1 minute ago, Reverie said:

No one can deny HTE whew

And who would want to?

 

I could talk about every time that you showed up on time
But I'd have an empty line 'cause you never did

 

She murked him!

2 minutes ago, supaspaz said:

What would you have given "Happier Than Ever" if you sabotaged it?

4 probably.  I was considering 8 or 9 but what’s the point of that? But then I listened to it on the album and just had to give it a ten.  

It's undeniably great.

Jazmine could have taken it instead but this is also fine. The top 3 is solid! 

 

2 minutes ago, madonnas said:

4 probably.  I was considering 8 or 9 but what’s the point of that? But then I listened to it on the album and just had to give it a ten.  

I mean, that would have done it. Anything lower than a 5 would have flipped their results.

Thank you to everyone who voted and otherwise participated to make this rate a success! As always, I've enjoyed spending this time with you immensely. The OP has been updated with the final results.

 

THIS WAS 2021

1. "Happier Than Ever" Billie Eilish

2. "Pick Up Your Feelings" Jazmine Sullivan

3. "Introvert" Little Simz

4. "Lost One" Jazmine Sullivan

5. "Woman" Little Simz ft. Cleo Sol

6. "Good 4 U" Olivia Rodrigo

7. "Billie Bossa Nova" Billie Eilish

8. "Oxytocin" Billie Eilish

9. "My Little Love" Adele

10. "Protect My Energy" Little Simz

11. "The Other Side" Jazmine Sullivan

12. "Brutal" Olivia Rodrigo

13. "Posing In Bondage" Japanese Breakfast

14. "Be Sweet" Japanese Breakfast

15. "I Love You, I Hate You" Little Simz

16. "Deja Vu" Olivia Rodrigo

17. "Put It Down" Jazmine Sullivan

18. "Slide Tackle" Japanese Breakfast

19. "Rollin Stone" Little Simz

20. "Bodies (Intro)" Jazmine Sullivan

21. "Fear No Man" Little Simz

22. "Price Tags" Jazmine Sullivan ft. Anderson .Paak

23. "Paprika" Japanese Breakfast

24. "I Didn't Change My Number" Billie Eilish

25. "Jealousy, Jealousy" Olivia Rodrigo

26. "Point and Kill" Little Simz ft. Obongjayar

27. "Kokomo, IN" Japanese Breakfast

28. "Little Q, Pt. 2" Little Simz

29. "All Night Parking" Adele and Erroll Garner

30. "On It" Jazmine Sullivan ft. Ari Lennox

31. "NDA" Billie Eilish

32. "How Did You Get Here" Little Simz

33. "Speed" Little Simz

34. "I See You" Little Simz

35. "Tactics" Japanese Breakfast

36. "My Future" Billie Eilish

37. "Girl Like Me" Jazmine Sullivan ft. H.E.R.

38. "Oh My God" Adele

39. "Miss Understood" Little Simz

40. "Therefore I Am" Billie Eilish

41. "Standing Ovation" Little Simz

42. "To Be Loved" Adele

43. "Two Worlds Apart" Little Simz

44. "Getting Older" Billie Eilish

45. "In Hell" Japanese Breakfast

46. "Posing For Cars" Japanese Breakfast

47. "Your Power" Billie Eilish

48. "Cry Your Heart Out" Adele

49. "OverHeated" Billie Eilish

50. "Drivers License" Olivia Rodrigo

51. "Lost Cause" Billie Eilish

52. "Love Is a Game" Adele

53. "Strangers By Nature" Adele

54. "Goldwing" Billie Eilish

55. "Woman Like Me" Adele

56. "Male Fantasy" Billie Eilish

57. "Can I Get It" Adele

58. "Traitor" Olivia Rodrigo

59. "Easy On Me" Adele

60. "I Drink Wine" Adele

61. "Sit" Japanese Breakfast

62. "Favorite Crime" Olivia Rodrigo

63. "Savage Good Boy" Japanese Breakfast

64. "Halley's Comet" Billie Eilish

65. "Wild Wild West" Adele

66. "The Rapper That Came to Tea (Interlude)" Little Simz

67. "Rashida's Tale" Jazmine Sullivan

68. "Hold On" Adele

69. "Donna's Tale" Jazmine Sullivan

70. "Enough For You" Olivia Rodrigo

71. "Ari's Tale" Jazmine Sullivan

72. "Gems (Interlude)" Little Simz

73. "Happier" Olivia Rodrigo

74. "Hope Ur OK" Olivia Rodrigo

75. "Everybody Dies" Billie Eilish

76. "Amanda's Tale" Jazmine Sullivan

77. "Can't Be Together" Adele

78. "Never Make Promises (Interlude)" Little Simz

79. "Not My Responsibility" Billie Eilish

80. "1 Step Forward, 3 Steps Back" Olivia Rodrigo

81. "The Garden (Interlude)" Little Simz

82. "Antoinette's Tale" Jazmine Sullivan

83. "Little Q, Pt. 1 (Interlude)" Little Simz

84. "Precious' Tale" Jazmine Sullivan

85. "Easy On Me" Adele and Chris Stapleton

Great top 3, all songs are great

 

