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Thought chiaroscuro may have been uhsting what with them being in that Alt Track of the Month poll, another v good song from them x

(noting the 8 points to Yumi Zouma when you didn't vote for them in BJSC though xxx)

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  • Jade
    Jade

    FINAL SCOREBOARD: 1 110 Camp Claude - Swimming Lessons (gooddelta) 2 89 Yndling - As Fast As I Can (jimwatts) 🥈 3 87 chiaroscuro - città invisibili (uhsting) 🥉 4 86 After - 300 Dreams (Doctor Blind

  • gooddelta
    gooddelta

    Oh wow. A birthday win, I didn’t expect that and all the top marks - so cool! Thanks Jim for the final 12 there too! Loved Jim’s entry so was a great runner up. Glad to see Polly make the top ten the

  • Cody Piastri
    Cody Piastri

    yaaaaay a song I voted for (and one that clicked with me in a big way after going to this Mediterranean pop up restaurant) won! Congrats Rich! I honestly had zero idea where Akira Galaxy would show u

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Voter #06 Tafty was behind...

Troye Sivan - 'LOST BOY'

On 23/04/2025 at 20:30, Tafty said:

12 Points | thủy - girls like me don't cry

10 Points | Carly Rae Jepsen - Now I Don't Hate California After All

08 Points | Camp Claude - Swimming Lessons

07 Points | Billie Piper - I Dream

06 Points | AURORA - My Name (feat. Ane Brun)

05 Points | Polly Scattergood - Nitrogen Pink

04 Points | Glazyhaze - Forgive Me

03 Points | chiaroscuro - città invisibili

02 Points | yeule - Ghosts

01 Point | GIFT - Going In Circles

Thank you for a wonderfully organised and hosted contest! <3

Pop mod Tafty was behind Troye Sivan's 'LOST BOY'. He underwent a very successful influencer-turned-musician trajectory and released debut studio album Blue Neighbourhood almost a decade ago now. 'LOST BOY' was born out of confusion due to inexperience in the dating world. Jonjo's choice is faring well as Troye presently sits in 7th place. His top points are awarded to thùy who is now off 0 in style. This leaves just three songs that are yet to achieve points. Tafty's silver medal for Carly Rae Jepsen helps her advance to the top 5 of the scoreboard. The podium points from these votes are rounded off with Camp Claude who are now just two points away from snatching victory! I have also broken free of that 5-way tie in 6th to sneak into the top 5.

SCOREBOARD

1

35

NIGHT TAPES - babygirl - (like n01 else)

2

33

Camp Claude - Swimming Lessons

3

28

AURORA - My Name (feat. Ane Brun)

4

22

Carly Rae Jepsen - Now I Don't Hate California After All

5

21

Glazyhaze - Forgive Me (Jade)

6

20

chiaroscuro - città invisibili (uhsting)

7

19

Troye Sivan - LOST BOY (Tafty)

8

18

Turnover - Humming

9

17

Yndling - As Fast As I Can

10

17

Saint Etienne - Mario’s Café (Mango)

11

17

NewDad - Waves (Chez Wombat)

12

14

Polly Scattergood - Nitrogen Pink

13

12

Yumi Zouma - Astral Projection

14

12

thủy - girls like me don't cry

15

11

L'Impératrice - Matahari

16

11

After - 300 Dreams

17

11

yeule - Ghosts

18

10

Akira Galaxy - What’s Inside You

19

10

Billie Piper - I Dream

20

5

GIFT - Going In Circles (HarryEzra)

21

3

fhána - ARE YOU SLEEPING?

22

2

Mili - Classroom Dreamer

23

0

Tennis - Pollen Song

24

0

Thomas Dolby - Budapest By Blimp

25

0

Ruby Haunt - Lean-To

So I actually found this quite a challenge to send something to as all of my go-to dreampop discoveries (Ozean - Scenic, Chapterhouse - Pearl and Slowdive's discog) are ones I've sent to other song contests here. While I wouldn't describe NewDad's current sound as dreampop, I did remember this having a distinctly dreamy sound so I am pleased I got to send it. Very much a 'before they were cool' moment as well, all the way back in 2021 x

Thank you for the votes so far (including a 12 woop x), there are three excellent songs revealed so far as well x

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Voter #07 blacksquare was behind...


