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Submitted! Considering I listen to a lot of Spanish music I really struggled to come up with ideas (and realised a lot of my favs aren't actually from Spain) so went for a song which I think is pretty fun and summery :)

7 please!

May '26 2charm - you will never be alone in barcelona Tsatsamis - Angelina Jessie Ware - Sauna Kelela - idea 1 Olivia Rodrigo - drop dead 2charm - paris (to get you out my head) Channel Tres - Medicine Charli xcx - Rock Music After - Ever Pet Shop Boys - Suburbia Jessie Ware - Mon Amour Madonna ft. Sabrina Carpenter - Bring Your Love MUNA - Wannabeher New Order - Regret Jessie Ware - Ride P!nk - God Is a DJ Slayyyter - BEAT UP CHANEL$ Yaeger - Baewatch 2charm - girls China Crisis - Wishful Thinking Kacey Musgraves - Back on the Wagon Madonna - I Feel So Free Magdalena Bay - Image Tsatsamis - Recreational Goochems - barrel of soil Halsey - Alice of the Upper Class Halsey - Lucid Kelela - linknb Madonna - Human Nature Carly Rae Jepsen - Stay Away Charli xcx - SS26 Daniel Avery ft yunè pinku - Lazy Dreams Daniel Avery ft. Cecile Believe - Rapture in Blue (X CLUB. Remix) Hekt & Smerz - Forever Madeon ft. Slayyyter - Fire Away Nia Archives - Boys In Blue underscores - Do It After - Promise (When You Go) Charli xcx - Dying for You Charli xcx - My Reminder Albums: 2charm - star scum city Jessie Ware - Superbloom Slayyyter - WOR$T GIRL IN AMERICA Kacey Musgraves - Middle of Nowhere Carly Rae Jepsen - The Loneliest Time Daniel Avery - Tremor MUNA - Dancing on the Wall Carly Rae Jepsen - The Loveliest Time After - After EP Charli xcx - Wuthering Heights Artists: Carly Rae Jepsen Charli xcx Madonna Sade 2charm Jessie Ware MUNA After Stars Aitana YTD Top 20: (+1) Jessie Ware - Ride (-1) After - Cold (+1) Sky Ferreira - 24 Hours (-1) Arlo Parks - 2SIDED (+6) 2charm - paris (to get you out my head) (-1) Charli xcx - Dying for You (=) Robyn - Sexistential (+14) Tsatsamis - Angelina (+1) Marc Seguí ft. Álvaro Díaz - PA K (-2) Agnes - MILK (-2) Pearly Drops - Heaven (-6) Gregory Dillon - Windows98 (=) Charli xcx - My Reminder (+2) 2charm - girls (-3) Fcukers - L.U.C.K.Y (-2) Courtesy ft. Erika de Casier - You're Not Alone (Dance Review) (+2) underscores - Do It (+3) Metric - Victim Of Luck (+20) Channel Tres - Medicine (-3) CHVRCHES - Such Great Heights

Voted! Some very high highs for me in semi 1. Random lore drop but I've started dating someone recently and Love Story by MNBB has kinda become ~the~ song I associate with him because of him recommending it to me, so it's quite cute to see it next to me in the running order <3 rooting for Boy Harsher and Pestolian alumni 8485 in the other semi too!

Sensing that this song needs some more defenders so hello x it's grown on me a lot and I rly like the 'ro-o-o-ck music' bit! Weird choice for a lead if that's what this is but I'll be streaming anyway The b-side is horrendous though x

