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30 and Jubilee :heart2:

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Jubilee and 30 :jonny5: 

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For the albums, Planet Her should’ve been higher I fear :jonny: 30 was great indeed :clap3:

 

For the songs, NDA & Todo De Ti are great underrated picks!

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30, jubilee and blue weekend :jonny: wish they were higher

arlo parks is great :heart: 

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On 1/2/2022 at 12:49 AM, witness1.3 said:

Jubilee, Coloratura, Just a Notion :clap3:

 

On 1/2/2022 at 2:33 AM, Reverse Warholian said:

Solid update. Jubilee and Blue Wknd :clap3:

Michelle Zauner ha absolute power :jonny5:

 

On 1/2/2022 at 12:51 AM, dreamofyou said:

just a notion a bop:jonny5:

 

also i think you put albums instead of singles for the second post

lmao yes i just notice that i forgot to change the ALBUM to SINGLE ajasadjk what a mess :deadbanana4:

 

On 1/2/2022 at 2:01 AM, JGibson said:

Seventeen Going Under :heart2:

Only the top 10 hit n UK Singes Chart :clap3:

 

On 1/2/2022 at 2:02 AM, Jorge said:

Todo de Ti :heart2: :clap:

Billie, Doja and Olivia 's songs :worship2:

 

Don't Forget to visit my top 100 countdown :cool:

TASTE :jonny5: let me visit real quick

 

 

15 hours ago, Sunderland 4ever said:

30 and Jubilee :heart2:

 

15 hours ago, Legend E said:

Jubilee and 30 :jonny5: 

Adele ha successful comeback oh wow :jonny5:

 

14 hours ago, TalkThatRihanna said:

For the albums, Planet Her should’ve been higher I fear :jonny: 30 was great indeed :clap3:

 

For the songs, NDA & Todo De Ti are great underrated picks!

 

Even though Hot Pink & Amala are the better album but Planet Her has all the hits :jonny5:

Todo De Ti is going to be the Say So and DSN for latin music in the next few years i fear

 

 

7 hours ago, Lazuli said:

30, jubilee and blue weekend :jonny: wish they were higher

arlo parks is great :heart: 

 

It's really hard to choose :jonny5: But the girls still got their top 40 hits. Not everyone has that 

 

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30. Last Year Was Weird, Vol. 3 - Tkay Maidza

 

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(July 9, 2021)

 

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Tkay Maidza serves yet another amazing mini album with the third installment of Last Year Was Weird

 

Her charisma and presence is still the driving force here. And she also leans a little more heavily into R&B on this one and it's kinda intresting actually. Even though Vol. 3 isn't as outwardly catchy as Vol. 2, but this mini is made of the same substance such as strong flows, instrumentally varied with strings and keys mixed with trap beats, and a lush, floral atmosphere. Her vocals here are both intimate and confidently playful which is very good to hear

 

She's fully formed on this era and honestly i can't wait for her next project or her long-waited second album to arrive

 

Top 3: Kim, Syrup & Cashmere

 

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29. In These Silent Days - Brandi Carlile

 

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(October 1, 2021)

 

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After a very successful era of By the Way, I Forgive You by earned 3 Grammy wins and also be a part of The Highwomen that consist of her, Natalie Hemby, Maren Morris, and Amanda Shires back in 2019, Brandi Carlile is back with a new album this year

 

In this album, she proves to be an excellent performer with some strong lyricism in particular. Also the way the transitions from soft piano ballads to full on rock grooves feels so satisfying here. Maybe people would find these slower songs to be boring but i honestly find it more engaging and want to see what's happen next after each songs were done playing

 

Brandi just hasn't missed a beat. She just keeps managing to top herself and this album motivates me to listen to what else she has to offer next

 

Top 3: Sinners, Saints and Fools, This Time Tomorrow & Broken Horses

 

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28. Atlantis (Repackage of Don't Call Me) - SHINee

 

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(April 12, 2021)

 

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Well since the repackage album feels like a full album, i decided to put it in the list

 

It's kinda insane how SHINee still manage to release really good album and the GP would still check it out, especially for a boy group who's been in the industry for more than a decade where loyal fanbase is the only way to sustain their career longevity

 

It's been 3 years since their last comeback and i honestly feel like this album exceeded my expectations. Sure the title track 'Don't Call Me' is bit underwhelming if we compare it to their other title tracks, but even the title track still has infectios hook that i can't get it out of my head. This album is by far not the best album they've ever release ('1 of 1' is still THAT girl!) but it still manages to engage me with good variety of songs that still manage to be cohesive. The new songs for the repackage are mostly good, especially Atlantis which is a SHINee type of bop

 

Amazing vocals, good ass production and Minho still hot as fuck? yeah, SHINee is back!