NIGHT TAPES - 'babygirl (like n01 else)'


On 24/04/2025 at 16:38, blacksquare said:

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☁️ 12 chiaroscuro - città invisibili ☁️

☁️ 10 After - 300 Dreams ☁️

☁️ 08 Glazyhaze - Forgive Me ☁️

☁️ 07 Thomas Dolby - Budapest By Blimp ☁️

☁️ 06 yeule - Ghosts ☁️

☁️ 05 Mili - Classroom Dreamer ☁️

☁️ 04 Yndling - As Fast As I Can ☁️

☁️ 03 NewDad - Waves ☁️

☁️ 02 L'Impératrice - Matahari ☁️

☁️ 01 Yumi Zouma - Astral Projection ☁️

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I promise I gave 12 points to blacksquare before I saw the Addison Rae GIFs in his PM. It's not just me who is a big fan of NIGHT TAPES... as they're still currently in the lead! Can they maintain it? The group formed out of evening jam sessions when they were housemates. Their dreamy, atmospheric sound was compared to the likes of Massive Attack and Portishead at the listening session. blacksquare's gold medal takes uhsting up on to the podium with him. A bronze medal to yours truly sees Glazyhaze just behind in 4th. Camp Claude and AURORA continue to fill out the rest of the top 5 for now. blacksquare hyped up After pre-contest and they stayed in his good books throughout, vaulting into the top 10 following a silver medal. His votes also lift Thomas Dolby off 0 points in style, with 7 now. So it's just Ruby Haunt and Tennis left on nil. Will a fan or two be around the corner?


SCOREBOARD


1

35

NIGHT TAPES - babygirl - (like n01 else) (blacksquare)

2

33

Camp Claude - Swimming Lessons

3

32

chiaroscuro - città invisibili (uhsting)

4

29

Glazyhaze - Forgive Me (Jade)

5

28

AURORA - My Name (feat. Ane Brun)

6

22

Carly Rae Jepsen - Now I Don't Hate California After All

7

21

Yndling - As Fast As I Can

8

21

After - 300 Dreams

9

20

NewDad - Waves (Chez Wombat)

10

19

Troye Sivan - LOST BOY (Tafty)

11

18

Turnover - Humming

12

17

Saint Etienne - Mario’s Café (Mango)

13

17

yeule - Ghosts

14

14

Polly Scattergood - Nitrogen Pink

15

13

Yumi Zouma - Astral Projection

16

13

L'Impératrice - Matahari

17

12

thủy - girls like me don't cry

18

10

Akira Galaxy - What’s Inside You

19

10

Billie Piper - I Dream

20

7

Mili - Classroom Dreamer

21

7

Thomas Dolby - Budapest By Blimp

22

5

GIFT - Going In Circles (HarryEzra)

23

3

fhána - ARE YOU SLEEPING?

24

0

Tennis - Pollen Song

25

0

Ruby Haunt - Lean-To

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Voter #08 Ansel was behind...

yeule - 'ghosts'

On 25/04/2025 at 23:28, Ansel said:

Hi! Here are my votes :) ☁️🌀

12 After - 300 Dreams
10 chiaroscuro - città invisibili
08 GIFT - Going In Circles
07 Glazyhaze - Forgive Me
06 NewDad - Waves
05 NIGHT TAPES - babygirl - (like n01 else)
04 Yumi Zouma - Astral Projection
03 Ruby Haunt - Lean-To
02 fhána - ARE YOU SLEEPING?
01 L'Impératrice - Matahari


Our next votes arrive from Ansel who is behind 'ghosts' by yeule. This is the project of non-binary artist Nat Ćmiel, who is from Singapore. The title may be spooky but the dream pop sound of 'ghosts' fits right into this line-up. Ansel's votes shake things up a bit as 10 points to chiaroscuro is enough to push them up to first, so we have a BRAND NEW LEADER! NIGHT TAPES remains hot on their tail though, following a 5 point top up. Your host continues to defy the death slot as 7 points to Glazyhaze pushes my entry up to 3rd place! Ansel's own favourite was After's '300 Dreams' which is now tied with Camp Claude in fourth place. Harry's entry by GIFT also benefits well as they receive their first medal position. Elsewhere, Ruby Haunt finally receives points, so it's just Tennis waiting to be lifted off 0 now.


