Week of June 12, 2021 - Olivia Rodrigo (2)

Hey, everyone! I know that this is a bit later than expected, but it's here now, so that'll just have to do. Just letting you guys know in advance that I'll be away again this weekend. Now, obviously, I've had to turn Comment Moderation back on, because it just simply didn't work with it off. Again, this may be only temporary, but this is proving to be a consistent problem, so it's likely that it won't be. Now, onto this week's countdown. It was alright. There were a couple of stupid things that happened, but overall, it was still a solid week, as our #1 is still fantastic and we have a few songs finally getting justice here. Here are our exits for this week.

Songs We're Saying Goodbye To

la di die - Nessa Barrett/jxdn (#30) [#30] {1 week}

Remember That Night? - Sara Kays (#17) [#10] {8 weeks} [x2]

Last Week's #1: good 4 u - Olivia Rodrigo (1)

#30: By Your Side - Calvin Harris/Tom Grennan (DEBUT) [0 weeks in Hit-Bound] {1 week}

#29: Leave Before You Love Me - Marshmello/Jonas Brothers (-2) [#25] {3 weeks}

#28: A-O-K - Tai Verdes (DEBUT) [2 weeks in Hit-Bound] {1 week}

#27: 90s Kids - Jax (+2) [#27] {4 weeks} *new peak*

#26: Build a B**** - Bella Poarch (+2) [#24] {3 weeks}

#25: Butter - BTS (-1) [#24] {3 weeks}

#24: telepatía - Kali Uchis (+2) [#24] {2 weeks} *new peak*

#23: Till Forever Falls Apart - Ashe/FINNEAS (-2) [#3] {14 weeks}

#22: Peaches - Justin Bieber/Daniel Caesar/Giveon (-) [#16] {12 weeks}

#21: Beautiful Mistakes - Maroon 5/Megan Thee Stallion (-9) [#11] {13 weeks}

#20: You - Regard/Troye Sivan/Tate McRae (-) [#20] {8 weeks}

#19: Wave of You - Surfaces (+6) [#19] {7 weeks} *new peak*

#18: Best Friend - Saweetie/Doja Cat (-4) [#14] {5 weeks}

#17: forget me too - Machine Gun Kelly/Halsey (-9) [#3] {16 weeks}

#16: Your Power - Billie Eilish (+7) [#16] {6 weeks} *new peak*

#15: We're Good - Dua Lipa (-6) [2 weeks at #1] {17 weeks}

#14: WITHOUT YOU - The Kid LAROI (-1) [#9] {19 weeks}

#13: Mr. Perfectly Fine (Taylor's Version) - Taylor Swift (-6) [2 weeks at #1] {9 weeks}

#12: Shy Away - Twenty One Pilots (+6) [#12] {9 weeks} *new peak*

#11: Our Song - Anne-Marie/Niall Horan (+8) [#11] {2 weeks} *new peak*

#10: Follow You - Imagine Dragons (-) [#9] {7 weeks}

#9: Astronaut In The Ocean - Masked Wolf (+7) [#9] {14 weeks} *new peak*

#8: Way Less Sad - AJR (-2) [#4] {16 weeks}

#7: Leave The Door Open - Silk Sonic (+4) [#7] {14 weeks} *new peak*

#6: Heat Waves - Glass Animals (+9) [#6] {20 weeks} *new peak*

#5: pov - Ariana Grande (-1) [#4] {11 weeks}

#4: Kiss Me More - Doja Cat/SZA (+1) [#4] {9 weeks} *new peak*

#3: deja vu - Olivia Rodrigo (-) [1 week at #1] {9 weeks}

#2: MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name) - Lil Nas X (-) [#2] {10 weeks}

#1: good 4 u - Olivia Rodrigo (-) [2nd week at #1] {3 weeks}

Last Year's #1: Before You Go - Lewis Capaldi [1/1 week at #1]

