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jimwatts View member profile	9th January 2024, 10:53 PM Post #21
my mind is ready for fun Joined: 28 August 2017 Posts: 10,730 User: 38,591	QUOTE(PeteFromLeeds @ Jan 8 2024, 10:05 PM) Quite the fan of Real Life! I've not heard too much else from them but this one definitely stuck with me, certainly the sort of song to get you thinking. Oh I'm delighted to hear that! I wasn't aware of them before their song which became my BJSC entry (still to come here), but I agree, very thought-provoking from those I've heard. QUOTE(Ansel @ Jan 8 2024, 10:08 PM) Like everyone else has said, Less Than Zero must be one of the biggest "singles that should've been" ever! There must be a thousand parallel universes where it's one of his biggest hits - manifesting a Die For You moment any day soon. Olivia and Lana are very welcome here, big fan of both songs - Olivia going more rocky and Lana really switching things up unexpectedly! I was so surprised when I first heard Weyes Blood, she has such a classic-sounding voice I really couldn't believe it was brand new! Couldn't agree more about 'Less Than Zero' - bring it in from one of those universes! Olivia and Lana delivered with the switch ups (Lana mid-song) in 2023, and Weyes has a gorgeous voice that helps give her music a classic feel. Thanks both!


jimwatts View member profile	9th January 2024, 10:55 PM Post #22
my mind is ready for fun Joined: 28 August 2017 Posts: 10,730 User: 38,591	8ecVwQIUTHA #85 -> #81 #85 MUNA - One That Got Away (193 points) [34-17-14-12-13-12-15-24-35] #84 Röyksopp feat. Susanne Sundfør - Oh, Lover (195 points) [13-10-11-10-13-17-26-33] #83 cassö, RAYE, D-Block Europe - Prada (196 points) [30-23-25-23-22-24-22-21-23-21-26-36] #82 CHVRCHES - Over (202 points) [29-24-18-16-16-16-16-19-24-30] #81 Aexhy - I Had A Dream (202 points) [29-27-22-20-12-11-11-16-19+] I'd heard a lot about MUNA without being able to name anything by them until this song came out, and then the hype made sense with the late 80s-styled electropop and a chorus which turns the angst of the verses on its head. Röyksopp have a couple of songs to come eventually, and on the back of discovering those I revisited the entire 2022 trilogy of Profound Mysteries albums with this song being a standout - frequent collaborator Susanne Sundfør recalls a lover no longer with her, layering the passion and sorrow within her vocals over the spacey production. The third song in this countdown to chart officially is also the only one that didn't make my weekly top 20, and it's quite a marmite moment - step forward cassö, RAYE and D-Block Europe - I'm no fan of the original 'Ferrari Horses' collaboration of the latter two (and I'm one for whom D-Block Europe are generally a hard sell), but something just works in this sped-up form which drops in the right places and gives RAYE's chorus an anthemic feel. I can see how it jars with her backstory as a pigeonholed dance singer and long road to artistic freedom, fortunately her song which was central to that triumph is still to come. CHVRCHES released their poppiest single in a long time and it sparkles brightly, with a chorus that should have been blasting out of radios everywhere. I was impressed with a couple of earlier songs from Aexhy as Electronic Track of the Week discoveries but this one, which I found directly from Kath's chart, is a jittery techno thumper whose dark heart (similarly to Kathaldazia's BJSC entry at around the same time, L.S.G. - Hearts) became a slow-burning hit for me.


Roba. View member profile	10th January 2024, 12:28 AM Post #23
Rob aah Joined: 3 July 2007 Posts: 38,327 User: 3,804	'ITIIITIATIIHYLIHYL' did continue to grow through the contest for me. 'Prada' is good as well but hasn't made my eoy though lol.


