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Bouncin + Met Him Last Night :foxaylove:

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New love is really cute! I'm happy Ellie gave us a nice song to bop for this year :)

Dancing with the devil is a good song, but it grew old kinda fast tbh

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Burning Bridges, Hot N Heavy, Easy, Traitor, Bouncin, New Love, Dancing With The Devil (I agree with the last poster, I like it but it got old fast), No Body No Crime (also got tired of it fast), Met Him Last Night (funny because these two Demi songs are also next to each other at the bottom of my list)

 

I also love your graphics, they're so creative and mad at myself I didn't think of this idea first

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Bouncin :jonny5:an acclaimed classic naur it's true

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My Universe :sats: It really is a bop! I remember listening to a snippet during release week and wasn't impressed, then I heard it within the album and enjoyed ha. || And speaking of the album, it's cute. Humankind + Let Somebody Go in your faves :heart: Coloratura is too long for me to fully enjoy. Bite Me washes G R O W any day tbh. Burning Bridges :sats: Hot N Heavy and Easy (Remix) :smitten: || Oh P!nk's live album, interesting choice :gaycat3: Never listened to it. Aww Bouncin deserved a top 100 spot. Dancing with the Devil and no body, no crime :clap3: nb,nc used to be my #1 from evermore but it slipped a tiny bit. New Love & Met Him Last Night, meeeeeehhhhh...

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Met him last night :party:

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1 hour ago, D/X said:

didn't know TS and HAIM had a song together. :jonny:

two actually :gaycat3: Gasoline remix coming later :eli: 

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traitor is not the kinda song that you forgot tho nnnn it was an immediate standout for me 

no body no crime :jonny: 

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damn boucin is low! because ts so short it ammased a lot of plays without me realizing

DWTD is vocally really great!

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yes at bouncin... you put an extra 1 and 0 in front of a top 10 track :mandown:

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TOP 50 ALBUMS

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36    Sia | Music - Songs From And Inspired By The Motion Picture
"Let's leave the past where it belongs"
When I think about artists who've falled a lot from their prime, Sia is the one who came to mind. Loving her music since Colour the Small One, I was happy when she found success with 1000 Forms. Even though at the same time I was a bit worried about more generic sound, but it was kept with a great sence of creativity, art and songwriting. After 7 years it becomes more and more difficult to imagine her doing something in the veins of her old work. Music is a spiritual soundtrack to a movie which I've never seen (and probably wouldn't in the future sans the plot and everything around it). But for an album with the word 'Inspired' in the title, album feels too much uninspired, formulaic and random. There is some cute bops, couple of cute ballads, but that's it - some of the other tracks are pure trash or just rehash of her previous hits. I still believe she's not over yet, her Christmas album was amazing and haunting, her work with LSD was somewhat fresh, but this one is just not it. 
highlights: Courage to Change, Beautiful Things Can Happen, Oblivion

 

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35    RAYE | Euphoric Sad Songs
"One touch, I'm a victim, one kiss, I'm addicted" 
Robyn invented sad dance bangers 10 years ago and now RAYE taking her steps. Entire EP, almost album since it's 9 tracks, full of dramatic dance experience. Sounds like a dream. RAYE tried herself in many genres through the last years, but I think she finds her niche for now, I've got catched up last year thanks to 'Natalie Don't' and rooted for her since. I'm glad her label drama is over now and I hope she'll be able to do her art free-minded and opened to the music world. 
highlights: Please Don’t Touch, Natalie Don't, Love Me Again, Walk on By

 

 

TOP 150 SINGLES
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101    Garbage | The Men Who Rule the World

"The violator, destroy the violator"
Welp, this is how you get into politic musically  :jonny: So stricking, energetic, angry, anthemic, truthful! Ultimate protest song tbh. And that ending SLAYS.

 

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100    Coldplay | Higher Power
"I'm so happy that I'm alive at the same time as you"
Another questionable choice from that band, but I need to say that I really loved this at first, catchy, memorable, explosive - that's what I love in pop, but this aged fast though. I would've loved more heavy sound on it (like in the first 5-10 seconds of it) and maybe not such a generic lyrics, but welp, its Coldplay in 2021  :rip:

 

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99    Normani, Cardi B | Wild Side
"Drop this pussy down low like bombs away"
Cultural reset didn't happen  :rip: Welp, I still kinda hate Normani persona (just like almost every member of that 5H band), but she can actually slay, when she's not lazy or pretentious :skull: Motivation was cute bop (it aged pretty good, I need to say), but Wild Side is the real tea, smooth and sexy, fresh, silky - and Cardi was so in place on this song. This is where she finally unfolding, I pray she could stop with all these twitter rants and embarassing and just release good music, you can make it sis!