Countdown Extra: Jalebi Baby - Tesher/Jason Derulo

Our first debut this week skips Hit-Bound and debuts directly onto the Countdown at #30. It's By Your Side by Calvin Harris and Tom Grennan, who makes his Weekend Countdown debut this week. I find this song pretty enjoyable. While it's definitely not as good as Tom Grennan's other song on Hits 1 right now, Little Bit of Love, and I find his voice a little worse here than in that song, it's definitely not unwelcome here. I really appreciate how Calvin Harris is going back to his older sound after making some not-so-great songs like Over Now with The Weeknd. The drop is pretty interesting to listen to, even if it gets a little repetitive. My only problem with this song is that it's pretty forgettable. I really can't see this sticking around for very long at all. Actually, I'd be surprised if it's still here next week.

So for whatever reason, our highest debut is A-O-K by Tai Verdes at #28. I talked about this song a couple of weeks ago when it debuted Hit-Bound, and I believe I said that I doubted that it would debut, but alas, here we are. This isn't for the better. I find this song quite annoying. I don't love Tai Verdes' voice, the verses are forgettable and the chorus is just a little obnoxious. The only redeeming factors of this song are that the writing's good and it at least sounds like Tai's having fun... holy crap. This is how everybody else feels about AJR.

Best Debut: By Your Side - Calvin Harris/Tom Grennan

Biggest Drop: Beautiful Mistakes - Maroon 5/Megan Thee Stallion & forget me too - Machine Gun Kelly/Halsey (-9): I like both of these songs, but Beautiful Mistakes is starting to get a little overplayed, and forget me too actually isn't even a single, so I'm fine to see both of these go and I'm satisfied with how well they did here.

Biggest Jump: Heat Waves - Glass Animals (+9): So for whatever reason, this song's all the way up at #6. I thought that this song was interesting when it first came out, and now it's gotten kind of stale, so I'm not sure why it's just now gaining a lot of traction here.

Countdown Ranking

0 - Awful:

#30: Peaches - Justin Bieber/Daniel Caesar/Giveon

#29: Your Power - Billie Eilish

#28: Build a B**** - Bella Poarch

1 - Bad:

#27: A-O-K - Tai Verdes

2 - Mediocre:

#26: telepatía - Kali Uchis

#25: Till Forever Falls Apart - Ashe/FINNEAS

#24: You - Regard/Troye Sivan/Tate McRae

#23: Best Friend - Saweetie/Doja Cat

#22: deja vu - Olivia Rodrigo

3 - Decent:

#21: Leave The Door Open - Silk Sonic

#20: Kiss Me More - Doja Cat/SZA

#19: Heat Waves - Glass Animals

#18: By Your Side - Calvin Harris/Tom Grennan

4 - Good:

#17: We're Good - Dua Lipa

#16: Mr. Perfectly Fine (Taylor's Version) - Taylor Swift

#15: 90s Kids - Jax

#14: Leave Before You Love Me - Marshmello/Jonas Brothers

#13: MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name) - Lil Nas X

5 - Great:

#12: Beautiful Mistakes - Maroon 5/Megan Thee Stallion

#11: WITHOUT YOU - The Kid LAROI

#10: Our Song - Anne-Marie/Niall Horan

#9: Wave of You - Surfaces

#8: Butter - BTS

#7: pov - Ariana Grande

#6: forget me too - Machine Gun Kelly/Halsey

#5: Shy Away - Twenty One Pilots

#4: Astronaut In The Ocean - Masked Wolf

#3: Follow You - Imagine Dragons

#2: Way Less Sad - AJR

#1: good 4 u - Olivia Rodrigo

Overall Score: 103/150 = 69%

5 Oldest Songs

#5: Till Forever Falls Apart - Ashe/FINNEAS, Astronaut In The Ocean - Masked Wolf & Leave The Door Open - Silk Sonic {14 weeks}
#4: forget me too - Machine Gun Kelly/Halsey & Way Less Sad - AJR {16 weeks}