Sergej View member profile	10th January 2024, 01:56 PM Post #24
BuzzJack Platinum Member Joined: 7 September 2017 Posts: 11,851 User: 39,723	Hi Jim! Really like this from your list so far: #100 The Weeknd - Less Than Zero (156 points) [11-08-12-18-20-28-34] #97 Olivia Rodrigo - vampire (162 points) [15-13-16-19-22-26-33-32-31] #91 Alan Walker, Daya - Heart Over Mind (176 points) [25-13-10-09-16-18-20+] #87 Olivia Rodrigo - ballad of a homeschooled girl (187 points) [17-11-11-11-11-15-24] #83 cassö, RAYE, D-Block Europe - Prada (196 points) [30-23-25-23-22-24-22-21-23-21-26-36] #82 CHVRCHES - Over (202 points) [29-24-18-16-16-16-16-19-24-30] Really hope to get into mine soon! Great list so far!


jimwatts View member profile	10th January 2024, 10:01 PM Post #25
my mind is ready for fun Joined: 28 August 2017 Posts: 10,730 User: 38,591	QUOTE(Roba. @ Jan 10 2024, 12:28 AM) 'ITIIITIATIIHYLIHYL' did continue to grow through the contest for me. 'Prada' is good as well but hasn't made my eoy though lol. Same for me with BLACKSHAPE, but glad it did and let to a well-earned AQ! QUOTE(Sergej @ Jan 10 2024, 01:56 PM) Hi Jim! Really like this from your list so far: #100 The Weeknd - Less Than Zero (156 points) [11-08-12-18-20-28-34] #97 Olivia Rodrigo - vampire (162 points) [15-13-16-19-22-26-33-32-31] #91 Alan Walker, Daya - Heart Over Mind (176 points) [25-13-10-09-16-18-20+] #87 Olivia Rodrigo - ballad of a homeschooled girl (187 points) [17-11-11-11-11-15-24] #83 cassö, RAYE, D-Block Europe - Prada (196 points) [30-23-25-23-22-24-22-21-23-21-26-36] #82 CHVRCHES - Over (202 points) [29-24-18-16-16-16-16-19-24-30] Really hope to get into mine soon! Great list so far! Hi Sergej, glad you like several of these, and I see you've started your EOY now which is great! Thanks both!


jimwatts View member profile	10th January 2024, 10:10 PM Post #26
my mind is ready for fun Joined: 28 August 2017 Posts: 10,730 User: 38,591	GxldQ9eX2wo #80 -> #76 #80 LOWES - Game Of Love (203 points) [36-24-18-15-12-07-14-22-25-34] #79 Samia - Honey (204 points) [10-01-05-10-15-20-25-38] #78 ROSALÍA - LLYLM (205 points) [16-06-04-07-09-17-23] #77 Dani Sylvia - She Swam Higher (206 points) [12-09-09-11-13-16-22-30] #76 Stephen Sanchez - Until I Found You (208 points) [[07-06]-10-10-11-13-17-19-23-26-32] LOWES open with the best mention of detergent in a song since Kursaal Flyers - it's actually an inventive use of breakable or disposable plates as a metaphor for relationships that can't be fixed or are short-term, over skittering DnB production that fleshes out in the chorus. I discovered and charted this a few weeks before its BJSC entry and although it was my eventual 15 pointer, it had racked up enough weeks pre-contest to outdo the 18 pointer here. Speaking of BJSC, here is the first of 8 of my own entries to land in this countdown from a possible 10 - and no way were the two which DNQed the worst as they both make it, Samia having one of those. It's also the first of 19 which reached #1 on my chart, not entirely coincidentally as the DNQ did take the shine off a bit for me, but I've come back around to its charms. Over minimal guitar, she paints an idyllic picture of a life of freedom, but as it gently builds she explains she can only fantasise about it, and the feeling of her being trapped is enhanced by the video, but it's a double-edged sword because she's making people happy, and repeats the "it's all honey" of the chorus over and over in a thrilling finale. Stepping away from BJSC for a moment, I'd be looking out for new music from ROSALÍA after 2022's 'DESPECHÁ', so a song with a chorus in English this time was a big deal, but her sensual vocals are as on point as usual and the flamenco-styled middle eight is a highlight. We return to BJSC and a rare in-contest discovery for me in this countdown for Dani Sylvia, whose rich vocals tell a short story which could actually narrate a short animated film, with its themes of survival and redemption. Stephen Sanchez brings the number of chart hits in the countdown to four, and been aware of it since autumn 2022, but was most pleased when it properly broke through, with the 60s stylings of the 6/8 time balladry and shimmering guitar backing his unique vocals and those fabulous harmonies.