 

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98    Tove Styrke | Mood Swings
"Don't argue with me, it's non-negotiable"
I was excited for her comeback so much, but the lead single was a bit...underwhelming at best? But I don't really know what she puts in her songs that I get obsessed over them in some time - yeah, this song is too generic, simple, a bit over the place and boring for her standards, but I love it in the end, it's super catchy, fun, ear-pleasing, and I adore these vocal distortions. I think the main issue with this is it's length and absence of the bridge - like WTF Tove? 

 

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97    Chloe x Halle | Ungodly Hour
"You're hesitant, but you could give me more"
Easily one of the standouts from album, produced by Disclosure (we need to get them to mainstream again!!). Groovy, magical, vulnerable and boppable - amazing combination. You just feel hypnotic while listening to it. PS: I really hope they're not done as a duo  :'(

 

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96    Birdy | Second Hand News
"I'm a book of mistakes and it's just getting worse"
This is so bittersweet, both peaceful, full of hope, but so heartbreaking. I can't get enough how Birdy is capable of putting so much emotion and sadness in her songs. 

 

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95    Alessia Cara | Shapeshifter
"Did I get fooled or are you a fool just like me?"
Okay, this is how you get back on track after bunch of flops. I kinda just liked this song when I first heard it, but video made me fall in love with it. This song is such an cinematic, personal, smart experience with some magic of Salaam Remi. 

 

 

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On 12/10/2021 at 11:11 PM, TheWayWeWere said:

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TOP 50 ALBUMS

uP0Ijg6.png35    RAYE | Euphoric Sad Songs

gKvcC1x.png36    Sia | Music - Songs From And Inspired By The Motion Picture

2M2kOck.png37    Evanescence | The Bitter Truth [x]

yQQmrjX.png38    P!nk | All I Know So Far: Setlist [x]

WAt3J6q.png39    Coldplay | Music of the Spheres [x]

U4WpTFc.png40    WILLOW, Tyler Cole | The Anxiety [x]

BCOVrW2.png41    P.J. Harding, Noah Cyrus | People Don't Change EP [x]

gH8jCHf.png42    Barbra Streisand | Release Me 2 [x]

d7ytFLk.png43    Foxes | Friends in the Corner - EP [x]

xuUrXJV.png44    Mariah Carey | Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special [x]

jWyeen6.png45    Kanye West | Donda [x]

jTF4NBA.png46    Will Young | Crying on the Bathroom Floor [x]

S5EkAts.png47    Selena Gomez | Revelación - EP [x]

2HEqYSj.png48    Kelly Rowland | K - EP [x]

0BudpVN.png49    Tori Amos | Ocean to Ocean [x]

5ZGQXTg.png50    Kelly Clarkson | When Christmas Comes Around… [x]

 

TOP 150 SINGLES

VqzWiFy.png95    Alessia Cara | Shapeshifter

TyaTplM.png96    Birdy | Second Hand News

BjWme29.png97    Chloe x Halle | Ungodly Hour

wshqDwI.png98    Tove Styrke | Mood Swings

3fQcKAy.png99    Normani, Cardi B | Wild Side

cYt0YXM.png100    Coldplay | Higher Power

aLAU9ZA.png101    Garbage | The Men Who Rule the World

OzKv5li.png102    Demi Lovato, Ariana Grande | Met Him Last Night [x]

pnACXt5.png103    Taylor Swift, HAIM | no body, no crime [x]

GxhL9jf.png104    Demi Lovato | Dancing With the Devil [x]

VXlivUq.png105    Silk City, Ellie Goulding | New Love [x]

Oi0Z4nZ.png106    Tinashe | Bouncin [x]

8IO2qC9.png107    Olivia Rodrigo | traitor [x]

ErrDNB7.png108    London Grammar | Lord It's a Feeling [x]

t5cIgsd.png109    Natalie Imbrulia | On My Way [x]

kBK9zjZ.png110    BANKS | Skinnydipped [x]

AvKDi5n.png111    Troye Sivan, Kacey Musgraves | Easy Remix [x]

XMNtVxZ.png112    Anne-Marie, Niall Horan | Our Song [x]

