Week of April 17, 2021 - Taylor Swift (4)

Hey guys! This week was surprising to say the least. We're down to the final four for March Madness and I'll reveal them very soon, I forgot to yesterday. Let's get into this week's Countdown with our exits!

Songs We're Saying Goodbye To

Remember That Night? - Sara Kays (#29) [#29] {1 week}

What You Know Bout Love - Pop Smoke (#18) [#17] {25 weeks} [x2]

Anyone - Justin Bieber (#9) [#9] {13 weeks}

My Head & My Heart - Ava Max (#8) [#8] {11 weeks}

Last Week's #1: willow - Taylor Swift (3)

#30: Calling My Phone - Lil Tjay/6LACK (-) [#30] {2 weeks}

#29: Shy Away - Twenty One Pilots (DEBUT) [0 weeks in Hit-Bound] {1 week}

#28: Too Late - Cash Cash/Wiz Khalifa/Lukas Graham (-2) [#26] {4 weeks}

#27: Kiss Me More - Doja Cat/SZA (DEBUT) [0 weeks in Hit-Bound] {1 week}

#26: I'm not Pretty - JESSIA (-5) [#13] {10 weeks}

#25: Patience - KSI/YUNGBLUD/Polo G (+3) [#25] {3 weeks} *new peak*

#24: Peaches - Justin Bieber/Daniel Caesar/Giveon (+1) [#23] {4 weeks}

#23: First Time - ILLENIUM/iann dior (+1) [#23] {4 weeks} *new peak*

#22: deja vu - Olivia Rodrigo (DEBUT) [1 week in Hit-Bound] {1 week}

#21: Once In A Lifetime - All Time Low (+6) [#21] {2 weeks} *new peak*

#20: Mr. Perfectly Fine (Taylor's Version) - Taylor Swift (DEBUT) [1 week in Hit-Bound] {1 week}

#19: Beautiful Mistakes - Maroon 5/Megan Thee Stallion (+4) [#19] {5 weeks}

#18: Astronaut In The Ocean - Masked Wolf (+2) [#18] {6 weeks} *new peak*

#17: The Eulogy of You and Me - LILHUDDY (+2) [#17] {6 weeks} *new peak*

#16: pov - Ariana Grande (-4) [#12] {3 weeks}

#15: WITHOUT YOU - The Kid LAROI (-2) [#13] {11 weeks}

#14: Leave The Door Open - Silk Sonic (+2) [#14] {6 weeks} *new peak*

#13: Heat Waves - Glass Animals (+4) [#13] {12 weeks} *new peak*

#12: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish (-9) [#3] {22 weeks}

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

#10: you broke me first - Tate McRae (-) [#4] {29 weeks}

#9: Save Your Tears - The Weeknd (+2) [#2] {22 weeks}

#8: Till Forever Falls Apart - Ashe/FINNEAS (-1) [#7] {6 weeks}

#7: Way Less Sad - AJR (+8) [#7] {8 weeks} *new peak*

#6: drivers license - Olivia Rodrigo (-1) [4 weeks at #1] {14 weeks}

#5: forget me too - Machine Gun Kelly/Halsey (+1) [#5] {8 weeks} *new peak*

#4: Overdrive - Conan Gray (-) [#4] {8 weeks}

#3: We're Good - Dua Lipa (+11) [#3] {9 weeks} *new peak*

#2: Treat People With Kindness - Harry Styles (-) [#2] {14 weeks}

#1: willow - Taylor Swift (-) [4th week at #1] {17 weeks}

Last Year's #1: Adore You - Harry Styles [10/10 weeks at #1]

Countdown Extra: Wave of You - Surfaces

Twenty One Pilots return this week with their first single from their next album, Scaled And Icy. This song's called Shy Away and it actually sounds like an 80s song. I think this sound works for them. Tyler Joseph sounds alright, but in my opinion, this song's kind of forgettable. This might grow on me, but for now, it's just decent.

Doja Cat probably would've released this next song earlier had TikTok not decided to make Streets popular, forcing her to promote that song. This next debut is from her next album. It's called Kiss Me More and it's featuring SZA. I definitely don't hate this song and I for sure think it's better than Say So, but I wouldn't say it's as good as Like That. Both artists sound quite good here and the chorus is pretty fun. Again though, it's kind of forgettable at the moment. I'm still glad it's here though.

Not surprisingly, Olivia Rodrigo's new song, deja vu debuts after only one week in Hit-Bound at #22. This song hasn't grown on me all that much since last week and I'm starting to doubt that it will. I just don't find it that interesting. Olivia sounds great and I have no doubts that she'll be a huge artist in just a couple of years and the writing is great here. But, I just can't really get behind the production. There's not enough at the start, then there's weird reverb-ed drums later. I'd much rather she make more songs like drivers license, but I still think she'll be Taylor Swift big even if she doesn't.

Speaking of Taylor Swift, the new "From The Vault" song from Fearless debuts this week after one week in Hit-Bound. Mr. Perfectly Fine is fine. The chorus is really catchy and I really like the production, but I'll agree with what Waffle said last week that the writing here really sounds like 2008 Taylor, which... it is, but it's technically a new song, so it makes for a weird situation. That key change is still great though.

Best Debut: Mr. Perfectly Fine (Taylor's Version) - Taylor Swift

Biggest DROP!!!: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish (-9): Good, I'm really glad that this isn't in the top 10 anymore. It was never good and it stuck around for way too long. I hope it leaves in the next couple of weeks.

Biggest Jump: MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name) - Lil Nas X & We're Good - Dua Lipa (+11): I didn't really expect either of these songs to jump. MONTERO is growing on me with each listen, so I'm really happy that it's in the top 10 and We're Good is still just good, so I'm fine that it's in the top 3.

Countdown Ranking

0 - Crap:

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

1 - Bad:

#29: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish

2 - Mediocre:

#28: deja vu - Olivia Rodrigo

3 - Decent:

#27: you broke me first - Tate McRae

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

#25: Till Forever Falls Apart - Ashe/FINNEAS

#24: Kiss Me More - Doja Cat/SZA

#23: Patience - KSI/YUNGBLUD/Polo G

#22: Shy Away - Twenty One Pilots

#21: Leave The Door Open - Silk Sonic

#20: Heat Waves - Glass Animals

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

4 - Good:

#18: We're Good - Dua Lipa

#17: willow - Taylor Swift

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

#15: I'm not Pretty - JESSIA

#14: Treat People With Kindness - Harry Styles

#13: The Eulogy of You and Me - LILHUDDY

5 - Great:

#12: Once In A Lifetime - All Time Low

#11: First Time - ILLENIUM/iann dior

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

#9: WITHOUT YOU - The Kid LAROI

#8: Save Your Tears - The Weeknd

#7: drivers license - Olivia Rodrigo

#6: Too Late - Cash Cash/Wiz Khalifa/Lukas Graham

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

#4: pov - Ariana Grande

#3: Astronaut In The Ocean - Masked Wolf

#2: Overdrive - Conan Gray

#1: Way Less Sad - AJR

Overall Score: 114/150 = 76%

5 Oldest Songs

#5: Heat Waves - Glass Animals {12 weeks}
#4: drivers license - Olivia Rodrigo & Treat People With Kindness - Harry Styles {14 weeks}
#3: willow - Taylor Swift {17 weeks}
#2: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish & Save Your Tears - The Weeknd {22 weeks}
#1: you broke me first - Tate McRae {29 weeks}

#1 Recommendation for Hits 1: Drunk (And I Don't Wanna Go Home) - Elle King/Miranda Lambert