SCOREBOARD


1

42

chiaroscuro - città invisibili (uhsting)

2

40

NIGHT TAPES - babygirl - (like n01 else) (blacksquare)

3

36

Glazyhaze - Forgive Me (Jade)

4

33

Camp Claude - Swimming Lessons

5

33

After - 300 Dreams

6

28

AURORA - My Name (feat. Ane Brun)

7

26

NewDad - Waves (Chez Wombat)

8

22

Carly Rae Jepsen - Now I Don't Hate California After All

9

21

Yndling - As Fast As I Can

10

19

Troye Sivan - LOST BOY (Tafty)

11

18

Turnover - Humming

12

17

Saint Etienne - Mario’s Café (Mango)

13

17

yeule - Ghosts (Ansel)

14

17

Yumi Zouma - Astral Projection

15

14

Polly Scattergood - Nitrogen Pink

16

14

L'Impératrice - Matahari

17

13

GIFT - Going In Circles (HarryEzra)

18

12

thủy - girls like me don't cry

19

10

Akira Galaxy - What’s Inside You

20

10

Billie Piper - I Dream

21

7

Mili - Classroom Dreamer

22

7

Thomas Dolby - Budapest By Blimp

23

5

fhána - ARE YOU SLEEPING?

24

3

Ruby Haunt - Lean-To

25

0

Tennis - Pollen Song

From the title alone surprised that yeule song hasn't shown up in BJSC x Great stuff from them though <3

Quite surprised to see Tennis being the last on 0. (even Ansel not voting for them when he sent another of their songs to BJSC oop x)

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Voter #09 Brer was behind...

Ruby Haunt - 'Lean-To'

On 27/04/2025 at 18:53, Brer said:

12 Yndling - As Fast As I Can

10 Yumi Zouma - Astral Projection

8 chiaroscuro - città invisibili

7 Glazyhaze - FORGIVE ME

6 yeule - ghosts

5 AURORA - My Name (feat. Ane Brun)

4 GIFT - Going In Circles

3 L'Impératrice - Matahari

2 Saint Etienne - Mario's Café

1 Night Tapes - babygirl (like n01 else)

Yumi Zouma had the huge advantage of me having heard it way more than everything else what with it being a former BJSC entry of my own but I think Yndling was giving me enough entry envy to give it the edge x

Camp Claude and Tennis just missing out for me but will both be going on my shuffle playlist as well (both grew on me a fair bit after relisten, as did Saint Etienne to sneak into my votes, funnily enough they did the same in Bop Idol for me).

It is Brer who is behind Ruby Haunt, a duo from Los Angeles who released this song 'Lean-To' as part of an EP named Heaven Sent, which contains B-sides from their album Between Heavens. This entry currently sits in 24th but the night is still young. 'Lean-To' narrowly missed out on being the last song to remain on 0 until Ansel came to the rescue. Instead, that 'honour' goes to Tennis, who now receive a commiseration shoutout in Brer's votes, so edging ever closer to those first points. As for what did make the cut... a gold medal has been awarded to Yndling who advances from 9th place to joint 4th. Brer gave 10 points to his former BJSC entrants Yumi Zouma who rise to 8th place. We hope this doesn't sting too much right now. The final podium placement is for chiaroscuro, who strengthen their tally to a round 50 points. My own entry excitingly advances to 2nd place after a generous 7 points. Elsewhere, yeule returns to the top 10.

SCOREBOARD

1

50

chiaroscuro - città invisibili (uhsting)

2

43

Glazyhaze - Forgive Me (Jade)

3

41

NIGHT TAPES - babygirl - (like n01 else) (blacksquare)

4

33

Camp Claude - Swimming Lessons

5

33

After - 300 Dreams

6

33

AURORA - My Name (feat. Ane Brun)

7

33

Yndling - As Fast As I Can

8

27

Yumi Zouma - Astral Projection

9

26

NewDad - Waves (Chez Wombat)

10

23

yeule - Ghosts (Ansel)

11

22

Carly Rae Jepsen - Now I Don't Hate California After All

12

19

Troye Sivan - LOST BOY (Tafty)

13

19

Saint Etienne - Mario’s Café (Mango)

14

18

Turnover - Humming

15

17

L'Impératrice - Matahari

16

17

GIFT - Going In Circles (HarryEzra)

17

14

Polly Scattergood - Nitrogen Pink

18

12

thủy - girls like me don't cry

19

10

Akira Galaxy - What’s Inside You

20

10

Billie Piper - I Dream

21

7

Mili - Classroom Dreamer

22

7

Thomas Dolby - Budapest By Blimp

23

5

fhána - ARE YOU SLEEPING?

