Taylor Swift (5) Week Of September 23, 2023

As far as the countdown goes, I thought that it still looks amazing, although we did get rid of a song that was in the Top 3 last week which I'm actually surprised but not thrilled to see. However, we do have some more amazing debuts this week which I'm gonna get to later like always. 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.

Harry Styles - Satellite

Fifty Fifty - Cupid

NewJeans - Super Shy

Last Week's #1 Song: Dua Lipa - Dance The Night

The Countdown:

#30. Tate McRae - Greedy (DEBUT)

#29. Timbaland/Nelly Furtado/Justin Timberlake - Keep Going Up (#29)

#28. Paul Russell - Lil Boo Thang (#28)

#27. Doja Cat - Paint The Town Red (#23)

#26. Kylie Minogue - Padam Padam (#21)

#25. Teddy Swims - Lose Control (#30)

#24. Nicki Minaj/Ice Spice/Aqua - Barbie World (#15)

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

#22. Charli XCX - Speed Drive (#25)

#21. Dominic Fike - Mona Lisa (#17)

#20. Luke Combs - Fast Car (RE-ENTRY)

#19. Lil Durk/J. Cole - All My Life (#20)

#18. Crash Adams - Sugar Mommy (#26)

#17. Nicki Minaj - Last Time I Saw You (DEBUT)

#16. Fall Out Boy - Hold Me Like A Grudge (#22)

#15. SZA - Snooze (#12)

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

#13. Olivia Rodrigo - Bad Idea Right? (#14)

#12. Crash Adams - Give Me A Kiss (#16)

#11. Selena Gomez - Single Soon (#10)

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

#9. Jung Kook/Latto - Seven (#13)

#8. Post Malone - Enough Is Enough (#11)

#7. Olivia Rodrigo - Vampire (#5)

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

#5. Miley Cyrus - Used To Be Young (#8)

#4. The Weeknd/Playboi Carti/Madonna - Popular (#7)

#3. Dua Lipa - Dance The Night (#1)

#2. Doechii - What It Is (Block Boy) (#4)

#1. Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer (#2) [5th Week At #1]

#1 Song This Week One Year Ago:

Charlie Puth/Jung Kook - Left And Right (1 of 4 weeks at #1)

This Week's Mover and Shaker:

I'm pleased to see Crash Adams - Sugar Mommy (+8) take the biggest jump to the Top 20. What a week for them! And I'm hoping this should be in the Top 10 soon.

I'm not too thrilled to see Nicki Minaj/Ice Spice/Aqua - Barbie World (-9) take the biggest drop. Come on, it has been doing so well on the AT40 recently. Can we please not let this song leave the countdown?

New Song/s on the countdown this week are:

Tate McRae - Greedy: This was actually her first solo song since Uh Oh last year which was super interesting. As far as this new song goes, it's definitely an amazing song and it's actually a step up from Uh Oh. With my opinion, the production was so amazing, Tate's vocals were super amazing, the lyrics were super interesting, and the chorus was so phenomenal. Let's see how far this one gets on there.

Luke Combs - Fast Car: I'm pleased to see this song come back on there. I actually didn't expect it to happen, but I'm happy that it's back! Now, let's see how this one does on it's second run in there.

Nicki Minaj - Last Time I Saw You: The best countdown debut this week. This is absolutely another phenomenal song. But definitely not as good as Barbie World, but it's still phenomenal. With my opinion on this song, the production was so phenomenal, Nicki's vocals were super phenomenal, the lyrics were super nicely-written, and the chorus was so heavenly. Let's see how this one does on there.

My Opinions/My Thoughts On The Top 5:

5. Miley Cyrus - Used To Be Young: I'm so pleased to see this song in the Top 5. I actually expected it to happen and it just happened. Now, let's see if this should be in the Top 3 soon.

4. The Weeknd/Playboi Carti/Madonna - Popular: This song also debuted the Top 5 this week. I'm super pleased to see it in there as well. And I'd like to see this song in the Top 3 soon.

3. Dua Lipa - Dance The Night: It dropped out of the top spot. But it still had a nice time in there last week. But I'd like it to stay in the Top 3 for a few more weeks longer at the very least.

2. Doechii - What It Is (Block Boy): Wow, I actually didn't expect this song to be in the Top 3. But I'm pleased to see it in there. But I'm sure it's definitely not going to hit the top spot. But it might stay in the Top 3 for a couple more weeks and then be out of here. Let's see how long it'll remain in the Top 3.

1. Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer: I'm super duper pleased to see this song come back to the top spot. It totally deserves to be back here! Now, let's see how long it'll hold the spot on it's second time in there.

