Week of June 19, 2021 - Olivia Rodrigo (3)

Hey guys! I apologize that this post is so late, but I was away for the weekend and when I came back I didn't feel up to writing this. But, it's here now. I only have one announcement, and that's that event 1 of the Weekend Countdown Olympics has been up for about a week now. It would be best if everybody that wanted to participate did so by Friday, because I'm pretty sure that's when it'll be done. Thanks! Here's our lone exit for this week.

Song We're Saying Goodbye To

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

Last Week's #1: good 4 u - Olivia Rodrigo (2)

#30: Jalebi Baby - Tesher/Jason Derulo (DEBUT) [2 weeks in Hit-Bound] {1 week}

#29: Your Power - Billie Eilish (-13) [#16] {7 weeks}

#28: By Your Side - Calvin Harris/Tom Grennan (+2) [#28] {2 weeks} *new peak*

#27: Peaches - Justin Bieber/Daniel Caesar/Giveon (-5) [#16] {13 weeks}

#26: telepatía - Kali Uchis (-2) [#24] {3 weeks}

#25: Mr. Perfectly Fine (Taylor's Version) - Taylor Swift (-12) [2 weeks at #1] {10 weeks}

#24: A-O-K - Tai Verdes (+4) [#24] {2 weeks} *new peak*

#23: Butter - BTS (+2) [#23] {4 weeks} *new peak*

#22: Build a B**** - Bella Poarch (+4) [#22] {4 weeks} *new peak*

#21: 90s Kids - Jax (+6) [#21] {5 weeks} *new peak*

#20: You - Regard/Troye Sivan/Tate McRae (-) [#20] {9 weeks}

#19: Beautiful Mistakes - Maroon 5/Megan Thee Stallion (+2) [#11] {14 weeks}

#18: Best Friend - Saweetie/Doja Cat (-) [#14] {6 weeks}

#17: Leave Before You Love Me - Marshmello/Jonas Brothers (+12) [#17] {4 weeks} *new peak*

#16: Wave of You - Surfaces (+3) [#16] {8 weeks} *new peak*

#15: We're Good - Dua Lipa (-) [2 weeks at #1] {18 weeks}

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

#13: Our Song - Anne-Marie/Niall Horan (-2) [#11] {3 weeks}

#12: Shy Away - Twenty One Pilots (-) [#12] {10 weeks}

#11: Astronaut In The Ocean - Masked Wolf (-2) [#9] {15 weeks}

#10: Follow You - Imagine Dragons (-) [#9] {8 weeks}

#9: Leave The Door Open - Silk Sonic (-2) [#7] {15 weeks}

#8: Way Less Sad - AJR (-) [#4] {17 weeks}

#7: WITHOUT YOU - The Kid LAROI (+7) [#7] {20 weeks} *new peak*

#6: Heat Waves - Glass Animals (-) [#6] {21 weeks}

#5: pov - Ariana Grande (-) [#4] {12 weeks}

#4: deja vu - Olivia Rodrigo (-1) [1 week at #1] {10 weeks}

#3: Kiss Me More - Doja Cat/SZA (+1) [#3] {10 weeks} *new peak*

#2: MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name) - Lil Nas X (-) [#2] {11 weeks}

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

Last Year's #1: Old Me - 5 Seconds of Summer [1/1 week at #1]

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

Our only debut this week sees the Countdown debut of Tesher. He collaborated with Jason Derulo on this new song, Jalebi Baby (still not sure what that means). This song's decent. I really enjoy the production here, and I think both Tesher and Jason Derulo do a good job with the vocals here. My only issue with it is that it's not very memorable at all. I doubt it'll end up sticking around for too long.

Biggest Drop: Your Power - Billie Eilish (-13): I'm really happy that this song has decided to flop here. It's now down to #29, and I really hope that this is our last week having to deal with it.

