Only sort of wicked (Week of 12/7/2024)

 

Hello everyone, welcome to another post with only 3 more weeks in 2024 after this. This was a decent week, especially for this time of year. Let's just get into it, here are our exits:

Meghan Trainor- Criminals (#20 last week)

Katseye- Touch (#30 last week)

Khalid- Heatstroke (#8 last week)

Countdown:

30. Gigi Perez- Sailor Song (-2)

29. Ariana Grande- Popular (Debut)

28. Kendrick Lamar/ Sza- Luther (Debut)

27. Jennie- Mantra (=)

26. Jack Harlow- Hello Miss Johnson (+3)

25. Cynthia Erivo/ Ariana Grande- Defying Gravity (Debut)

24. Tate McRae- 2 Hands (-1)

23. Shaboozey- Good News (+1)

22. Addison Rae- Diet Pepsi (+3)

21. Morgan Wallen- Love Somebody (+5)

20. Lisa- Moonlit Floor (-5)

19. Damiano David- Born With A Broken Heart (+3)

18. Billie Eilish- Wildflower (+1)

17. Chappell Roan- Hot To Go (-12)

16. Alex Warren- Burning Down (+1)

15. Gracie Abrams- That's So True (+6)

14. Halsey- Ego (-2)

13. Tate McRae- It's Ok I'm Ok (+3)

12. The Weeknd- Dancing In The Flames (-6)

11. Charli XCX- Apple (+7)

10. Jelly Roll- I Am Not Okay (=)

9. Lady Gaga- Disease (+2)

8. Taylor Swift- I Can Do It With A Broken Heart (+5)

7. Rosé/ Bruno Mars- APT (+2)

6. Gracie Abrams- Close To You (+1)

5. Myles Smith- Stargazing (-1)

4. Chappell Roan- Pink Pony Club (+10)

3. Billie Eilish- Birds Of A Feather (=)

2. Sabrina Carpenter- Taste (=)

1. Lady Gaga/ Bruno Mars- Die With A Smile (=)

Countdown Extra: Twenty One Pilots- The Line

Last Year's #1: Olivia Rodrigo- Get Him Back

#1 Two Years Ago: Taylor Swift- Anti Hero

My Favorite Song Last Year: Knox- Not The 1975

My Favorite Song Two Years Ago: Nicky Youre- Eyes On You

#1 Recommendation For Hits 1: Quavo/ Teddy Swims/ Luke Bryan- Georgia Ways

So we have not one, but two songs from Wicked debuting this week, first up is Popular by Ariana Grande. Tbh, this has grown on me a little bit since it was on Hitbound. I still don't like how Ariana Grande doesn't exactly sound like herself and I still feel like this works better in the context of the film, but I have come to enjoy the melodies here and the key is all right. So yeah, better than I remember.

Up next is our only debut not from Wicked this week, Luther by Kendrick Lamar and Sza. These two previously collaborated on All The Stars from the Black Panther soundtrack in 2018, and to be honest, that song is a lot better than this one. This is not bad though, it has a decent beat and they both sound fine, it's that their previous collab is a lot more memorable. That's it.

And lastly, we have Defying Gravity by Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande from Wicked. And just like Popular, this works better in the context of the film, but it is a little bit better than Popular. The beat is good, both Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande sound alright, although this opinion could change depending on how annoying this gets for me. So yeah, I'll take it for now.

Hitbound:

Jessie Murph- Sip

Rosé- Toxic Till The End (Debut)

Balu Brigada- So Cold

DJ Lucas Beat/ Jason Derulo/ Sia- You Can Do Anything (Debut)

Griff- Last Night's Mascara

Almost Monday- Can't Slow Down

Nessa Barrett/ Artemas- Mustang Baby

Meg Donnelly- In My Bag

The Marias- No One Noticed

Crash Adams- Optimist (Debut)

Teddy Swims- Bad Dreams (Re-entry)

Jonah Marais/ Ryan Lewis- Slow Motion

Twenty One Pilots- The Line

Henry Moodie- Good Old Days

Dasha- Heartbreaker From Tennessee

Myles Smith- Nice To Meet You

So apparently, APT was the only single off Rosé from Blackpink's new album that had fun lyrics, and the rest of the tracks are about a pretty bad breakup, and that includes this next song, Toxic Til The End. Granted, this is a lot better than Number One Girl but I still don't enjoy this as much as I should. It's a bit upbeat and she sounds fine, it's a bit forgettable. But I'll take it.

And next up, we have this. It's Jason Derulo and Sia featuring on a song by a Portuguese DJ named DJ Lucas Beat called You Can Do Anything. And let's be real, this kind of works. DJ Lucas Beat's production here goes hard and both Jason Derulo and Sia sound pretty good here. So yeah, this shouldn't work, but it does.

Crash Adams are back with their first song since that legendary banger Hotel Party from this past summer, this is called Optimist. This is also quite good. It has a great beat and great melodies and whoever is singing sounds good per usual. So yeah, another fun song from them.

Lastly, Bad Dreams by Teddy Swims re-entered. It makes sense since this is getting pushed to pop radio. I would have rather seen his new song with Quavo and Luke Bryan on here instead, but it's fine.

We lost Number One Girl, which sucked and was replaced by a better song from her. So a W.

Blurbs:

Our exits were Criminals, Touch, and Heatstroke. The last one was the only one of those three that I liked a decent bit, although I am a bit shocked it left after jumping huge last week. I think songs need to drop before leaving.

How is Diet Pepsi still here?

Nice to see Love Somebody at #21. I hope this makes the top 20 next week.

Hot To Go might be on its way out given its 12 spot drop.

That's So True is now at #15. It's definitely grown on me a little bit, so I'm fine with this.

Meanwhile, Dancing In The Flames dropped 6 spots. I'm unsure how this will continue on here though.

Ok why is I Can Do It With A Broken Heart back in the top 10? It needs to be gone soon.

Pink Pony Club is now in the top 5. It will be interesting to see if this makes #1 in the coming weeks.

I guess that does it for me this week, see you guys next week.