Sorry I'm late. Like Adrian, I have big projects, and because I lost a week due to the floods, we have a mere three hours in class to create a team research oral presentation of eight minute, so I have homework, and I literally have half the work of five people to do. Plus, I was in Ottawa this Saturday and I came back at just past midnight.
As far as the countdown goes, I say that this week was pretty mediocre. We have our first one-week tenure since 2014, but sadly it is a good song. And our biggest jumps and drops are awful. But some good things happened, like our #1, but for the past fourteen weeks the #1 was green for me (except for Paris). However, all the good debuts from last week dropped.
And I have created a new, more strict Top 20 Review system.
Exits:
G-Eazy/Kehlani - Good Life (#36)
Katy Perry/Skip Marley - Chained To The Rhythm (#43)
45. Machine Gun Kelly/Camila Cabello - Bad Things (#42)
44. Maroon 5 - Don’t Wanna Know (#37)
43. The Weeknd/Daft Punk - I Feel It Coming (#45)
42. Hailee Steinfeld & Grey/Zedd - Starving (#41) [4]
41. Zayn/PARTYNEXTDOOR - Still Got Time (#38)
40. Niall Horan - This Town (#44)
39. Aaron Carter - Sooner Or Later (#40)
38. One Ok Rock - American Girls (#39)
37. The Vamps/Matoma - All Night (#22)
36. DNCE - Kissing Strangers (#33)
35. Liam Payne/Quavo - Strip That Down (DEBUT)
34. Twenty One Pilots - Heavydirtysoul (#35)
33. Machine Gun Kelly/Hailee Steinfeld - At My Best (#31)
32. Steve Aoki/Louis Tomlinson - Just Hold On (#32)
31. The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer (#29)
30. Miley Cyrus - Malibu (DEBUT)
29. Zayn/Taylor Swift - I Don't Wanna Live Forever (#30)
28. Clean Bandit/Sean Paul/Anne-Marie - Rockabye (#25)
27. MAX/Gnash - Lights Down Low (#28)
26. DJ Khaled/Justin Bieber/Chance The Rapper - I'm The One (#23)
25. Train - Play That Song (#19)
24. AJR - Weak (#18)
23. Fitz & The Tantrums - HandClap (#21)
22. Jason Derulo/Ty Dolla $ign/Nicki Minaj - Swalla (#34)
21. Niall Horan - Slow Hands (#16)
20. Maroon 5 - Cold (#27)
19. The Chainsmokers - Paris (#9)
18. Panic! At The Disco - L.A. Devotee (#12)
17. Shawn Mendes - Mercy (#26)
16. Halsey - Now Or Never (#14)
15. Calvin Harris/Frank Ocean/Migos - Slide (#15)
14. Harry Styles - Sign Of The Times (#24)
13. Lady Gaga - The Cure (#13)
12. James Arthur - Say You Won't Let Go (#10)
11. Bruno Mars - That's What I Like (#17)
10. Charlie Puth - Attention (#20)
9. Linkin Park/Kiiara - Heavy (#7)
8. Julia Michaels - Issues (#8)
7. Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You (#3) [9]
6. Kygo/Selena Gomez - It Ain't Me (#6)
5. Imagine Dragons - Believer (#5)
4. Shawn Mendes - There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back (#11)
3. Zedd/Alessia Cara - Stay (#2) [2]
2. Ed Sheeran - Castle On The Hill (#1) [2]
1. The Chainsmokers/Coldplay - Something Just Like This (#4) [1]
#1 Song This Week One Year Ago: Taylor Swift - New Romantics
Biggest Drop Of The Week: The Vamps/Matoma - All Night (-15)
Biggest Jump Of The Week: Jason Derulo/Ty Dolla $ign/Nicki Minaj - Swalla (+12)Comments on debuts:
-We now have seven songs on the countdown from former OneDirection members, and this is the second worst of the bunch, obviously better than I Don't Wanna Live Forever. OneDirection members have taken completely different paths: Zayn - Pop/Rap, Harry - Rock, Niall - Pop, Louis - EDM. But sadly Liam has taken a completely different path: Rap. And it is really hard to make a good rap song in my opinion. In this rap song, the verses are at least a bit catchy and save the song from being pink. But the chorus is so bad! And Quavo does absolutely nothing. I mean, all rap songs sound the same except Passionfruit, which isn't rap, and have awful meanings, except Kendrick Lamar and Logic. I mean, that is 100% generalizing, but for the most part it is true.