Biggest Jump: Leave Before You Love Me - Marshmello/Jonas Brothers (+12): Ok, whatever. This song really isn't memorable, so I really don't care how it does 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: Best Friend - Saweetie/Doja Cat

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

#23: deja vu - Olivia Rodrigo

3 - Decent:

#22: Leave The Door Open - Silk Sonic

#21: Kiss Me More - Doja Cat/SZA

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

#19: Heat Waves - Glass Animals

#18: Jalebi Baby - Tesher/Jason Derulo

4 - Good:

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

#16: We're Good - Dua Lipa

#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: WITHOUT YOU - The Kid LAROI

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

#10: Wave of You - Surfaces

#9: Butter - BTS

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

#7: pov - Ariana Grande

#6: Shy Away - Twenty One Pilots

#5: Astronaut In The Ocean - Masked Wolf

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

#3: Way Less Sad - AJR

#2: Follow You - Imagine Dragons

#1: good 4 u - Olivia Rodrigo

Overall Score: 104/150 = 69%

5 Oldest Songs

#5: Astronaut In The Ocean - Masked Wolf & Leave The Door Open - Silk Sonic {15 weeks}
#4: forget me too - Machine Gun Kelly/Halsey & Way Less Sad - AJR {17 weeks}
#3: We're Good - Dua Lipa {18 weeks}
#2: WITHOUT YOU - The Kid LAROI {20 weeks}
#1: Heat Waves - Glass Animals {21 weeks}

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

My Favourite Song Last Year: The Box - Roddy Ricch

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

Most Missed Countdown Song: Hey Mama - David Guetta/Afrojack/Bebe Rexha/Nicki Minaj

Hit-Bound

Friday (Re-Edit) - Riton/Nightcrawlers/Mufasa & Hypeman/Dopamine [1]

Good Without - Mimi Webb [11]

Need To Know - Doja Cat [1]

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

RAPSTAR - Polo G [6]

Cloudy Day - Tones And I [1]

u love u - blackbear/Tate McRae [2]

I DID IT - DJ Khaled/Post Malone/DaBaby/Megan Thee Stallion/Lil Baby [5]

Higher Power - Coldplay [5; 2nd time*]

THINK ABOUT ME - jxdn [1]

Track Star - Mooski/Chris Brown [6]

Lost Cause - Billie Eilish [3]

Girl From Rio - Anitta/DaBaby [8]

Lil Bit - Nelly/Florida Georgia Line [4; 2nd time*]

Heartbreak Anniversary - Giveon [11]

Our first Hit-Bound debut of the week is a song that I've been really enjoying for the past little bit. It's Friday by Riton, Nightcrawlers, Mufasa & Hypeman and Dopamine. This song is honestly just super fun. Whoever's singing here sounds really good and like they're having a lot of fun. The production is awesome and super upbeat, and the chorus is ridiculously catchy. I really love this song and I hope it can debut here.

Next up is a new Doja Cat song, Need To Know. This song is very different from the past singles she's had here, as it's much more of a slower R&B song than Say So, Like That or Kiss Me More. Yeah, I don't love this one. I've never been a huge fan of Doja Cat, and while I think she sounds pretty good here, the song is just really boring. Nothing about it really grabs my attention, and it makes it really hard for me to care about the song in the slightest. I doubt this'll be a big hit at all, but I could be proven wrong. Who knows?

Tones And I brings her fifth song to Hit-Bound this week, Cloudy Day. I find this to be a much more interesting version of Fly Away. It doesn't start that way, as it starts pretty slow, but by the chorus, it picks up enough for it to become interesting. Tones And I sounds pretty good here, especially in the verses. Honestly, that's probably what saves the verses, because otherwise, they're just a little bland. Overall, this is an enjoyable listen, even if it's not a fantastic song.

This week, jxdn scores his third song on Hits 1, as THINK ABOUT ME debuts Hit-Bound this week. This easily his best song so far. It's leagues better than Angels & Demons and even his other song on Hit-Bound right now, la di die with Nessa Barrett. I think jxdn sounds the best that he's ever sounded in this song. The chorus is pretty catchy and I really like the instrumentation in it. It's also 3:24, which is much better than his previous 2-minute long songs.

Two previous Hit-Bound dropouts return to Hit-Bound this week, RAPSTAR and Track Star. I'm glad that RAPSTAR is back, and Track Star actually returns with a new Chris Brown remix. Overall, I think it's a bit better than the original, because it adds a good Mooski verse at the start, and a really good Chris Brown verse after the first chorus. Funnily enough, Hits 1's actually edited out A Boogie Wit da Hoodie and Yung Bleu on this remix. Overall, it's fine because Yung Bleu's verse isn't that great and Boogie's verse is quite good, so it balances out.

