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This Was Pop 2022 | Part 1 | Charli, Rina, Tove & Carly (Winner Revealed!)


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Will you remember us, or are the memories too stained with blood now?

 

 

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Just missing the top spot is Tove’s synthpop banger “No One Dies From Love”. Our favoruite Swede sure knows how to pick a good lead single and this track is definitely no exception. The song is gorgeously produced and sounds expensive. Tove has said the song is about how “When you’re with someone for a long time and it ends all of a sudden, it’s like a part of you has died. This person is now a stranger to you. All of the memories are tainted.” @Ewan Chaos says “God, most of her lead singles are sooooooo good. This is definitely a top-tier Tove song (even if my bf hates it LOL).” @pavi expresses their need for the extended version on streaming “Would get a higher score if she put the version with the bridge on streaming :hippo: “ @supaspaz says “There’s simply nothing better than sad dance music.”

 

Lovers (10s and 11s):

11 - @TRF.

11 - @ONOPKA

11 - @Temporal

11 - @kimberly

10 - BlackoutZone

10 - halcyonday

10 - Ewan Chaos

10 - MP2K

10 - GraceRandolph

10 - beomgyu

10 - creativity.

10 - kandicha

10 - supaspaz

10 - Miichael

10 - Born to Run

10 - Quicksand

10 - Love Again

10 - Crashed

10 - gatito

Haters (0s and 1s):

None

 

 

 

 

 

 

so the winner is.........

 

 

 

 

 

 

Are you thinking of me? Does it kill you that you're thinking of me?

 

 

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Carly is crowned the winner with her bombastic single “Talking to Yourself” taking the top spot. This song is a masterclass in pop song-writing; its easily one of the catchiest songs of Carly’s discography. Throughout all the ballots, “Talking to Yourself” remained unbeatable and rarely left the top spot, if ever. @Ewan Chaos admits “I know it's the most "by the books" Carly song on the record, but **** when it hits it HITS. The drop in production right before the first chorus and two SNAPS into "ARE YOU THINKING OF ME" AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA”. @beomgyu says “carly just knows how to make the best pop music”. @supaspaz appreciates all the little details in the track “That extra little pause between “to” and “yourself” in the refrain? That’s a slay.” @cockatoo simply says “Classic Carly doing what she does best”.

 

Lovers (10s and 11s):

11 - @jacklovesyou1

11 - @Price of Fame

10 - Tedwards

10 - Sanguine

10 - Ewan Chaos

10 - TRF.

10 - Supervillain

10 - MP2K

10 - 4Real

10 - ONOPKA

10 - GraceRandolph

10 - Temporal

10 - beomgyu

10 - kimberly

10 - Born to Run

10 - Love Again

10 - Crashed

10 - cockatoo

10 - gatito

Haters (0s and 1s):

None

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Carly makes it seem so effortless. 

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Slay

 

The way I didn't give either a 10

 

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Well TTY is my favorite of Carly's "on autopilot" songs (NTIFY, Kamikaze), but yeah bit of a boring winner shjdishdohsohds. Ah well I'm happy enough with the results!

 

@greento this was a very fun rate to follow along and you did great with the write-ups, art and everything. Thanks for hosting!

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No One Dies From Love with the most 11's :chick1: an organic smash. people's winner!

 

but I love TTY and gave it a 10 so cannot complain, really.