2lFeJbI.png113    Jessie Ware | Hot n Heavy [x]

ghUxq6r.png114    Sigrid | Burning Bridges [x]

bktOnN2.png115    WILLOW, Avril Lavigne, Travis Barker | G R O W [x]

tRJkjx7.png116    FKA twigs, Headie One, Fred Again… | Don't Judge Me [x]

3ampmeT.png117    ionnalee, iamamiwhoami | summer never ended the damage was all mine [x]

tjHA4QC.png118    Coldplay, BTS | My Universe [x]

hhKTCSa.png119    Dawn Richard | Bussifame [x]

dNESpjy.png120    Surf Mesa, Madison Beer | Carried Away [x]

zzAyZr3.png121    Bebe Rexha | Sacrifice [x]

EB1tzRX.png122    Sia, David Guetta | Floating Through Space [x]

30HZRJE.png123    Birdy | Surrender [x]

M8lCXI3.png124    JoJo | Creature of Habit [x]

4cGDfh4.png125    Natalie Imbruglia | Maybe It's Great [x]

aXumo3i.png126    Kacey Musgraves | simple times [x]

aOTMR3k.png127    Kacey Musgraves | star-crossed [x]

DKMlHk3.png128    Taylor Swift | Mr. Perfectly Fine (Taylor's Version) [x]

5jcYSo4.png129    Taylor Swift, The National | coney island [x]

maUBpw2.png130    Madison Beer | BOYSHIT [x]

0Nyo710.png131    Jennifer Lopez | In The Morning [x]

vLTAXuq.png132    MØ | Kindness [x]

9VbxhG3.png133    Martin Garrix, Tove Lo | Pressure [x]

4XzlRWn.png134    Joel Corry, RAYE, David Guetta | BED [x]

r3LnzLV.png135    Katy Perry | Electric [x]

oVUwJh4.png136    Olivia Rodrigo | drivers license [x]

Hwzfyyw.png137    Garbage | No Gods No Masters [x]

xHLM4zZ.png138    P!nk, Willow Sage Hart | Cover Me In Sunshine [x]

qXT15gK.png139    Kylie Minogue | Dance Floor Darling [x]

wlxmIVg.png140    Pop Smoke, Dua Lipa | Demeanor [x]

l1O5YFq.png141    Jhené Aiko | Born Tired [x]

2Esjvzy.png142    London Grammar | America [x]

1Mre2f3.png143    Joel Corry, Jax Jones, Charli XCX, Saweetie | OUT OUT [x]

hKpBWpm.png144    Jazmine Sullivan | Tragic [x]

3ojURQT.png145    RAYE | Regardless [x]

gXSOpZD.png146    Cheat Codes, Tinashe | Lean on Me [x]

s1fMZ65.png147    Emeli Sandé | Look What You've Done [x]

SfrLBcA.png148    Big Red Machine, Taylor Swift | Renegade [x]

jiDbjLy.png149    Mitski | Working for the Knife [x]

X7mHW76.png150    Gwen Stefani | Let Me Reintroduce Myself [x]

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1 hour ago, Tsareena said:

yes at bouncin... you put an extra 1 and 0 in front of a top 10 track :mandown:

 

1 hour ago, KasioKas said:

damn boucin is low! because ts so short it ammased a lot of plays without me realizing

DWTD is vocally really great!

 

5 hours ago, Lazuli said:

traitor is not the kinda song that you forgot tho nnnn it was an immediate standout for me 

no body no crime :jonny: 

 

6 hours ago, MP2K said:

Bouncin' is too damn low, sir

I still find it a bit surprising how Bouncin became ATRL fave :skull: 

10 hours ago, Tinashegrande6 said:

Bouncin really is that girl :clap3:

 

Met him last night was pretty cute 

 

10 hours ago, D/X said:

The graphics are a slayage. :jonny: 

Sometimes I feel so left behind... didn't know TS and HAIM had a song together. :jonny:

 

13 hours ago, Sempiternal said:

Met him last night :party:

 

13 hours ago, Brandon said:

??? ????, ????  & ??????? :clap3:

 

15 hours ago, Remmy said:

My Universe :sats: It really is a bop! I remember listening to a snippet during release week and wasn't impressed, then I heard it within the album and enjoyed ha. || And speaking of the album, it's cute. Humankind + Let Somebody Go in your faves :heart: Coloratura is too long for me to fully enjoy. Bite Me washes G R O W any day tbh. Burning Bridges :sats: Hot N Heavy and Easy (Remix) :smitten: || Oh P!nk's live album, interesting choice :gaycat3: Never listened to it. Aww Bouncin deserved a top 100 spot. Dancing with the Devil and no body, no crime :clap3: nb,nc used to be my #1 from evermore but it slipped a tiny bit. New Love & Met Him Last Night, meeeeeehhhhh...

