Nik Kershaw interesting, I think overall I prefer Howard Jones though!

01 Conan Gray - Killing Me

02 David Bowie - Young Americans

03 Shawn Mendes - Lost in Japan (Zedd Remix)

04 Ruel - Not What’s Going On

05 Nik Kershaw - Gone to Pieces

06 Fred again.. - Berwyn (all that i got is you)

07 Troye Sivan - Strawberries & Cigarettes

08 The Weeknd - A Lesser Man

09 Guitarricadelafuente & Troye Sivan - midsummer pipe dream

10 George Michael - Freeek!

11 Markus Riva - Forever

12 Eric Saade - Every Minute

That Conan track was a fantastic discovery. Thank you whoever you are! Also loved the Bowie and Ruel selections! Turns out I do know (and like) the original version of that Shawn track - the remix was fab! Nik continues to be a great discovery. A far better Fred entry imo but no wow factor just yet. 7-9 are all just okay for me. Not a fan at all of that George track sadly nor the two below.

01 Troye Sivan

02 Conan Gray

03 Ruel

04 Shawn Mendes

05 Guitarricadelafuente

06 The Weeknd

07 George Michael

08 Marcus Riva

09 Eric Saade

10 Fred Again

11 Nik Kershaw

12 David Bowie

1. Troye Sivan - Strawberries & Cigerrettes , new discovery for me 🥰😍🥰

2. David Bowie - An unknown Luther Vandross on backing vocals

3. Fred Again - ‘f*** the neighbours turn the music up’ - Live for this lyric 🥰❤️😍🤣

4. Ruel 

5. Eric Saade 

6. George Michael - I can remember this was panned when released!! 

7. Conan Gray 

8. The Weeknd 

9. Guitarricadelafuente

10. Shawn Mendes 

11. Nik Kershaw

12. Markus Riva

1st Nik Kershaw - Gone To Pieces

2 The Weeknd - A Lesser Man

3 Conan Gray - Killing Me

4 David Bowie - Young Americans

5 Troye Sivan - Strawberries & Cigarettes

6 Guitarricadelafuente & Troye Sivan - Midsummer Pipe Dream

7 Ruel - Not What’s Going On

8 Fred Again.. - Berwyn (All That I Got Is You)

9 Shawn Mendes - Lost in Japan (Zedd Remix)

10 George Michael - Freeek!

11 Markus Riva - Forever

12 Eric Saade - Every Minute

1. Nik Kershaw - Gone to Pieces

2. Conan Gray - Killing Me

3. David Bowie - Young Americans

4. Eric Saade - Every Minute

5. Fred again.. - Berwyn (all that i got is you)

6. The Weeknd - A Lesser Man

7. Guitarricadelafuente & Troye Sivan - midsummer pipe dream

8. Shawn Mendes - Lost in Japan (Zedd Remix)

9. Troye Sivan - Strawberries & Cigarettes

10. George Michael - Freeek!

11. Ruel - Not What’s Going On

12. Markus Riva - Forever

01. Conan Gray - Killing Me [Favourite]

02. Troye Sivan - Strawberries & Cigarettes

03. Guitarricadelafuente & Troye Sivan - midsummer pipe dream

04. The Weeknd - A Lesser Man

05. Eric Saade - Every Minute

06. Ruel - Not What’s Going On

07. George Michael - Freeek!

08. Fred again.. - Berwyn (all that i got is you)

09. Markus Riva - Forever

10. David Bowie - Young Americans

11. Shawn Mendes - Lost in Japan (Zedd Remix)

12. Nik Kershaw - Gone to Pieces

Who is responsible for Conan? I'm finding myself to really become a fan of his so I appreciate whoever it is that's sent him so far! Not *as* good as 'The Actor' but still great! Not my favourite Troye songs, but I do love S&C and it just makes me want to watch 'Love, Simon' again! 'midsummer pipe dream' is a dreamy pop bop. I like that The Weeknd track, but don't love it. I enjoyed that Eric Saade song. Sounds like it would be a hit tbh. Nice lil discovery from Ruel. That George Michael track is very 'Rudebox' and such a curveball in his discography lmao. But I kinda like it... I enjoy that Fred track. Markus is a fun bop, I guess. Meh at that David track. I've said my piece about Shawn! Not really a fan of that Nik track.

Still need to finish off listening to these but will hopefully have my ranking up tomorrow.

My rating:

01 Conan Gray - Killing Me

02 The Weeknd - A Lesser Man

03 David Bowie - Young Americans

04 Troye Sivan - Strawberries & Cigarettes

05 Ruel - Not What’s Going On

06 George Michael - Freeek!

07 Nik Kershaw - Gone to Pieces

08 Fred again.. - Berwyn (all that i got is you)

09 Shawn Mendes - Lost in Japan (Zedd Remix)

10 Markus Riva - Forever

11 Guitarricadelafuente & Troye Sivan - midsummer pipe dream

12 Eric Saade - Every Minute

1. David Bowie - Young Americans

2. Fred again.. - Berwyn (all that i got is you)

3. Conan Gray - Killing Me

4. George Michael - Freeek!

5. Nik Kershaw - Gone to Pieces

6. The Weeknd - A Lesser Man

7. Eric Saade - Every Minute

8. Guitarricadelafuente & Troye Sivan - midsummer pipe dream

9. Ruel - Not What’s Going On

10. Markus Riva - Forever

11. Troye Sivan - Strawberries & Cigarettes

12. Shawn Mendes - Lost in Japan (Zedd Remix)

01 The Weeknd - A Lesser Man

02 George Michael - Freeek!

03 Guitarricadelafuente & Troye Sivan - midsummer pipe dream

04 David Bowie - Young Americans

05 Fred again.. - Berwyn (all that i got is you)

06 Ruel - Not What’s Going On

07 Troye Sivan - Strawberries & Cigarettes

08 Nik Kershaw - Gone to Pieces

09 Shawn Mendes - Lost in Japan (Zedd Remix)

10 Conan Gray - Killing Me

11 Markus Riva - Forever

12 Eric Saade - Every Minute

Not the best selection but The Weeknd’s song is taking me back to the early works before he sold out so it’s by far my favourite here. Freeek! is a classic too.