 

Top 3: Attention, Heart Attack & Atlantis

 

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27. Second Line - Dawn Richard

 

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(April 30, 2021)

 

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If you ever a big fan of girl group Danity Kane, you absolutely would know who Dawn Richard is

 

On her sixth studio album 'Second Line', she's doing a futuristic take on R&B and electronica and also exploring the world of retro house music and modern UK bass. I've never listening to her whole albums before this so this is a perfect way to intorduce her music to me and she did incredibly good job to convince me to diving into her catalogue. While this album isn't completely new territory, but she has a lot she has a lot of artistic integrity and ambition that her idea can be put into one album so well

 

Overall this is a solid album from her and i can't wait for what she's going to offer next

 

Top 3: Jacuzzi, Perfect Storm & Bussiframe

 

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26. Never Enough - Disclosure

 

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(August 20, 2021)

 

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Disclosure is back making another great house music with this new EP. Although this isn’t a perfect house project, but hey can continue to make memorable and booming house grooves laced over hypnotic UK garage beats

 

The vocal sampling on this minis is also very good cause the Catchy vocals and hooks can be found everywhere on these tracks ans some songs are kinda of remind me of something from a Janet Jackson classics. If you really love their debut album 'Settle' you instantly will love this record.

 

Top 3: Another Level, In My Arms & Never Enough

 

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30. Insomnia - YUKIKA

 

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(July 9, 2021)

from the EP Timeabout,

 

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The serotonin that the song gives me everytime i hit play on this song is not healty. Also the Japanese vesion is really good as well

 

Forget about porn addiction, how about YUKIKA addiction for once?! At least you can openly disscus it with your friends and your parents

 

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29. Enter Sandman - Rina Sawayama

 

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(August 26, 2021)

from Metallica's tribute album The Metallica Blacklist

 

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Metallica's tribute album was a massive failure, isn't it? The way most of the covers of their classics are butchered by these artists that incorporate their own style of music and ended up being so horrible that I bet James Hetfield regret doing it in the first place. But don't worry, Rina saved all these massive shit and clean it with her cover of "Enter Sandman"

 

The way she made the cover flawlessly that i bet more people especially gays who never heard of Metallica's music in their entire life decide to check it out and appreciate their discography. That's how you protect a legacy. Give Ms. Sawayama her flower already!

 

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28. Rare - Nas

 

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(August 6, 2021)

from the album King's Disease II

 

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The beat switches during the middle of the song it's literally perfection. I can considered it as a key track from the album

 

I was completely floored :jonny5:

 

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27. We Go On (feat. Cola Boyy & Mick Jones) - The Avalanches

 

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(March 18, 2021)

from the album We Will Always Love You

 

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We Go On' is bright, happy-sounding song, despite the lyrics being sadder, a common theme on the album

 

The Avalanches serves yet another masterfully crafted songs that feels really essential on the album and their discography

 

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26. Listen!!! - Aly & AJ

 

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(January 15, 2021)

from the album A Touch of the Beat Gets You Up on Your Feet Gets You Out and Then Into the Sun

 

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I think it's ok for me to admit that Sky Ferreira is never going to release that second album and let Aly & AJ do what she's failed to deliver for over 7 years

 

This is sooooo GOOD!

 

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Don’t know any of the albums or songs for this update... lemme wait for the next one :gaycat1:

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LOVE seeing In These Silent Days here :weeps: 

 

Listen!!! is stunning, too bad the parent album is very meh

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Listen!!! :worship:

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Aly & SlayJ :duca:

 

The Avalegends :worship2:

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Listen!! :clap:

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Last Year Was Weird was cute! :clap3:

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Aly & AJ :clap3:

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Albums~ Kiiii for some reason Daughtry releasing new music always catches me off guard, haven't paid attention to him/them in so long. evermore only #60 oh wow :eek: Deserves better but cowboy like me & closure are discography lows. Wow #50-41 has plenty of artists I either can't get into or straight up dislike :keir: star-crossed is mostly enjoyable, just didn't serve nearly as hard as Golden Hour tbh! I can pretty much say the same for 30 as well (compared to 25 and especially 21.) Last Year Was Weird Vol 3 :alexz3: || Singles~ Pasadena ayyy such a grower bop!! Coastin washed F.U.C.K honestly. How Does It Feel :jamming: The Easy remix is solid, both versions are pretty much on the same level for me. Love Again is cute, just never loved it as much as most do! star-crossed great album opener yup! :fish1: Bouncin + How Not to Drown back to back wooo :sats: NDA :clap3: Listen!!! :worship: Yeah they snapped

