Thank you so much Sergej! :wub:

Albums: Top 40

 

 

4 Why Don't We - The Good Times and the Bad Ones | 1-1-1-1-2-2-2-4-6-4-6-7-6-4-3-5-7-8-10-11-11-10-11-13-13-14-x-8-11-x

 

After a prolific few years of their career, involving five EP releases, a studio album and a song every month for a whole year, Why Don't We had a quiet 2020 for the most part, dipping out of social media before returning with the pop-rock anthem Fallin' (Adrenaline) in late 2020, kickstarting the American boyband's second proper era. The boys were vocal about how the album was a change in direction for them towards something more mature, with them taking the reigns, and it's obvious immediately through the singles. Fallin' channels 5 Seconds of Summer's Youngblood and the boys are playing instruments on one of their songs for the first time, while band member Daniel produced the whole album. The result is exactly what they wanted it to be - a more mature effort than their debut, with much more to show than just the three singles, from the sexy Look at Me to the delicate ballad Grey which I've linked below. It was so exciting to see this become their first UK top 5 album - with some help from me buying 15 (!!!!!!!!!) copies...!

 

Charting Tracks

 

01 Fallin' (Adrenaline)

02 Lotus Inn

03 Slow Down

23 Look at Me

25 Grey

30 Love Song

 

 

 

3 Anne-Marie - Therapy | 2-1-2-3-4-7-7-6-8-8-7-8-11-13-12-6-7-5-6-6-5-4-6-…

 

The second album is difficult for many artists and I was really hoping Anne-Marie wouldn't fall at the same hurdle that so many artists have. 2020 wasn't looking promising, with Birthday being a minor hit at best and To Be Young missing the mark completely. Thankfully, 2021 was a far brighter picture. Don't Play instantly became one of Anne-Marie's biggest hits, both officially and in my chart, soaring to the top of my chart in its first week. The garage-influenced hit undoubtedly rescued the campaign, which produced another two top 20 hits in the UK, one of which was another #1 in my chart - Our Song, with Niall Horan. Therapy as an album didn't disappoint me at all - I think I actually prefer it to Speak Your Mind, which was my sixth favourite album of 2018. Therapy is a more cohesive effort despite the range of collaborators, and it has an array of single choices if she actually does end up pushing a post-album single at any point. Better Not Together is a huge anthem and sounds like it'd be a gigantic hit if they wanted to give it a go, while the title track and album closer Therapy is an honest and encouraging anthem that could easily have turned out quite preachy / clichéd, but thankfully pulls through on sincerity. I met Anne-Marie for the second time at her album signing for this - it was my first event since COVID and it was so much fun, she was so lovely. I then saw her launch show at Pryzm a week later, and I'm attending her tour later this year - it's never been a better time to be an Anne-Marie fan. (also worth noting that it came out the same week as The Kid LAROI's F*CK LOVE 3, hence the #2 debut - most of the album tracks below managed to chart so well despite all 13 new Laroi songs being in my top 20 that week...!!!)

 

Charting Tracks

 

01 Don't Play (Anne-Marie, KSI & Digital Farm Animals)

01 Our Song (Anne-Marie & Niall Horan)

03 Birthday *

03 Kiss My (Uh Oh) [Anne-Marie & Little Mix]

04 To Be Young (feat. Doja Cat) *

06 Way Too Long (Nathan Dawe, Anne-Marie & MoStack)

12 Better Not Together

25 Therapy

26 Tell Your Girlfriend

34 Who I Am

38 Beautiful

40 x2

 

* Japanese bonus track

 

Albums: Top 40

 

 

2 Justin Bieber - Justice | 1-1-2-2-1-1-3-5-5-7-7-7-5-6-8-8-9-10-10-10-9-5-7-11-10-10-14-11-11-9-12-14-9-4-6-8-10-10-11-13-12-...