Jade View member profile	10th January 2024, 10:26 PM Post #27
I wanna keep all of your charm in a canister Pronouns: She/her Joined: 18 January 2011 Posts: 60,205 User: 12,810	Hey Jim, my favourites to appear since I last commented are: #89 BLACKSHAPE - ITIIITIATIIHYLIHYL #88 Weyes Blood - Hearts Aglow #87 Olivia Rodrigo - ballad of a homeschooled girl #86 Lana Del Rey - A&W #84 Röyksopp feat. Susanne Sundfør - Oh, Lover #78 ROSALÍA - LLYLM #76 Stephen Sanchez - Until I Found You Post-rock entries do seem to be high point magnets for me more often than not in BJSC and 'ITIIITIATIIHYLIHYL' was no exception Weyes Blood and Röyksopp both provided some of my favourite albums of last year, glad that you checked out the whole trio from the latter . My first listen of 'A&W' was a casual one while on a walk during my lunch break and I was floored by that beat-switch, felt like Lana's most experimental release in a little while. Love to see ROSALÍA appearing in a few countdowns I was a bit concerned that 'LLYLM' would be an underwhelming sell-out English language moment, but instead a Spanglish delight.


Chez Wombat View member profile	10th January 2024, 10:34 PM Post #28
The owls are not what they seem Pronouns: He/him Joined: 11 July 2009 Posts: 37,134 User: 9,232	Hooray, I'd hoped you'd finally do one of these x Weyes Blood's album was a fantastic, gorgeous experience this year, God Turn Me Into a Flower is my highlight, but all of the album including Hearts Aglow is great too. Nice to see Over in someone else's list too as that one went a bit under the radar. Some good BJSC picks too - She Swam Higher turned into a real highlight thanks to its video and gothic lyrics and BLACKSHAPE was a deserved high pointer from me too.


jimwatts View member profile	12th January 2024, 12:11 AM Post #29
my mind is ready for fun Joined: 28 August 2017 Posts: 10,730 User: 38,591	QUOTE(Jade @ Jan 10 2024, 10:26 PM) Hey Jim, my favourites to appear since I last commented are: #89 BLACKSHAPE - ITIIITIATIIHYLIHYL #88 Weyes Blood - Hearts Aglow #87 Olivia Rodrigo - ballad of a homeschooled girl #86 Lana Del Rey - A&W #84 Röyksopp feat. Susanne Sundfør - Oh, Lover #78 ROSALÍA - LLYLM #76 Stephen Sanchez - Until I Found You Post-rock entries do seem to be high point magnets for me more often than not in BJSC and 'ITIIITIATIIHYLIHYL' was no exception Weyes Blood and Röyksopp both provided some of my favourite albums of last year, glad that you checked out the whole trio from the latter . My first listen of 'A&W' was a casual one while on a walk during my lunch break and I was floored by that beat-switch, felt like Lana's most experimental release in a little while. Love to see ROSALÍA appearing in a few countdowns I was a bit concerned that 'LLYLM' would be an underwhelming sell-out English language moment, but instead a Spanglish delight. Hey Jade, yes the Röyksopp trio of albums was a treat - such a burst of creativity from them, although the third one is my favourite! 'A&W' is certainly more experimental than I'd been used to from Lana, but she really pulled it off - guessing it'll be top 3 for you? Glad you've so many other favourites here - if you haven't already heard them, I think you might also like 'The Colline Gate' at #95 and 'I Had A Dream' at #81. QUOTE(Chez Wombat @ Jan 10 2024, 10:34 PM) Hooray, I'd hoped you'd finally do one of these x Weyes Blood's album was a fantastic, gorgeous experience this year, God Turn Me Into a Flower is my highlight, but all of the album including Hearts Aglow is great too. Nice to see Over in someone else's list too as that one went a bit under the radar. Some good BJSC picks too - She Swam Higher turned into a real highlight thanks to its video and gothic lyrics and BLACKSHAPE was a deserved high pointer from me too. Hey Chez, yay with a year's worth of charts, the data was all there for me to do this! I gave Weyes' whole album a listen and it's quite lovely and moving - I can see why 'God Turned Me Into A Flower' is a favourite too. 'Over' did go a bit under the radar as I think some of CHVRCHES' later charting songs did, but they've definitely still got it. Pleasing that both those BJSC songs finished second, great to see them appealing to fans of different genres in the contest too. Thanks both!