24

3

Ruby Haunt - Lean-To (Brer)

25

0

Tennis - Pollen Song

The scoreboard definitely living up to the complete crickets poor brave Ruby Haunt got on SyncTube. If this song wasn't even appealing to SyncTube people there's no chance it was going to appeal to anyone else, thanks Ansel for saving me from being the last off 0 anyway x

Jade contending for the back to back wins *.*

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Voter #10 King Rollo was behind...

Thomas Dolby - 'Budapest By Blimp'

On 27/04/2025 at 19:31, King Rollo said:

Thanks to Jade for hosting this contest. There were many songs I liked here and I couldn't find room in my vote for Glazyhaze, Gift or Turnover. These were my favourite ten:

12pts - Yndling - As Fast As I Can

10 - NewDad - Waves

8 - Camp Claude - Swimming Lessons

7 - Yeule - Ghosts

6 - Polly Scattergood - Nitrogen Pink

5 - Mili - Classroom Dreamer

4 - Chiaroscuro - Citta Invisibili

3 - Night Tapes - Babygirl (like no one else)

2 - Saint Etienne - Mario's Cafe

1 - Tennis - Pollen Song

Unsurprisingly it was Rollo behind the longest entry of the contest! 'Budapest By Blimp' clocks in at almost 9 minutes long. This song is taken from Thomas Dolby's third studio album Aliens Ate My Buick. This was a less commercially successful time for him, after his chart peak came with top 20 hit 'Hyperactive!', which featured on the second ever Now! That's What I Call Music album. Rollo's votes ensure that Yndling's momentum continues as she receives a second gold medal in a row! 'As Fast As I Can' is now in 2nd place behind chiaroscuro, whose total is topped up with another 4 points. Rollo's 10 points go to NewDad who rise 3 spots to 6th as a result. Camp Claude actually fall a place to 5th despite a bronze due to the Yndling love being even stronger! NIGHT TAPES are back up to 3rd while Glazyhaze fall two spots to 4th. Lastly, Rollo comes to the rescue and awards 'Pollen Song' 1 point, so everything is now off 0 - hooray!!

SCOREBOARD

1

54

chiaroscuro - città invisibili (uhsting)

2

45

Yndling - As Fast As I Can

3

44

NIGHT TAPES - babygirl - (like n01 else) (blacksquare)

4

43

Glazyhaze - Forgive Me (Jade)

5

41

Camp Claude - Swimming Lessons

6

36

NewDad - Waves (Chez Wombat)

7

33

After - 300 Dreams

8

33

AURORA - My Name (feat. Ane Brun)

9

30

yeule - Ghosts (Ansel)

10

27

Yumi Zouma - Astral Projection

11

22

Carly Rae Jepsen - Now I Don't Hate California After All

12

21

Saint Etienne - Mario’s Café (Mango)

13

20

Polly Scattergood - Nitrogen Pink

14

19

Troye Sivan - LOST BOY (Tafty)

15

18

Turnover - Humming

16

17

L'Impératrice - Matahari

17

17

GIFT - Going In Circles (HarryEzra)

18

12

thủy - girls like me don't cry

19

12

Mili - Classroom Dreamer

20

10

Akira Galaxy - What’s Inside You

21

10

Billie Piper - I Dream

22

7

Thomas Dolby - Budapest By Blimp (King Rollo)

23

5

fhána - ARE YOU SLEEPING?

24

3

Ruby Haunt - Lean-To (Brer)

25

1

Tennis - Pollen Song

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Voter #11 Scene was behind...

Yumi Zouma - 'Astral Projection'

On 28/04/2025 at 23:03, Scene said:

12 Turnover - Humming

10 Tennis - Pollen Song

8 Saint Etienne - Mario's Cafe

7 GIFT - Going In Circles

6 Carly Rae Jepsen - Now I Don't Hate California After All

5 Thomas Dolby - Budapest By Blimp

4 After - 300 Dreams

3 Ruby Haunt - Lean-To

2 L'Imperatrice - Matahari

1 Yndling - As Fast As I Can

So it is Scene behind Yumi Zouma! 'Astral Projection' was originally sent to the BuzzJack Song Contest by Brer's nation Persephonia in edition 144, which pre-dates Scene's participation in the contest. This song finished 22nd in BJSC, so was fair game to enter here due to not cracking the top 20. But will Scene achieve a top 20 placing in PFSC? It is certainly looking good so far while Yumi Zouma currently occupy 13th place on the scoreboard. Scene's 12 points to Turnover mean that the rock band are now part of the top 10! Tennis had been struggling to get off the mark but are now recognised in a big way, as they receive a silver medal. This lifts 'Pollen Song' out of the wooden spoon position and instead into 21st. Brer also dodges last place due to receiving 3 points from Scene, so it is now fhàna down there, whose sender remains a mystery. Saint Etienne pick up the pace again with a bronze medal and sit just outside of the top 10 as a result. Most of the recent top tier are snubbed, except Yndling and After who top up their totals a bit; 'As Fast As I Can' is now 8 points away from victory.