 

New Justin Bieber albums are always a huge event for me... or are they? 2020 saw things go a bit awry, with Justin's fifth studio album Changes not really making much of an impact on me at all. In fact, it was only my 46th favourite album of the year, following Purpose finishing third and Believe being my top album of 2012. Thankfully, things got back on track in 2021 with the arrival of Justice. Inspired in part by the 80s throwback sound that's prominent in pop right now, Justin moved away from the samey hip hop-esque beats of Changes and towards sophisticated pop music. The anthemic choruses returned, as heard in songs like Anyone, Ghost and Deserve You, while the catchiness of Peaches is unrivalled on the album. Emotional moments are present too, notably in singles Holy and Lonely. I'd say the Martin Luther King Jr. soundbites are a bit unnecessary as the album isn't really related to his message, but take that interlude out and you've got an album that genuinely doesn't let up from the start until the end (standard edition - deluxe tracks bloat it a bit but they're easily ignored). In release week, Justice tracks featured four times in my top 10, including a rare #1 non-single in the form of The Kid LAROI collaboration Unstable. I think it's Justin's best album to date, which is a huge turnaround from Changes and an album I know I'll be returning to a lot in the future.

 

Charting Tracks

 

01 Anyone

01 Hold On

01 Unstable (feat. The Kid LAROI)

02 Holy (feat. Chance the Rapper)

03 Ghost

06 Lonely (Justin Bieber & benny blanco)

07 Deserve You

09 Peaches (feat. Daniel Caesar & GIVĒON)

15 Love You Different (feat. BEAM)

25 Off My Face

32 As I Am (feat. Khalid)

35 Die for You (feat. Dominic Fike)

 

 

 

1 The Kid LAROI - F*CK LOVE 3: OVER YOU | 3-1-1-1-2-5-5-2-3-4-2-3-5-4-5-1-1-1-1-2-1-1-2-1-1-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-1-3-4-4-4-2-2-4-6-6-9-8-2-2-3-4-4-6-5-1-2-1-2-1-3-3-1-2-3-1-2-3-3-3-1-2-3-2-1-1-1-2-...

 

Is this cheating? I make the rules for this thing and I'm still not sure but I've allowed it to happen - the same album is #1 two years running. Now, I wouldn't usually allow this, and if The Kid LAROI's F*CK LOVE project had been left as it was at the end of 2020, with the addition of the SAVAGE tracks and nothing more, then it wouldn't be allowed to feature this year. However, TWO further editions came in 2021. F*CK LOVE 3: OVER YOU arrived with seven new songs added to the start of the project, including global smash hit STAY. Days later, F*CK LOVE 3+ came - a deluxe edition with another six songs, bringing the whole project up to 31 songs and 4 interlude skits.

 

The F*CK LOVE project tells something of a story - the initial edition is a break-up, it's bitter and it's petty and the songs go through the ups and downs of the break-up process. In the final track SELFISH, Laroi promises to be "savage", and he delivered - part 2 was subtitled SAVAGE and added seven songs that shared the same theme of revenge, culminating in WITHOUT YOU, an admission that it's time to move on. OVER YOU is that final chapter - closing the door, and the seven songs initially added close the door perfectly, closing with STILL CHOSE YOU, a song where Laroi admits he's fallen in love again with someone new. It's a remarkable journey and I love that he's paid close attention to the tracklist order despite the numerous editions conflating things somewhat!

 

Some of the new songs had been highly anticipated for a while. SAME ENERGY leaked a while ago, even making it onto streaming unofficially for a day or so, while STILL CHOSE YOU was supposed to be the lead single before the Jorja Smith sample wasn't cleared as quickly as they'd hoped and Justin Bieber ultimately hopped on STAY, a track teased for over 6 months before its release, making that the obvious choice for lead. It's great to have all these songs out finally, and it's safe to say I spammed them all a LOT upon release. Laroi locked out 9 of 10 spots in my weekly chart's top 10, with only one spot going to Anne-Marie's Kiss My (Uh Oh). Every one of the 13 new songs placed in my top 20, and all 31 songs from the whole edition have made my top 40 - obviously the most from any singular project - while F*CK LOVE itself now has a whopping 21 weeks at #1, far surpassing the record of 16 held by Troye Sivan's Blue Neighbourhood for several years. It's remarkable achievement and it's a clear display of just how huge this era has been for me - through strong production, catchy hooks and simple yet relatable lyrics, Laroi's taken us on a journey through the ups and downs of not just his relationship but his life (see PIKACHU, a song about his glow-up from humble beginnings, and TELL ME WHY, a song about the passing of Juice WRLD).

