More could have happened (Week of 11/8/2025)

 

Hello everyone, I know this is later than even I anticipated, I had a couple exams this week and wanted to wait until after I took those, so here we are. Let's just get into it, here is our one exit for this week:

Zara Larsson- Crush (#28 last week)

Countdown:

30. Madison Beer- Bittersweet (-5)

29. Justin Bieber- Yukon (=)

28. Laufey- Lover Girl (-1)

27. Leon Thomas- Mutt (-1)

26. Audrey Hobert- Sue Me (-7)

25. Jisoo/ Zayn- Eyes Closed (-3)

24. Sophia James- So Unfair (+6)

23. Alessi Rose- First Original Thought (-2)

22. Alex Warren/ Jelly Roll- Bloodline (-2)

21. Tate McRae- Tit For Tat (-3)

20. Sombr- 12 To 12 (Debut)

19. Raye- Where Is My Husband (+5)

18. AJR- The Big Goodbye (-1)

17. Doja Cat- Jealous Type (-1)

16. David Guetta/ Teddy Swims/ Tones And I- Gone Gone Gone (+7)

15. Sabrina Carpenter- Manchild (-1)

14. 5 Seconds Of Summer- Not Ok (+1)

13. Olivia Dean- Man I Need (=)

12. Conan Gray- Vodka Cranberry (-1)

11. Katseye- Gabriela (+1)

10. Sombr- Back To Friends (-1)

9. Taylor Swift- Opalite (+1)

8. Lady Gaga- The Dead Dance (-1)

7. Benson Boone- Mystical Magical (-2)

6. Chappell Roan- The Subway (+2)

5. Ed Sheeran- Camera (+2)

4. Sabrina Carpenter- Tears (=)

3. Sombr- Undressed (=)

2. Taylor Swift- The Fate Of Ophelia (=)

1. Kpop Demon Hunters- Golden (=)

Countdown Extra: Selena Gomez- In The Dark

Last year's #1: Billie Eilish- Birds Of A Feather

#1 Two Years Ago: Tate McRae- Greedy

My Favorite Song Last Year: David Guetta/ Alphaville/ Ava Max- Forever Young

My Favorite Song Two Years Ago: The Kid Laroi/ Jungkook/ Central Cee- Too Much

#1 Recommendation For Hits 1: Grace Davies- Hotel Delilah

We have one debut this week, it's 12 To 12 by Sombr. This is pretty good. Not gonna lie, I still think he kind of sounds a bit like Damiano David on here and this song has the best beat compared to Undressed or Back To Friends. I'm happy this eventually found its way on to the countdown, even 3 months after it first debuted HB

Hitbound:

Tyler The Creator- Sugar On My Tongue

Katy Perry- Bandaids (Debut)

5 Seconds Of Summer- Telephone Busy

Hilary Duff- Mature (Debut)

Jonas Brothers- Backwards

Maisie Peters- Audrey Hepburn

Selena Gomez- In The Dark
Jessie Murph- I'm Not There For You

MGK- Home Bittersweet Home

Alessi Rose- Get Around (Debut)

Tame Impala- Dracula (Debut)

Jackson Wang- Made Me A Man

Sienna Spiro- Die On This Hill

In Color- Headlights

Camryn Quinlan- Ex Box

Lewis Capaldi- Almost

I'm sure we all tried to forget about Katy Perry's 143 album. Well, after that flopped hard, she's bac with a new song called Bandaids. And this is pretty good for her standards. This has decent enough production (thankfully not from Dr Luke) and Katy Perry sounds pretty good here. We shall see if this flops or not.

I don't think I've ever listened to any Hilary Duff music before this week, and according to Ethan, this is her first song on Hits 1 since 2007 (10 years before I started listening to Hits 1, btw), the song is called Mature. This is solid. It is produced decently enough and Hilary Duff sounds pretty good, but this should have been in a different key. It is good to see her back on Hits 1 after way too long away, though.

We go from someone who was last on Hits 1 18 years ago to someone who was last on Hits 1 way too recently. Of course we have a new Alessi Rose song on here, this one being called Get Around. And this is what I've come to expect from her. It feels like it has a solid beat and she sounds fine, there isn't anything really special or memorable about this. I'll just need to give it more listens.

Lastly, although Tame Impala has been around since Hilary Duff was last on Hits 1, he had not made the Hot 100 until last month, when this next song, Dracula, made it on. That song is now on Hits 1. And this is pretty cool. His production on this is super fun and he has a pretty good singing voice, which I already knew after Neverender with Justice was on here earlier this year. I'm glad he has a solo hit here.

We lost Let You Go, Changes, and Everything Is Romantic. The first two are in the abyss, so I expect they will debut in the coming weeks, especially Changes, considering how much Hits 1 usually likes Charlie Puth. And I'm not sure what the point of adding Everything Is Romantic one year after Brat Summer was if it was not going to do anything.

Blurbs:

Our only exit was Crush. I'm not entirely sure why we're letting Zara Larsson songs flop super hard these days.

I guess Sue Me could be on its way out. I'm not about to complain, it's been here for a hot minute.

So Unfair jumping as huge as it did off its debut from last week is a bit surprising, ngl.

I guess I'm also happy with Where Is My Husband jumping off its debut from last week as well.

Gone Gone Gone finally jumped huge to just outside the top 15. Hopefully the upward momentum continues.

Golden once again blocked The Fate Of Ophelia from #1 this week, hopefully, that trend continues.

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