But before we officially start, let's see what our two exits are:
Ravyn Lenae - Love Me Not [#11] {3w} Peak: 11 ; Year End: #86 (miss)
Ed Sheeran - Azizam [#2] {12w} Peak: 2 ; Year End: #12
Top 15
15. Ed Sheeran feat. Arijit Singh - Sapphire [Debut] (after 3 weeks bubbling under)
14. Lewis Capaldi - Survive [Debut] (after 5 weeks bubbling under)
13. Fitz & The Tantrums - Man On The Moon [+1] {2w} Peak: 13*
12. Doechii - Anxiety [-6] {9w} Peak: 6
11. Sabrina Carpenter - Manchild [-3] {6w} Peak: 8
10. The Head & The Heart - Arrow [-3] {3w} Peak: 7
09. Morgan Wallen feat. Tate McRae - What I Want [+1] {7w} Peak: 9*
08. Jonas Brothers - No Time To Talk [+4] {3w} Peak: 8*
07. sombr - undressed [+2] {8w} Peak: 7*
06. Alex Warren feat. Rosé - On My Mind [+9] {2w} Peak: 6*
05. Max McNown - A Lot More Free [-2] {17w} Peak: 2
04. Benson Boone - Mystical Magical [+1] {3w} Peak: 4*
03. Myles Smith feat. Lainey Wilson - Nice To Meet You [+10] {3w} Peak: 3*
02. Alex Warren - Ordinary [+2] {22w} Peak: 2 (will this EVER hit #1??)
01. Benson Boone - Sorry, I'm Here For Someone Else [==] {18w} 6w @ #1
Biggest five songs on Mediabase that The Pulse haven't played yet:
SZA feat. Kendrick Lamar - 30 for 30 [#9]
Jessie Murph - Blue Strips [#11]
Charli XCX - party 4 u [#14]
Tate McRae - Revolving Door [#15]
Drake - Nokia [#17]
We have two debuts this week. Let's get through them:
Ed Sheeran gets his second song on the countdown at the same time with Sapphire, a collaboration with Arijit Singh. I liked this much more beforehand but now, It's honestly just alright. I wonder what this will honestly do.
I think I can finally say I like Lewis Capaldi, I'm sorry. I know he sounds like an amalgamation of a dying chicken, a dying goat, a dying sheep, a dying alpaca, a dying llama, a dying polar bear, a dying cow, a dying pig, a dying snake, a dying salmon, a dying goose, a dying turkey, a dying donkey, a dying horse, a dying mule, a dying rabbit, a dying quail, a dying guinea fowl, a dying yak, a dying water buffalo, a dying camel, a dying ostrich, a dying emu, a dying pigeon, a dying cat, a dying dog, a dying deer, a dying elk, a dying tilapia, a dying trout, a dying catfish, a dying bullfrog, a dying silkworm, a dying pheasant, a dying zebu, a dying miniature horse, a dying banteng, a dying red deer, a dying peafowl, a dying swine, a dying capybara, a dying chinchilla, a dying duck, a dying suffolk sheep, and a dying ayrshire cow. And that's when he doesn't sound like a broken pencil sharpener. Or a broken dentist drill. But hey, Survive is fairly upbeat, and that's a plus for him. Here's the thing: People really like Lose Control, but I don't see what sets that song apart from many Lewis Capaldi songs. Lose Control is about as upbeat as Before You Go, and The Door is about as upbeat as Forget Me. I like Teddy Swims, and therefore I also like Lewis Capaldi. I probably didn't need to right 7 sentences to say that, but you get that anyways.
Bubbling Under
Justin Bieber - Daisies (3)
Billie Eilish - Wildflower (4)
Rob Thomas - Hard To Be Happy (2)
OneRepublic - Beautiful Colors (Debut)
OneRepublic is back with Beautiful Colors. Hopefully this grows on me.
Baby You're On My Blurb
Yep, I was right to lose confidence on Azizam hitting #1. It's literally #1 in airplay this week, but instead let's give the song #8 in airplay the #1 spot yet again, because why not, right??
Rest In Piece to Love Me Not. It only had one week to be the purple song, so sad. This means Sabrina Carpenter gets the purple song of the week, something I never would've expected.
This countdown had so much more movement than I would've expected. Manchild and Arrow dropped 3 spots for no reason, and Anxiety dropped 6 spots for no reason. However, I'm kind of glad Anxiety is falling, I'm starting to really hate it like I should've months ago.
On My Mind and Nice To Meet You made the biggest jumps since Pink Pony Club jumped 11 spots in March. Okay, then.
A few songs grew on me, including No Time To Talk. Hopefully this can do well.
I'll have more to say next week, but for now, I have to take my My great-great-grandfather’s barber’s wife’s sister’s husband’s childhood neighbor’s mailman’s stepdaughter’s ex-boyfriend’s aunt’s yoga instructor’s goldfish’s previous owner’s dentist’s cousin’s college roommate to a dance class. byeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!
