Busy times here (Week of 3/14/2026)

 

Hello everyone, welcome to another post. I'm late on this as I was on vacation all of last week and didn't have my computer with me, whereas I did when I was in Kansas City the week before. Not a lot to say here, let's just get into it, here are our exits:

Nick Jonas- Gut Punch (#13 last week)

Sombr- 12 To 12 (#3 last week) (Wait, so it's leaving from #3? That's got to be the biggest... DRRRRRRROP! off the countdown ever)

Kehlani- Folded (#22 last week)

Kygo/ Gryffin/ Khalid- Save My Love (#25 last week)

NF- Fear (#30 last week)*

*Spyder didn't announce this at the beginning of the countdown

Countdown:

30. Blackpink- Go (Debut)

29. Pitbull/ Lil Jon- Damn I Love Miami (-6)

28. PinkPantheress/ Zara Larsson- Stateside (-4)

27. Bruno Mars- Risk It All (Debut)

26. Olivia Dean- A Couple Minutes (=)

25. Bebe Rexha/ Faithless- New Religion (Debut)

24. Bad Bunny- DTMF (+3)

23. Charli XCX- Dying For You (Debut)

22. Harry Styles- American Girls (Debut)

21. Taylor Swift- Elizabeth Taylor (+8)

20. Alex Warren- Fever Dream (+8)

19. Hilary Duff- Roommates (+2)

18. Zara Larsson- Midnight Sun (+2)

17. Sienna Spiro- Die On This Hill (+2)

16. Tame Impala- Dracula (-2)

15. Ella Langley- Choosin Texas (+2)

14. Sabrina Carpenter- When Did You Get Hot (-6)

13. Myles Smith/ Niall Horan- Drive Safe (+3)

12. Madison Beer- Bittersweet (+3)

11. Noah Kahan- The Great Divide (+7)

10. Freya Skye- Silent Treatment (=)

9. Harry Styles- Aperture (-2)

8. Benson Boone- Mr Electric Blue (-1)

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

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

5. Olivia Dean- So Easy (To Fall In Love) (+7)

4. Sombr- Homewrecker (+7)

3. Raye- Where Is My Husband (+2)

2. Taylor Swift- Opalite (=)

1. Bruno Mars- I Just Might (=)

Countdown Extra: Bella Kay- ILoveItILoveItILoveIt

Last Year's #1: Gracie Abrams- That's So True

#1 Two Years Ago: Dua Lipa- Houdini

My Favorite Song Last Year: The Weeknd- Cry For Me

My Favorite Song Two Years Ago: Twenty One Pilots- Overcompensate

Recommendations For Hits 1: Haven Madison- Uncross Your Heart and Mattie Pruitt- Hit The Road

Our first debut is Blackpink's latest, this is called Go. This is honestly quite fun. The beat goes extremely hard, it almost sounds like dubstep at a couple points in the song and all four of them sound quite good here. Such a banger.

Unfortunately, our next debut is nowhere near as good, this is Risk It All by Bruno Mars. I'm not entirely feeling this. It starts out pretty slow and then picks up a bit in the second verse, and then the production almost sounds salsa-esque by the bridge. Bruno Mars sounds fine enough to keep the song tolerable. I definitely prefer I Just Might over this though.

And then it gets a lot better, because up next, we have New Religion by Bebe Rexha and Faithless. This is rather fun. The beat from Faithless is super catchy and Bebe Rexha sounds quite good here. One of her best in a minute.

After a few weeks on Hitbound, Dying For You by Charli XCX makes its way on to the countdown. This is just good. It has a decent enough beat and she sounds pretty good, this is just way too forgettable. I feel like I should like this more, but I just find it good.

And we have to finish this on a low note, because our last debut is American Girls by Harry Styles, and how fitting that he has a song debut the countdown on the day of his SNL hosting stint. As for the song itself, of course I don't care for this in the slightest. It feels rather on the mysterious side and he sounds not so normal when he is singing in the lower register. I knew this would be bad, and I was right.

Hitbound:

FlowerOvLove- Casual Lady

Jack Harlow- Lonesome (Debut)

Mckayla Twiggs- What A Girl Wants

Sienna Spiro- The Visitor (Debut)

Bella Kay- ILoveItILoveItILoveIt

Knox- Go For Broke

Girlset- Tweak (Debut)

Pussycat Dolls- Club Song (Debut)

Maeve- Touch And Go

Twenty One Pilots- Drag Path

Kevnn C- You Won't Catch Me Crying (Debut)

Paul Russell- High Maintenance

Holly Humberstone- Cruel World (Debut)

Laufey- How I Get

Tiffany Stringer- Bullet

Raye- Nightingale Lane

Jack Harlow recently put out a new album, and from it, we have Lonesome. Apparently, this is an R&B type of album, and that is what this song sounds like. Though this is pretty good. The beat here is super catchy and Jack Harlow can sing rather solidly. I'm a bit surprised about how much I like this.

Oh god, more Sienna Spiro. She's back with The Visitor, and just like the last two songs she put out, this is completely ass. It's once again painfully slow and Sienna Spiro still doesn't sound all that great over the slower production and the lyrical content is similar to that of Die On This Hill and You Stole The Show... not a compliment at all. I really need a goddamn break from her after this.

I think we remember Girlset from Little Miss from the end of last year. Well, they're back with Tweak, and this is rather solid. The trap production here is really cool and all members sound really good over it, but we have a key change at the end that kind of threw me off. Other than that, this is fine.

After roughly 17 years, the Pussycat Dolls are back on Hits 1 with Club Song. Well, this is definitely worth the wait, because this is indeed a club song, this being a compliment and pun sort of intended. The production here is super fun and Nicole Scherzinger and all the others sound pretty good here. Glad they are back.

We now have a song from newcomer Kevnn C, it's called You Won't Catch Me Crying. This is a lot better than what I was expecting from this. It has an R&B type of production that, like Jack Harlow's song from earlier. Also, Kevnn C sounds pretty good here. I'll definitely take this.

Our last debut is a new song from Holly Humberstone called Cruel World, and she replaces herself this week. I may actually like this more than I do To Love Somebody. The production makes more sense here and Holly Humberstone once again sounds pretty good. So yeah, I'm glad Hits 1 is picking up on good songs of hers.

We lost To Love Somebody (as I sort of just mentioned) and Babydoll. To Love Somebody got replaced by a better Holly Humberstone song, and Babydoll was fun while it lasted.

Blurbs:

Our exits were Gut Punch, 12 To 12, Folded, Save My Love, and Fear. Gut Punch was really just good, so I'm fine with never seeing a whole lot of success. 12 To 12 is now the 3rd song to leave from #3, after Satellite and Please Please Please, I'm not complaining, it's been here for a rather long time. Folded was starting to fade on me, so I'm also fine with that leaving, and the last two should still be here.

Nooo why did Damn I Love Miami fall back to #29?

And, of course, Elizabeth Taylor jumped off its debut. Good news: So did Fever Dream.

Of course the best Sabrina Carpenter song in recent years probably will be the first since Nonsense not to hit #1.

The Great Divide jumped to just outside the top 10. Hopefully it continues climbing.

So Easy (To Fall In Love) and Homewrecker are now in the top 5. I'd be fine with either of these hitting #1 soon.

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