Happened again (Week of 3/29/2025)

 

Hello everyone, welcome to another post. This week was alright. There were a few solid jumps/ drops and debuts, but if you couldn't tell by the picture, yeah, I'm not entirely thrilled with our new #1. Let's just get into it, here are our exits:

Rosé/ Bruno Mars- APT (#14 last week)
Lady Gaga/ Bruno Mars- Die With A Smile (#10 last week)

Doechii- Denial Is A River (#30 last week)

Jennie/ Dua Lipa- Handlebars (#29 last week)
Role Model- Sally When The Wine Runs Out (#22 last week)

Countdown:

30. Jennie- Like Jennie (Debut)

29. Halsey- Safeword (-3)

28. Alex Warren- Ordinary (Debut)

27. Lizzo- Still Bad (=)

26. Dasha- Not At This Party (+2)

25. Kendrick Lamar/ Sza- Luther (-2)
24. Damiano David- Next Summer (Debut)

23. Doechii- Anxiety (-2)

22. The Weeknd- Cry For Me (-4)

21. Chappell Roan- The Giver (+3)

20. Lisa/ Doja Cat/ Raye- Born Again (+5)

19. Sabrina Carpenter- Busy Woman (Re-entry)

18. Lizzo- Love In Real Life (-2)

17. Tate McRae- Revolving Door (+3)

16. Gigi Perez- Sailor Song (-3)

15. Lady Gaga- Garden Of Eden (Debut)

14. Selena Gomez/ Benny Blanco/ Gracie Abrams- Call Me When You Break Up (+3)

13. Lola Young- Messy (-4)

12. Sza- BMF (=)

11. Alex Warren/ Joe Jonas- Burning Down (+4)

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

9. Shaboozey- Good News (-2)

8. Tate McRae- Sports Car (=)

7. Benson Boone- Sorry I'm Here For Someone Else (+12)

6. Chappell Roan- Pink Pony Club (-5)

5. Rosé- Toxic Till The End (+1)

4. Gracie Abrams- I Love You I'm Sorry (+7)

3. Teddy Swims- Bad Dreams (+2)
2. Lady Gaga- Abracadabra (+1)

1. Sabrina Carpenter- Bed Chem (+1)
Countdown Extra: Jonas Brothers- Love Me To Heaven

Last year's #1: Sabrina Carpenter- Feather (real countdown), Dua Lipa- Houdini (fake countdown)

#1 Two Years Ago: Tiesto/ Tate McRae- 10:35

My Favorite Song Last Year: Olivia Rodrigo- Obsessed (both countdowns)

My Favorite Song Two Years Ago: Jax- Cinderella Snapped

Recommendations For Hits 1: Linkin Park- Up From The Bottom and Evanescence- Afterlife

Up first, we have Jennie replacing herself with Like Jennie. This is just decent in my opinion. The beat is a bit strange and although Jennie sounds fine, it feels like she's trying to proclaim herself to be the greatest person in the world, and this just feels more like something that Lisa could pull off better. Hopefully, her song Damn Right with Kali Uchis and Childish Gambino, which is a lot better, makes its way on to here soon.

Well, this next song has definitely grown on me a decent bit since it debuted HB a few weeks ago, it's Ordinary by Alex Warren. Yeah, the production is still a bit slow, but it's actually pretty tolerable, and I really like Alex Warren's voice here. Yeah, I'm alright with this being here.

Coming out of the abyss, we have Next Summer by Damiano David. Honestly, this is my favorite solo song from him thus far. He delivers one of his best vocal performances, either with Maneskin or solo, and while this is a bit slow, it's not too distracting and then there's the lyrics, which is about a failed relationship that he likely isn't over and his ex is, I guess about to get married, or at least in another relationship, and he's saying if her new relationship doesn't work out, he's willing to take her back, and yeah, those lyrics are a bit relatable for me. Happy this is here, hopefully this has some success.

Busy Woman by Sabrina Carpenter re-entered. Yeah, I've decided I don't like this. Questionable lyrics, not that interesting of a song, and the reality that this probably isn't flopping anytime soon is the worst possible combination for me. 

Lastly, debuting all the way up at #15, we have Garden Of Eden by Lady Gaga. And this is another banger from her that gives off the vibes of her classic music, and she sounds pretty good per usual. Great song.