26th becoming one of my signature positions after just 2 contests 🙂‍↕️ 01 - 0 02 - 0 03 - 1 (KETTAMA) 04 - 2 (When In Rome, Suki Waterhouse) 05 - 0 06 - 0 07 - 0 08 - 0 09 - 0 10 - 0 11 - 1 (frutiger dillon) 12 - 1 (After) 13 - 1 (sangiovanni & Aitana) 14 - 0 15 - 0 16 - 1 (Mahawam) 17 - 0 18 - 0 19 - 1 (Rafa Villalba) 20 - 1 (Mareux) 21 - 0 22 - 3 (Pearly Drops, Dry Cleaning, Emilia) 23 - 0 24 - 2 (Bibi Flash, Şenay) 25 - 1 (a.s.o.) 26 - 2 (Antony Szmierek, Goochems) 27 - 1 (Four Phonica) 28 - 2 (Jane Remover, ivri) 29 - 1 (Tennis) 30 - 0 31 - 0 32 - 0 33 - 2 (Cecile Believe, Pearly Drops ft. Cub Sport) 34 - 1 (SIMONA) 35 - 0 36 - 0 37 - 1 (Lo-Fang) 38 - 1 (ThxSoMch) 39 - 2 (Jae Stephens, REYSHA RAMI) 40 - 2 (8485, Sassy 009) 41 - 0 42 - 1 (jaboukie) DNQ: 14 (Axolotes Mexicanos, Dora Jar, El Columpio Asesino, Твоё далеко, Furfriend, OBK, DJ SG, Larry Tee & Princess Superstar, The Dare, Leah Dou, ieuan, Zahara, The Limiñanas ft. Nuria, Pat & Zdot) Q%: 69%

April '26 Tsatsamis - Angelina Channel Tres - Medicine Goochems - barrel of soil Yseult - Freak Kelela - idea 1 2charm - paris (to get you out my head) New Order - Regret 2charm - girls Jessie Ware - Sauna Yaeger - Baewatch Jessie Ware - Ride Olivia Rodrigo - drop dead Sophie Powers & Lexie Liu - klepto China Crisis - Wishful Thinking P!nk - God Is a DJ Kacey Musgraves - Dry Spell Miley Cyrus - River Tainy ft. Jhayco - FANTASMA | AVC Disclosure - The Sun Comes Up Tremendous Fcukers - L.U.C.K.Y Slayyyter - BEAT UP CHANEL$ Madonna - I Feel So Free Antony Szmierek - The Heron Pearly Drops - Heaven Arlo Parks - Nightswimming Blu Cantrell - Hit 'Em Up Style (Oops!) Charli xcx - My Reminder Alizzz - Carretera Perdida Jane Remover - How To Teleport Kenia Os - Una y Otra Vez Taylor Swift - Guilty as Sin? Tsatsamis - Recreational After - Cold Arlo Parks ft. Sampha - Senses Charli xcx - Dying for You Courtesy ft. Erika de Casier - You're Not Alone (Dance Review) Lady Gaga ft. Doechii - RUNWAY Laufey - Madwoman Magdalena Bay - Image Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill Albums: Jessie Ware - Superbloom 2charm - star scum city Slayyyter - WOR$T GIRL IN AMERICA Arlo Parks - Ambiguous Desire Yaeger - Piratebae Thundercat - Distracted Fcukers - Ö Tsatsamis - Tsycophant Miley Cyrus - Endless Summer Vacation Charli xcx - Wuthering Heights Artists: Jessie Ware Tsatsamis 2charm Arlo Parks Slayyyter Fcukers Charli xcx Madonna Miley Cyrus Goochems YTD Top 20: (=) After - Cold (+3) Jessie Ware - Ride (=) Arlo Parks - 2SIDED (-1) Sky Ferreira - 24 Hours (+4) Charli xcx - Dying for You (-2) Gregory Dillon - Windows98 (-1) Robyn - Sexistential (-1) Agnes - MILK (+1) Pearly Drops - Heaven (-2) Marc Seguí ft. Álvaro Díaz - PA K (+15) 2charm - paris (to get you out my head) (+5) Fcukers - L.U.C.K.Y. (-1) Charli xcx - My Reminder (-1) Courtesy ft. Erika de Casier - You're Not Alone (Dance Review) (-4) Samantha Mumba - Gotta Tell You (+24) 2charm - girls (-1) CHVRCHES - Such Great Heights (-4) Geri Halliwell - Ride It (+1) underscores - Do It (-5) Beyoncé - Radio

Congrats to Zephyra! From my votes I'm very happy to see Pagasa, Bøtanikkä, Ennea and Neliönoir in the top 10, but equally would say Freidland, Fljótavík, Scotland 2 and Deandria were robbed. Glad for the last minute surge which got me to 26th, the exact same position as last month! You wait 44 contests for a 26th place etc etc x Special thanks to Land of DW, Neliönoir for the medal positions as well as all other voters ofc!

