Taylor Swift (3) Week Of September 2, 2023

I hope everyone's been having a great Labor Day weekend! I sure am having a great one. I actually can't wait to start my 3rd year of college on Tuesday. Hopefully I'll do amazing! Anyway. As far as the countdown goes, I thought that it still looks amazing, however we did get rid of a song that was going to be in my top songs of the year which of course it will be missed. But we do have some more interesting debuts. But like always, I'll get to them 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.

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

Charli XCX - Speed Drive

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

The Countdown:

#30. Selena Gomez - Single Soon (DEBUT)

#29. David Kushner - Daylight (#22)

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

#27. Crash Adams - Sugar Mommy (#29)

#26. NewJeans - Super Shy (#25)

#25. Miley Cyrus - Used To Be Young (DEBUT)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

#17. SZA - Snooze (#17)

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

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

#14. Miley Cyrus - Jaded (#11)

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

#12. OneRepublic - Runaway (#13)

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

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

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

#8. Fifty Fifty - Cupid (#8)

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

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

#5. Olivia Rodrigo - Vampire (#7)

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

#3. Harry Styles - Satellite (#4)

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

#1. Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer (#1) [3rd Week At #1]

#1 Song This Week One Year Ago:

Harry Styles - Late Night Talking (3 of 5 weeks at #1)

This Week's Mover and Shaker:

I'm so pleased to see Olivia Rodrigo - Bad Idea Right? (+7) gain some airplay this week. This deserves to take the biggest jump! Now, let's see if it'll be in the Top 20 soon.

I'm not really too thrilled to see David Kushner - Daylight (-7) take the biggest drop. This does not deserve it! But hopefully it'll move back up soon.

New Song/s on the countdown this week are:

Selena Gomez - Single Soon: She's back with new solo music since My Mind & Me last year, which was actually so interesting. As far as this new 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 how this one does on there.

Miley Cyrus - Used To Be Young: The best countdown debut 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. Hopefully this should do well on there.

My Opinions/My Thoughts On The Top 5:

5. Olivia Rodrigo - Vampire: It debuted the Top 5 this week. I'm so pleased to see this song in there. It really deserves it! Now, let's see if it'll go to the Top 3 soon.

4. Doechii - What It Is (Block Boy): I'm glad to see this song move up, but again I don't think it's ever going to hit the Top 3 on there, but maybe it might. Let's see what happens next.

3. Harry Styles - Satellite: I'm so pleased to see this song in the Top 3. I actually expected it to be in there and thank goodness it finally did it. Now, let's see if it'll go to the top spot soon.

2. Dua Lipa - Dance The Night: It's almost at the top spot, but again I don't think it'll ever going to be in there, but it might stay in the Top 3 for a couple more weeks at the very least, but let's see if it'll be at the top spot soon.

1. Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer: Holding the top spot for the 3rd week in a row. I'm super pleased that it's still in there. Gosh, she sure has been getting super popular on there. Now, let's see if it'll stay in there next week or not.

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

1. MAX/Jvke/Bazzi - Strings

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

3. Thomas Day - Gravity

4. Timbaland/Nelly Furtado/Justin Timberlake - Keep Going Up (DEBUT)

5. Nightly - Shirt

6. Peggy Gou - (It Goes Like) Nanana

7. Flyana Boss - You Wish

8. Lauv - Love U Like That

9. Diplo/Jessie Murph/Polo G - Heartbroken

10. Paul Russell - Lil Boo Thang

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

12. Aespa - Better Things

13. Charlieonafriday - I'm Not Crazy

14. Jordi - Just A Friend

15. Chris Brown - Summer Too Hot

16. (G)I-DLE - I Do

New Song/s on Hit Bound this week are:

Nicki Minaj - Last Time I Saw You: Since Barbie World is on it's way out of the countdown, we've now picked up this song on there. As far as the song goes, 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 if it'll make the countdown soon.

Timbaland/Nelly Furtado/Justin Timberlake - Keep Going Up: The best Hit Bound entrant this week. And this was actually the second time those three collaborated because the last time they collaborated was Give It To Me back in 2007, which was a song that I enjoyed. As far as the song goes, it's definitely a phenomenal song and it's actually a step up from Give It To Me. With my opinion, Timbaland's production was so phenomenal, both Nelly and Justin sound super phenomenal, the lyrics were definitely what I'm a huge fan of, 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. 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. Selena Gomez - Single Soon

16. Benson Boone - In The Stars

15. Fifty Fifty - Cupid

14. Fall Out Boy - Hold Me Like A Grudge

13. Olivia Rodrigo - Bad Idea Right?

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

11. SZA - Snooze

10. Miley Cyrus - Used To Be Young

9. Olivia Rodrigo - Vampire

8. Harry Styles - Satellite

7. Dua Lipa - Dance The Night

6. The Weeknd/Playboi Carti/Madonna - Popular

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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