September 30, 2025Sep 30 Author So down to the top 2...Chappell Roan vs JADE.The Subway vs Plastic Box.Which one of these songs has been crowned Buzzjack's first ever "Song of the Summer"?02JADE - Plastic Box [126 Points]01Chappell Roan - The Subway [144 Points]Well, there we have it! Chappell Roan's 'The Subway' has secured the victory by a fair distance and become Buzzjack's top Song of the Summer '25! 'The Subway' is a modern day, pop, power ballad and it's an absolute masterpiece in not only lyrical writing but vocally too. We know Chappell can belt a note, but how she belts and sustains that note at the end of this song, before belting and sustaining it in a slightly higher key RIGHT AFTER? INSANE! An absolute BEAUTY of a song. It's one of my favourite songs of the year and although I only scored it 9 points here, I do find that this kind of ballad doesn't really scream "Summer" to me! But I do not begrudge it winning here.In runner-up position is (coincidentally) Chappell Roan's support act of 3 shows at the tail end of the Summer, JADE with her song 'Plastic Box'. Just a few moments ago I spoke above about how 'The Subway' wasn't really the kind of ballad that "screams Summer", this is the perfect example of a ballad that really DOES imo. It does that Robyn "heartbreak on the dancefloor" kind of thing. 'Plastic Box' not only has immaculate production but those ad-libs in the final chorus are stunning! I could gush about this song forever (it's my song of the year so far) and it is by FAR my most listened to song over the Summer so getting to witness it live at Mighty Hoopla before it was released, was gorgeous! Such a beautiful song that deserved more flowers in the charts!
September 30, 2025Sep 30 Song of the summer? Yeah, no Glad to see Plastic Box finish so high though, I've been enjoying it more and more listening to it in the context of the album and I love its subtlety. Fame is a Gun and JUMP rounding out the top few nicely too!
September 30, 2025Sep 30 Author Thank you to everyone who participated and hopefully you enjoyed what will probably become an annual tradition. I will be fine-tuning some details for the future and I will have a proper, solid plan in place, but for the first one... it was a lot of fun doing it and seeing how people would vote. I think I'll do it like this next year, but we'll have another round or two to really narrow it down a little bit etc..Here is the top 40 in full:01 Chappell Roan - The Subway [144 Points]02 JADE - Plastic Box [126 Points]03 Addison Rae - Fame is a Gun [86 Points]04 BLACKPINK - JUMP [85 Points]05 sombr - 12 to 12 [78 Points]06 Confidence Man & JADE - gossip. [77 Points]07 Zara Larsson - Midnight Sun [75 Points]08 Sabrina Carpenter - Manchild [71 Points]09 HAIM - Relationships [67 Points]10 Lorde - Shapeshifter [61 Points]--11 Tame Impala - End of Summer [59 Points]12 Disco Lines & Tinashe - No Broke Boys [54 Points]13 Addison Rae - Headphones On [53 Points]14 PinkPantheress - Illegal [50 Points]15 Danny L. Harle feat. PinkPantheress - Starlight [49 Points]16 Kesha feat. JADE - BOY CRAZY. [46 Points]17 Wolf Alice - The Sofa [44 Points]18 Ethel Cain - Nettles [43 Points]19 Doja Cat - Jealous Type [40 Points]20 LSR/CITY feat. Gareth Emery & Annabel - out of the sky [39 Points]--21 Yungblud - Zombie [36 Points]22 Lorde - What Was That [35 Points - 1 x 20 Points]23 Tate McRae - Just Keep Watching [35 Points - 0 x 20 Points]24 HUNTR/X - Golden [33 Points]25 Benson Boone - Mystical Magical [32 Points - 1 x 19 Points]26 Ethel Cain - f*** Me Eyes [32 Points - 0 x 19 Points]27 Ninajirachi - iPod Touch [31 Points - 1 x 19 Points]28 JADE - FUFN (f*** U For Now) [31 Points - 0 x 19 Points]29 Kesha feat. Slayyyter & Rose Gray - ATTENTION! [30 Points]30 MARINA - Cuntissimo [29 Points]--31 dearALICE - Drums [28 Points - 1 x 19 Points]32 HAIM - Down to Be Wrong [28 Points - 0 x 19 Points]33 MISS LUXURY - Deal [27 Points - 1 x 14 Points]34 Tyler, The Creator - Ring Ring Ring [27 Points - 0 x 14 Points]35 Mark Ronson feat. RAYE - Suzanne [26 Points]36 David Archuleta - Crème Brulée [25 Points - 1 x 16 Points]37 Grace Davies - Super Love Me [25 Points - 0 x 16 Points; 1 x 13 Points]38 Benson Boone - Mr Electric Blue [25 Points - 0 x 16 Points; 0 x 13 Points; 2 x 12 Points]39 Miley Cyrus - End of The World [24 Points - 1 x 20 Points]40 KATSEYE - Gnarly [24 Points - 0 x 20 Points; 1 x 13 Points]FULL Scoreboard <3
September 30, 2025Sep 30 Thanks for all the effort put into this and presenting, Jonjo! Been fun to follow along even if I forgot to vote
September 30, 2025Sep 30 Flawless winner 🥰 it really is the song of the summer! Having Plastic Box there too seems fitting, especially since Jade opened for Chappell at the Edinburgh Summer Sessions so I got to experience both of those live in the same night 😍Thank you for running this Jonjo!!
October 1, 2025Oct 1 'The Subway' topped my list so unsurprisingly I'm thrilled it's the winner here! A knockout '90s inspired release from Chappell that soundtracked the whole of my August. 'Plastic Box' is good too and fantastic to see 'Fame is a Gun' top 3, it was one of my highlights of seeing Addison live this summer - especially as she added in a glitchy breakdown *.*Thank you for running this, Jonjo!
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