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;

Addison Rae – Times Like These [ 6 ]

Sabrina Carpenter – Manchild [ 6 ]

Ed Sheeran – Sapphire [ 5 ]

MARINA – I <3 YOU [ 5 ]

JADE – Frozen [ 3 ]

Mariah Carey – Type Dangerous [ 2 ]

Mimi Webb – Love Language [ 1 ]

The Kid LAROI – ALL I WANT IS YOU [ 1 ]

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Total Votes: 29

We have a tie! Two pop females that are commanding the pop scene in 2025. Who is your winner this time?

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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:

Blusher – LAST MAN STANDING

Calum Hood – Sunsetter

Henry Moodie – comedown

Jessica Winter – Aftersun

Mae Muller – In My Head

Mark Ronson & RAYE – Suzanne

Tyla – Everything Goes With Blue [from the Smurfs Movie Soundtrack]

Zara Larsson – Midnight Sun

Results of this week's poll will be revealed in next week's thread. The poll will remain open until the following Friday.

 

2025 Pop Track of the Week Winners:

Week 1: Celeste – Everyday

Week 2: JADE – IT girl

Week 3: Kylie Minogue x YouNotUs – Someone For Me

Week 4: Tate McRae – Sports car

Week 5: Tom Grennan – Shadowboxing

Week 6: Lady Gaga – Abracadabra

Week 7: Sabrina Carpenter – Busy Woman

Week 8: Tate McRae – Revolving Door

Week 9: Benson Boone – Sorry I'm Here For Someone Else

Week 10: Remember Monday – What The Hell Just Happened?

Week 11: JADE – FUFN (F**k You For Now)

Week 12: Jonas Brothers – Love Me To Heaven

Week 13: Ariana Grande – twilight zone

Week 14: Ed Sheeran – Azizam

Week 15: MARINA – CUNTISSIMO

Week 16: Addison Rae – Headphones On

Week 17: Zara Larsson – Pretty Ugly

Week 18: MØ – Lose Yourself

Week 19: PinkPantheress – Illegal

Week 20: Jessie J – Living My Best Life

Week 21: Reneé Rapp – Leave Me Alone

Week 22: Addison Rae – Fame Is A Gun

Week 23: TBC

Henry Moodie for me this week, I haven't really heard much from him before but this is a nice little bop even if it's a bit basic!

Been a while since I reviewed the tracks... Let's Smash Hits this selection of New Releases

Blusher - Last Man Standing 9/10 I'm so obsessed with this girlband! It's just pure pop! It's like a mix of Little Mix/Carly Rae Jepsen/Sabrina Carpenter/Girl Thing. What a banger!

Calum Hood - Sunsetter 4/10 It's not really me, but I do get a nice nostalgic feeling from it. I can hear late 90s Supergrass, and a little bit of Harry Styles "Sign of The Times". That's not a bad thing, but it's not a good thing either (for me).

Henry Moodie - Comedown 3/10 Oh I was expecting the chorus to go off, but it didn't. It's kinda... lazy? boring? predictable? The guy is cute though!

Jessica Winter - Aftersun 7/10 Yaaaaaaaaas for the 00s Dance/House/Pop beat! This should be a contender for Song of the Summer, but I imagine it's not gonna hit big - but it should! Makes me wanna listen to Moony - Dove (I'll Be Loving You), Jason Nevins - I'm In Heaven, Milky - Just The Way You Are, and DB Boulevard - Point of View.

Mae Muller - In My Head 1/10 This goes nowhere. What a boring song. I like the electro guitar in the background though.

Mark Ronson & Raye - Suzanne 8/10 Wow! This is taking me back to Mark's "Version" album! Raye's vocals with Mark's percussion is just a match made in heaven. It's pure sunny weather music - so funky! I love it!

Tyla - Everything Goes With Blue 10/10 Okaaaaay! This is a bop of a banger! We love a chant! I'm gonna have this on repeat alot!

Zara Larsson - Midnight Sun 9/10 Living for this Breakbeat/Drum & Bass beat with her angelic vocals. I want this to be a big hit for her. The warbling of "midnight suuUuUuUuuuuuun" is giving Ray of Light vibes as well. Total toot!

My winner: Tyla - Everything Goes With Blue

But Blusher, Jessica, and Zara were so close to being my winners to. What a good week for the pop girlies (again).

My final thoughts:

Me to Mae Muller:

Edited June 13Jun 13 by SuperWooper

My personal rankings for Week 24;

1. Jessica Winter – Aftersun

2. Tyla – Everything Goes With Blue [from the Smurfs Movie Soundtrack]

3. Blusher – LAST MAN STANDING

4. Henry Moodie – comedown

5. Mark Ronson & RAYE – Suzanne

6. Zara Larsson – Midnight Sun

7. Mae Muller – In My Head

8. Calum Hood – Sunsetter

Week 23 Tiebreaker;

1. Addison Rae – Times Like These

2. Sabrina Carpenter – Manchild

Voted for Mark / RAYE and Addison

Henry for me but Sunsetter is another amazing one from Calum

Addison in the tiebreak!

Blusher narrowly beating Zara

Sabrina

Keep the votes coming!

1 Mark and Raye

2 Tyla

3 Blusher

Addison

Rooting for a never ending Midnight Wi-i-i-i-i-i-i-in.

Despite the presence of Mae and a surprisingly nice French house style banger from Jessica Winter, my favourite here is Zara Larsson, with her best single in ages.

Voted Manchild in the other one.

I went for Calum Hood (though Blusher were not far behind).

Manchild for the tie-breaker

I'm liking pretty much everything in this weeks list though. Blusher, Jessica and Tyla's songs are all really good. Mae's will probably grow too, though not up to Breakaway's quality for me.

Zara for me and Sabrina in the tie-break!