jimwatts View member profile	12th January 2024, 12:24 AM Post #30
my mind is ready for fun Joined: 28 August 2017 Posts: 10,730 User: 38,591	9R9qLldd7_U #75 -> #71 #75 TDJ - Save Me (210 points) [30-29-28-27-26-25-24-23-22-21-20-25-30-35-40] #74 Let's Eat Grandma - Happy New Year (211 points) [02-03-05-10-12-18-26] #73 Ava Max - Dancing's Done (214 points) [[09]-05-07-09-15-14-17-21-27-40] #72 Leony, Niklas Dee, VIZE - I Can Feel (216 points) [17-10-10-10-15-16-19-23-33] #71 THUS LOVE - Repetitioner (218 points) [40-27-16-09-07-13-14-19-22-25] TDJ got my second Electronic Track Of The Week for this song which, as the chart run shows, became the ultimate sleeper hit - something else stuck each time I heard it, like the break beat at the start, the gentle builds and drops, the dreamy piano lines, the looped vocal effects near the end, and her gorgeous singing voice. I liked the Let's Eat Grandma song when it came out at the start (appropriately enough) of 2022, but hadn't kept it on my radar, so after reacquainting with it in BJSC's The Best Of (TBO) 2022 and giving it my top score, it got a belated chart run - the wall of synths and lyrics recounting friendship are a delight, while the fireworks around a minute before the end may be a gimmick but one I can't help but love. Ava Max didn't have the best album rollout for Diamonds & Dancefloors, but the song she released just before Christmas 2022 more than hit the mark with ABBA-like synth trills and an alluring, handclap-assisted chorus. The collaboration between Leony, Niklas Dee and VIZE came up on my Release Radar on the back of a song higher up, and has quite an infectious drop - not sure which subgenre I'd put it in, but it certainly slaps. THUS LOVE were a discovery from Jade's chart, and as I mentioned in her EOY thread this song brought to my mind 80s/90s indie band The House Of Love, with the slightly nonchalant vocals and wistful but sparkling guitar.


Popchartfreak View member profile	12th January 2024, 10:18 AM Post #31
BuzzJack Legend Joined: 18 July 2012 Posts: 22,860 User: 17,376	Vampire and Till I Found You feature in my top 100 of 2023, with Prada peaking now in 2024 so in with a hot for this year, and a copule of others I like too


Mack. View member profile	12th January 2024, 01:18 PM Post #32
It's still will be the return of the Mack 4eva Joined: 1 February 2011 Posts: 53,829 User: 12,915	Vampire will definitely be featuring in my countdown.


Sergej View member profile	12th January 2024, 08:24 PM Post #33
BuzzJack Platinum Member Joined: 7 September 2017 Posts: 11,851 User: 39,723	Hi there Jim! Here are my favourites from your list: #78 ROSALÍA - LLYLM (205 points) [16-06-04-07-09-17-23] #76 Stephen Sanchez - Until I Found You (208 points) [[07-06]-10-10-11-13-17-19-23-26-32] #72 Leony, Niklas Dee, VIZE - I Can Feel (216 points) [17-10-10-10-15-16-19-23-33] (Surprised to see this here so early!) Great list so far! Will be excited for the next songs!


Roba. View member profile	12th January 2024, 08:45 PM Post #34
Rob aah Joined: 3 July 2007 Posts: 38,327 User: 3,804	'Game of Love', 'She Swam Higher', 'Happy New Year', 'Dancing's Done' all good and 'Until I Found You' is fab. Pleased it was a hit although would've loved it to have gone top 10 and not stalled momentum!