I thought PUYF would be in the top 10, not in #2 so good run for her 

 

No surprise Billie winning with HTE, great single, the second part is just 

I'd say I've mellowed out with my scoring and don't really "sabotage" but that's prolly just cuz I haven't participated in many rates recently where songs are annoyingly overrated, I'm sure I still have it in me

 

Ty supa, always a treat to be here for your rates  

Thank you for hosting. The rate was fun! 

Definitely a deserving winner. Thanks for hosting Supa and great writeups as always!

hte song is awful lol the 5 was generous

And I gave some 10s to songs I liked 

3 hours ago, Ewan Chaos said:

Love Paramore but literally hate the entire concept of Olivia being pressured by Tiktok into giving them credits for the song. Same with Deja Poo now artists are gonna be crying about **** like this all the time

To this day the Misery Business comparisons are so off to me. I don’t hear it at all, did the internet just pick that because it was the only other pop punk song by a woman on vocals that they know?

 

All that’s similar is the F-chord procession and there’s literally 40+ year end hits since 2000 with that exact structure.

 

If anyone should’ve gotten writing credits, it’s Selena Gomez. The chorus of *** is near identical to Stop & Erase's imo.

 

 

2 hours ago, Insanity said:

hte song is awful lol the 5 was generous

What do you dislike so much about it?

3 hours ago, supaspaz said:

So this battle was actually closer than it appeared and very exciting for me to watch develop as I counted ballots.

 

"Happier Than Ever" struggled early, getting that 5 from @Insanity, plus a 6 from @Saddy and a 7.5 from @MP2K in the first five ballots. But then it just kept racking up 10's, clawing its way back into contention.

 

Meanwhile, "Pick Up Your Feelings" was cruising along at the top, doing uniformly well, but not perfectly. Its low score looked like it might be a 7 from @Lucas32.

 

So things are tightening, even with @Eric. handing "Happier Than Ever" another 6. Then, just as the balloting period is coming to a close, @Quicksandhits "Pick Up Your Feelings" with that 5, swapping their positions.

 

I got two more ballots after that and I wondered if there might be time for another reversal. But on the final vote, @Born to Run also gave "Pick Up Your Feelings" a 7, and its fate was sealed.

 

It really came down right to the wire!

I LOVE this breakdown. And you. Legend S!

26 minutes ago, supaspaz said:

What do you dislike so much about it?

The start is boring and then the end honestly sounds awful. Have u actually listened to it on headphones? 

didn't even know this was happening  

 

glad HTE won over anything Jazmine Sullivan at least

You mean if I had suffered through a Billie Eilish album and given the title track the 1 it rightfully deserves, Jazmine's superior song would have taken the crown?

 

15 minutes ago, Wyvern said:

You mean if I had suffered through a Billie Eilish album and given the title track the 1 it rightfully deserves, Jazmine's superior song would have taken the crown?

 

Yes

 

 

25 minutes ago, Insanity said:

The start is boring and then the end honestly sounds awful. Have u actually listened to it on headphones? 

It’s the emotion and the melody for me. I’m not too worried about the mixing.

25 minutes ago, Wyvern said:

You mean if I had suffered through a Billie Eilish album and given the title track the 1 it rightfully deserves, Jazmine's superior song would have taken the crown?

 

NOT Bowser.

Okay winner. Glad Jazmine and Simz help up in the top 10. 

 

Great job with the rate @supaspaz! 

 

 

1 hour ago, supaspaz said:

It’s the emotion and the melody for me. I’m not too worried about the mixing.

Thanks for hosting!

 

I'll be doing a rate in November!

6 hours ago, Insanity said:

The start is boring and then the end honestly sounds awful. Have u actually listened to it on headphones? 

The instrumentation is very plastic-sounding, it's baffling how people are loving it and finding it emotional

Edited August 1, 20224 yr by Wyvern

9 hours ago, ultraviolence.xx said:

miss quicksand you’re going to rot in hell for that 5

 

9 hours ago, supaspaz said:

It really came down to him. He changed the game. #thugstyle

I’ve had to learn to be harsh in rates cause I’ve had so many of my favorites leave early in rates cause I was too nice in my scoring