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ALBUM AVERAGES

 

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weird result but yes carly yes winner!

thank you for hosting bestie @greento :heart:

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Spoiler

Charli XCX - CRASH

Crash - 5
New Shapes (with Christine and the Queens & Caroline Polachek) - 8
Good Ones - 9
Constant Repeat - 5
Beg for You (with Rina Sawayama) - 6.5 
Move Me - 3
Baby - 4
Lightning - 6
Every Rule - 3
Yuck - 6.5
Used to Know Me - 6
Twice - 4
Selfish Girl - 6.5
How Can I Not Know What I Need Right Now - 4
Sorry if I Hurt You - 3
What You Think About Me - 3
5.15625
 

Rina Sawayama - Hold The Girl

Minor Feelings - 6.5
Hold The Girl - 9
This Hell - 7
Catch Me In The Air - 9.5
Forgiveness - 8
Holy (Til You Let Me Go) - 6.5
Your Age - 8
Imagining - 8
Frankenstein - 9
Hurricanes - 7.5
Send My Love To John - 8
Phantom - 8
To Be Alive - 7
7.846153846
 

Tove Lo - Dirt Femme

No One Dies From Love - 6
Suburbia - 7.5
2 Die 4 - 7
True Romance - 4
Grapefruit - 7
Cute & Cruel (with First Aid Kit) - 7.5
Call on Me (with SG Lewis) - 9
Attention ***** (with Channel Tres) - 8
Pineapple Slice (with SG Lewis) - 7
I'm to Blame - 6.5
Kick In The Head - 8
How Long - 8
Borderline - 6
7.038461538
 

Carly Rae Jepsen - The Loneliest Time

Surrender My Heart - 9
Joshua Tree - 10
Talking to Yourself - 9
Far Away - 9
Sideways - 8
Beach House - 10
Bends - 9
Western Wind - 9
So Nice - 9
Bad Thing Twice - 8
Shooting Star - 9
Go Find Yourself or Whatever - 10
The Loneliest Time (with Rufus Wainwright) - 10
Anxious - 10
No Thinking Over the Weekend - 9
Keep Away - 9
9.1875

 

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Thank you to everyone who sent a ballot and followed along with results! i loved hosting this and hope i can do another at some point :heart:

 

i have updated the first page with the full results and links to each post so they can easily be accessed if you missed any

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Thanks @greento for putting this together! It was great fun!!

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Dirt femme is definitely a huge huge improvement from her other albums but y’all did the most on her.  Like at least go with grapefruit or kick in the head.  Smh.  
 

anyway congrats to an obvious winner love you Carly.  

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1 hour ago, NewStanner said:

Looking towards the rate next year so I can give Psychedelic Switch a 0 :fan:

1 hour ago, NewStanner said:

The lack of taste on this site is lowkey worrying

You said it not me. greento if you host This Was Pop 2023 BAN THIS USER from joining!

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Even though this is one of the least deserving top 2 results you did amazing sweetie @greento

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Good winner. Sure it’s a little cookie cutter but such a banger! Thanks for hosting @greento :heart:

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thanks for hosting @greento, loved the write-ups :heart:

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Ahhh, I love to see OCRJH lose! "Talking to Yourself" isn't the best song in the rate, but it is undoubtedly great, so congratulations to Carly on her well-deserved victory.

 

Thank you for hosting, @greento! You did a wonderful job.

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ofcourse the only song I didn't like was in Top 5 :gaycat6:

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Thank you @greento for hosting! Had a lot of fun participating! :party:

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Talking To Yourself at #1 is crazy, but hey, we had fun nonetheless!! Thanks for hosting :heart:

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Oh I would have loved to have submitted! Shame... I'll do the next rate.

 

Happy to see Talking To Yourself claim the top spot, it's so much better than NODFL. However, I'm AMAZED at how badly Rina did... ya'll did This Hell, CMITA, Phantom, Holy etc DIRTY.

 

Assuming that next year we'll have:

 

Kim Petras

Ava Max

Ellie Goulding

Carly Rae

 

... any other indie pop / flop girlies releasing this year? :boat:

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Not the top 2 I imagined, but both songs are still great. The entire rate was basically a rollercoaster with its unpredictability. Thanks for hosting!

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Perfect Top 2! Can't believe I missed the Top 20, but thank you for hosting!

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carly won as she was supposed to :clap3:thanks a lot @greento for hosting

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Thank you @greento for hosting :heart: Carly should have won with The Loneliest Time title track!!!

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