 

F*CK LOVE is over now, but Laroi left us with a teaser in 3+ track I DON'T KNOW - the final lyric of the track is "album 2022", so will Laroi make it a hat-trick in my EOY album chart? We'll see but the odds are certainly in his favour if it's even half as huge as F*CK LOVE has been.

 

Charting Tracks

 

01 ALWAYS DO

01 NEED YOU MOST (So Sick)

01 SO DONE

01 STAY (The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber)

01 STILL CHOSE YOU (feat. Mustard)

01 WITHOUT YOU

02 SAME ENERGY

03 GO (The Kid LAROI & Juice WRLD)

03 SELFISH

04 FEEL SOMETHING (feat. Marshmello)

05 BAD NEWS

05 F*CK YOU, GOODBYE (feat. Machine Gun Kelly)

06 OVER YOU

07 LONELY AND F*CKED UP

07 WRONG (feat. Lil Mosey)

08 I DON'T KNOW

09 NOT SOBER (feat. Polo G & Stunna Gambino)

09 TELL ME WHY

09 TRAGIC (feat. YoungBoy Never Broke Again & Internet Money)

10 BEST FOR ME

12 SAME THING

14 ABOUT YOU

16 PIKACHU

17 ATTENTION

17 I WISH

18 SITUATION

20 DON'T LEAVE ME (feat. G Herbo & Lil Durk)

23 RUNNING

30 MAYBE

38 ERASE U

40 NOT FAIR (feat. Corbin)

 

Albums: Top 40

 

 

1 The Kid LAROI - F*CK LOVE 3: OVER YOU

2 Justin Bieber - Justice

3 Anne-Marie - Therapy

4 Why Don't We - The Good Times and the Bad Ones

5 Ulrik Munther - Put Your Self Out There

6 Tom Odell - monsters

7 Laura Mvula - Pink Noise

8 Alyssa Reid - ASHS

9 Miles Wesley - Here Goes Nothing Demos!

10 Agnes - Magic Still Exists

 

11 Doja Cat - Planet Her

12 Delta Goodrem - Bridge Over Troubled Dreams

13 Natalie Imbruglia - Firebird

14 Luke Hemmings - When Facing the Things We Turn Away From

15 Zara Larsson - Poster Girl

16 Demi Lovato - Dancing With the Devil…The Art of Starting Over

17 Bebe Rexha - Better Mistakes

18 Olivia Rodrigo - SOUR

19 Adele - 30

20 Jutes - Careful What You Wish For

 

21 Jo O'Meara - With Love

22 Steps - What the Future Holds, Pt. 2

23 Dayglow - Harmony House

24 John Mayer - Sob Rock

25 Nick Jonas - Spaceman

26 Josh A - LONELY VIBES

27 Cheat Codes - HELLRAISERS, Pt. 1

28 JLS - 2.0

29 Kacey Musgraves - star-crossed

30 Alan Walker - World of Walker

 

31 Lil Nas X - MONTERO

32 MARINA - Ancient Dreams in a Modern Land

33 Christopher - My Blood

34 Jake Bugg - Saturday Night, Sunday Morning

35 Surfaces - Pacifico

36 Reed Deming - Slow Down

37 Lorde - Solar Power

38 Tom Grennan - Evering Road

39 guccihighwaters - joke's on you

40 Ed Sheeran - =

No surprises there with Laroi :kink: 'Stay' is decent enough but I'm going to need songs of that type in general to be on board more I think. I'm going to guess that 'Stay' is your EOY #1 song too haha.

i'm still so mad that Slow Down was never serviced to radio stations </3 so glad Why Don't We are free from their shitty label :cheer:

I haven't listened to any of your top 10 :kink: but I'm happy to see Doja, Bebe & Olivia in your top 20. I think 'Planet Her' was an improvement on 'Hot Pink' for Doja. It felt like she has really grown as an artist and there was less filler this time around. Some brilliant singles on there too!

