Harry Styles (6) Week Of August 1, 2020

So we are now officially in the month of August. Again, I really hope everyone’s been staying safe this summer. As far as the countdown goes, things are looking so interesting. We do have some very interesting debuts this week, which I’ll get into 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.

Trevor Daniel - Falling [DTHNOBx2]

Doja Cat/Gucci Mane - Like That [DTHNOBx2]

Maren Morris - The Bones

Justin Bieber/Quavo - Intentions

Last Week’s #1 Song: Harry Styles - Watermelon Sugar

The Countdown:

#30. Jackson Wang - 100 Ways (#28)

#29. Ananya - Let There Be Love (DEBUT)

#28. Black Eyed Peas/Ozuna/J. Rey Soul - Mamacita (#30)

#27. Zedd/Jasmine Thompson - Funny (#22)

#26. Pink Sweat$ - 17 (#29)

#25. Juice WRLD/Marshmello - Come And Go (#23)

#24. Kane Brown/Khalid/Swae Lee - Be Like That (DEBUT)

#23. Saint Jhn/Imanbek - Roses (#26)

#22. Trevor Daniel/Selena Gomez - Past Life (#20)

#21. Powfu/beebadoobee - Death Bed (Coffee For Your Head) (#19)

#20. Maroon 5 - Nobody’s Love (DEBUT)

#19. Lil Mosey - Blueberry Faygo (#18)

#18. Taylor Swift - Cardigan (DEBUT)

#17. Jawsh 685/Jason Derulo - Savage Love (#25)

#16. Zoe Wees - Control (#24)

#15. DaBaby/Roddy Ricch - Rockstar (#14)

#14. Niall Horan - No Judgement (#17)

#13. Benee/Gus Dapperton - Supalonely (#11)

#12. Megan Thee Stallion - Savage (#9)

#11. Marshmello/Halsey - Be Kind (#7)

#10. Gabby Barrett/Charlie Puth - I Hope (#13)

#9. Lady Gaga/Ariana Grande - Rain On Me (#5)

#8. Lewis Capaldi - Before You Go (#6)

#7. Ava Max - Kings & Queens (#15)

#6. Surfaces - Sunday Best (#10)

#5. Dua Lipa - Break My Heart (#3)

#4. 5 Seconds Of Summer - Old Me (#4)

#3. Ashe/Niall Horan - Moral Of The Story (#8)

#2. Alesso/Liam Payne - Midnight (#2)

#1. Harry Styles - Watermelon Sugar (#1) [6th Week At #1]

#1 Song This Week One Year Ago:

Shawn Mendes - If I Can’t Have You (4 of 9 weeks at #1)

This Week’s Mover and Shaker:

Jawsh 685/Jason Derulo - Savage Love, Zoe Wees - Control and Ava Max - Kings & Queens (+8) were tied for the biggest jump this week. Though I’m not too thrilled at one of them, but I’m pleased about the rest.

Zedd/Jasmine Thompson - Funny (-5) had the biggest drop on it’s second week on the countdown?! That’s not fair! Hopefully it should move back up next week.

New Song/s on the countdown this week are:

Ananya - Let There Be Love: The best countdown debut this week. She was actually this month’s Hits 1 To Watch, which was so interesting. Now, for this song, it’s definitely an amazing song. The production is super amazing, Ananya’s vocals are so phenomenal, the chorus was so amazing, and that drop was super fun. So yeah, overall it’s such an amazing song to listen to. Let’s see how far this one goes.

Kane Brown/Khalid/Swae Lee - Be Like That: He finally made his return on the countdown. Now, as we remember back last year, he brought us One Thing Right with Marshmello, which I’ve actually enjoyed back then. Now for this new song, it’s also amazing. Though it does feel like an R&B song instead of a country song. Anyway, on to my opinion. The production sounded outstanding, Kane’s vocals were pretty amazing, Khalid’s vocals sounded absolutely incredible in his contribution, the chorus was so amazing, and Swae Lee sounded marvelous in his verse. Let’s see if this should become a hit on there.

Maroon 5 - Nobody’s Love: It’s such an outstanding song. Now, this is definitely a step up from Memories. For my opinion, the production in this one was absolutely awesome, Adam’s vocals were remarkable, the lyrics are so nicely-written, and the chorus is so outstanding. I’m sure it’s going to do so well on there because of them. Hopefully it could be.

Taylor Swift - Cardigan: After Cruel Summer did not do so well on there, this song has now made it’s debut on there. Now, it’s such an amazing song. Though definitely not as good as Cruel Summer, but it is still amazing. The production is so amazing, Taylor’s vocals were absolutely marvelous, and that chorus is definitely what I stand for. Now, hopefully this should become a massive hit since Cruel Summer didn't.

My Opinions/My Thoughts On The Top 5:

5. Dua Lipa - Break My Heart: No, I don’t want this song to drop. I’d like it back in the Top 3. But I’m not sure if it’s going to happen, but we’re gonna have to see.

4. 5 Seconds Of Summer - Old Me: I’m still glad about this song still in there. But I’m sure it might be dropping and be out of here anytime soon. But hopefully it’ll stay in there for a little bit longer.