Bladee and Bassvictim not being in the same semi as me... mama i'm so scared Recognising a lot of artists this month tbh! Other than those 2 I just mentioned, hyped for 2charm who are kinda soundtracking my life rn x Also the producer tag in my song has kinda become a vocal stim for me the past few days, I hope someone else finds it as funny for no reason as I do x

Guaranteed 18 points from Pestolia if anyone was wondering x The whole album is out btw and is a great listen, this is the best song on it tho!

Up until Mid-April 🤠 top 6 the same as always x USA (40): Doechii, SZA, Gregory Dillon, After, A$AP Rocky, Searows, Slayyyter, Kesha, Mitski, Fcukers, Julia Michaels, Arcángel, ieuan, Honey Dijon, underscores, Rusty Williams, Hayley Williams, sombr, Kali Uchis, Dorian Electra, Sky Ferreira, MUNA, Caroline Polachek, Bleachers, Kara Jackson, Olivia Rodrigo, ivri, Kacey Musgraves, Power Snatch, The Marías, This Is Lorelei, Khalid, Death Cab for Cutie, Snail Mail, MGNA Crrrta, Channel Tres, Thundercat, Goochems, Kelela, Lady Gaga UK (30): Olivia Dean, Night Tapes, Arlo Parks, Charli XCX, Danny L Harle, Harry Styles, Jessie Ware, Holly Humberstone, Bree Runway, Two Shell, Art School Girlfriend, YONAKA, Damon Albarn, Kae Tempest, CHVRCHES, Tom McFarland, Lava La Rue, Gorillaz, Anoushka Shankar, RAYE, Antony Szmierek, beabadoobee, FLO, Jim Legxacy, Tom Misch, Nubya Garcia, Tsatsamis, Sampha, flowerovlove, Disclosure Spain (9): Quevedo, rusowsky, Antony Z, Toni Anzis, Bad Gyal, Rakky Ripper, Marc Seguí, Rigoberta Bandini, Marta Santos Canada (6): Broken Social Scene, Sophia Stel, Cecile Believe, Metric, Sophie Powers, Purity Ring Sweden (6): Robyn, Tove Styrke, Agnes, Namasenda, Bladee, Yaeger Australia (5): Blusher, Ninajirachi, Power Snatch, 2charm, Tame Impala Puerto Rico (3): Ricky Martin, Bad Bunny, Chencho Corleone Argentina (2): Bizarrap, mori Denmark (2): Courtesy, Erika de Casier France (2): Justice, Yseult Ireland (2): Grian Chatten, Fontaines D.C. New Zealand (2): Yumi Zouma, Jordan Rakei Belgium (1): Angèle Brazil (1): Alok Chile (1): Easykid China (1): Lexie Liu Colombia (1): Beéle Cuba (1): Chanel Dominican Republic (1): Tokischa Estonia (1): Night Tapes Finland (1): Pearly Drops Germany (1): horsegiirL Iceland (1): Laufey Italy (1): LA NIÑA Mexico (1): Kenia Os Norway (1): Sassy 009 Portugal (1): MARO Serbia (1): kryptogram South Africa (1): Baby Queen

Deluxe for me! I like the text design tbh, I feel like it fits well with a lot of modern-day club posters which I'm assuming is the intention. But I do wish the 'Confessions II' text on the standard cover was in the same font as her name!

Belatedly saying I'm so hyped for this, my first era as a stan not sure yet what I think of it being a direct sequel, I was kinda hoping for more like a folklore/evermore situation where the title is just similar enough to show the connection. Already been revisiting the original a lot in preparation!

Sent something that's giving 'we have Jane Remover at home' with an epilepsy warning 🪱

26th is a new position for Pestolia so that'll do! Thanks to all voters esp Jupiterdonia for the 18! <3 Happy to see some favs in the top 10 and ofc great to see my 18 winning, congrats Dandy! Robberies tho in the form of Scotland 2, Deandria, Cheiron, N DNTN, Klum Rep and Summericia :( Great hosting too, like everyone has said the visuals were gorg x