SCOREBOARD

1

54

chiaroscuro - città invisibili (uhsting)

2

46

Yndling - As Fast As I Can

3

44

NIGHT TAPES - babygirl - (like n01 else) (blacksquare)

4

43

Glazyhaze - Forgive Me (Jade)

5

41

Camp Claude - Swimming Lessons

6

37

After - 300 Dreams

7

36

NewDad - Waves (Chez Wombat)

8

33

AURORA - My Name (feat. Ane Brun)

9

30

yeule - Ghosts (Ansel)

10

30

Turnover - Humming

11

29

Saint Etienne - Mario’s Café (Mango)

12

28

Carly Rae Jepsen - Now I Don't Hate California After All

13

27

Yumi Zouma - Astral Projection (Scene)

14

24

GIFT - Going In Circles (HarryEzra)

15

20

Polly Scattergood - Nitrogen Pink

16

19

Troye Sivan - LOST BOY (Tafty)

17

19

L'Impératrice - Matahari

18

12

thủy - girls like me don't cry

19

12

Mili - Classroom Dreamer

20

12

Thomas Dolby - Budapest By Blimp (King Rollo)

21

11

Tennis - Pollen Song

22

10

Akira Galaxy - What’s Inside You

23

10

Billie Piper - I Dream

24

6

Ruby Haunt - Lean-To (Brer)

25

5

fhána - ARE YOU SLEEPING?

Yumi Zouma's captor revealed! (I'll forgive you as you weren't in BJSC when I sent them + you have generously doubled my points so far, thank you x)

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Voter #12 gooddelta was behind...


Camp Claude - 'Swimming Lessons'


On 29/04/2025 at 13:59, gooddelta said:

Next up is gooddelta who was behind French trio Camp Claude! 'Swimming Lessons' was an interesting blend of dreamy female vocals and a spoken-word style male voice, which drew comparisons to The Streets at the listening session. Rich is currently doing well in 6th place! His favourite entry was from Polly Scattergood, who vaults into the top 10 after this first medal position of the night. Akira Galaxy has experienced an almighty drought but finds some love again within Rich's podium positions. I awarded her 10 points as well right at the start... so she's had two silvers and nothing else so far! However, After have been polling well pretty consistently and ascend into the top 3, following 8 points. It's very exciting at the top as Rich's 7 for Yndling means there's just a one point gap between the top 2 right now 😮 elsewhere, Saint Etienne are back in the top 10 and we have a four-way tie between entries fighting it out to scrape the top 20.


SCOREBOARD


1

54

chiaroscuro - città invisibili (uhsting)

2

53

Yndling - As Fast As I Can

3

45

After - 300 Dreams

4

44

NIGHT TAPES - babygirl - (like n01 else) (blacksquare)

5

43

Glazyhaze - Forgive Me (Jade)

6

41

Camp Claude - Swimming Lessons (gooddelta)

7

36

NewDad - Waves (Chez Wombat)

8

33

AURORA - My Name (feat. Ane Brun)

9

32

Saint Etienne - Mario’s Café (Mango)

10

32

Polly Scattergood - Nitrogen Pink

11

30

yeule - Ghosts (Ansel)

12

30

Turnover - Humming

13

30

Carly Rae Jepsen - Now I Don't Hate California After All

14

27

Yumi Zouma - Astral Projection (Scene)

15

24

GIFT - Going In Circles (HarryEzra)

16

24

L'Impératrice - Matahari

17

23

Troye Sivan - LOST BOY (Tafty)

18

20

Akira Galaxy - What’s Inside You

19

16

Billie Piper - I Dream

20

12

thủy - girls like me don't cry

21

12

Mili - Classroom Dreamer

22

12

Thomas Dolby - Budapest By Blimp (King Rollo)

23

12

Tennis - Pollen Song

24

6

Ruby Haunt - Lean-To (Brer)

25

5

fhána - ARE YOU SLEEPING?

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