3. Ashe/Niall Horan - Moral Of The Story: I’m so pleased to see it debut the Top 5. Now, hopefully this should be at the top spot soon.

2. Alesso/Liam Payne - Midnight: I was still waiting for this song to be at the top spot. But I’m not sure if it’s going to be in there because of our current #1 song on there. But hopefully soon it’ll be in there.

1. Harry Styles - Watermelon Sugar: Holding the top spot for the 6th week in a row. Gosh, what was he doing in his career this year? That was actually the biggest year for him. Now, let’s see if it’ll still be in there next week or not.

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

1. Ananya - Let There Be Love (DEBUT*)

2. Conan Gray - Heather

3. Blackbear - Queen Of Broken Hearts (DEBUT)

4. Dixie D’Amelio - Be Happy (DEBUT)

5. Niall Horan - Black And White

6. Conkarah/Shaggy/DJ Fle - Banana

7. Harry Styles - Falling

8. Katy Perry - Daisies

9. Jack Harlow - What’s Poppin

10. Surf Mesa/Emilee - ILY (DEBUT)

11. Topic/A7S - Breaking Me

12. Sia - Together

13. Kygo/OneRepublic - Lose Somebody

14. Doja Cat/Gucci Mane - Like That (RE-ENTRY)

15. AJR - Bang!

16. Tones And I - Ur So Fucking Cool

* = Debuted the countdown and Hit Bound at the same time

New Song/s on Hit Bound this week are:

Ananya - Let There Be Love: Wow, another song debuting the countdown and Hit Bound at the same time this week? I betcha this might be because that’s what they’re doing with Hits 1 To Watch. But I do know this song might be leaving here within the next week or so.

Blackbear - Queen Of Broken Hearts: This is also another decent song. Though this was actually a little bit of a step up from Hot Girl Bummer. Now, on to my opinion. The production here sounded decent, Blackbear’s vocals were okay, but I’m not really huge on those lyrics. Though the chorus is what I’ll still give credit to and it actually sounds fine. So yeah, it’s decent overall. Let’s see if it’ll be on the countdown soon.

Dixie D’Amelio - Be Happy: The best Hit Bound entrant this week. Wow, we have one of the famous TikTok users making her debut on there? That’s pretty interesting! Anyway, now this is absolutely an amazing song. The production sounded super amazing, Dixie’s vocals were so phenomenal, the lyrics are definitely what I’m a big fan of, and I really fell in love with that chorus. Here’s to hoping that it should be on the countdown soon.

Surf Mesa/Emilee - ILY: I really have no idea why we have this song, but my gosh this is a horrible song. Because they actually took the Death Bed (Coffee For Your Head) formula, where they actually took a few lines and then repeated them over and over and over and over and over again throughout the whole song, and it gets super annoying! Now, on to the song. The production is so egregious, Surf Mesa sounded so bad, but not as bad as Powfu, but he still sounds so bad. And that chorus… I ABSOLUTELY CANNOT STAND IT!!!!!!!!!! This is going to be in my Bottom 10 Songs of the year just like Death Bed (Coffee For Your Head) is, but I think it might rank lower than that. Hopefully this doesn’t debut the countdown.

Doja Cat/Gucci Mane - Like That: I’m actually okay with this song being back on here. But I do have a feeling that this song might come back to the countdown soon. Let’s see if that happens.

My Top 30 Review:

0 - Crap:

30. Powfu/beebadoobee - Death Bed (Coffee For Your Head)

29. Jackson Wang - 100 Ways

28. Zoe Wees - Control

27. Surfaces - Sunday Best

1 - Bad:

None

2 - Mediocre:

26. Pink Sweat$ - 17

25. Saint Jhn/Imanbek - Roses

3 - Decent:

24. Black Eyed Peas/Ozuna/J. Rey Soul - Mamacita

23. DaBaby/Roddy Ricch - Rockstar

4 - Good:

None

5 - Great:

22. Benee/Gus Dapperton - Supalonely

21. Harry Styles - Watermelon Sugar

20. Niall Horan - No Judgement

19. 5 Seconds Of Summer - Old Me

18. Jawsh 685/Jason Derulo - Savage Love

17. Lewis Capaldi - Before You Go

16. Maroon 5 - Nobody’s Love

15. Lil Mosey - Blueberry Faygo

14. Alesso/Liam Payne - Midnight

13. Taylor Swift - Cardigan

12. Juice WRLD/Marshmello - Come And Go

11. Kane Brown/Khalid/Swae Lee - Be Like That

10. Megan Thee Stallion - Savage

9. Zedd/Jasmine Thompson - Funny

8. Ananya - Let There Be Love

7. Ashe/Niall Horan - Moral Of The Story

6. Gabby Barrett/Charlie Puth - I Hope

5. Dua Lipa - Break My Heart

4. Lady Gaga/Ariana Grande - Rain On Me

3. Trevor Daniel/Selena Gomez - Past Life

2. Marshmello/Halsey - Be Kind

6 - Best Song On The Countdown:

1. Ava Max - Kings & Queens

Total Score: 121/150 = 80.6% (B-) [Good]

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