My Favourite Song Last Year: The Other Side - SZA/Justin Timberlake

My Least Favourite Song Last Year: Adore You - Harry Styles

Most Missed Countdown Song: ME! - Taylor Swift/Brendon Urie

Hit-Bound

Goosebumps (Remix) - Travis Scott/HVME [10]

Wave of You - Surfaces [1]

Sacrifice - Bebe Rexha [6]

Met Him Last Night - Demi Lovato/Ariana Grande [2]

Up - Cardi B [3]

Follow You - Imagine Dragons [3]

Good Without - Mimi Webb [2]

Track Star - Mooski [2]

Hold On - Justin Bieber [1]

STOP - AJ Mitchell [1]

CHICKEN TENDIES - Clinton Kane [5]

Obsessed - Addison Rae [4]

Heartbreak Anniversary - Giveon [2]

Remember That Night? - Sara Kays [1; 2nd time]

The Business - Tiësto [8]

Remember Surfaces from the song Sunday Best last year? Well, they bring their second song to Hits 1 this week, Wave of You and honestly, I think it's better than Sunday Best. It's not nearly as fun as Sunday Best, but I actually quite like the guy's voice here. It actually kind of sounds like Khalid's voice. Anyways, I also really like the melody here and the production's good too. Overall, this is just a great song. (Also, I love their cover art. It's just so aesthetic)

I honestly thought that this song was a promotional single from Justin Bieber's album Justice, but I guess Hold On is actually being pushed as a single, as it's getting a decent pop radio run and it debuts Hit-Bound this week. This definitely isn't my favourite Justin Bieber song. I like the production here and Justin sounds good, but it's kind of forgettable. Yeah, that's it.

This next artist had a Hit-Bound dropout last year called Slow Dance. It's AJ Mitchell and he brings his second song to Hits 1, STOP. This song's good. AJ Mitchell sounds good, and the production's good, but my main issue with this is that the melody is extremely predictable. Overall though, this definitely isn't bad.

Yeah, I never expected Remember That Night? to stay for long on the Countdown, but I was hoping that it would stay for more than one week. This is ridiculous.

Okay, I really hate Obsessed now.

Best Debut: Wave of You - Surfaces

Hit-Bound Ranking

0 - Crap:

#15: Obsessed - Addison Rae

#14: The Business - Tiësto

1 - Bad:

NONE!

2 - Mediocre:

#13: Heartbreak Anniversary - Giveon

#12: Met Him Last Night - Demi Lovato/Ariana Grande

3 - Decent:

#11: Track Star - Mooski

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

4 - Good:

#9: STOP - AJ Mitchell

#8: Remember That Night? - Sara Kays

#7: Hold On - Justin Bieber

#6: Sacrifice - Bebe Rexha

5 - Great:

#5: Wave of You - Surfaces

#4: Up - Cardi B

#3: Good Without - Mimi Webb

#2: CHICKEN TENDIES - Clinton Kane

#1: Follow You - Imagine Dragons

Overall Score: 51/75 = 68%

Don't You Blurb Away

Our three other exits from this week are: What You Know Bout Love, Anyone and My Head & My Heart. I'm sad to see all of these songs go. They were all good and I'm sad to see them go so early. All of them should've peaked higher.

We had two Hit-Bound exits too. Fly Away and Sucks Being Sober leave us this week. Fly Away was only ever mediocre, so I'm definitely not sad to see it leave. As for Sucks Being Sober, it should've been given a chance.

So we are once again One to Watch-less, as LILHUDDY's time has expired, but they didn't have anybody to replace him with.

How is Peaches not gone yet? I mean, cOMe oN (it's gonna be a huge hit, isn't it?).

Once In A Lifetime jumped to #21, which I'm definitely fine with.

pov dropped, which really sucks.

Way Less Sad hit the top 10, so I'm really happy about that.

forget me too is in the top 5! I'll definitely take it.

How Hits 1 Songs Are Doing on the Hot 100

#1: Leave The Door Open - Silk Sonic

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

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

#4: Up - Cardi B

#5: drivers license - Olivia Rodrigo

#6: Save Your Tears - The Weeknd

#7: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby

#8: deja vu - Olivia Rodrigo

#9: Blinding Lights - The Weeknd

#10: Astronaut In The Ocean - Masked Wolf

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

#12: What You Know Bout Love - Pop Smoke

#13: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior

#14: Best Friend - Saweetie/Doja Cat

#15: 34+35 - Ariana Grande

#16: Go Crazy - Chris Brown/Young Thug

#20: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish

#21: you broke me first - Tate McRae

#22: Heartbreak Anniversary - Giveon

#24: positions - Ariana Grande

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

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

#30: WITHOUT YOU - The Kid LAROI

#35: Good Days - SZA

#36: Track Star - Mooski

#42: We're Good - Dua Lipa

#43: Put Your Records On - Ritt Momney

#44: Heat Waves - Glass Animals

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

#53: Anyone - Justin Bieber

#56: Dancing With The Devil - Demi Lovato

#57: Hold On - Justin Bieber

#60: willow - Taylor Swift

#61: Met Him Last Night - Demi Lovato/Ariana Grande

#63: My Head & My Heart - Ava Max

#74: The Business - Tiësto

#84: Body - Megan Thee Stallion

#86: Monsters - All Time Low/Demi Lovato/blackbear

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

#96: Follow You - Imagine Dragons

Top 10 on the Hunger Games Countdown

#10: 2Drunk - Nick Jonas

#9: Astronaut In The Ocean - Masked Wolf

#8: First Time - ILLENIUM/iann dior

#7: Once In A Lifetime - All Time Low

#6: Haunt You - X Lovers/chloe moriondo

#5: Bad Girl - Daya

#4: Sucks Being Sober - Annika Wells

#3: Oh My God - Alec Benjamin

#2: Treat People With Kindness - Harry Styles

#1: 3, 2, 1 - 24kGoldn

Top 10 If the Countdown Made Sense

#10: Astronaut In The Ocean - Masked Wolf

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

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

#7: We're Good - Dua Lipa

#6: Leave The Door Open - Silk Sonic

#5: WITHOUT YOU - The Kid LAROI

#4: you broke me first - Tate McRae

#3: Save Your Tears - The Weeknd

#2: drivers license - Olivia Rodrigo

#1: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish

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

Week of April 10, 2021 - Taylor Swift (3)

Hey guys! Before we jump into this week's Countdown, I have a couple of announcements. First of all, I know I'm falling behind in my Hot 100 posts and I hope to catch up with those relatively soon. Second, March Madness is currently in a tiebreaker round, so if you haven't gone and voted for that yet, you definitely should. As for the Countdown this week, it was... interesting. We got rid of some old songs, which was good and there were a couple of surprising debuts this week. But not all of our Hit-Bound debuts are so great. Here are the exits for this week.