Thanks guys for the comments! :wub:

Songs: Top 300

 

 

291 Natalia Gordienko - Sugar | 19-x

292 AYDAN - Grow Up! | 14-x

293 Nathalie Brydolf - Fingerprints | 15-x

294 Rxseboy feat. Powfu & Thomas Reid - I'm So Good at Lying | 15-36-x

295 Sabrina Carpenter - Skin | 13-x

296 Little Mix - Love (Sweet Love) | 14-34-x

297 Joshua Bassett - Lie Lie Lie | 17-x

298 MAY-A feat. Powfu - Swing of Things | 17-39-x

299 The Kid LAROI feat. G Herbo & Lil Durk - DON'T LEAVE ME | 20-x

300 Oscar Enestad feat. CHILI - Svarta Moln | 17-x

 

Going to keep commentary low at the lower end to race through it a bit quicker but for now, we've got a sea of brief top 20 hits. Falling straight out of the top 40 from the top 20 became more common in 2021 as the top 10 produced more long-runners yet the overall turnover remained high. Oscar Enestad's only 2021 release was one of his least impactful to date unfortunately, as lovely as it is. We lose an album track from The Kid LAROI immediately - it's my least favourite from the whole F*CK LOVE project but that means there's another 12 from his 2021 tracks still to come (and two features, which still doesn't make him the artist with the most songs!). There's also a double appearance from Powfu in feature capacity, as well as Joshua Bassett and Sabrina Carpenter's early 2021 releases, both allegedly responses to Olivia Rodrigo's monster smash drivers license (still to come). Also: Natalia Gordienko. That is all *.*

 

 

 

281 NEIMY - Knife out of my back | 16-34-x

282 Miles Wesley - Heartbreaker | 19-x

283 Katy Perry - Electric | 13-x

284 Shawn Mendes - It'll Be Okay | 19-x

285 Emil Assergård - Om allting skiter sig | 15-31-x

286 Ulrik Munther - Whatever Floats Your Boat | 20-x

287 Olivia Holt - Next | 20-x

288 Dylan Conrique feat. Noak Hellsing - Bitter | 14-24-x

289 Future Jr. - Wonder | 13-24-x

290 KNOWN. - Into You | 16-x

 

Another load of "blink and you'll miss it" top 20 hits here, including the first hit for rapper/singer KNOWN. who appears later on alongside Powfu. Album tracks from Miles Wesley and Ulrik Munther drop out, as well as a BJSC hit from Cruel Summer actress Olivia Holt (though I knew and charted the song before the contest!). Katy Perry's Electric started promisingly but wasn't one I revisited much in the end, and we see some Melfest representation with Emil Assergård, the second track to feature already from the Swedish song contest (after Nathalie Brydolf above).

 

Songs: Top 300

 

 

271 Steps - To the Beat of My Heart | 36-…

272 Why Don't We - Grey | 25-34-26-36-x

273 Reed Deming - pick the people | 13-29-x

274 DJ Snake & Selena Gomez - Selfish Love | 14-26-x

275 Justin Bieber feat. BEAM - Love You Different | 15-x

276 Jutes - Careful What You Wish For | 19-x

277 Mabel - Let Them Know | 12-33-x

278 Jutes - Danny Phantom | 40-12-30-x

279 Anne-Marie - Tell Your Girlfriend | 26-x

280 Kevin Quinn - Best Thing Ever | 18-x

 

As mentioned earlier in the thread, musicals aren't really my thing, but Kevin Quinn's Best Thing Ever persuaded me to give associated film A Week Away a go. The film was a little underbaked but the song's a euphoric pop moment with a huge chorus! Speaking of big choruses, Steps delivered one of their best to date in To the Beat of My Heart, a track I severely underrated until recently, finally charting for the first time roughly a year after its single push occurred. Seeing them live gave that song a new lease of life for me, even if it only featured in a VT lol. Album tracks from Justin Bieber, Anne-Marie and Why Don't We feature here, alongside the first two appearances from Canadian musician Jutes, who features a huge 16 times across the whole list - more than any other artist.

 

 

 

261 Anne-Marie - Therapy | 25-36-x

262 Michael Schulte - Here Goes Nothing | 14-32-x

263 Demi Lovato - Melon Cake | 18-x

264 JLS - Eternal Love | 17-28-x

265 Joshua Bassett - Feel Something | 13-x

266 Elton John & Years & Years - It's a sin | 35-x-17-23-x

267 Jubël - Weekend Vibe | 11-17-40-x

268 Noak Hellsing - Desire | 14-29-x

269 Mark Diamond - Monster | 12-x

270 Diamond Pistols feat. Jutes - Funeral | 13-28-x

 

BJSC didn't really light up my 2021 on the whole, and only a very small handful of entries other than my own feature in this countdown. Mark Diamond is one of them, though - Monster was a lovely discovery, a cute track with endearing vocals that almost cracked my top 10. Joshua Bassett loses a second track of three already, while another Anne-Marie album track falls and Demi Lovato also appears with an album cut - their highest position this year. JLS made a comeback with Eternal Love which slid into my top 20, while Elton John's prolific 2021 began in my chart with top 20 hit It's a sin, in collaboration with Years & Years who still has another appearance to come.