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On 1/3/2022 at 9:25 AM, Legend E said:

LOVE seeing In These Silent Days here :weeps: 

 

Listen!!! is stunning, too bad the parent album is very meh

The way Brandi just cut my heart into the pieces like damn ma :jonnycat:

I thin the album is very good but maybe this is just my nostalgia goggles nn

 

On 1/3/2022 at 9:30 AM, JGibson said:

Listen!!! :worship:

 

On 1/3/2022 at 10:06 AM, Reverse Warholian said:

Aly & SlayJ :duca:

 

The Avalegends :worship2:

 

On 1/3/2022 at 10:36 AM, Sempiternal said:

Listen!! :clap:

 

21 hours ago, Kevin2803 said:

Aly & AJ :clap3:

 

The acclaim for the sisters :jonnycat:

 

On 1/4/2022 at 4:34 AM, Tinashegrande6 said:

Last Year Was Weird was cute! :clap3:

The way 'Kim' just stuck in my head for weeks :jonny5: Miss Maidza serves!

 

11 hours ago, Remmy said:

Albums~ Kiiii for some reason Daughtry releasing new music always catches me off guard, haven't paid attention to him/them in so long. evermore only #60 oh wow :eek: Deserves better but cowboy like me & closure are discography lows. Wow #50-41 has plenty of artists I either can't get into or straight up dislike :keir: star-crossed is mostly enjoyable, just didn't serve nearly as hard as Golden Hour tbh! I can pretty much say the same for 30 as well (compared to 25 and especially 21.) Last Year Was Weird Vol 3 :alexz3: || Singles~ Pasadena ayyy such a grower bop!! Coastin washed F.U.C.K honestly. How Does It Feel :jamming: The Easy remix is solid, both versions are pretty much on the same level for me. Love Again is cute, just never loved it as much as most do! star-crossed great album opener yup! :fish1: Bouncin + How Not to Drown back to back wooo :sats: NDA :clap3: Listen!!! :worship: Yeah they snapped

The fact that i include Daughtry to diverse my list  :ahh: But i was shook that it isn't that bad

I kinda forget about Coatin nnn but it still that sexy bop that that i enjoy and the MV was serves :clap3:

 

The way my baby daddy elevate Easy into the next level though :jonnycat:

 

On 1/3/2022 at 4:12 AM, TalkThatRihanna said:

Don’t know any of the albums or songs for this update... lemme wait for the next one :gaycat1:

The list is update... finally nnn :cold3:

 

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25. Red (Taylor's Version) - Taylor Swift

 

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(November 12, 2021)

 

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Red is always my favorite Taylor's album and it was one of the first CD that i bought with my saving money back then, so i had my excitement when she about to release this one as the next re-recording album after Fearless

 

All the re-recording songs bought me so much nostalgia that i wish i can go back in time to relive it again, and even one production change on "Girl At Home" feels very much needed and making this album even more fresh. But i feel like all the Vault songs sound very much like a long lost album i never knew i needed until now. There's nine of Vault songs on this album, compared to Fearless' six and i feel like this one are so much superior than Fearless' too. from a genius satire on 'I Bet You Think About Me' to Joni Mitchel inspired track that talk about coming of age as a female musician in a toxic industry feaures the one and only Phoebe Bridgers 'Nothing New' and of course, the much anticipated Ten Minute version of All Too Well appears as the last track on the album. The song is a piece of art, with no dry moment, only a sociopath would be left unimpacted by this flawless track

 

Overall, there is no songs that is not improved from this album and i can't wait for what the future is hold for the next re-recording. Please don't abandon your debut album Taylor

 

Top 3: All Too Well (10 Minute Version), Nothing New & The Very First Night

 

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24. to hell with it - PinkPantheress

 

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(October 15, 2021)

 

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'to hell with it' is a debut mixtape from university student turned singer/songwriter PinkPantheress. I discovered her couple months ago and honestly is one of my favorite discoveries in 2021

 

Drum and Bass has been getting a lot of revamping lately, so imagine my shock to find a full project of that sounds in 2021. This mixtape not only a great introduction to the work of drum and bass but also a direction that drum and bass have needed for a while. Even though most of the songs are all really short (the total length is 18 minutes!) but this is still really sweet stuff and so nice to listen to. makes me genuinely happy that something like this is getting popular

 

Pinkpantheress has outdone what most artists that breakthrough using TikTok. Most artist that using Tik Tok produce music fall through with boring songs, but she is one of the few exceptions I can spare

 

Top 3: I Must Apologise, Just for Me & Break It Off

 

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23. CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST - Tyler, The Creator

 

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(June 25, 2021)