Songs We're Saying Goodbye To

Monsters - All Time Low/Demi Lovato/blackbear (#29) [4 weeks at #1] {29 weeks}

Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby (#27) [3 weeks at #1] {25 weeks}

my ex's best friend - Machine Gun Kelly/blackbear (#22) [#2] {27 weeks}

Put Your Records On - Ritt Momney (#15) [#15] {21 weeks}

Last Week's #1: willow - Taylor Swift (2)

#30: Calling My Phone - Lil Tjay/6LACK (DEBUT) [4 weeks in Hit-Bound] {1 week}

#29: Remember That Night? - Sara Kays (DEBUT) [8 weeks in Hit-Bound] {1 week}

#28: Patience - KSI/YUNGBLUD/Polo G (+2) [#28] {2 weeks} *new peak*

#27: Once In A Lifetime - All Time Low (DEBUT) [1 week in Hit-Bound] {1 week}

#26: Too Late - Cash Cash/Wiz Khalifa/Lukas Graham (+2) [#26] {3 weeks} *new peak*

#25: Peaches - Justin Bieber/Daniel Caesar/Giveon (-) [#23] {3 weeks}

#24: First Time - ILLENIUM/iann dior (+2) [#24] {3 weeks} *new peak*

#23: Beautiful Mistakes - Maroon 5/Megan Thee Stallion (-3) [#19] {4 weeks}

#22: MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name) - Lil Nas X (DEBUT) [1 week in Hit-Bound] {1 week}

#21: I'm not Pretty - JESSIA (-8) [#13] {9 weeks}

#20: Astronaut In The Ocean - Masked Wolf (+1) [#20] {5 weeks} *new peak*

#19: The Eulogy of You and Me - LILHUDDY (+5) [#19] {5 weeks} *new peak*

#18: What You Know Bout Love - Pop Smoke (+5) [#17] {25 weeks}

#17: Heat Waves - Glass Animals (-1) [#15] {11 weeks}

#16: Leave The Door Open - Silk Sonic (+1) [#16] {5 weeks}

#15: Way Less Sad - AJR (-1) [#13] {7 weeks}

#14: We're Good - Dua Lipa (-7) [#7] {8 weeks}

#13: WITHOUT YOU - The Kid LAROI (+6) [#13] {10 weeks} *new peak*

#12: pov - Ariana Grande (+6) [#12] {2 weeks} *new peak*

#11: Save Your Tears - The Weeknd (-8) [#2] {21 weeks}

#10: you broke me first - Tate McRae (-6) [#4] {28 weeks}

#9: Anyone - Justin Bieber (+2) [#9] {13 weeks} *new peak*

#8: My Head & My Heart - Ava Max (+2) [#8] {11 weeks}

#7: Till Forever Falls Apart - Ashe/FINNEAS (+5) [#7] {5 weeks} *new peak*

#6: forget me too - Machine Gun Kelly/Halsey (+3) [#6] {7 weeks} *new peak*

#5: drivers license - Olivia Rodrigo (-3) [4 weeks at #1] {13 weeks}

#4: Overdrive - Conan Gray (+4) [#4] {7 weeks} *new peak*

#3: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish (+2) [#3] {21 weeks}

#2: Treat People With Kindness - Harry Styles (+4) [#2] {13 weeks} *new peak*

#1: willow - Taylor Swift (-) [3rd week at #1] {16 weeks}

Last Year's #1: Adore You - Harry Styles [9/10 weeks at #1]

Countdown Extra: Met Him Last Night - Demi Lovato/Ariana Grande

Our first debut at #30 is actually a really surprising one, Calling My Phone by Lil Tjay and 6LACK. Hits 1 switched it to some sort of remix, but I really have no clue which remix it is. I will say that the remix makes it more upbeat and more interesting, so it's probably better, but still not enough to bring it up from pink. Anyways, this song's fine. Both artists sound decent and the sample's alright, too. Overall, I'm definitely fine that this is here.

This song has been on Hit-Bound for a pretty long time, so I'm really surprised that it actually managed to debut. Sara Kays makes her Countdown debut with Remember That Night? this week. This is a pretty good song. The writing tells a really interesting story and it's actually pretty compelling. Sara Kays sounds pretty good here and the production sustains the song pretty well and keeps it from getting boring. I hope that this sticks around for a bit here.

I reviewed both of these last two songs last week, so I'll keep the reviews relatively short. At #27, we have All Time Low with Once In A Lifetime. I've always liked ATL's music and this song's definitely not an exception. Great instrumentation, the chorus is pretty catchy and I like Alex Gaskarth's voice here.

Lil Nas X scores his fourth Countdown song this week. It's MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name). This is definitely my least favourite of his songs to be on Hits 1 so far, but it's definitely still an enjoyable song. He sounds good and the song's catchy. It could probably be longer, though.

Best Debut: Once In A Lifetime - All Time Low

Biggest DROP!!!: I'm not Pretty - JESSIA & Save Your Tears - The Weeknd (-8): I'm surprised to see I'm not Pretty dropping, I guess its jump was pretty short-lived. As for Save Your Tears, I feel it's leaving a bit early, but it's fine.

Biggest Jump: WITHOUT YOU - The Kid LAROI & pov - Ariana Grande (+6): I never really expected WITHOUT YOU to become as big of a hit as it's becoming, so I guess that's good, even if it's fading on my slightly. As for pov, this is making me hopeful that this will become Ariana Grande's first #1 on the Weekend Countdown.

Countdown Ranking

0 - Crap:

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

1 - Bad:

#29: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish

2 - Mediocre:

NONE!

3 - Decent:

#28: you broke me first - Tate McRae

#27: Till Forever Falls Apart - Ashe/FINNEAS

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

#25: Leave The Door Open - Silk Sonic

#24: Patience - KSI/YUNGBLUD/Polo G

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

#22: Heat Waves - Glass Animals

4 - Good:

#21: We're Good - Dua Lipa

#20: Treat People With Kindness - Harry Styles

#19: Remember That Night? - Sara Kays

#18: willow - Taylor Swift

#17: I'm not Pretty - JESSIA

#16: The Eulogy of You and Me - LILHUDDY

#15: What You Know Bout Love - Pop Smoke

5 - Great:

#14: Save Your Tears - The Weeknd

#13: Once In A Lifetime - All Time Low

#12: Anyone - Justin Bieber

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

#10: WITHOUT YOU - The Kid LAROI

#9: drivers license - Olivia Rodrigo

#8: First Time - ILLENIUM/iann dior

#7: Too Late - Cash Cash/Wiz Khalifa/Lukas Graham

#6: My Head & My Heart - Ava Max

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

#4: pov - Ariana Grande

#3: Overdrive - Conan Gray

#2: Astronaut In The Ocean - Masked Wolf

#1: Way Less Sad - AJR

Overall Score: 120/150 = 80%

5 Oldest Songs

#5: Anyone - Justin Bieber, drivers license - Olivia Rodrigo & Treat People With Kindness - Harry Styles {13 weeks}
#4: willow - Taylor Swift {16 weeks}
#3: Save Your Tears - The Weeknd & Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish {21 weeks}
#2: What You Know Bout Love - Pop Smoke {25 weeks}

#1: you broke me first - Tate McRae {28 weeks}

#1 Recommendation for Hits 1: This Is Heaven - Nick Jonas

My Favourite Song Last Year: Blinding Lights - The Weeknd

My Least Favourite Song Last Year: Adore You - Harry Styles

Most Missed Countdown Song: Rockabye - Clean Bandit/Sean Paul/Anne-Marie

Hit-Bound

Met Him Last Night - Demi Lovato/Ariana Grande [1]

Track Star - Mooski [1]

Follow You - Imagine Dragons [2]

Good Without - Mimi Webb [1]

Heartbreak Anniversary - Giveon [1]

deja vu - Olivia Rodrigo [1]

Mr. Perfectly Fine (Taylor's Version) - Taylor Swift [1]

The Business - Tiësto [7]

Up - Cardi B [2]

Fly Away - Tones And I [2; 2nd time]

CHICKEN TENDIES - Clinton Kane [4]

Obsessed - Addison Rae [3]

Sucks Being Sober - Annika Wells [3]

Goosebumps (Remix) - Travis Scott/HVME [9]

Sacrifice - Bebe Rexha [5]

Ok, so that just happened. All seven of our Hit-Bound entrants were the first seven songs to play on Hit-Bound. Let's do this thing!

