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New Light :smitten: :smitten: :smitten: The song that got me to listen to (most of) his discography this year. There's actually more breezy songs on his 2017 album, The Search for Everything. Definitely his best work.

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7 hours ago, Eeveelution said:

I really liked the Ichiko Aoba album, it's relaxing and makes for good study music imo.

 

I can't remember if i listened to the Adrianne album or just symbol. :skull: Either way she didn't have my attention like Big Thief did last year.

 

I only listened to The Beths' once and it didn't leave an impression honestly.

The Ichiko Aoba albums I heard are all pretty relaxing and easy to listen to. Adrianne's album is eh. Only kept Symbol. Kind of the same with The Beths. 

 

7 hours ago, Wicked said:

SahBabii >>>

 

Uhm didn't John Mayer was dropping good music anymore. He's kinda the best out of the guitar boys though.

Yes, John's an excellent guitarist and his live stuff is usually more regarded than his studio work. New Light is solid tho. 

 

7 hours ago, Navyofbadgals said:

Future Me Hates Me is a nice song

idk the rest.. like at all oop skdjsk

I'm too indie for everyone, jk That's okay :p, glad u like the beths song. 

 

7 hours ago, Superpower said:

Shots fired.

dont know her, but let me check this out.

:mandown:

 

6 hours ago, madonnas said:

Didn't know you liked Kyary :eek:  She was just OK this year.

I never listened to The Beths tbh.... 

I'm a fan of Moshi Moshi and Nanda Collection. Agree on her being okay overall in 2018. 

 

6 hours ago, Vilppu said:

i don't think i know/remember anything from this set but i know i won't be checking the folk/singer-songwriter stuff !

u don't have to if you know already you won't like the folky stuff.. 

 

5 hours ago, Dom said:

I don't know a lot in here, i won't lie. But the name "I Hate Models" caught my attention and i went to listen, and i lowkey liked it.

Growth is what we call this. 

 

5 hours ago, Legend E said:

John Mayer's song was cute, but kind of boring

It's not really energetic but it doesn't need to be imo.

 

4 hours ago, prézli said:

LMK remix yyyyyaaaahhhhh.

 

(But LMK should have been your #1 last year still. :-*)

It's not the LMK remix, it's the WYWD remix. Also, Blue Light outsold. 

 

2 hours ago, Pink Matter said:

I only listened to Tom Misch and The Beths in this list and of the two I only liked Tom Misch dd

His album was great and Lost in Paris was nice, light, and breezy and GoldLink was a great addition :clap3: 

Tom Misch reminds me of Jordan Rakei. I wonder if they ever done a collab together. 

 

1 hour ago, Remmy said:

New Light :smitten: :smitten: :smitten: The song that got me to listen to (most of) his discography this year. There's actually more breezy songs on his 2017 album, The Search for Everything. Definitely his best work.

Continuum is actually kinda good. He has some underrated early stuff. 

 

My next set tomorrow will be more mainstream I promise~

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Symbol & 月の丘 :clap3:

The Everything Everything song was kind of atrocious imo :skull:

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WYWD!!!!

 

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New Light  :johnald:

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15 hours ago, Vxspertine said:

Symbol & 月の丘 :clap3:

The Everything Everything song was kind of atrocious imo :skull:

Is it the vocals? I can understand why from that. I like everything else about it. 

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Erm lemme update now~

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155. Poppy ft Diplo - Time Is Up (Electropop)

 

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I hate how I like this song because I don't care for Poppy at all as a person or an artist but it's the 80s Tron sound design that attracts me. If diplo wasn't attached to this then I wouldn't have figured that he was behind the production. 

 

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154. Young Thug - Gain Clout (Trap Rap/Pop Rap)

 

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Thugger's output this year was pretty pathetic. His 2014-2016 years were golden but after that... the fell off happened. Only song that kept my attention was Gain Clout due to its hazy atmosphere. It's short but gets the job done.

 

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153. The Brummies ft Kacey Musgraves - Drive Away (Pop Rock/Indie Rock)

 

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A pretty laid back song and an eventful collaboration between the country pop it girl of 2018 and some unknown indie band. 

 

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152. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Talking Straight (Indie Rock/Jangle Pop)

 

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When male indie rock in 2018 has good guitars. 

 

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151. Koan Sound - Virtual Light (Neurohop/Drum & Bass)

 

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Back in my online gaming days I used to listen to tons of d&b, dubstep, liquid funk, glitch hop and so forth. I'm not in that phase anymore. However, Koan Sound recently released an album that kinda brings me back to those days. I always appreciate sound design with these kind of songs. 

 

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150. Alex Anwandter - Locura (Electropop)

 

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"a song cycle exploring gender, sexuality, and Latinx identity in dark times."

 

There seems to be some extra appreciation for music in Spanish this year. 

 

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149. Duda Beat - Bedi Beat (Alternative R&B/Brega)

 

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Lively Portuguese Pop~

 

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148. Troye Sivan - Bloom (Synthpop/Dance-pop)

 

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The only song from him that had any oomph to me.

 

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147. Biig Piig - Perdida (Neo-Soul)

 

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If Angel Olsen went R&B. 