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

1. Sia - Gimme Love (DEBUT)

2. Blink-182 - One More Time (DEBUT)

3. Jordi - Just A Friend

4. Knox - Not The 1975 (DEBUT)

5. Henry Moodie - Pick Up The Phone (DEBUT)

6. Loud Luxury/Two Friends/Bebe Rexha - If Only I

7. The Rose - Back To Me (DEBUT)

8. All Time Low/Avril Lavigne - Fake As Hell

9. (G)I-DLE - I Do

10. Zach Bryan/Kacey Musgraves - I Remember Everything (DEBUT)

11. Nightly - Shirt

12. Chris Brown - Summer Too Hot

13. Lu Kala - Hotter Now (DEBUT)

14. Sabrina Carpenter - Feather

15. Tyla Yaweh - Summer Vibes (DEBUT)

16. Daya - Downtown (DEBUT)

New Song/s on Hit Bound this week are:

Sia - Gimme Love: This is absolutely another phenomenal song. But definitely not as good as Unstoppable, but it's still phenomenal. With my opinion on this song, the production was so phenomenal, Sia's vocals were super phenomenal, the lyrics were definitely what I'm a humongous fan of, and the chorus was so heavenly. Here's to hoping that it should be on the countdown soon.

Blink-182 - One More Time: I've been hearing this song a lot on Alt Nation. As far as the song goes, it's definitely another phenomenal song. But definitely not as good as Edging, but it's still phenomenal. 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. Here's to hoping that it should be on the countdown soon.

Knox - Not The 1975: The best Hit Bound entrant this week. This is such an interesting title. And yes, this is "not the 1975", this is a Dayton based singer who makes his first Hits 1 appearance this week. As far as the song goes, it's absolutely a phenomenal song. With my opinion on it, the production was so phenomenal, Knox's vocals were super phenomenal, the lyrics were super interesting, and the chorus was so heavenly and I really stand for it. I'm really hoping that it should make the countdown soon.

Henry Moodie - Pick Up The Phone: We now have another artist from the UK making his Hits 1 debut this week. As far as the song goes, it's definitely another amazing song. With my opinion on this one, the production was so amazing, Henry's vocals were super amazing, the lyrics were so nicely-written, and the chorus was so phenomenal. Let's see if this should be on the countdown soon.

The Rose - Back To Me: Wow, another K-Pop band making their debut on there? Gosh, how many new artists from the Koreas have Hits 1 picked up recently? Anyway. As far as the song goes, it's definitely a phenomenal song. With my opinion on this song, 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 if this should be on the countdown soon.

Zach Bryan/Kacey Musgraves - I Remember Everything: I've been hearing this song a lot on The Highway. And this was actually yet another song that has been doing super well on the country radio charts recently. And I've also noticed that this song debuted at #1 on the Hot 100 which was super interesting. As far as the song goes, it's definitely a phenomenal song. With my opinion, the production was super amazing, Zach's vocals were so phenomenal, Kacey's vocals were super phenomenal in her contribution, the lyrics were so nicely-written, and the chorus was super phenomenal. Let's see if it'll be on the countdown soon.

Lu Kala - Hotter Now: Of course she had a Hit Bound dropout this year called Pretty Girl Era, and that was a song that I enjoyed back then. As far as the song goes, it's definitely a phenomenal song. But definitely not as good as Pretty Girl Era, but it's still phenomenal. With my opinion, the production was so phenomenal, Lu Kala's vocals were pretty phenomenal, the lyrics were so interesting, and the chorus was so heavenly. Let's see if it'll be on the countdown soon.

Tyla Yaweh - Summer Vibes: Although Hits 1 should've picked up this song 2 months ago, but now we have this song making it's debut on there when summer is over? It's actually too late for Hits 1 to pick up this song, but oh well. As far as the song goes, it's definitely an amazing song. With my opinion, the production was so amazing, Tyla's vocals were super amazing, the lyrics were super nicely-written, and the chorus was so phenomenal. Hopefully this should be on the countdown soon.

Daya - Downtown: This was actually her first appearance on there since Bad Girl 2 years ago, which was a Hit Bound dropout that I really enjoyed back then. As far as the song goes, it's definitely another phenomenal song and it's actually a step up from Bad Girl. With my opinion on this song, the production was so phenomenal, Daya's vocals were super phenomenal, the lyrics were super nicely-written, and the chorus was so heavenly. Let's see if it'll 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. Teddy Swims - Lose Control

23. Doechii - What It Is (Block Boy)

22. Tate McRae - Greedy

21. Crash Adams - Sugar Mommy

20. Jonas Brothers - Summer Baby

19. Paul Russell - Lil Boo Thang

18. Crash Adams - Give Me A Kiss

17. Selena Gomez - Single Soon

16. Luke Combs - Fast Car

15. Fall Out Boy - Hold Me Like A Grudge

14. Charli XCX - Speed Drive

13. Nicki Minaj - Last Time I Saw You

12. Olivia Rodrigo - Bad Idea Right?

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

10. SZA - Snooze

9. Miley Cyrus - Used To Be Young

8. Timbaland/Nelly Furtado/Justin Timberlake - Keep Going Up

7. Olivia Rodrigo - Vampire

6. Dua Lipa - Dance The Night

5. The Weeknd/Playboi Carti/Madonna - Popular

4. Doja Cat - Paint The Town Red

6 - Best Song On The Countdown:

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

TIE: 1. Kylie Minogue - Padam Padam

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

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

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