Our first debut this week replaces Dancing With The Devil. It's Met Him Last Night by Demi Lovato and Ariana Grande. When I saw that these two were collaborating, I thought that the song would be super upbeat and fun. Yeah, I'm kind of disappointed. While both artists sound good here, nothing about this grips me or really sticks with me at all. It's honestly kind of forgettable. I honestly want Dancing With The Devil back, which probably won't happen.

Yup, this is about as surprising as Calling My Phone debuting here a couple months ago. Track Star by Mooski makes its debut here. I've already reviewed this on my Hot 100 Overview post, but that was a while ago, so I'll do a full review. This song's alright. I definitely wouldn't call it one of the best rap songs of the year, but it's definitely not bad. Mooski doesn't sound great here, but he doesn't sound bad either. The chorus is interesting and the beat's alright. Also, funnily enough, it's one of the few rap songs today that's actually over three minutes. It's kind of forgettable, but who knows? This might actually become a hit.

Follow You is back, which I'm definitely happy about. While I still wouldn't call it Imagine Dragons' best song, it's definitely growing on me and it deserves to be here. I hope it can debut soon.

Mimi Webb scores her first song on Hits 1 this week, with her song that's been rocketing in streaming, Good Without. I think Mikey Piff mentioned that it was a TikTok song? I don't really care, because this song's great. Mimi Webb sounds really good and the production keeps the song super interesting. I mean, come on, people. This is how you do a slower song. The production has to grow and swell near the end. If that doesn't happen, your song is just boring. Mimi's vocal runs at the end are honestly just amazing too. I'd really love to see this become a hit, I love it.

You guys know Giveon from his extremely small part on the really bad new Justin Bieber song, Peaches? No? Yeah, I don't blame you. Anyways, this is his second song on Hits 1, I guess. It's called Heartbreak Anniversary and it would probably be fine if it wasn't for his voice. I don't really know what's up with it, but it almost sounds like it was pitched down, but in a natural way, like that's maybe actually his real voice? I don't know, but I don't like it and I can't focus on any other part of the song, but I guess it's fine?

After Hits 1 toyed around with bringing one of Olivia Rodrigo's songs from the show she was on, All I Want, for, like, two months, Hits 1 had their minds made up for them, as she released her second single, deja vu on April Fool's Day. I think the thing that's really special about Olivia Rodrigo is that she can find these really specific situations and somehow make them relatable? She's a fantastic songwriter and that goes without saying. But, honestly, I'm not so sure I'm feeling this one. The chorus is just kind of weird and I don't like the electric guitar that comes in occasionally. Maybe this will grow on me, I'm not sure. I honestly don't really know how I feel about this song, but I do know that it's definitely not as good as drivers license is, at least in my opinion.

Taylor Swift released Fearless (Taylor's Version) yesterday, so today we get a more radio-friendly song "From The Vault", replacing You All Over Me. This new (or... old, but unreleased?) song is called Mr. Perfectly Fine and apparently it's about Joe Jonas, but I don't really care. This is quite a good song. It's pretty upbeat, which is good and I think the chorus is decent and the production compliments it. I think the one problem that I have with this is that it feels a little country, which makes sense, as she was a country artist when she wrote this back in 2008, but I just don't really like country music. That key change is good though. I'd be alright if this became a hit.

Best Debut: Good Without - Mimi Webb

Hit-Bound Ranking

0 - Crap:

#15: The Business - Tiësto

1 - Bad:

#14: Obsessed - Addison Rae

2 - Mediocre:

#13: Heartbreak Anniversary - Giveon

#12: Fly Away - Tones And I

#11: deja vu - Olivia Rodrigo

#10: Met Him Last Night - Demi Lovato/Ariana Grande

3 - Decent:

#9: Track Star - Mooski

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

4 - Good:

#7: Sucks Being Sober - Annika Wells

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

#5: Sacrifice - Bebe Rexha

5 - Great:

#4: Good Without - Mimi Webb

#3: Up - Cardi B

#2: CHICKEN TENDIES - Clinton Kane

#1: Follow You - Imagine Dragons

Overall Score: 47/75 = 63%

You Said "Remember That Blurb?"

We lost four pretty old songs this week, Monsters, Levitating, my ex's best friend and Put Your Records On. The first three songs are all great, but they were getting old, so I'm not too sad to see them go. As for Put Your Records On, I'm not sure why it became such a big hit and it never deserved to be here.

Of course we're adding more Hit-Bound dropouts to our already enormous list. slower, You All Over Me and Dancing With The Devil all join the ranks. I don't mind that slower's gone, because it was extremely forgettable. You All Over Me wasn't great and I'd take Mr. Perfectly Fine over it any day. As for Dancing With The Devil, I'm not entirely convinced that it's gone and I hope that it comes back.

It's weird that Beautiful Mistakes has dropped for the past couple of weeks, especially considering that it's actually becoming a decently-sized hit.

Our current One to Watch, The Eulogy of You and Me actually made a jump to the top 20 this week. This could probably stick around for a bit after not being the One to Watch anymore, which I'd definitely be fine with.

I'm glad that What You Know Bout Love is still here, although I'm a little surprised that Hits 1 hasn't gotten rid of it yet. I would appreciate if it jumped into the top 15 though, if it wants to stick around.

We're Good had a big drop this week, which is surprising, but I'm not necessarily disappointed?

you broke me first can probably go now. It's starting to get pretty old and it's definitely faded on me.

Somehow, Till Forever Falls Apart is up at #7. I mean, seriously? I don't mind the song and I'd say that it's Ashe's best so far, but it still makes no sense.

forget me too is at #6, which I'm also surprised about, but I'm definitely happy that it's that high.

Overdrive is in the top 5, which I'm really happy about, because it's really grown on me and I actually kind of love it now. I'd love to see this hit #1 in the coming weeks.

A song that I wouldn't love to see hit #1 though, is Therefore I Am which has now re-tied its #3 peak. It'd be greatly appreciated if this would leave soon and not go any higher.

Treat People With Kindness is #2 and I bet you it hits #1 next week, even if it's only for a couple of weeks. I mean, I can't possibly see it lasting longer there than Golden.

How Hits 1 Songs Are Doing on the Hot 100

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

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

#3: Leave The Door Open - Silk Sonic

#4: Up - Cardi B

#5: drivers license - Olivia Rodrigo

#6: Save Your Tears - The Weeknd

#7: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby

#8: Blinding Lights - The Weeknd

#9: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior

#10: What You Know Bout Love - Pop Smoke

#12: Astronaut In The Ocean - Masked Wolf

#14: 34+35 - Ariana Grande

#15: Go Crazy - Chris Brown/Young Thug

#17: Best Friend - Saweetie/Doja Cat

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

#19: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish

#21: you broke me first - Tate McRae

#25: positions - Ariana Grande

#28: Heartbreak Anniversary - Giveon

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

#30: Dynamite - BTS

#31: WITHOUT YOU - The Kid LAROI

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

#36: Anyone - Justin Bieber

#40: Good Days - SZA

#43: Put Your Records On - Ritt Momney

#47: Track Star - Mooski

#48: We're Good - Dua Lipa

#50: Heat Waves - Glass Animals

#51: You All Over Me (Taylor's Version) - Taylor Swift/Maren Morris

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

#57: My Head & My Heart - Ava Max

#59: willow - Taylor Swift

#80: Monsters - All Time Low/Demi Lovato/blackbear

#81: Body - Megan Thee Stallion

#86: The Business - Tiësto

Top 10 on the Hunger Games Countdown

#10: We're Good - Dua Lipa

#9: Bummerland - AJR
#8: Treat People With Kindness - Harry Styles

#7: Bad Girl - Daya

#6: Lifestyle - Jason Derulo/Adam Levine

#5: Sacrifice - Bebe Rexha

#4: Oh My God - Alec Benjamin

#3: Once In A Lifetime - All Time Low

#2: Talk About Love - Zara Larsson/Young Thug

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

Top 10 If the Countdown Made Sense

#10: We're Good - Dua Lipa

#9: My Head & My Heart - Ava Max

#8: Leave The Door Open - Silk Sonic

#7: Anyone - Justin Bieber

#6: WITHOUT YOU - The Kid LAROI

#5: What You Know Bout Love - Pop Smoke

#4: Save Your Tears - The Weeknd

#3: you broke me first - Tate McRae

#2: drivers license - Olivia Rodrigo

#1: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish

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

Week of April 3, 2021 - Taylor Swift (2)

It was a relatively boring week this week, which is to be expected after literally the most movement we've ever had since the top 30 switch. Anyways, here are our two exits for this week.