We actually lost five Hit-Bound songs this week, Little Bit of Love, F***BOY, First Time, Frankenstein and SUN GOES DOWN. Little Bit of Love was great, but as soon as By Your Side came out, it was destined to drop out, so it's fine. F***BOY was awful, so I'm glad it never really got a chance. First Time had a decent run, as it did actually debut on the Countdown. Frankenstein was ridiculously forgettable, so I don't really care and SUN GOES DOWN deserved more.

Best Hit-Bound Debut: Friday (Re-Edit) - Riton/Nightcrawlers/Mufasa & Hypeman/Dopamine

Hit-Bound Ranking

0 - Awful:

#15: Lost Cause - Billie Eilish

1 - Bad:

#14: Lil Bit - Nelly/Florida Georgia Line

2 - Mediocre:

#13: Need To Know - Doja Cat

#12: Heartbreak Anniversary - Giveon

3 - Decent:

#11: Cloudy Day - Tones And I

#10: la di die - Nessa Barrett/jxdn

4 - Good:

#9: Track Star - Mooski/Chris Brown

#8: Girl From Rio - Anitta/DaBaby

#7: Higher Power - Coldplay

5 - Great:

#6: THINK ABOUT ME - jxdn

#5: RAPSTAR - Polo G

#4: u love u - blackbear/Tate McRae

#3: Good Without - Mimi Webb

#2: Friday (Re-Edit) - Riton/Nightcrawlers/Mufasa & Hypeman/Dopamine

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

Overall Score: 53/75 = 71%

Ja-Blurbi Baby

Our one and only exit this week was Till Forever Falls Apart. This song was never that good, and I had started to lose interest in it anyways, so I'm kind of happy that it's gone.

Peaches is in the bottom 5! Hopefully, it leaves next week.

Mr. Perfectly Fine took a huge tumble this week to #25, which I'm okay with, because it had a good run here.

Ok then, I guess A-O-K is actually becoming a hit. I don't really like the song, so I'm not too thrilled about that.

90s Kids had a huge jump this week, which bodes well for when it isn't the One to Watch anymore.

Astronaut In The Ocean's run in the top 10 was very short-lived, as it got replaced by WITHOUT YOU this week. I'd be fine if the latter song started dropping. It's been here for just a little too long.

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: Peaches - Justin Bieber/Daniel Caesar/Giveon

#5: Leave The Door Open - Silk Sonic

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

#7: Kiss Me More - Doja Cat/SZA

#8: Astronaut In The Ocean - Masked Wolf

#9: deja vu - Olivia Rodrigo

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

#12: WITHOUT YOU - The Kid LAROI

#14: RAPSTAR - Polo G

#15: Blinding Lights - The Weeknd

#17: drivers license - Olivia Rodrigo

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

#22: Best Friend - Saweetie/Doja Cat

#23: Heartbreak Anniversary - Giveon

#24: Heat Waves - Glass Animals

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

#27: Lost Cause - Billie Eilish

#29: Up - Cardi B

#30: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior

#33: telepatía - Kali Uchis

#39: pov - Ariana Grande

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

#44: Track Star - Mooski

#45: What You Know Bout Love - Pop Smoke

#50: Lil Bit - Nelly/Florida Georgia Line

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

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

#75: Your Power - Billie Eilish

#77: We're Good - Dua Lipa

#83: Way Less Sad - AJR

#86: Arcade - Duncan Laurence

#90: Follow You - Imagine Dragons

Top 10 on the Hunger Games Countdown

#10: A-O-K - Tai Verdes

#9: Your Power - Billie Eilish

#8: Sucks Being Sober - Annika Wells

#7: Momma Always Told Me - Mike Posner/Stanaj/Yung Bae

#6: Kiss Me More - Doja Cat/SZA

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

#4: Way Less Sad - AJR

#3: Bad Girl - Daya

#2: positions - Ariana Grande

#1: deja vu - Olivia Rodrigo

Top 10 If the Countdown Made Sense

#10: good 4 u - Olivia Rodrigo

#9: Best Friend - Saweetie/Doja Cat

#8: deja vu - Olivia Rodrigo

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

#6: Astronaut In The Ocean - Masked Wolf

#5: Leave The Door Open - Silk Sonic

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

#3: Kiss Me More - Doja Cat/SZA

#2: WITHOUT YOU - The Kid LAROI

#1: pov - Ariana Grande

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