 

I just wanna lay here, and smoke my cig and drink my wine and think, I wanna lay here until my hurting is done

 

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146. Nas ft Kanye West - Cops Shot The Kid (Hip Hop)

 

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One of the couple songs I recall from his underwhelming album. Particularly because of the classic slick rick sample repeatedly throughout the song. The message concerning police brutality gets across. 

 

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145. Iceage - Catch It (Post Punk/Art Punk)

 

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One of their recent standouts but still eh to me compared to their past hits. 
 

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144. Blood Orange - Charcoal Baby (Alternative R&B/Sophisti-Pop)

 

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When you wake up, It's not the first thing that you wanna know. 

 

Like others said in their countdowns, this is the standout. 

 

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143. Omni - Sunset Preacher (Post Punk)

 

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I like their style and these guys are overlooked!

 

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142. Flatbush Zombies - Headstone (Hip Hop)

 

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Money over bitches on my headstone~
 

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141. AL-90 - Makabr (Outsider House/Ambient House)

 

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Murky Russian House.

 

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Update Recap:

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155. Poppy ft Diplo - Time Is Up 

154. Young Thug - Gain Clout 

153. The Brummies ft Kacey Musgraves - Drive Away 

152. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Talking Straight 

151. Koan Sound - Virtual Light

150. Alex Anwandter - Locura 

149. Duda Beat - Bedi Beat 

148. Troye Sivan - Bloom

147. Biig Piig - Perdida 

146. Nas ft Kanye West - Cops Shot The Kid 

145. Iceage - Catch It 

144. Blood Orange - Charcoal Baby

143. Omni - Sunset Preacher

142. Flatbush Zombies - Headstone 

141. AL-90 - Makabr

 

Full Song List so far:

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200. Charlie Puth - The Way I Am

199. David Bryne - Everybody's Coming To My House

198. Porches - Now The Water

197. Yaeji - One More

196. Santigold - Run The Road

195. Washed Out - Face Up

194. Superorganism - Night Time

193. The Radio Dept - Your True Name

192. Popcaan - Body So Good

191. Lil Mosey -  Noticed

190. Ovlov - Half Way Fine

189. Hannah Diamond - True

188. Fabiana Palladino - Shimmer

187. Peggy Gou - Han Jan

186. Schoolboy Q, 2 Chainz & Saudi - X

185. Ari Lennox - Whipped Cream 

184. Sheck Wes - Gmail 

183. Mahalia - I Wish I Missed My Ex 

182. Czarface & MF Doom - Bomb Thrown

181. John Maus - Outer Space

180. Halfnoise - She Said

179. Silk City ft Dua Lipa, Diplo, Markson - Electricity

178. Yona - Oblivious

177. Honnda - It's A Fox

176. Bruno Mars ft Cardi B - Finesse Remix

175. Ross From Friends - Thank God I'm A Lizard

174. Joywave - Blastoffff

173. yeule - Pocky Boy

172. Fort Romeau - Pablo (Original Mix)

171. Otha - One Of The Girls

170. Triptides - Flashing Before Your Eyes

169. Everything Everything - Breadwinner

168. Adrianne Lenker - Symbol

167. Ichiko Aoba - 月の丘

166. The Beths - Future Me Hates Me

165. Tom Misch ft Goldlink - Lost In Paris

164. Mall Grab - Liverpool Street In The Rain

163. Say Sue Me - Old Town

162. I Hate Models - Walpurgis Night

161. The Presets - Feel Alone

160. John Mayer - New Light

159. Kyary Pamyu Pamyu - きみのみかた (Kimi no Mikata)

158. SahBabii ft T3 - Boyfriend

157. Ayesha Erotica ft Baby Zionov - Star

156. Girl Unit ft Kelela - WYMD Remix

155. Poppy ft Diplo - Time Is Up 

154. Young Thug - Gain Clout 

153. The Brummies ft Kacey Musgraves - Drive Away 

152. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Talking Straight 

151. Koan Sound - Virtual Light

150. Alex Anwandter - Locura 

149. Duda Beat - Bedi Beat 

148. Troye Sivan - Bloom

147. Biig Piig - Perdida 

146. Nas ft Kanye West - Cops Shot The Kid 

145. Iceage - Catch It 

144. Blood Orange - Charcoal Baby

143. Omni - Sunset Preacher

142. Flatbush Zombies - Headstone 

141. AL-90 - Makabr

 

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Bloom is my favourite of the upbeat Troye singles but my favourites of his this year were the Ariel tracks

Cops Shot the Kid is basically the only song from Nasir I remember :rip:

Charcoal Baby is great. Wish the album was more like it :katie:

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poppy's persona is way too boring to be genuinely creepy and unsettling so i don't rly understand the point... musically a few of her songs this year were so bizarrely good for no reason, this is one of those. charcoal baby, bloom and catch it are v good too

 

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If Angel Olsen went R&B.

 

maybe this is power of suggestion but i can't unsee angel on the single cover now omg

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Poppy delivers musically, tbh.  I mean, most of the time.  More than I would like to admit. 