jimwatts View member profile	13th January 2024, 12:45 AM Post #35
my mind is ready for fun Joined: 28 August 2017 Posts: 10,730 User: 38,591	QUOTE(Popchartfreak @ Jan 12 2024, 10:18 AM) Vampire and Till I Found You feature in my top 100 of 2023, with Prada peaking now in 2024 so in with a hot for this year, and a copule of others I like too QUOTE(CoolHand501 @ Jan 12 2024, 01:18 PM) Vampire will definitely be featuring in my countdown. Glad to see the officially charting songs in my countdown have been popular so far! QUOTE(Sergej @ Jan 12 2024, 08:24 PM) Hi there Jim! Here are my favourites from your list: #78 ROSALÍA - LLYLM (205 points) [16-06-04-07-09-17-23] #76 Stephen Sanchez - Until I Found You (208 points) [[07-06]-10-10-11-13-17-19-23-26-32] #72 Leony, Niklas Dee, VIZE - I Can Feel (216 points) [17-10-10-10-15-16-19-23-33] (Surprised to see this here so early!) Great list so far! Will be excited for the next songs! Hi Sergej! Glad for a few more of your favourites in the last ten and the shout out for 'I Can Feel' - not sure if you're surprised it's this high or thought it would be higher, though one of them has another song to come. Thank you! QUOTE(Roba. @ Jan 12 2024, 08:45 PM) 'Game of Love', 'She Swam Higher', 'Happy New Year', 'Dancing's Done' all good and 'Until I Found You' is fab. Pleased it was a hit although would've loved it to have gone top 10 and not stalled momentum! Glad you approve, and yes 'Until I Found You' appeared to stall very quickly both times it went Top 20, though at least it made the official EOY top 40 and became generally well known! Thanks all!


jimwatts View member profile	13th January 2024, 12:54 AM Post #36
my mind is ready for fun Joined: 28 August 2017 Posts: 10,730 User: 38,591	L8E7RzYWhqs #70 -> #66 #70 Hard Target, Clouds, Tommy Holohan - Echoes (219 points) [35-27-24-11-06-03-02-01+] #69 The Blessed Madonna - Serotonin Moonbeams (222 points) [30-16-13-14-13-14-13-19-23-33] #68 Dua Lipa - Houdini (226 points) [10-08-08-08-08-10-09+] #67 Chelsea Wolfe - Dusk (227 points) [01-01-02-04-05-06+] #66 Sheryl Crow - Alarm Clock (230 points) [11-06-04-04-06-11-15+] This section begins with my final #1 of 2023, and still my current #1 by default since I've yet to post a chart in 2024 :/ The Hard Target collab with Clouds and Tommy Holohan was another discovery from Jade's chart that's taken on a life of its own for me, a six-minute dark banger with a pulsing beat and riff undercut by ominous bass and an eerily pitched vocal repeating: "this is the cure for being alone, these are my friends and this is home..." - all of which speaks to me. A less heavy electronic delight comes next from The Blessed Madonna punctuated by the bouncy riff and joyous chorus "hit you with that bad bitch thunder lightning super frightening, yeah", with some funky retro-sounding samples dropping in towards the end. The next three songs were all still in the top 15 of my last weekly chart too, and it's no surprise that the era starter for Dua Lipa appears in many of these EOYs - a song unmistakably in her identity, and like 'Don't Start Now' the chorus is slightly angular with the verses taking most of the melody, yet there's a grittier 80s-influenced production which truly shines in the final minute. Chelsea Wolfe delivered my final BJSC entry of the year - I was hooked on first listen with the suitably dusky production which whistles and grinds along, while her voice carries the emotion and fiery imagery, until the three-minute mark when it all explodes behind her with guitar and drums unleashed. Sheryl Crow has been having hit albums as long as I've been following the charts, and while I wasn't really looking out for her latest lead single, which has some subtle electronics but is very much in her trademark sound, I'm glad I checked it out as the chorus was a sure-fire earworm from the start, with its all-too-relatable sentiment of real life getting in the way.


Jade View member profile	13th January 2024, 08:07 PM Post #37
I wanna keep all of your charm in a canister Pronouns: She/her Joined: 18 January 2011 Posts: 60,205 User: 12,810	Just checked out your recommendations of 'The Colline Gate' and 'I Had A Dream' and both were fab so thanks for that - added them to my shuffle playlist . Some great stuff since I last posted - I'm thrilled that you got a great discovery out of 'Repetitioner' from my chart <3 heard it on 6Music and fell in love straight away. 'Houdini' was also a love at first listen experience, I went in totally blind and was so pleased with how that final minute progressed too. 'Dusk' is of course one of my favourite BJSC entries of last year so thanks again for that discovery! A third Chelsea song has made my weekly chart now in quick succession, 'Tunnel Lights' another intense experience from her.