Hitbound:
Jon Bellion- Wash

Ariana Grande- Twilight Zone (Debut)

Alessi Rose- IKYK

Kesha/ T Pain- Yippee Ki Yay (Debut)

Jonah Marais- Better Place (Debut)

Jack Harlow/ Doja Cat- Just Us

Dua Lipa/ Troye Sivan- Physical (Debut/ Re-entry)

Dove Cameron- Too Much

J Hope/ Miguel- Sweet Dreams

Thomas Day- Sleep When We're Dead (Debut)

Henry Moodie- Indigo (Debut)

Ravyn Lenae- Love Me Not

Knox- 50/50

Max McNown- A Lot More Free (Debut)

Emei- Crazy Stupid Love

Sombr- Undressed

Ariana Grande just dropped a deluxe edition to Eternal Sunshine (that probably would have come out earlier if she wasn't doing Wicked), and from it, we have Twilight Zone. This is solid. It's a rather interesting song and she sounds pretty good, this is just a bit forgettable, that's all.

Kesha has a new album out later this year, and from it, we have Yippee Ki Yay with T Pain. Easily my favorite debut this week. This just seems like a made for clubs banger and they both do a pretty good job here, with my favorite part being T Pain's verse. Great song.

It gets less good, though, as we have a second solo Jonah Marais song on here, this is Better Place. And this should've been better. Jonah Marais sounds pretty good but it feels a bit slow and there's nothing really that stands out. It's all right though.

Remember Physical by Dua Lipa in 2020? I do, and I quite liked it. So for the five year anniversary of Future Nostalgia, she put out a new version of that song with Troye Sivan, and my opinion from 2020 still stands, and Troye Sivan's contributions fit the song quite well. Since the original dropped of HB, maybe this new remix will give it another chance five years later.

Remember Thomas Day from his snoozefest dropout Gravity a couple years ago? Well, he's back with Sleep When We're Dead today. This is pretty good, a lot more upbeat than his previous song from here, but still a bit forgettable. It may take me a few listens to fully remember what this sounds like.

Just what we needed. More Henry Moodie. Today, he brings us Indigo, and yeah, this is mediocre as hell. I still don't like his voice, and the beat combined with that makes this way too cliche for him at this point. I've heard way too many songs like this, I don't need any more.

We unfortunately don't end our list of debuts on a high note though, as this song that was doing well on Mediabase and the country charts about a month ago is now making its way over to Hits 1, this is A Lot More Free by Max McNown, and yeah, this sucks ass. It's insanely boring and Max McNown doesn't exactly have a good enough voice to make it better, he honestly sounds like a less good version of Zach Bryan. So yeah, I have all the questions about how this made Mediabase, and I hope it drops out of Hitbound. Skip it!

We lost Love Me To Heaven, Headlock, Bluest Flame, All I Forgot, and Can't Slow Down. Love Me To Heaven is in the abyss, so hopefully it debuts next week. Bluest Flame also seems to be in  the abyss. And while I liked the other three, I was never fully expected them to debut, I'm also not sure why Can't Slow Down re-entered a few weeks ago in the first place when it still wouldn't do anything.

Blurbs:

Our exits were APT, Die With A Smile, Denial Is A River, Handlebars, and Sally When The Wine Runs Out. The first two have lasted a bit too long so I'm glad they're finally out. Denial Is A River was way too weird, so I'm glad that never really took off, especially now that she has a song that is a lot better. 

I still don't know why Cry For Me feels the need to continue flopping.

Looks like Born Again may be starting to take off, good to see.

Why is Burning Down just now outside the top 10? It's a good song but it's been here for a decent bit.

That's So True may be on its way out, I may be starting to get tired of that one.

Sorry I'm Here For Someone Else jumped huge into the top 10. It still hasn't fully clicked on me, but I'm alright with the jump this made.

Pink Pony Club also fell out of the top 5. If I'm being completely honest here, this may be needed to make way for The Giver to have more success on here.

I Love You I'm Sorry is just now in the top 5... Yeah, this is definitely my favorite song from The Secret Of Us, and I don't find myself getting tired of this just yet.

Well, just as I feared, Bed Chem by Sabrina Carpenter is now #1 this week. I don't have a lot to say about that, aside from the fact that they had so many better options, I hope Abracadabra makes it to #1 soon.

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