes
14. Zedd/Maren Morris/Grey - The Middle
4-Good
13. Imagine Dragons - Natural
5-Great
12. Fall Out Boy - The Last Of The Real Ones
11. 5 Seconds of Summer - Youngblood
10. Calvin Harris/Dua Lipa - One Kiss
9. Post Malone - Better Now
8. lovelytheband - broken
7. Ariana Grande - God is a woman
6. Charlie Puth - The Way I Am
5. Maroon 5/Cardi B - Girls Like You
4. Khalid/Normani - Love Lies
3. The Chainsmokers/Emily Warren - Side Effects
2. Selena Gomez - Back To You
6-Best Song On The Countdown
1. Taylor Swift - Delicate
My Top 5 Picks
TIE: 1. Dennis Lloyd - Nevermind
TIE: 1. Taylor Swift - Delicate
3. Selena Gomez - Back To You
4. The Chainsmokers/Emily Warren - Side Effects
5. Drake - In My Feelings
My Bottom 5 Picks
1. Train/Cam/Travie McCoy - Call Me Sir
2. NOTD/Bea Miller - I Wanna Know
3. Panic! At The Disco - Say Amen (Saturday Night)
4. Marshmello/Anne-Marie - FRIENDS
5. Imagine Dragons - Whatever It Takes
#1 Recommendation For Hits 1: benny blanco/Halsey/Khalid - Eastside
Most Missed Countdown Song: MKTO - Classic
Throwback Pick of the Week: Maroon 5 - She Will Be Loved
#1 Recommendation for Hits 1: Camila Cabello - Consequences
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