Taylor Swift (2) Week Of August 26, 2023

As far as the countdown goes, I thought that it looks super phenomenal. We do have some more interesting debuts plus we have a song that was in my Top songs of the year coming back to the countdown this week which was amazing. But like always, I'm gonna get to it later on in this post. But other than that, I don't have anything else to say here, so let's get to it! Before we get to this week's Fresh 30, here are the songs dropping out of the countdown this week.

Jonas Brothers - Waffle House

Ed Sheeran - Eyes Closed

Lil Durk/Morgan Wallen - Stand By Me

Last Week's #1 Song: Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer

The Countdown:

#30. Charli XCX - Speed Drive (DEBUT)

#29. Crash Adams - Sugar Mommy (DEBUT)

#28. Olivia Rodrigo - Bad Idea Right? (#28)

#27. Doja Cat - Paint The Town Red (#30)

#26. Post Malone - Enough Is Enough (#26)

#25. NewJeans - Super Shy (#27)

#24. Billie Eilish - What Was I Made For (#22)

#23. Nicki Minaj/Ice Spice/Aqua - Barbie World (#25)

#22. David Kushner - Daylight (RE-ENTRY)

#21. Dominic Fike - Mona Lisa (#13)

#20. Benson Boone - In The Stars (#16)

#19. David Guetta/Anne-Marie/Coi Leray - Baby Don't Hurt Me (#19)

#18. Noah Kahan/Post Malone - Dial Drunk (#21)

#17. SZA - Snooze (#17)

#16. Fall Out Boy - Hold Me Like A Grudge (#24)

#15. Kylie Minogue - Padam Padam (#29)

#14. Lil Durk/J. Cole - All My Life (#9)

#13. OneRepublic - Runaway (#10)

#12. The Weeknd/Playboi Carti/Madonna - Popular (#11)

#11. Miley Cyrus - Jaded (#20)

#10. Jung Kook/Latto - Seven (#15)

#9. Fall Out Boy - We Didn't Start The Fire (#12)

#8. Fifty Fifty - Cupid (#3)

#7. Olivia Rodrigo - Vampire (#8)

#6. Jonas Brothers - Summer Baby (#7)

#5. Doechii - What It Is (Block Boy) (#6)

#4. Harry Styles - Satellite (#4)

#3. Dua Lipa - Dance The Night (#5)

#2. Crash Adams - Give Me A Kiss (#2)

#1. Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer (#1) [2nd Week At #1]

#1 Song This Week One Year Ago:

Harry Styles - Late Night Talking (2 of 5 weeks at #1)

This Week's Mover and Shaker:

I'm super pleased to see Kylie Minogue - Padam Padam (+14) take the biggest jump. This totally deserves it! And I'm really hoping that it should make the Top 10 very soon.

Dominic Fike - Mona Lisa (-8) sure has been losing lots of airplay recently. But I do have a feeling that this song is going to be out of here sometime soon.

New Song/s on the countdown this week are:

Charli XCX - Speed Drive: The best countdown debut this week. And this was actually her first song on the countdown since 1999 back in 2019, which was so interesting. And this was also another song that was taken from the soundtrack of the new Barbie movie as well. Gosh, Hits 1 sure has been picking up lots of songs from that soundtrack recently. As far as the song goes, it's definitely a phenomenal song. Though definitely not as good as Beg For You, but it's still phenomenal. With my opinion on this song, the production was so phenomenal, Charli's vocals were super phenomenal, I'm definitely a huge fan of the lyrics, and the chorus was so heavenly. Hopefully this should do well on there.

Crash Adams - Sugar Mommy: Since Give Me A Kiss hit the top spot, we now have this song making it's debut on there this week. As far as the song goes, it's definitely another phenomenal song. But definitely not as good as Give Me A Kiss, but it's still phenomenal. With my opinion, the production was super amazing, the vocals were so phenomenal, the lyrics were so nicely-written, and the chorus was super phenomenal. Let's see how this one does on there.

David Kushner - Daylight: I actually didn't expect this song to come back to the countdown, but I'm super pleased that it has managed to do it for the 2nd time. And I'm really hoping that it should do well on it's third run on there.

My Opinions/My Thoughts On The Top 5:

5. Doechii - What It Is (Block Boy): This is now her first ever Top 5 appearance on there which was so amazing. But I don't think it's ever going to hit the Top 3 on there, but let's see if it does soon.

4. Harry Styles - Satellite: Gosh, when is this song going to be in the Top 3? I'm still waiting for it to be in there. But hopefully next week.

3. Dua Lipa - Dance The Night: I'm pleased to see this song come back to the Top 3. But I'm sure it might stay in there for a couple more weeks and then be on it's way out of here.

2. Crash Adams - Give Me A Kiss: Yeah I'm sure this might be on it's way out of here soon. But I'd sure like it to stay in the Top 3 for a few more weeks and then be on it's way out of here.

1. Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer: Holding the top spot for the 2nd week in a row. I'm super pleased that it's still in there. And I have a feeling that this might stay in there for a few more weeks longer since it's her. Let's see if it'll stay in there next week or not.

Now, let's Review this week's Hit Bound:

1. Flyana Boss - You Wish

2. Miley Cyrus - Used To Be Young (DEBUT)

3. Chris Brown - Summer Too Hot

4. Selena Gomez - Single Soon (DEBUT)

5. Jordi - Just A Friend (DEBUT)

6. Charlieonafriday - I'm Not Crazy

7. Nightly - Shirt (DEBUT)

8. MAX/Jvke/Bazzi - Strings

9. Diplo/Jessie Murph/Polo G - Heartbroken

10. (G)I-DLE - I Do

11. Paul Russell - Lil Boo Thang

12. Thomas Day - Gravity (DEBUT)

13. Peggy Gou - (It Goes Like) Nanana

14. Aespa - Better Things

15. Travis Scott/Bad Bunny/The Weeknd - K-Pop

16. Lauv - Love U Like That

New Song/s on Hit Bound this week are:

Miley Cyrus - Used To Be Young: The best Hit Bound entrant this week. This is absolutely another phenomenal song and it's actually a step up from Jaded. With my opinion on this song, the production was so phenomenal, Miley's vocals were super phenomenal, the lyrics were definitely what I'm a huge fan of, and the chorus was so heavenly. And I'm sure this song might debut the countdown when Jaded hit the Top 10 or Top 5 on the countdown. Let's see if it'll be on the countdown soon.

Selena Gomez - Single Soon: She's back with new solo music since My Mind & Me last year, which was interesting. As far as the song goes, it's definitely an amazing song. But definitely not as good as My Mind & Me, but it's still amazing. With my opinion, the production was so amazing, Selena's vocals were super amazing, the lyrics were very nicely-written, and the chorus was so phenomenal. Let's see if this should be on the countdown soon.

Jordi - Just A Friend: In case you remember, she had a Hit Bound dropout this year called Hate You, and that was a song that I actually enjoyed back then. As far as the song goes, it's absolutely another amazing song. But definitely not as good as Hate You, but it's still amazing. With my opinion on this song, the production was so amazing, Jordi's vocals were super amazing, the lyrics were so nicely-written, and the chorus was so phenomenal. Let's see if this should be her first countdown appearance on there.

Nightly - Shirt: This is absolutely another phenomenal song. With my opinion on this song, the production was so phenomenal, the vocals were super phenomenal, the lyrics were super nicely-written, and the chorus was so heavenly. Though I'm not sure if it'll actually be on the countdown since this was a band that probably no one has ever heard of. But this is still a phenomenal song overall for me to listen to. Let's see if it'll be on the countdown soon.

Thomas Day - Gravity: This is just a decent song. There really isn't anything interesting to say about it. And it literally feels like a demo to me. Although I do like the piano here because it actually sounds so outstanding, but I'm not really huge on Thomas's vocals. He doesn't actually sound good here. But the lyrics were still very nicely-written and I could say that the chorus was decent. So yeah, this is decent overall. Let's see if this should be on the countdown soon.

My Top 30 Review:

0 - Crap:

30. Post Malone - Enough Is Enough

1 - Bad:

None

2 - Mediocre:

None

3 - Decent:

29. Noah Kahan/Post Malone - Dial Drunk

28. Billie Eilish - What Was I Made For

27. Lil Durk/J. Cole - All My Life

4 - Good:

None

5 - Great:

26. Dominic Fike - Mona Lisa

25. Jung Kook/Latto - Seven

24. Doechii - What It Is (Block Boy)

23. NewJeans - Super Shy

22. Crash Adams - Sugar Mommy

21. Jonas Brothers - Summer Baby

20. Crash Adams - Give Me A Kiss

19. Miley Cyrus - Jaded

18. OneRepublic - Runaway

17. Benson Boone - In The Stars

16. Fifty Fifty - Cupid

15. Fall Out Boy - Hold Me Like A Grudge

14. Charli XCX - Speed Drive

13. Olivia Rodrigo - Bad Idea Right?

12. Nicki Minaj/Ice Spice/Aqua - Barbie World

11. SZA - Snooze

10. Olivia Rodrigo - Vampire

9. Harry Styles - Satellite

8. Dua Lipa - Dance The Night

7. The Weeknd/Playboi Carti/Madonna - Popular

6. David Guetta/Anne-Marie/Coi Leray - Baby Don't Hurt Me

5. David Kushner - Daylight

4. Kylie Minogue - Padam Padam

6 - Best Song On The Countdown:

TIE: 1. Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer (+2 extra points for being #1)

TIE: 1. Doja Cat - Paint The Town Red

TIE: 1. Fall Out Boy - We Didn't Start The Fire

Total Score: 144/150 = 96% (A) [Great]

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