 

I heard Melon Cake just by chance recently - definitely one of Demi's best in a while! And I loved Elton + Y&Y's It's A Sin cover too ^_^

I heard Melon Cake just by chance recently - definitely one of Demi's best in a while! And I loved Elton + Y&Y's It's A Sin cover too ^_^

Thanks Ansel! :wub:

Songs: Top 300

 

 

251 Dylan Fraser - Losing Sleep | 30-20-25-35-x

252 Ed Sheeran & Elton John - Merry Christmas | 14-23-x

253 P!nk - All I Know So Far | 12-28-x

254 Elena Tsagrinou - El Diablo | 19-34-x-29-x

255 Efraim Leo - Best of Me | 14-24-37-x

256 Dotter - Jealous | 13-x

257 Christopher feat. Clara Mae - Good to Goodbye | 15-36-x

258 Johnny Orlando - Daydream | 15-x

259 Polo G feat. The Kid LAROI & Lil Durk - No Return | 13-32-x

260 Jutes - Ballerina | 20-x

 

The quality starts to quickly ramp up as we get nearer to the top 200, and the one week wonders start to filter away. Another of Jutes' weekly releases falls out first, followed by Polo G's highest charting track as a lead artist, no doubt thanks to The Kid LAROI featuring on the track. They've got another song together to come, with the credit swapped. The first of two songs each for Johnny Orlando and Dotter feature here, with both of these singles charting in the same week (and tumbling out the following week). Dotter's fellow Melodifestivalen competitor Efraim Leo drops out with his actual entry, though he has another song to come. Dylan Fraser's Losing Sleep became his first hit in three years and is the longest running track to feature so far, just missing the top 250.

 

 

 

241 Anton Ewald - DeLorean | 10-19-x

242 Kamal. - lose | 19-30-x

243 Dayglow - Medicine | 17-33-x

244 DJ Khaled feat. Justin Bieber & 21 Savage - LET IT GO | 14-26-32-x

245 Efraim Leo - Do You Know (The Ping Pong Song) | 17-25-38-x

246 Greyson Chance - High Waisted | 13-34-x

247 WILLOW & Avril Lavigne feat. Travis Barker - G R O W | 19-x-35-24-31-x-39-x

248 Imanbek & Sean Paul feat. Sofía Reyes - Dancing on Dangerous | 16-28-x

249 Melanie C - Into You | 21-20-31-x

250 Craig David & MNEK - Who You Are | 13-19-39-x

 

Hilariously plugged on Walk the Line in the least subtle way possible, Craig David's Who You Are became his first hit (!) in my chart, reaching as high as #13 towards the end of the year. It's the first of a few collaborations in this section, including an iconic team-up from Imanbek, Sean Paul and Sofía Reyes (Imanbek has more to come later but that's all for the other two this year), "another one" from DJ Khaled and Justin Bieber with guest rap from 21 Savage, and the perfect example of a pop-rock collaboration between WILLOW, Avril Lavigne, and of course Travis Barker who's insistent on releasing a song with everyone it seems. Also in this section is the highest charting hit from indie-pop singer Dayglow, the beautifully understated first hit for Kamal. (best known for collaboration with Dave on top 40 hit Mercury last year, thanks Bra for the recommendation!), and the second and final appearance from Swedish popstar Efraim Leo with an Enrique Iglesias cover. Notably, though, we lose our first top 10 in this section - Anton Ewald's DeLorean was his second hit of the year but it tailed off quickly. It's a good track but lacks the punch of previous single New Religion, which is still to come (much later!).

 

I did like Monster from this year's BJSC! One of those songs that didn't grab me instantly but grew on me a lot as the week went on. Would've been nice for it to finish a little higher!

'El Diablo' was one of the standouts from the earlier songs on the night for me and should have finished a little bit higher than 16th. 'Merry Christmas' would have been better if Elton wasn't on it oops. Haven't really heard much of that particular Pink song, mind you the only one that grabbed me was the Rag feature which seems unpopular on Buzzjack unsurprisingly!

