Following the same structure used in the Dance and Electronic forum, we are going to run the same weekly poll for new pop and country releases in 2025. Each week, 8 new releases are selected to go head to head, with one weekly winner which will then go up against future weekly winners later in the year at the end of each quarter of the year, and then again at the end of the year to determine the ultimate winner of 2025.

 

Last week's results;

 

Celeste – Everyday [ 9 ] ** [47.37%]

Rose Gray – Party People [ 4 ] ** [21.05%]

Morgan Wallen – Smile [ 2 ] ** [10.53%]

Wes Nelson – Yellow [ 2 ] ** [10.53%]

Alessi Rose – start all over [ 1 ] ** [5.26%]

Roxie – AH AH AH [ 1 ] ** [5.26%]

dexter in the newsagent – With u [ 0 ] ** [0.00%]

Nathan Evans – Old Man's Grace [ 0 ] ** [0.00%]

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Total Votes: 19

 

 

So it is congratulations to Celeste for winning the first of these polls run in the Pop forum. She becomes the first winner of 2025 with a comfortable lead over the rest of the tracks this week and will go onto the shortlist for the Pop song of the year.

 

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Each week, choose one song only that you feel is your favourite from the selection of releases that week. If you wish to post a rate of the selection of songs in the thread, please feel free to do so.

 

Here are this week's contenders:

 

Dean Lewis – With You

IDER – Attachment Theory

JADE – IT girl

Julia Michaels x Maren Morris – Scissors

Leony – By Your Side (In My Mind)

Olly Alexander – When We Kiss

Prima Queen – The Prize

Teddy Swims feat. Givēon – Are You Even Real

 

 

No prizes for guessing what got my vote this week...

 

:whistle:

Oop I was gonna do a last minute vote for the first week of this but I see you've been very on the dot getting a new one up, noted for this week that I need to procrastinate less :teresa: (I'll listen to the songs from last week's poll tomorrow anyway x)

My personal rankings for this second week of the year;

 

1. Olly Alexander – When We Kiss

2. JADE – IT girl

3. IDER – Attachment Theory

4. Prima Queen – The Prize

5. Leony – By Your Side (In My Mind)

6. Dean Lewis – With You

7. Julia Michaels x Maren Morris – Scissors

8. Teddy Swims feat. Givēon – Are You Even Real

 

 

 

 

 

No prizes for guessing what got my vote this week...

 

:whistle:

 

Same. My sig says it all. :lol:

okayyyyy JADE i thought your new song will be overrated but gurl this is AMAZING

JEEEEEEED

yep, going with the majority on this one!

If ever there was a landslide victory... we know who would seize control. :lol:

 

More votes please (not that they will make much difference :kink:)

Yup, has to be Jade for me too :lol:

 

Worth saying this is Olly's best of the era so far, or at least since Dizzy which I have an attachment to due to supporting him in Sweden with it.

Voted for my namesake

“IT Girl” is great and the best track here by a mile. I’m not that keen on any of the others but I’d put Teddy and Giveon 2nd and Ider 3rd.

 

For last week I think I agree with Celeste winning - an interesting sample of “Dirge” by Death In Vegas.

I’d put Morgan Wallen 2nd and Dexter In The Newsagent 3rd.