Well, that's just great (Week of 8/7/2025)

 

Hello everyone, welcome back to another post. Not going to comment here... but I'll rather just explain later. Here are our exits:

Miley Cyrus- Easy Lover (#13 last week)
Ed Sheeran- Azizam (#10 last week)
AJR- Betty (#29 last week)

Rosé- Messy (#4 last week)

Maroon 5/ Lisa- Priceless (#16 last week)

Countdown:
30. Conan Gray- Vodka Cranberry (Debut)

29. Olivia Dean- Nice To Each Other (+1)

28. The Kid Laroi- Hot Girl Problems (Debut)

27. Katseye- Gabriela (Debut)

26. Kehlani- Folded (+2)

25. Tate McRae- Just Keep Watching (Re-entry)

24. Chappell Roan- The Subway (Debut)

23. Blackpink/ Diplo- Jump (+3)

22. Justin Bieber- Daisies (+3)

21. Jessie Murph- Blue Strips (+2)

20. Sombr- Back To Friends (+7)

19. Audrey Hobert- Sue Me (+2)

18. Morgan Wallen/ Tate McRae- What I Want (+4)

17. Alessi Rose- Same Mouth (+2)

16. Alex Warren/ Rosé- On My Mind (+2)

15. Kpop Demon Hunters- Golden (+9)

14. Lewis Capaldi- Survive (+6)

13. Tate McRae- Revolving Door (+2)

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

11. MGK- Cliche (+6)

10. Myles Smith- Nice To Meet You (+4)

9. Sabrina Carpenter- Busy Woman (=)

8. Role Model- Sally When The Wine Runs Out (-3)

7. Ariana Grande- Twilight Zone (+4)

6. Jonas Brothers- No Time To Talk (+1)

5. Alex Warren- Ordinary (-4)

4. Ravyn Lenae- Love Me Not (+2)

3. Benson Boone- Mystical Magical (=)

2. Sombr- Undressed (+6)

1. Sabrina Carpenter- Manchild (+1)

Countdown Extra: Demi Lovato- Fast

Last Year's #1: Shaboozey- A Bar Song

#1 Two Years Ago: Crash Adams- Give Me A Kiss

My Favorite Song Last Year: Alex Warren- Carry You Home

My Favorite Song Two Years Ago: Lil Durk/ Morgan Wallen- Stand By Me

Recommendations For Hits 1: Disclosure/ Anderson Paak- No Cap and Falling In Reverse/ Hardy- All My Women

Our first debut is Conan Gray's latest song Vodka Cranberry. This is fine. It feels somewhat slow, but there is a decent beat. It also reminds me of his 2020/ 2021 songs. Plus, he sounds pretty good. So, decent enough.

Up next, we have the best debut of the week, Hot Girl Problems by The Kid Laroi. And I'm not saying that because of Iris and Hannah from Love Island starring in the music video, although that is part of the reason. The trap beat is solid and The Kid Laroi once again sounds pretty good, and the lyrics seem to reference his supposed breakup with Tate McRae. My one complaint is that I feel like this could have used a guest verse from BigXThaPlug, but that's not a huge problem at all. Great song.

Katseye are also back on the countdown with their song Gabriela. This is solid. All of them sound pretty good and the beat is all right. It's just a bit forgettable though. It's fine.

Just Keep Watching by Tate McRae re-entered. Ok then.

Our final debut is Chappell Roan's latest, The Subway. This is quite good. It has a decent enough beat and Chappell Roan once again sounds pretty good, plus, this is the first song of hers, at least that I've heard, and the song seems to be about an ex girlfriend of hers that left. So yeah, I can say I've been impressed with what I've heard from her from the past year.

Hitbound:

Renee Rapp- You'd Like That Wouldn't You

Jonas Brothers/ Dean Lewis- Loved You Better (Debut)

Alessi Rose- Dumb Girl

MGK- Can't Stay Here (Debut)

Maeve- We're Not Together (Debut)

Michael Clifford- Remember When

Demi Lovato- Fast

Crash Adams- New Heart (Re-entry)

Audrey Hobert- Wet Hair

Maroon 5- California

Thomas Day- She Got A Thing About Her

Haven Madison- Castle

Ed Sheeran- A Little More (Debut)
Marshmello/ Jelly Roll- Holy Water (Debut)

Sombr- 12 To 12

Russell Dickerson- Happen To Me

Ooh, yikes. The Jonas Brothers put out a new album last week, and normally I would have good things to say, but their new song with Dean Lewis called Loved You Better is just ass. It's a ballad about regretting what you did to get dumped, and the Jonas Brothers aren't good at ballads. Dean Lewis sounds the best here, since I know he can do a ballad like this, even though my two favorite songs of his are those Kygo collabs from three years ago. And this isn't really in a key that can save the song from any faults. Yeah, they should have picked up on literally any other song from this new album.

MGK also put out a new album recently, and from it, we have Can't Stay Here. This is pretty good. I'll admit it's one of his more forgettable tracks, but it still has a solid beat and MGK once again sounds pretty good. I guess this is fine.

Next up... we have a random newcomer named Maeve with her song We're Not Together. And I'm not exactly sold on this a whole lot. She sounds fine but this feels a bit boring. I don't know, it's also quite forgettable, so I feel like this needs a few more listens.

Well thankfully, we're saving the best two songs for last. First up is A Little More by Ed Sheeran. This has to be my favorite song from his upcoming album Play thus far. It's rather catchy (and in Bb major, might I add) and he sounds pretty good throughout, and then there's that rap verse where he sounds almost exactly like Central Cee. So yeah, great song, I hope this has at least some success.

Our last debut comes from Marshmello and Jelly Roll, this is called Holy Water. It's worth mentioning that Jelly Roll has done EDM songs before, he did that song for the Sonic The Hedgehog movie last year called Run It. So while not as good as that one, this is also quite good. Marshmello's production is pretty solid and Jelly Roll sounds pretty good here per usual. Solid collab, solid song.

We lost I Can't Lose, You Stole The Show, 1965, Summer Uptown, and Miss Sunshine. The first one is in the abyss and probably shouldn't have been replaced by a much more boring Jonas Brothers song. You Stole The Show sucked, and 1965 was really just there, so I'm fine with those two leaving, and the last two should've debuted.

Blurbs:

Our exits were Easy Lover, Azizam, Betty, Messy, and Priceless. Easy Lover was slightly better than End Of The World and should've had more success. Azizam had a good run, as did Messy and Priceless. I wish Betty had lasted a little bit longer, and it may be done for good since airplay may be in decline.

Jump and Daisies are starting to make gains.

Sue Me finally made the top 20.

Golden finally jumped huge.

It seriously took this long for Nice To Meet You to make the top 10?

Twilight Zone is still having trouble deciding what to do.

Undressed is now at #2. That's good to see. I hope it makes #1, considering Manchild re-took the #1 spot from Ordinary. Please don't let this be the time Manchild holds on for multiple weeks.

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