Charcoal Baby should be higher, the last minute is gorgeous!!!!

Catch It and Bloom are great too!  Bloom is definitely his best song lyrically and melodically.

 

I'll try to listen to the beep boop songs I don't recognize.

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Bloom :clap3: probably my favorite from that album

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Bloom is indeed Troye’s best 2018 song. But not the only one with oomph.

 

Charcoal Baby is cute but didn’t leave me any lasting impression like his other songs 

 

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Charcoal Baby :clap3: 

don't care for Poppy either :mandown: 

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Time Is Up :jamming: Bloom :smitten: But wow his ONLY song with oomph? :'(

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Troye's song is cute

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Agreed on Bloom being his best song. He's just too vocally lax/dull for majority of the album. Ugh so disappointed in Iceage' return. I wanted them to get darker and stronger with the Nick Cave influence and they delivered some mid/ok.

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that poppy song is quite nice actually 

never got into negro swan bc I heard mixed reviews but charcoal baby :jamming: 

i hope u have malamente and chances in your top 10 :eli: 

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missed a couple updates so let's see:

favourites are 月の丘, future me hates me, walpurgis night, virtual light, catch it, & charcoal baby

some of these artists appear on my lists, with the same or different songs :mandown: 

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8 hours ago, Unoriginal said:

Bloom is my favourite of the upbeat Troye singles but my favourites of his this year were the Ariel tracks

Cops Shot the Kid is basically the only song from Nasir I remember :rip:

Charcoal Baby is great. Wish the album was more like it :katie:

Agree on the last point. His albums don't do it for me anymore. 

 

8 hours ago, Vilppu said:

poppy's persona is way too boring to be genuinely creepy and unsettling so i don't rly understand the point... musically a few of her songs this year were so bizarrely good for no reason, this is one of those. charcoal baby, bloom and catch it are v good too

 

maybe this is power of suggestion but i can't unsee angel on the single cover now omg

Perhaps it's a persona but it doesn't really work like u said. Her album wasn't that good but there are some points. Angel was the first person i thought of when I saw her pictures too.

 

8 hours ago, madonnas said:

Poppy delivers musically, tbh.  I mean, most of the time.  More than I would like to admit. 

Charcoal Baby should be higher, the last minute is gorgeous!!!!

Catch It and Bloom are great too!  Bloom is definitely his best song lyrically and melodically.

 

I'll try to listen to the beep boop songs I don't recognize.

I'm not gonna tell people I like poppy but yeah she's not horrible. I like the last minute of Charcoal baby too but as a song it's not quite top 100 to me. 

 

7 hours ago, TheWayWeWere said:

Bloom :clap3: probably my favorite from that album

same :clap3: 

 

7 hours ago, Superpower said:

Bloom is indeed Troye’s best 2018 song. But not the only one with oomph.

 

Charcoal Baby is cute but didn’t leave me any lasting impression like his other songs 

 

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Opposite for me. His last album even had more things to remember and that was no one near his best album. 

 

7 hours ago, Navyofbadgals said:

Charcoal Baby :clap3: 

don't care for Poppy either :mandown: 

Glad we have that in common :mandown:

 

5 hours ago, Remmy said:

Time Is Up :jamming: Bloom :smitten: But wow his ONLY song with oomph? :'(

To me yeah =/.  MMM is just okay but doesn't really appeal to the senses. 

 

5 hours ago, Legend E said:

Troye's song is cute

Cute is a word for it, yeah. 

 

5 hours ago, Wicked said:

Agreed on Bloom being his best song. He's just too vocally lax/dull for majority of the album. Ugh so disappointed in Iceage' return. I wanted them to get darker and stronger with the Nick Cave influence and they delivered some mid/ok.

That's the main criticism I have for his album. it's just mostly too monotone for me to keep up. Iceage's decline is disappointing. 

 

3 hours ago, thirdward said:

that poppy song is quite nice actually 

never got into negro swan bc I heard mixed reviews but charcoal baby :jamming: 

i hope u have malamente and chances in your top 10 :eli: 

you're not missing out much on blood orange's album.I have a rosalia song somewhere. Is it malamente though, we'll find out later. 

 

2 hours ago, volition said:

missed a couple updates so let's see:

favourites are 月の丘, future me hates me, walpurgis night, virtual light, catch it, & charcoal baby

some of these artists appear on my lists, with the same or different songs :mandown: 

Interested to find out future similarities :celestial5:

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Oooh yes Bloom here :clap3: My My My was better though imo!

 

I have to listen to that song featuring Kacey Musgraves, I really loved her album this year.

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Surprised at Charcoal Baby being so low :eek: . Can always count on surprises from you :duck: 

Cops Shot The Kid was also one of the few songs that stood out in a good way to me too. 

Headstone is a knock. Great homage to hip-hop's classics :clap3: 

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Yeah, CSTK was pretty much the only memorable song from Nasir, even though I didn't think the album is as bad as everyone else did

 

Catch It is the best song here

 

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Glad that Bloom got recognition from you :clap3: Bottom version of Teenage Dream.  Charcoal Baby was such a good single, I hoped that album would sound like that and Jewelery.

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