GDLF is shirtless in the video so xenophobia will have to pause for a second. Oh and that Saade song is absolutely unlistenable.

01 The Weeknd - A Lesser Man

02 George Michael - Freeek!

03 David Bowie - Young Americans

04 Nik Kershaw - Gone to Pieces

05 Shawn Mendes - Lost in Japan (Zedd Remix)

06 Ruel - Not What’s Going On

07 Troye Sivan - Strawberries & Cigarettes

08 Fred again.. - Berwyn (all that i got is you)

09 Markus Riva - Forever

10 Conan Gray - Killing Me

11 Eric Saade - Every Minute

12 Guitarricadelafuente & Troye Sivan - midsummer pipe dream

Have found everything I’ve heard by Conan Gray pretty dull… until this one! I love the 80s vibes.

1 Conan Gray - Killing Me

2 Nik Kershaw - Gone to Pieces

3 Guitarricadelafuente & Troye Sivan - midsummer pipe dream

4 Fred again.. - Berwyn (all that i got is you)

5 The Weeknd - A Lesser Man

6 David Bowie - Young Americans

7 Troye Sivan - Strawberries & Cigarettes

8 George Michael - Freeek!

9 Eric Saade - Every Minute

10 Ruel - Not What’s Going On

11 Shawn Mendes - Lost in Japan (Zedd Remix)

12 Markus Riva - Forever

3 hours ago, Julian_ said:

Have found everything I’ve heard by Conan Gray pretty dull… until this one! I love the 80s vibes.

In that case, you should really check out the whole of the Found Heaven album, it's all in that vein!

EDIT: I just realised this makes it look like I sent Conan... I didn't! (or did I?)

Edited February 13Feb 13 by Mangø

George Michael - Freeek! (Favourite)

Nik Kershaw - gone to pieces

Conan Gray - Killing Me

David Bowie - Young American

Eric Saade - every minute

Troye Sivan - strawberry and cigarettes

Shawn Mendes - lost in Japan

Markus Riva - Forever

The Weeknd - a lesser man

Ruel - Not what’s going on

Guitarricadelafuente - midsummer pipe dream

Fred Again - Berwyn (all that I got is you) (least favourite)

A top 3 and a bottom 9.

Was unfamiliar with the Nik & George songs before this and am very impressed by both of them! The Shawn track would have been higher if it was the OG and not this remix!

That bottom 5 though… lets hope there’s some better material sent going forward

01 David Bowie - Young Americans

02 Fred again.. - Berwyn (all that i got is you)

03 Conan Gray - Killing Me

04 Troye Sivan - Strawberries & Cigarettes

05 Nik Kershaw - Gone to Pieces

06 Guitarricadelafuente & Troye Sivan - midsummer pipe dream

07 George Michael - Freeek!

08 Ruel - Not What’s Going On

09 Eric Saade - Every Minute

10 The Weeknd - A Lesser Man

11 Shawn Mendes - Lost in Japan (Zedd Remix)

12 Markus Riva - Forever

01 Troye Sivan - Strawberries & Cigarettes

02 Conan Gray - Killing Me

03 Shawn Mendes - Lost in Japan (Zedd Remix)

04 Ruel - Not What’s Going On

05 Eric Saade - Every Minute

06 Guitarricadelafuente & Troye Sivan - midsummer pipe dream

07 Markus Riva - Forever

08 The Weeknd - A Lesser Man

09 Fred again.. - Berwyn (all that i got is you)

10 Nik Kershaw - Gone to Pieces

11 George Michael - Freeek!

12 David Bowie - Young Americans

1. Conan Gray - Killing Me

2. Troye Sivan - Strawberries & Cigarettes

3. Ruel - Not What's Going On

4. Eric Saade - Every Minute

5. Shawn Mendes - Lost in Japan (Zedd Remix)

6. Guitarricadelafuente & Troye Sivan - midsummer pipe dream

7. The Weeknd - A Lesser Man

8. Nik Kershaw - Gone to Pieces

9. Markus Riva - Forever

10. George Michael - Freeek!

11. Fred again.. - Berwyn (all that i got is you)

12. David Bowie - Young Americans

Troye Sivan - Strawberries & Cigarettes

George Michael - Freeek!

Ruel - Not What’s Going On

Conan Gray - Killing Me

Markus Riva - Forever

Shawn Mendes - Lost in Japan (Zedd Remix)

Eric Saade - Every Minute

Fred again.. - Berwyn (all that i got is you)

The Weeknd - A Lesser Man

Nik Kershaw - Gone to Pieces

David Bowie - Young Americans

Guitarricadelafuente & Troye Sivan - midsummer pipe dream

1. Conan Gray - Killing Me

2. Shawn Mendes - Lost in Japan (Zedd Remix)

3. Troye Sivan - Strawberries & Cigarettes

4. Markus Riva - Forever

5. George Michael - Freeek!

6. Ruel - Not What’s Going On

7. David Bowie - Young Americans

8. Guitarricadelafuente & Troye Sivan - midsummer pipe dream

9. Nik Kershaw - Gone to Pieces

10. The Weeknd - A Lesser Man

11. Fred again.. - Berwyn (all that i got is you)

12. Eric Saade - Every Minute