-Malibu is boring. The equivalent of Lost Boy in 2017, though better. The only reason it is not pink is because Miley Cyrus has had much, much, much worse. And at least the meaning makes sense in Malibu.
Hit-Bound (only 13 songs for some weird reason):
-Hit-Bound really has had some glitches. Three songs leave Hit-Bound and debut the next week, Thumbs aired on Hits 1 but never made it, and I constantly hear I Feel So Bad on Hit-Bound.
12. Sam Hunt - Body Like A Back Road
6. Hailee Steinfeld - Most Girls
11. Jon Bellion - Overwhelming
1. Camila Cabello - Crying In The Club
4. Hey Violet - Break My Heart
10. Katy Perry/Nicki Minaj - Swish Swish
8. Ocean Park Standoff - Good News
5. Selena Gomez - Bad Liar
13. Erin Bowman - Good Time Good Life
3. Fall Out Boy - Young & Menace
2. Noah Cyrus - Stay Together
7. Mansionz/G-Easy - Wicked
9. Bruno Mars - Versace On The Floor (RE-ENTRY)
TOP 20 REVIEW!!!
0 - Horrible
20. Slide
1 - Bad
19. There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back
2 - Okay
18. Issues
17. Paris
3 - Decent
NONE!
17. Paris
3 - Decent
NONE!
4 - Good
16. Mercy
15. Now Or Never
15. Now Or Never
5 - Great
14. L.A. Devotee
13. Cold
12. Castle On The Hill
11. It Ain't Me
10. That's What I Like
9. Say You Won't Let Go
8. Something Just Like This
7. Stay
13. Cold
12. Castle On The Hill
11. It Ain't Me
10. That's What I Like
9. Say You Won't Let Go
8. Something Just Like This
7. Stay
6 - Masterpiece
6. The Cure
5. Attention
4. Shape Of You
3. Believer
2. Heavy
1. Sign Of The Times
Total: 83% (fantastic)
5. Attention
4. Shape Of You
3. Believer
2. Heavy
1. Sign Of The Times
Total: 83% (fantastic)
Blurb That Down
So The Chainsmokers hit #1, again for the fourth time. I predict that they will never, ever defeat Don't Let Me Down in terms of their electronic work. And I grew out of Coldplay's verse due to extreme overplay.
So Shawn Mendes gets one of his worst songs yet into the top 5. Well, it had to happen sometime, but I was hoping that it would take as long as Closer did to reach up there. And I am glad that Attention made it at least to #10.
Otherwise, not much to say about the top 10. A pretty boring week.
However, if we have a look at the bottom half of the top 20, there are some major problems:
1. Say You Won't Let Go needs to get back into the top 10.
2. That's What I Like needs to leave the top 20 for good or else it will turn red.
3. The Cure is a complete flop.
4. Slide is still going strong.
5. Sign Of The Times, despite its jump, is still low in my opinion.
6. Mercy is back...
7. And Slow Hands left...
As I mentioned, out Biggest Jump and Drop need to reverse themselves urgently.
Hopefully Weak and Play That Song can leave the top 20 for good!
Happily, I'm The One still hasn't cracked the top 20 and Lights Down Low is hitting new peaks. I have said this for way too long, but Lights Down Low really should be more appreciated.
Apparently Taylor Swift is going to have a new album soon. am I the only one who isn't looking forward to it?
All the good debuts from last week dropped a total of 18 spots, if you count Good Life at #46. And Sooner Or Later And American Girls seem to be doing nothing either.
Top 5 countdown:
1. Lights Down Low
2. Kissing Strangers
3. All Night
4. Sooner Or Later
5. Heavydirtysoul
Bottom 5 countdown:
1. I'm The One
2. I Don't Wanna Live Forever
3. Slide
4. Play That Song
5. Swalla
Most missed countdown song: Snakehips/MO - Don't Leave
Throwback pick of the week: Alyssa Reid - Alone Again (#2 of all time)
#1 recommendation for Hits 1: The 1975 - Somebody Else
Favourite song on the countdown this week one year ago: G-Eazy/Bebe Rexha - Me, Myself, And I (#45)