 

16 hours ago, TRF. said:

Bouncin :jonny5:an acclaimed classic naur it's true

 

17 hours ago, witness1.3 said:

Burning Bridges, Hot N Heavy, Easy, Traitor, Bouncin, New Love, Dancing With The Devil (I agree with the last poster, I like it but it got old fast), No Body No Crime (also got tired of it fast), Met Him Last Night (funny because these two Demi songs are also next to each other at the bottom of my list)

 

I also love your graphics, they're so creative and mad at myself I didn't think of this idea first

 

17 hours ago, Mr. Loco said:

New love is really cute! I'm happy Ellie gave us a nice song to bop for this year :)

Dancing with the devil is a good song, but it grew old kinda fast tbh

 

17 hours ago, theblackestday said:

Bouncin 105 spots too low but any praise will do :clap3: 

 

19 hours ago, Legend E said:

DWTD (i actually liked the video :skull: ) and NBNC :clap3: 

her acting is too bad :fan: 

20 hours ago, Insanity said:

Bouncin + Met Him Last Night :foxaylove:

 

20 hours ago, gagacasanova said:

New love :katie2:

No body no crime :alexz:

 

20 hours ago, BlackoutZone said:

OH you know you're getting slammed for putting bouncin so low sis :gaycat6:

New Love mega banger, I actually forgot to put it in my HMs!

 

YOU KNEW SIS :rip: 

20 hours ago, dreamofyou said:

no body no crime:clap3: 

 

traitor is cute & so is DWTD

 

21 hours ago, TalkThatRihanna said:

Traitor is one of my favs off Sour.

 

Wait I forgot about New Love :jonny:

 

21 hours ago, JGibson said:

traitor + New Love + no body, no crime + Dancing With The Devil + Met Him Last Night :party:

 

21 hours ago, Sunderland 4ever said:

Great to see traitor making the Top 150 :clap:

 

21 hours ago, K$Ellie said:

I'm seeing Bouncin on all these lists nnn great song tho :clap3:

Easy remix is cute but the original is miles better :-* Don't Judge Me and My Universe didn't need to be on the list!

Grow, Hot n Heavy and Traitor are nice :jamming:

 

21 hours ago, Achilles. said:

All I Know So Far is a cute song, nice of Pink to droplet it for us. :clap3:

 

No Body No Crime is good, but a pale imitation of previous murder ballads. :emofish:

I need their version of Goodbye Earl in my life tbh :rip: 

 

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4 minutes ago, TheWayWeWere said:

100    Coldplay | Higher Power

Their first song released this year if I'm not mistaken. Decent track. They're coming to my city next year. Tickets sold out in two days. :dies:

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You're brave for putting Sia's ableist album here ngl! Haven't listened to it though so can't comment on its content

 

Wild Side :jonny: It reset my culture and that's what's important

 

Ungodly Hour :jonny5: I hope they're not done either :chick3:

 

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Euphoric Sad Songs so fucking good and so overlooked, an MPG level release! Gonna ignore the other album...

 

Songs picks are great, especially Ungodly Hour, love that it's a title track, cause it feels like album's centerpiece

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omg bouncin is so low :'( a highlight from the album! new love is repetitive but catchy af

 

euphoric sad songs + ungodly hour :clap3:

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Omg Euphoric Sad Songs yaaaas :jonny5:

 

Wild Side and Ungodly Hour are great too :clap3:

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Not the Normani gif :deadbanana4:

 

I agree about the Sia album being horrible. To think I was close to stanning her back in 2016 :deadbanana2:

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Euphoric Sad Songs :jamming: That was a nice EP for sure, and this makes me realize that I need to revisit it since I totally forgot about Love Me Again/Walk On By. || Sweet Dream washed Sleepwalker, I DON'T fear! Kiiii at #100-98 making the top 100 but the writeups have several complaints :keir: Wild Side is alright, I enjoy Higher Power, and then Mood Swings left my mind minutes after listening to it :gaycat3: Okay the title wasn't clickbait because UNGODLY HOUR IS HERE!! :sats::sats::sats: There's no way they're done as a duo, and if they are then I feel like something fishy would be going on behind the scenes.

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