Songs We're Saying Goodbye To

Fly Away - Tones And I (#27) [#22] {8 weeks}

Golden - Harry Styles (#21) [4 weeks at #1] {22 weeks}

Last Week's #1: willow - Taylor Swift (1)

#30: Patience - KSI/YUNGBLUD/Polo G (DEBUT) [1 week in Hit-Bound] {1 week}

#29: Monsters - All Time Low/Demi Lovato/blackbear (-5) [4 weeks at #1] {29 weeks}

#28: Too Late - Cash Cash/Wiz Khalifa/Lukas Graham (+2) [#28] {2 weeks} *new peak*

#27: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby (-9) [3 weeks at #1] {25 weeks}

#26: First Time - ILLENIUM/iann dior (+2) [#26] {2 weeks} *new peak*

#25: Peaches - Justin Bieber/Daniel Caesar/Giveon (-2) [#23] {2 weeks}

#24: The Eulogy of You and Me - LILHUDDY (+2) [#24] {4 weeks} *new peak*

#23: What You Know Bout Love - Pop Smoke (+2) [#17] {24 weeks}

#22: my ex's best friend - Machine Gun Kelly/blackbear (-12) [#2] {27 weeks}

#21: Astronaut In The Ocean - Masked Wolf (+8) [#21] {4 weeks} *new peak*

#20: Beautiful Mistakes - Maroon 5/Megan Thee Stallion (-1) [#19] {3 weeks}

#19: WITHOUT YOU - The Kid LAROI (+1) [#18] {9 weeks}

#18: pov - Ariana Grande (DEBUT) [1 week in Hit-Bound] {1 week}

#17: Leave The Door Open - Silk Sonic (-1) [#16] {4 weeks}

#16: Heat Waves - Glass Animals (-1) [#15] {10 weeks}

#15: Put Your Records On - Ritt Momney (+7) [#15] {21 weeks}

#14: Way Less Sad - AJR (-1) [#13] {6 weeks}

#13: I'm not Pretty - JESSIA (+1) [#13] {8 weeks} *new peak*

#12: Till Forever Falls Apart - Ashe/FINNEAS (-3) [#9] {4 weeks}

#11: Anyone - Justin Bieber (-) [#11] {12 weeks}

#10: My Head & My Heart - Ava Max (+2) [#8] {10 weeks}

#9: forget me too - Machine Gun Kelly/Halsey (+8) [#9] {6 weeks} *new peak*

#8: Overdrive - Conan Gray (-) [#8] {6 weeks}

#7: We're Good - Dua Lipa (-) [#7] {7 weeks}

#6: Treat People With Kindness - Harry Styles (-) [#6] {12 weeks}

#5: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish (-) [#3] {20 weeks}

#4: you broke me first - Tate McRae (-) [#4] {27 weeks}

#3: Save Your Tears - The Weeknd (-1) [#2] {20 weeks}

#2: drivers license - Olivia Rodrigo (+1) [4 weeks at #1] {12 weeks}

#1: willow - Taylor Swift (-) [2nd week at #1] {15 weeks}

Last Year's #1: Adore You - Harry Styles [8/10 weeks at #1]

Countdown Extra: Once In A Lifetime - All Time Low

I wouldn't be surprised if KSI was named the next One to Watch in a couple of weeks, as his new song, Patience with YUNGBLUD and Polo G debuts this week after only one week in Hit-Bound. I already talked about this last week, so I won't talk about this for too long. KSI doesn't have much of a presence here, YUNGBLUD sounds fine and so does Polo G. The production's pretty good and I like the melody here.

Debuting a lot quicker and a lot higher than 34+35 did, Ariana Grande's pov makes its debut this week at #18. I'm really happy that Hits 1 didn't keep this on Hit-Bound for too long, as it definitely deserves to be here. I really love this song. Again, I talked about this last week, so all I'm gonna say is that Ariana sounds great and the writing's fantastic. I'd love to see this become a big hit.

Best Debut: pov - Ariana Grande

Biggest DROP!!!: my ex's best friend - Machine Gun Kelly/blackbear (-12): I guess this song's gonna be on its way out soon, which I'm totally fine with, because it's faded on me a bit. I expect that I'll like it as much as I did before later once the effects of overplay have worn off, though.

Biggest Jump: Astronaut In The Ocean - Masked Wolf & forget me too - Machine Gun Kelly/Halsey (+8): YESSSSS! Both of these songs are fantastic, especially the former, so I'm really glad that they're becoming hits here.

Countdown Ranking

0 - Crap:

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

1 - Bad:

#29: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish

2 - Mediocre:

#28: Put Your Records On - Ritt Momney

3 - Decent:

#27: you broke me first - Tate McRae

#26: Till Forever Falls Apart - Ashe/FINNEAS

#25: Leave The Door Open - Silk Sonic

#24: Patience - KSI/YUNGBLUD/Polo G

#23: Heat Waves - Glass Animals

4 - Good:

#22: We're Good - Dua Lipa

#21: Treat People With Kindness - Harry Styles

#20: willow - Taylor Swift

#19: I'm not Pretty - JESSIA

#18: The Eulogy of You and Me - LILHUDDY

#17: What You Know Bout Love - Pop Smoke

5 - Great:

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

#15: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby

#14: Monsters - All Time Low/Demi Lovato/blackbear

#13: Save Your Tears - The Weeknd

#12: Anyone - Justin Bieber

#11: drivers license - Olivia Rodrigo

#10: First Time - ILLENIUM/iann dior

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

#8: WITHOUT YOU - The Kid LAROI

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

#6: Too Late - Cash Cash/Wiz Khalifa/Lukas Graham

#5: My Head & My Heart - Ava Max

#4: Overdrive - Conan Gray

#3: Astronaut In The Ocean - Masked Wolf

#2: pov - Ariana Grande

#1: Way Less Sad - AJR

Overall Score: 122/150 = 81%

5 Oldest Songs

#5: Put Your Records On - Ritt Momney {21 weeks}
#4: What You Know Bout Love - Pop Smoke {24 weeks}
#3: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby {25 weeks}
#2: my ex's best friend - Machine Gun Kelly/blackbear & you broke me first - Tate McRae {27 weeks}

#1: Monsters - All Time Low/Demi Lovato/blackbear {29 weeks}

#1 Recommendation for Hits 1: What Other People Say - Sam Fischer/Demi Lovato

My Favourite Song Last Year: Blinding Lights - The Weeknd

My Least Favourite Song Last Year: Supalonely - BENEE/Gus Dapperton

Most Missed Countdown Song: Disturbia - Rihanna

Hit-Bound

Obsessed - Addison Rae [2]

MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name) - Lil Nas X [1]

You All Over Me (Taylor's Version) - Taylor Swift/Maren Morris [1]

Up - Cardi B [1]

slower - Tate McRae [3]

Once In A Lifetime - All Time Low [1]

CHICKEN TENDIES - Clinton Kane [3]

Goosebumps (Remix) - Travis Scott/HVME [8]

Sacrifice - Bebe Rexha [4]

Remember That Night? - Sara Kays [8]

The Business - Tiësto [6]

Dancing With The Devil - Demi Lovato [1]

Sucks Being Sober - Annika Wells [2]

Calling My Phone - Lil Tjay/6LACK [4]

Fly Away - Tones And I [1; 2nd time]

We have a lot of big names making debuts on Hit-Bound this week. We're starting with Lil Nas X's fourth song here. I can't believe that he's actually being successful and I'm all for it. MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name) definitely isn't his best, in fact, I'd go as far to say that it's his weakest song that he's had here so far, but Lil Nas X still sounds good here and the song's definitely fun and unique in its own right. All of his songs so far have sounded decently different, which is probably why he's been able to get some follow-up singles after Old Town Road. So yeah, this is definitely the least interesting of the four, but it's still decent.

Taylor Swift has decided to include a bunch of unreleased tracks from her upcoming re-recording of Fearless, so last week she decided to release the first of those, You All Over Me and she got Maren Morris to do backup vocals here. I guess Hits 1 picked up on this because they figure it would have a better shot at radio than Love Story (Taylor's Version), which is a good bet, as it's actually a song nobody's heard before. All that being said, I don't love this. Both Taylor and Maren Morris sound good here even if Maren Morris doesn't have much of a presence here, but it's just quite boring. I don't know, this might grow on me, but I doubt it.

I'm glad that Cardi B's been able to cross over again, and I'm even more glad that Hits 1 decided to pick up on this newest single, as it's really good. It's called Up and I'd consider one of her best songs yet. This song is just so much fun. Cardi's flow is really great and there's some great moments in the song, like the layered "I know that's right" and the hilarious "SKRRR" that happens near the end of the song. This has a pretty strong hook too and it's honestly just a really good song. I really hope that Hits 1 decides to let this onto the Countdown, because it really deserves it.

All Time Low have released their first single since the success of Monsters. It's called Once In A Lifetime and I like it. It's definitely not their best and I think both singles from Wake Up, Sunshine were both better, but this is definitely good in its own right. Everything about this is good and nothing strays too far from the sound that they consistently go for. I like the chorus (except for the name-drop) and this song's honestly just enjoyable.

Demi Lovato released another album yesterday and I'm really glad that they went with this song, Dancing With The Devil, over the other single, Met Him Last Night with Ariana Grande. This song is honestly really great. I'm not exactly sure how to describe the vibe she was going for, but I'm sure you'll recognize it if you listen to the song. Anyways, Demi sounds really good here, especially in the chorus. Yeah, that's all I have to say. Just a really solid song.

Fly Away left the Countdown and re-entered Hit-Bound this week. I'm glad it left, because it's pretty forgettable and it was just taking up space on the Countdown.

Oh yeah, Goosebumps has grown on me too. Mainly because the pitched-down voice doesn't bother me as much as it does in The Business because you can definitely tell that it's still Travis Scott.

Best Debut: Up - Cardi B

Hit-Bound Ranking

0 - Crap:

#15: The Business - Tiësto

1 - Bad:

NONE!

2 - Mediocre:

#14: Obsessed - Addison Rae

#13: Fly Away - Tones And I

3 - Decent:

#12: You All Over Me (Taylor's Version) - Taylor Swift/Maren Morris

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

#10: slower - Tate McRae

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

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

4 - Good:

#7: Remember That Night? - Sara Kays

#6: Dancing With The Devil - Demi Lovato

#5: Sacrifice - Bebe Rexha

#4: Sucks Being Sober - Annika Wells

5 - Great:

#3: Once In A Lifetime - All Time Low

#2: Up - Cardi B

#1: CHICKEN TENDIES - Clinton Kane

Overall Score: 50/75 = 67%

I'd Love to See Me from Your Blurb of View

We lost one other Countdown song this week, and that was Golden! Yay, I'm really glad to be finally done with this song.

We had four Hit-Bound exits this week, acting like that, 3, 2, 1, Good Days and 2Drunk. I never really expected Good Days to re-enter, so I don't really care. I was hoping that they would make 3, 2, 1 a bigger hit, so I'm kind of sad that it's gone, 2Drunk wasn't a single, I don't think, so I don't really care about that one either, but acting like that? Really, we had to let this one go? Come on.

Looks like this is Levitating's last week. I'm really happy with the success that it got.

Why is Put Your Records On back up to #15? Seriously, why is this becoming a huge hit?

That's really all the happened this week.

How Hits 1 Songs Are Doing on the Hot 100

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

#2: Up - Cardi B

#3: Leave The Door Open - Silk Sonic

#4: drivers license - Olivia Rodrigo

#5: Save Your Tears - The Weeknd

#6: Blinding Lights - The Weeknd

#7: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby

#9: What You Know Bout Love - Pop Smoke

#10: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior

#11: 34+35 - Ariana Grande

#12: Go Crazy - Chris Brown/Young Thug

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

#15: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish

#16: Anyone - Justin Bieber

#17: Astronaut In The Ocean - Masked Wolf

#21: positions - Ariana Grande

#22: you broke me first - Tate McRae

#24: Best Friend - Saweetie/Doja Cat

#26: Dynamite - BTS

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

#34: Good Days - SZA

#36: WITHOUT YOU - The Kid LAROI

#39: Put Your Records On - Ritt Momney

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

#48: My Head & My Heart - Ava Max

#50: willow - Taylor Swift

#51: We're Good - Dua Lipa

#57: Heat Waves - Glass Animals

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

#70: Monsters - All Time Low/Demi Lovato/blackbear

#71: Body - Megan Thee Stallion

#75: The Business - Tiësto

Top 10 on the Hunger Games Countdown

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

#9: Sacrifice - Bebe Rexha

#8: positions - Ariana Grande

#7: Lifestyle - Jason Derulo/Adam Levine

#6: Best Friend - Saweetie/Doja Cat

#5: 2Drunk - Nick Jonas

#4: Bitter - FLETCHER/Kito

#3: Treat People With Kindness - Harry Styles

#2: First Time - ILLENIUM/iann dior

#1: 3, 2, 1 - 24kGoldn

Top 10 If the Countdown Made Sense

#10: WITHOUT YOU - The Kid LAROI

#9: My Head & My Heart - Ava Max

#8: What You Know Bout Love - Pop Smoke

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

#6: Anyone - Justin Bieber

#5: Save Your Tears - The Weeknd

#4: you broke me first - Tate McRae

#3: Put Your Records On - Ritt Momney

#2: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish

#1: drivers license - Olivia Rodrigo

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

Week of March 27, 2021 - Taylor Swift (1)

Wow, this week was insanely active. There were so many huge jumps and drops and lots of new songs to review this week. In announcements, I've officially started March Madness and we're done with round 1. Voting for round 2 will open on Monday and close on Thursday, so keep an eye out for that. Here are our exits for this week!