#3: We're Good - Dua Lipa {17 weeks}
#2: WITHOUT YOU - The Kid LAROI {19 weeks}

#1: Heat Waves - Glass Animals {20 weeks}

#1 Recommendation for Hits 1: All My Favorite Songs - Weezer/AJR

My Favourite Song Last Year: Heartless - Diplo/Julia Michaels/Morgan Wallen

My Least Favourite Song Last Year: death bed (coffee for your head) - Powfu/beabadoobee

Most Missed Countdown Song: Grip - Seeb/Bastille

Hit-Bound

u love u - blackbear/Tate McRae [1]

I DID IT - DJ Khaled/Post Malone/DaBaby/Megan Thee Stallion/Lil Baby [4]

Lost Cause - Billie Eilish [2]

Little Bit of Love - Tom Grennan [3]

Heartbreak Anniversary - Giveon [10]

F***BOY - Dixie [3]

Girl From Rio - Anitta/DaBaby [7]

First Time - ILLENIUM/iann dior [2; 3rd time]

Frankenstein - Claire Rosinkranz [2]

la di die - Nessa Barrett/jxdn [1; 2nd time]

Jalebi Baby - Tesher/Jason Derulo [2]

Lil Bit - Nelly/Florida Georgia Line [3; 2nd time*]

Good Without - Mimi Webb [10]

SUN GOES DOWN - Lil Nas X [2]

Higher Power - Coldplay [4; 2nd time*]

*Skipped Hit-Bound, so this is technically its first time around

Our one and only Hit-Bound debut this week is a song that I've really been enjoying for these past couple of weeks. It's a new one from blackbear, a collaboration with Tate McRae, u love u. I never doubted for a second that this would get a shot here and I'm definitely not disappointed. I really enjoy blackbear's music and I think his sound is really cool. Tate McRae also sounds decent here and her voice works surprisingly well with the production. Speaking of the production, it's great. It's simple, but it's perfect for the song. Top it all off with a catchy chorus, and you have a great song that will no doubt do well here.

After spending only one week on the Countdown at #30, (sound familiar?) la di die re-enters Hit-Bound this week. I didn't really expect this to last very long on the Countdown, but I was hoping that it would at least spend a couple of weeks in the bottom 5 before coming back here. Oh, well. Hopefully, it can re-enter.

This is probably our first week in a while where we haven't had any Hit-Bound dropouts, as the only song leaving Hit-Bound this week is Once In A Lifetime, which dropped off of the Countdown last week. The song was forgettable, so I don't really care.

Hit-Bound Ranking

0 - Awful:

#15: Lost Cause - Billie Eilish

#14: F***BOY - Dixie

1 - Bad:

#13: Lil Bit - Nelly/Florida Georgia Line

2 - Mediocre:

#12: Heartbreak Anniversary - Giveon

3 - Decent:

#11: Jalebi Baby - Tesher/Jason Derulo

#10: la di die - Nessa Barrett/jxdn

4 - Good:

#9: Frankenstein - Claire Rosinkranz

#8: Girl From Rio - Anitta/DaBaby

#7: Higher Power - Coldplay

5 - Great:

#6: SUN GOES DOWN - Lil Nas X

#5: First Time - ILLENIUM/iann dior

#4: u love u - blackbear/Tate McRae

#3: Good Without - Mimi Webb

#2: Little Bit of Love - Tom Grennan

#1: I DID IT - DJ Khaled/Post Malone/DaBaby/Megan Thee Stallion/Lil Baby

Livin' In a Big Blue Blurb

Our only other Weekend Countdown exit this week was Remember That Night?, which, while it was admittedly pretty forgettable, it was still enjoyable, so it will be missed.

I really expected Leave Before You Love Me to do well here and I'm really surprised to see it drop to #29, especially since it's gaining traction elsewhere.

For whatever reason, telepatía is not only still here, but it actually jumped this week. I'd really rather not have this stay.

I'm really surprised that Wave of You is still here, but I'm even more surprised that it jumped up six spots to #19 this week. I'm certainly not complaining, but... hunh?

Despite it being in the top 5 on airplay for nearly the whole week, Best Friend dropped four spots and looks like it may not do too well here. Can't say I'm disappointed, but can't say I'm happy either.