Edited January 12, 20223 yr by Rob S~

I was so happy that Skin managed to have some small chart success for Sabrina even if the circumstances regarding Olivia was a bit of a disappointing way for it to happen.

 

El Diablo was my favourite from Eurovision this year so glad to see it make an appearance.

 

Love (Sweet Love), Selfish Love & Let Them Know are great too :D

Thanks for all the comments guys :wub:

Songs: Top 300

 

 

231 NEIKED, Mae Muller & Polo G - Better Days | 20-16-21-27-31-x

232 guccihighwaters - lately | 9-19-39-x

233 Torine - Stupid Things | 12-x

234 The Kid LAROI - ATTENTION | 17-x

235 The Kid LAROI - SITUATION | 18-x

236 Matoma & Jonah Kagen - Summer Feeling | 13-23-x

237 Doja Cat - Need to Know | 36-x-40-38-x-23-29-33-37-x

238 Alfie Templeman - Forever Isn't Long Enough | 18-38-x

239 Why Don't We - Look At Me | 28-32-23-30-x

240 Years & Years - Starstruck | 10-17-38-x

 

A couple more top 10 hits drop in this section, the first of which comes from Years & Years' comeback single. It's a fun track with a strong chorus, though it got old for me quite quickly. guccihighwaters scored three top 10 hits over the course of 2021, with lately being the most recent - it's definitely a good track but the least good of the three, with the first two coming much later. Elsewhere, we have album tracks from The Kid LAROI and Why Don't We dropping out, and the first of four appearances for newcomer Jonah Kagen, this one in collaboration with Matoma who scored his first hit as lead artist in four years. Doja Cat missed the top 20 with Need to Know but it had strong enough longevity to place highly here! Alfie Templeman and Torine also appear for the first time, of two each, and NEIKED's team-up with Mae Muller and Polo G closes this section with their relatively long-running top 20 hit Better Days.

 

 

 

221 Olivia Rodrigo - deja vu | 20-35-22-25-x

222 Denis Coleman - Make Friends (R3HAB Remix) | 12-18-32-x

223 Powfu, Rxseboy & Sarcastic Sounds feat. Ayleen Valentine - the way that you see me | 10-21-35-x

224 The Kid LAROI - ABOUT YOU | 14-x

225 Jubël - Dumb | 10-21-35-x

226 P!nk & Willow Sage Hart - Cover Me In Sunshine | 13-28-x

227 Alexander Stewart - 24 Hours | 12-18-x

228 Nathan Evans, 220 KID & Billen Ted - Wellerman | 34-19-22-29-x

229 Why Don't We - Mistletoe | 10-19-21-31-33-34-x

230 Jonas Blue & AWA - Something Stupid | 12-21-36-x

 

Two artists that have recently teamed up start off this section, with Jonas Blue up first. Something Stupid is one of my favourites of his now, with a strong vocal performance from AWA who charted for the first time since 2014. His latest single Don't Wake Me Up is set to chart strongly this week, with Why Don't We on vocals; their cover of Justin Bieber's Mistletoe is just one spot above. UK #1 hit Wellerman was initially a baffling thing to me but its catchiness proved too much and it found its way into my top 20 for Nathan Evans and friends. P!nk and Jubël appear for the second and final time each, with the latter being one of three top 10s to drop here, the third and final one being Powfu's the way that you see me, a song that dropped at the start of the year but didn't make it onto the EP that followed. Alexander Stewart pops up with 24 Hours, the lower of two tracks he features with this year, much like Denis Coleman who appears with the R3HAB remix of Make Friends, a song I discovered when he supported HRVY live (he performed the remix!). The Kid LAROI loses one more song from the F*CK LOVE 3+ deluxe album and the section closes with Olivia Rodrigo's lowest of three songs, though deja vu proved to be more of a slow-burner than the two still to come!

 

Really love "Who You Are" and "Something Stupid". Both are amazing songs!

"Cover Me In Sunshine" was ok at first, but it's a skip for me now :lol:

'Cover Me In Sunshine' is lovely, great to see it here! :wub:

 

The amazing, beautiful and perfect 'deja vu' not even top 220? I pretend not to see that