Songs We're Saying Goodbye To

3, 2, 1 - 24kGoldn (#26) [#26] {2 weeks}

Lasting Lover - Sigala/James Arthur (#19) [#12] {12 weeks}

Lie Lie Lie - Joshua Bassett (#9) [#9] {8 weeks}

Last Week's #1: drivers license - Olivia Rodrigo (4)

#30: Too Late - Cash Cash/Wiz Khalifa/Lukas Graham (DEBUT) [2 weeks in Hit-Bound] {1 week}

#29: Astronaut In The Ocean - Masked Wolf (+1) [#29] {3 weeks} *new peak*

#28: First Time - ILLENIUM/iann dior (DEBUT) [1 week in Hit-Bound] {1 week}

#27: Fly Away - Tones And I (-3) [#22] {8 weeks}

#26: The Eulogy of You and Me - LILHUDDY (+3) [#26] {3 weeks} *new peak*

#25: What You Know Bout Love - Pop Smoke (-3) [#17] {23 weeks}

#24: Monsters - All Time Low/Demi Lovato/blackbear (-20) [4 weeks at #1] {28 weeks}

#23: Peaches - Justin Bieber/Daniel Caesar/Giveon (DEBUT) [0 weeks in Hit-Bound] {1 week}

#22: Put Your Records On - Ritt Momney (-7) [#15] {20 weeks}

#21: Golden - Harry Styles (-19) [4 weeks at #1] {22 weeks}

#20: WITHOUT YOU - The Kid LAROI (-2) [#18] {8 weeks}

#19: Beautiful Mistakes - Maroon 5/Megan Thee Stallion (+8) [#19] {2 weeks} *new peak*

#18: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby (-6) [3 weeks at #1] {24 weeks}

#17: forget me too - Machine Gun Kelly/Halsey (-4) [#13] {5 weeks}

#16: Leave The Door Open - Silk Sonic (+12) [#16] {3 weeks} *new peak*

#15: Heat Waves - Glass Animals (+8) [#15] {9 weeks} *new peak*

#14: I'm not Pretty - JESSIA (+7) [#14] {7 weeks} *new peak*

#13: Way Less Sad - AJR (+12) [#13] {5 weeks} *new peak*

#12: My Head & My Heart - Ava Max (-4) [#8] {9 weeks}

#11: Anyone - Justin Bieber (+5) [#11] {11 weeks} *new peak*

#10: my ex's best friend - Machine Gun Kelly/blackbear (-3) [#2] {26 weeks}

#9: Till Forever Falls Apart - Ashe/FINNEAS (+11) [#9] {3 weeks} *new peak*

#8: Overdrive - Conan Gray (+6) [#8] {5 weeks} *new peak*

#7: We're Good - Dua Lipa (+10) [#7] {6 weeks} *new peak*

#6: Treat People With Kindness - Harry Styles (+5) [#6] {11 weeks} *new peak*

#5: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish (+5) [#3] {19 weeks}

#4: you broke me first - Tate McRae (+1) [#4] {26 weeks} *new peak*

#3: drivers license - Olivia Rodrigo (-2) [4 weeks at #1] {11 weeks}

#2: Save Your Tears - The Weeknd (+4) [#2] {19 weeks} *new peak*

#1: willow - Taylor Swift (+2) [1st week at #1] {14 weeks} *new peak*

Last Year's #1: Adore You - Harry Styles [7/10 weeks at #1]

Countdown Extra: Patience - KSI/YUNGBLUD/Polo G

Well, I definitely wasn't expecting that. Despite getting really not many spins this week, Too Late by Cash Cash, Wiz Khalifa and Lukas Graham debuts at #30 this week. I'm quite happy that this debuted so soon, as I really enjoy this song. Both Wiz Khalifa and Lukas Graham (which is actually apparently a band) sound quite good here. Cash Cash's production is really great too and they really pull this song together. I hope that this becomes a hit here.

ILLENIUM scores his first song on the Weekend Countdown and iann dior scores his third with this new song, First Time. This is an EDM/Pop-rock song and I think it was executed quite well. iann dior sounds really good here (much better than he did in Holding On) and ILLENIUM's production works really well with his voice. The song is pretty catchy too. I hope that this sticks around for a bit.

Justin Bieber released his new album, Justice about a week ago and with it, he released two singles. One of those singles, Peaches featuring Daniel Caesar and Giveon debuts this week. I really would've preferred the other single, As I Am featuring Khalid. This song is quite bad. The chorus is just straight-up annoying and nobody sounds good here. The song isn't even interesting enough to even start to save the song from those faults, too. I really hope that this isn't a hit, but hopefully, since Hits 1 tends to not really like Justin Bieber, they won't let this song do too well.

Best Debut: Too Late - Cash Cash/Wiz Khalifa/Lukas Graham

Biggest DROP!!!: Monsters - All Time Low/Demi Lovato/blackbear (-20): This is the biggest drop that we've had since before the Countdown was shortened, I'm pretty sure. I'm definitely not surprised that this song dropped, but I'm surprised that it dropped all the way down to #24 from #4, though.

Biggest Jump: Leave The Door Open - Silk Sonic & Way Less Sad - AJR (+12): Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if this week ended up getting the award for "Biggest Combined Movers" in the Year in Review 2021 post. I'm really happy that Way Less Sad is all the way up at #13 and I hope this means that it becomes a big hit here. As for Leave The Door Open, I expected it, but I don't really care. ,'-',

Countdown Ranking

0 - Crap:

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

#29: Golden - Harry Styles

1 - Bad:

#28: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish

2 - Mediocre:

#27: Fly Away - Tones And I

#26: Put Your Records On - Ritt Momney

3 - Decent:

#25: Till Forever Falls Apart - Ashe/FINNEAS

#24: Leave The Door Open - Silk Sonic

#23: you broke me first - Tate McRae

#22: Heat Waves - Glass Animals

4 - Good:

#21: We're Good - Dua Lipa

#20: I'm not Pretty - JESSIA

#19: Treat People With Kindness - Harry Styles

#18: willow - Taylor Swift

#17: The Eulogy of You and Me - LILHUDDY

#16: What You Know Bout Love - Pop Smoke

5 - Great:

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

#14: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby

#13: Monsters - All Time Low/Demi Lovato/blackbear

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

#11: Save Your Tears - The Weeknd

#10: Anyone - Justin Bieber

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

#8: First Time - ILLENIUM/iann dior

#7: drivers license - Olivia Rodrigo

#6: WITHOUT YOU - The Kid LAROI

#5: Too Late - Cash Cash/Wiz Khalifa/Lukas Graham

#4: Astronaut In The Ocean - Masked Wolf

#3: My Head & My Heart - Ava Max

#2: Overdrive - Conan Gray

#1: Way Less Sad - AJR

Overall Score: 116/150 = 77%

5 Oldest Songs

#5: Golden - Harry Styles {22 weeks}

#4: What You Know Bout Love - Pop Smoke {23 weeks}

#3: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby {24 weeks}

#2: my ex's best friend - Machine Gun Kelly/blackbear & you broke me first - Tate McRae {26 weeks}

#1: Monsters - All Time Low/Demi Lovato/blackbear {28 weeks}

#1 Recommendation for Hits 1: Up - Cardi B

My Favourite Song Last Year: Blinding Lights - The Weeknd

My Least Favourite Song Last Year: Adore You - Harry Styles

Most Missed Countdown Song: Believer - Imagine Dragons

Hit-Bound

slower - Tate McRae [2]

Calling My Phone - Lil Tjay/6LACK [3]

acting like that - YUNGBLUD/Machine Gun Kelly [3]

pov - Ariana Grande [1]

The Business - Tiësto [5]

3, 2, 1 - 24kGoldn [1; 2nd time]

Obsessed - Addison Rae [1]

Good Days - SZA [3; 2nd time]

2Drunk - Nick Jonas [3]

CHICKEN TENDIES - Clinton Kane [2]

Sucks Being Sober - Annika Wells [1]

Patience - KSI/YUNGBLUD/Polo G [1]

Sacrifice - Bebe Rexha [3]

Remember That Night? - Sara Kays [7]

Goosebumps (Remix) - Travis Scott/HVME [7]

slower by Tate McRae re-entered Hit-Bound this week. I really don't care that it's back.