Okay, why is Your Power up at #16!? T h i s i s n o t a r a d i o s o n g.

Both We're Good and Mr. Perfectly Fine took big hits this week, which I'm okay with. Both are good songs and I'm glad that both got a couple weeks at #1.

Shy Away finally jumped up to #12 this week. This is long overdue, because this is a great song.

For whatever reason, Our Song really grew on me. It also jumped all the way up to #11. I would say that I'm surprised, but... it's Hits 1, what do you expect?

Yeeeessssssss Astronaut In The Ocean is getting what it deserves! It jumped up to #9 this week and I'm really happy.

Looks like Way Less Sad won't become a big hit here for AJR, which makes me sad, because I still really like the song.

Ugh, can we leave Leave The Door Open? It's about to dip into mediocre really soon.

Completely unsurprisingly, good 4 u holds on for another week at #1. I hope that this stays for a while at the top spot, because at least for now, it's the best song that's anywhere close to the top spot.

How Hits 1 Songs Are Doing on the Hot 100

#1: Butter - BTS

#2: good 4 u - Olivia Rodrigo

#3: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby

#4: Leave The Door Open - Silk Sonic

#5: Save Your Tears (Remix) - The Weeknd/Ariana Grande

#6: Peaches - Justin Bieber/Daniel Caesar/Giveon

#7: Kiss Me More - Doja Cat/SZA

#8: deja vu - Olivia Rodrigo

#9: Astronaut In The Ocean - Masked Wolf

#10: MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name) - Lil Nas X

#11: WITHOUT YOU - The Kid LAROI

#13: drivers license - Olivia Rodrigo

#14: RAPSTAR - Polo G

#17: Blinding Lights - The Weeknd

#18: Beautiful Mistakes - Maroon 5/Megan Thee Stallion

#21: Calling My Phone - Lil Tjay/6LACK

#22: Best Friend - Saweetie/Doja Cat

#23: Heartbreak Anniversary - Giveon

#24: Up - Cardi B

#25: Heat Waves - Glass Animals

#30: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior

#31: my ex's best friend - Machine Gun Kelly/blackbear

#32: Track Star - Mooski

#34: telepatía - Kali Uchis

#37: pov - Ariana Grande

#41: What You Know Bout Love - Pop Smoke

#53: Lil Bit - Nelly/Florida Georgia Line

#54: We're Good - Dua Lipa

#56: Build a B**** - Bella Poarch

#60: Your Power - Billie Eilish

#72: Leave Before You Love Me - Marshmello/Jonas Brothers

#77: Way Less Sad - AJR

#83: Goosebumps (Remix) - Travis Scott/HVME

#85: Arcade - Duncan Laurence

#86: Follow You - Imagine Dragons

#91: The Business - Tiësto

#97: Hold On - Justin Bieber

Top 10 on the Hunger Games Countdown

#10: la di die - Nessa Barrett/jxdn

#9: Best Friend - Saweetie/Doja Cat

#8: Beautiful Mistakes - Maroon 5/Megan Thee Stallion

#7: Hate The Way - G-Eazy/blackbear

#6: Lifestyle - Jason Derulo/Adam Levine

#5: A-O-K - Tai Verdes

#4: deja vu - Olivia Rodrigo

#3: Arcade - Duncan Laurence

#2: Mr. Perfectly Fine (Taylor's Version) - Taylor Swift

#1: In The Morning - Jennifer Lopez

Top 10 If the Countdown Made Sense

#10: deja vu - Olivia Rodrigo

#9: Best Friend - Saweetie/Doja Cat

#8: Beautiful Mistakes - Maroon 5/Megan Thee Stallion

#7: Peaches - Justin Bieber/Daniel Caesar/Giveon

#6: Astronaut In The Ocean - Masked Wolf

#5: Kiss Me More - Doja Cat/SZA

#4: MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name) - Lil Nas X

#3: Leave The Door Open - Silk Sonic

#2: pov - Ariana Grande

#1: WITHOUT YOU - The Kid LAROI

Kwaheri, everybody! See you all in the next one.