 

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Tyler, The Creator is back with a new album and i can say that he just keeps getting better and better

 

'Call Me If You Get Lost' is another worthwhile and hypeworthy record by him. The features on this album are incredible and feature a variety of different artists in the rap and r&b genre. Each song on here builds on top of one another. The transition between one song to the next is great and well thought out. And also it's to no surprise that the beats is the highlight from this album

 

Tyler making a straightforward rap album and evolving his sounds. Of course it doesn't quite reach the heights of IGOR or Flower Boy but it's still a consistently great album

 

Top 3: Juggernaut, Hot Wind Blows & Manifesto

 

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22. Querencia - CHUNG HA

 

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(February 15, 2021)

 

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After teasing this album for 84 years (not really lol) and unfortunately having to delay the release of the album due to a diagnosis of COVID-19, miss Chung Ha finally delivers her long-awaited first full-length album that worth waiting for

 

This album split into 4 sides: Side A (NOBLE), Side B (SAVAGE), Side C (UNKNOWN), Side D (PLEASURES), each separated by titled interludes

 

Chung Ha did an amazing job at making a 1 hour long album really interesting and with that much replay value, hell it's really rare for K-pop albums to have at least more than 45 minutes total length studio album. Also she delivers variety of songs and sung in 3 languages: Korean, English and Spanish. Duo Lingo must be proud :clap3:

 

Overall this album introduces us to many sides of Chung Ha in an eclectic and varied full-length that is sure to satisfy many K-Pop fans, and perhaps even those unfamiliar with the genre

 

Top 3: Stay Tonight, Flying on Faith & Bother Me

 

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21. 4 ONLY - LeeHi

 

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(September 9, 2021)

 

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I've been following LeeHi's career after she finished as a runner-up on reality survival show 'K-pop Star' when she was 15, around the same age as mine and accomplish more than me of course

 

After leaving her label YG Entertainment, i was so excited to know what is she going to offer with her new music since YG never really capitalize her talent even futher even though she already proven herself on her second album 'Seoulite' which is still my favorite album of hers, and to be honest she exceed my expectation on this album. this album has no skips with very interesting different unique sounds spanning across the album

 

This album has no skips with very interesting, different and unique sounds spanning across the album and manage to be sonically cohesive and blended so well. And she also becomes more confident than ever with great example with songs like "Bye" and "Red Lipstick"

 

Honestly it's so great to know that she still has passion for music and release one of the best releases of 2021. This is just the beginning of LeeHi's new chapter and i'm happy to be a part of it

 

Top 3: Only, Red Lipstick & Bye

 

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25. Angel Baby - Troye Sivan

 

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(September 10, 2021)

 

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I really love synthpop ballads like these, inject it into my veins!

 

Also Iove how thid song is very pure white heaven vibes and the Troye make it gayer lmao

 

Twinks Right!

 

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24. Locust Laced - Sleigh Bells

 

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(July 28, 2021)

from the album Texis

 

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I'm so gratuful that Sleigh Bells is back again and made an 10/10 music that i absolutely enjoy including this song. Peak noise music i fear

 

(chant) I FEEL LIKE DYNAMITE, I FEEL LIKE DYING TONIIIIIIIGHT!

 

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23. INDUSTRY BABY - Lil Nas X & Jack Harlow

 

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(July 23, 2021) 

from the album Montero

 

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"Need a couple number ones" he sure did bagged another #1 hits in this era including this bop

 

This is such a big pop/rap anthem that everyone can enjoy and sing along to in the karaoke bar somewhere. Also Jack's verse and that Kanye-like horns compliment the song so well

 

Spotify // Apple Music // Youtube

 

22. Savage - aespa

 

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(October 5, 2021)

from the EP Savage

 

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SOPHIE invented pots and pans genre and aespa is about to make it popular in k-pop industry

 

The way SOPHIE legacy still alive and well into this day and age. She's truly ahead of her time indeed

 

:jonny5:

 

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21. What It Feels Like - Nipsey Hussle & JAY-Z

 

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(February 12, 2021) 

from the Soundtrack album Judas and the Black Messiah: The Inspired Album

 

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This honestly should've sweeping big awards for Best Original Song including the Oscar. It's honestly one of the best film soundtrack in 2021

 

Spotify // Apple Music // Youtube

 

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Listen!!!, Red TV, Angel Baby :heart:

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Industry Baby and to Hell with it :clap3:

 

I just wish PinkPantheress' songs were a bit longer dd

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Red :jonny5: 

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im sure I heard and have that Tyler song it my shared playlist :laugh:

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Never Enough + CMIYGL + Industry Baby :clap3:

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Red making the list :clap3:

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