LewisGT View member profile	13th January 2024, 08:35 PM Post #38
BuzzJack Platinum Member Joined: 7 February 2013 Posts: 11,975 User: 18,293	ballad of a homeschooled girl and Houdini are my favourites from your last few sections. I always love the fun, rockier efforts from Olivia and I'm really intrigued to hear what direction Dua is going to go with the rest of her album as it's always going to be difficult to follow-up such an instant classic. Houdini is a promising start though.


jimwatts View member profile	13th January 2024, 10:52 PM Post #39
my mind is ready for fun Joined: 28 August 2017 Posts: 10,730 User: 38,591	QUOTE(Jade @ Jan 13 2024, 08:07 PM) Just checked out your recommendations of 'The Colline Gate' and 'I Had A Dream' and both were fab so thanks for that - added them to my shuffle playlist . Some great stuff since I last posted - I'm thrilled that you got a great discovery out of 'Repetitioner' from my chart <3 heard it on 6Music and fell in love straight away. 'Houdini' was also a love at first listen experience, I went in totally blind and was so pleased with how that final minute progressed too. 'Dusk' is of course one of my favourite BJSC entries of last year so thanks again for that discovery! A third Chelsea song has made my weekly chart now in quick succession, 'Tunnel Lights' another intense experience from her. You're welcome, glad to hear . Whenever I've tuned into 6Music it's been a bit hit and miss for me, but I've heard of many songs I like being discovered there so I should give it more of a try. Delighted that 'Dusk' became such a favourite for you! I'd heard both the other Chelsea songs last year and really should have given 'Tunnel Lights' a few more plays as it sounds captivating on another listen! QUOTE(LewisGT @ Jan 13 2024, 08:35 PM) ballad of a homeschooled girl and Houdini are my favourites from your last few sections. I always love the fun, rockier efforts from Olivia and I'm really intrigued to hear what direction Dua is going to go with the rest of her album as it's always going to be difficult to follow-up such an instant classic. Houdini is a promising start though. I appreciate the rockier side to Olivia too. Agree it will be difficult for Dua to top Future Nostalgia but I like that she's going in a slightly different direction with the lead single and eagerly await what will come next! Thanks both!


jimwatts View member profile	13th January 2024, 10:54 PM Post #40
my mind is ready for fun Joined: 28 August 2017 Posts: 10,730 User: 38,591	kEmWsCJzIs4 #65 -> #61 #65 Kesha - Eat The Acid (235 points) [40-30-20-14-14-14-14-16-18-22-27-32-37] #64 Snow Strippers - Under Your Spell (240 points) [36-29-09-07-08-09-11-12-20-29] #63 MUNA - What I Want (242 points) [07-06-07-06-10-12-18-23-38] #62 Shygirl - Firefly (244 points) [25-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-25-24-30] #61 Fanera - Euforija (247 points) [03-02-03-02-07-13-22-29+] I may be repeating myself from other EOYs, but I hadn't heard any hype for a comeback from Kesha and nor had I anticipated it, when it popped up midway through New Music Friday and I was immediately intrigued by the dark sounds and repeated "you don't wanna be changed like it changed me" line - later in the song, the choral effects after "hate has no place in the divine" and trippy shift at the end add to the impression that she may be recounting some of the dark places she has gone to as a result of her public ordeal. Two BJSC songs appear in this section and I gave 18s to both - I discovered Snow Strippers from Kath's chart and gave them a run myself before realising it was indeed a Kathaldazia entry, but it's a thumping tune with sultry vocals sporadically clipped as if spellbound, and a towering synth riff that reminds me of what Neil Tennant once called the "ice rink sound" (which I've since associated with the central motif of 'It's A Sin') - pleasingly it won BJSC, however there are a couple more winners still to come. Having been impressed by the earlier MUNA appearance, I came back around to what's probably their best regarded song of 2022 and realised what a joy it is, exemplified by the bridge: "but now, I'm gonna make up for it all at once". Another song I belatedly came around to is from Shygirl but once that plucked strings and fleeting piano loop had worked its way into my head, it wasn't going anywhere, as she sings and flexes about unrequited attention: "not just one but two of us could be lovers". Fanera got my other 18 BJSC points in this section and is my favourite in-contest discovery of the year, with the Lithuanian singer delivering what could be a clubbed-up Eurovision entry with a spoken word breakdown in the middle, but in the final two minutes the titular word in the chorus is elongated, the pace picks up, and suddenly the production pitches the whole thing up ready for a drop, except then there's a random 1 second instrumental snippet, before we go back in and everything gets faster and higher, and just when you thought it couldn't, it does so again, until it abruptly breaks up.