Ariana Grande's now released her third single from her album Positions and it's pov, my personal favourite from the album. I'm so happy that she decided to release this, as it's fantastic. Ariana's voice absolutely shines throughout this entire song, especially in the chorus. The writing's also just really fantastic. The production compliments this song really well too. I really love this song and I really hope that it becomes her next #1 song on the Hot 100.

24kGoldn released his first studio album this week, called El Dorado (which is "The Golden" in spanish, by the way) and with the release of the album, 3, 2, 1 dropped out of the Countdown and re-entered Hit-Bound. I would've liked to see his new song Love Or Lust debut this week, but whatever. Also, I don't really care that this didn't really end up sticking around.

I don't know what's weirder: pretty much every TikTok star making music or the fact that Hits 1 keeps picking up on their songs. Anyways, Addison Rae tried her hand at music with her new song Obsessed. It's... fine. I'm not sure how she got benny blanco to produce this, but whatever. She's definitely not the best singer and the production isn't anything too unique, but it's still not bad. One trend that I've noticed though is that these TikTok-ers aren't the best songwriters. The writing in this song really reminds me of Me Too by Meghan Trainor (which I don't like, by the way). I guess it was supposed to be a self-confidence song, but it wasn't executed very well.

Alright, quick breath of fresh air before we jump back into social media people making music. This song's called Sucks Being Sober and it's by a new artist called Annika Wells. This song's fun. I think Annika Wells sounds quite good here and the production compliments her voice and the melody really well. There's not much too interesting to talk about here, but it's definitely still an enjoyable song.

So this YouTuber called KSI has decided to start music, so he has a new song with YUNGBLUD and Polo G called Patience. I'm not entirely sure whether I should take KSI seriously or not, as I'm not familiar with him, but from the sound of this song, I'd say he's at least trying to be taken seriously as an artist and I buy it. He's definitely not the best singer, but he's definitely better than Addison Rae. I don't think YUNGBLUD sounds very good in the chorus and he probably wasn't the best choice here and Polo G doesn't sound great either, but the production's really good and the melody's quite interesting. This might be a grower, but probably not.

Best Debut: pov - Ariana Grande

Hit-Bound Ranking

0 - Crap:

#15: The Business - Tiësto

1 - Bad:

NONE!

2 - Mediocre:

#14: Obsessed - Addison Rae

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

3 - Decent:

#12: slower - Tate McRae

#11: Patience - KSI/YUNGBLUD/Polo G

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

#9: Good Days - SZA

4 - Good:

#8: Remember That Night? - Sara Kays

#7: Sucks Being Sober - Annika Wells

#6: Sacrifice - Bebe Rexha

#5: 3, 2, 1 - 24kGoldn

#4: 2Drunk - Nick Jonas

5 - Great:

#3: acting like that - YUNGBLUD/Machine Gun Kelly

#2: CHICKEN TENDIES - Clinton Kane

#1: pov - Ariana Grande

I Get My Blurbs Down In Georgia (Oh Yeah)

So the Countdown exits that I haven't talked about yet are Lasting Lover and Lie Lie Lie. It really sucks to see Lasting Lover left, especially right after I grew back into it. As for Lie Lie Lie, it definitely faded on me from when it first entered Hit-Bound and I never really expected it to be a hit anyways, so I don't care about that one too much.

As for Hit-Bound exits, we lost Provide, Follow You, Bad Girl and Beginning Middle End. It really sucks that Hits 1 isn't giving many rap songs a chance to do well on the Countdown and I think Provide deserved to do well. I'm like 99% sure that Follow You isn't gone and it'll re-enter next week, as it's still getting spins and it literally only spent a week here and Hits 1 really likes Imagine Dragons. As for Bad Girl and Beginning Middle End, I never really cared about either of them, so I don't really care that they're gone.

Looks like Put Your Records On doesn't have much time left here, which is good especially considering it's gaining pretty much everywhere else.

Golden dropped to #21 this week. It was at #2 last week. WOOOOH! We can finally get rid of this and now Treat People With Kindness can hit #1, which I'm actually fine with, as it's a good song.

Beautiful Mistakes made a big gain from its debut last week, which is good.

Heat Waves is now a top 15 hit and while I wasn't expecting it, I'll definitely take it.

Wow, I'm not Pretty is now the third One to Watch to actually make it into the top 15. Could it become the second One to Watch to make it to the top 10? Maybe.

Sorry, why did My Head & My Heart drop to #12? This makes no sense.

Till Forever Falls Apart is now all the way at #9, which means this will probably hit #1 because Hits 1 discovered Ashe. And yes, I'm still convinced that if Niall Horan hadn't have hopped on Moral of the Story, this never would've happened.

Overdrive is now a top 10 hit, which I'm really happy about. I'd love to see this make it into the top 5, maybe even hit #1. Who knows?

We're Good also had a huge gain to #7 this week. Sure, I'll take it, I guess.

Therefore I Am is now up to #5, which absolutely sucks. It should be gone by now.

drivers license fell off of #1, making willow our new #1. I guess I'll take it, although drivers license should still be #1.

How Hits 1 Songs Are Doing on the Hot 100

#2: Leave The Door Open - Silk Sonic

#3: drivers license - Olivia Rodrigo

#5: Save Your Tears - The Weeknd

#6: Blinding Lights - The Weeknd

#7: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby

#8: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior

#9: 34+35 - Ariana Grande

#11: Go Crazy - Chris Brown/Young Thug

#12: What You Know Bout Love - Pop Smoke

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

#15: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish

#17: positions - Ariana Grande

#19: you broke me first - Tate McRae

#21: Best Friend - Saweetie/Doja Cat

#25: Astronaut In The Ocean - Masked Wolf

#27: Good Days - SZA

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

#32: Put Your Records On - Ritt Momney

#34: Dynamite - BTS

#37: Anyone - Justin Bieber

#39: willow - Taylor Swift

#40: WITHOUT YOU - The Kid LAROI

#46: My Head & My Heart - Ava Max

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

#52: We're Good - Dua Lipa

#56: Heat Waves - Glass Animals

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

#60: Monsters - All Time Low/Demi Lovato/blackbear

#64: Body - Megan Thee Stallion

#69: The Business - Tiësto

#83: Follow You - Imagine Dragons

Top 10 on the Hunger Games Countdown

#10: Best Friend - Saweetie/Doja Cat

#9: going out - ROLE MODEL

#8: Bad Girl - Daya

#7: Lie Lie Lie - Joshua Bassett

#6: Midnight - Alesso/Liam Payne

#5: Bitter - FLETCHER/Kito

#4: Remember That Night? - Sara Kays

#3: Good Days - SZA

#2: Stay Next To Me - Quinn XCII/Chelsea Cutler

#1: Way Less Sad - AJR

Top 10 If the Countdown Made Sense

#10: What You Know Bout Love - Pop Smoke

#9: We're Good - Dua Lipa

#8: My Head & My Heart - Ava Max

#7: Put Your Records On - Ritt Momney

#6: Anyone - Justin Bieber

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

#4: Save Your Tears - The Weeknd

#3: you broke me first - Tate McRae

#2: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish

#1: drivers license - Olivia Rodrigo

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