Last post of 2025 (and last post as Hippo) (Week of 12/27/2025)

 

So this is the last post of 2025, and also my last post before reverting to my IRL DJ name SLOTHBEAR at the beginning of 2026. I mentioned this would be happening last week, and then I will be doing my post for next week after I get back from Memphis, which will be followed by a post explaining why I decided to change my blogger name which comes out the next day. So for now, lets just do this countdown, here are our exits:

Jessie Murph- I'm Not There For You (#29 last week)

Lady Gaga- The Dead Dance (#15 last week)

Countdown:

30. Tyla- Chanel (-2)

29. Jonas Brothers- Backwards (Debut)

28. Tate McRae- Tit For Tat (-4)

27. Justin Bieber- Yukon (+3)

26. Madison Beer- Bittersweet (-1)

25. Sophia James- So Unfair (-4)

24. Role Model- Writing's On The Wall (+3)

23. Sienna Spiro- Die On This Hill (=)

22. Charlie Puth- Changes (=)

21. Meghan Trainor- Still Don't Care (+5)

20. AJR- The Big Goodbye (Re-entry)

19. Laufey- Lover Girl (=)

18. Kevin Jonas- Changing (+2)

17. Alessi Rose- First Original Thought (=)

16. Benson Boone- Mr Electric Blue (+2)

15. Katseye- Gabriela (=)

14. David Guetta/ Teddy Swims/ Tones And I- Gone Gone Gone (=)

13. Sombr- 12 To 12 (=)

12. Sabrina Carpenter- Tears (=)

11. 5 Seconds Of Summer- Not Ok (+5)

10. Chappell Roan- The Subway (-1)

9. Alex Warren/ Jelly Roll- Bloodline (+1)

8. Kpop Demon Hunters- Golden (-1)

7. Ed Sheeran- Camera (+1)

6. Olivia Dean- Man I Need (-1)

5. Sombr- Back To Friends (-1)

4. Taylor Swift- The Fate Of Ophelia (-3)

3. Conan Gray- Vodka Cranberry (+3)

2. Raye- Where Is My Husband (=)

1. Taylor Swift- Opalite (+2)

Countdown Extra: Freya Skye- Silent Treatment

Last year's #1: Lady Gaga/ Bruno Mars- Die With A Smile

#1 Two Years Ago: Olivia Rodrigo- Get Him Back

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

My Favorite Song Two Years Ago: Thirty Seconds To Mars- Seasons

Recommendations For Hits 1:

Bizarrap/ J Balvin- Bizarrap Music Sessions Vol 62/66

Mika- Modern Times

AJ Vitanza- Blame Myself

So first up, after about a month in the abyss, Backwards by the Jonas Brothers is on here. This is pretty good. It has an interesting enough beat and everyone sounds pretty good here. I'll take this.

Lastly, The Big Goodbye re-entered to my surprise. I still quite like this, so I'm perfectly fine with it re-entering, even if it will only last two to three weeks.*

*Usually, the first countdown of a calendar year doesn't have any exits, and sometimes, the second countdown of a calendar year doesn't either.

Hitbound:

Alex Warren/ Gigi Perez- Eternity

Tate McRae- Nobody's Girl

Max/ Andy Grammer- The Thing I Love

Freya Skye- Silent Treatment

JYT- What U Want

The Kid Laroi- A Perfect World

Girlset- Little Miss

Alessi Rose- Get Around

NF- Fear

Emei- Ginger Tea

Sabrina Carpenter- Such A Funny Way (Debut)

In Color- Lighter

Jessie Murph- I Stay I Leave I Love I Lose

Charli XCX- Chains Of Love

5 Seconds Of Summer- I'm Scared I'll Never Sleep Again

Olivia Dean- So Easy (To Fall In Love)

Just great. I think it was last week I said that with Tears by Sabrina Carpenter on its way out, we may get the first week in over two years without a Sabrina Carpenter song on the countdown sometime soon, but it looks like I spoke way too soon, as we now have this bonus track from Man's Best Friend called Such A Funny Way. And just as I expected, this is decent. The main issue I have with this is the second verse is slower than the rest of the song, and that is slightly distracting but not too much. The rest of the song has a solid beat and Sabrina Carpenter sounds fine enough here. But then, could this please be the last Sabrina Carpenter song we have on here for a few months?

We lost Dracula, which is in the abyss. Hopefully it ends up debuting.

Blurbs:

Our exits were I'm Not There For You and The Dead Dance. I'm Not There For You is easily among Jessie Murph's best songs and probably shouldn't have flopped as hard as it did. And The Dead Dance had a great run on here and will be missed.

I don't exactly know how much longer So Unfair will last given its recent drop.

Looks like Still Don't Care is finally starting to take off.

Glad To See Not Ok rebounding.

Ordinarily, I'd be happy with The Fate Of Ophelia not being #1, but Taylor Swift unfortunately replaced herself at #1 with Opalite. This is already starting to get quite ridiculous, as if it wasn't already. Where Is My Husband and Vodka Cranberry should be #1 instead, but it looks like we may have to wait until 2026 for that to happen, and I hope it happens sooner rather than later.

I guess that does it for me in this post, see you guys in my next post (with a new name, a new font, and new colors).