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Mother has voted!! SF2 was insanely strong in comparison to SF1 lol

Florence + the machine - Cosmic Love (favourite) HAIM - Gasoline ABBA - Chiquitita Chappell Roan - Casual Kelly Clarkson - Piece by Piece Atomic Kitten - The Last Goodbye Conan Gray - Forever with me Delta Goodrem - Not me, Not I Scissor Sisters - Mary Rosalia - mio christo piange diamanti Lily Allen - Pussy Palace Troye Sivan - Heaven David Bowie - Five Years (Least Favourite) Probs my fav Florence song there, with my most played HAIM (combined with the Taylor version) song sent also. Great picks from Chappell, Kelly and ABBA too! Bottom 2 not really for me, and Lily lower than might otherwise be as not really in the spirit of the round for me!

speaking of these popularity contests… we should bring back the annual one where you’d rate each other as users! Josh was telling me about them and they sounded savage! Bring that brutality back lol

Surprising choice for Lily Allen when there’s a bunch of more traditional ‘ballads’ in her back catalogue… Great choices from Florence, HAIM, ABBA & Atomic Kitten, and excited to get to know the rest!

Shocked at both of these elims… based off early votes I was expecting Scissor Sisters & Florence to be eliminated! I’m more familiar with Nelly’s discography so while it’s a shame to see her go, I was loving getting to know The Corrs (outside of Breathless obvs!) ‘Hideaway’ and ‘What can I do’ are such instant hits for me. @Paddington James can you recommend maybe 5 songs from The Corrs that you wanted to send but never did as I’d love to continue my discoveries! Ballad round?! Excited to see what this ends up looking like?

BJSC 183 - horsegiirL - only the best I might not be a Horse Girl, but I am repping horsegiirL this month! Love this dance banger, love her name, love the horse face. I’m sold. If you’re not a horsegiirL fan, what are you even doing?

Florence + the machine - Hurricane Drunk (favourite) Troye Sivan - Bloom HAIM - If I could change your mind Kelly Clarkson - Never Again Chappell Roan - Red Wine Supernova Conan Gray - maniac Lily Allen - Madeline The Corrs - Irresistible Atomic Kitten - Be With You ABBA - Super Trouper Delta Goodrem - Believe again David Bowie - Ashes to Ashes Nelly Furtado - Big Hoops Rosalia - Pienso en tu mira Scissor Sisters - she’s my man (least favourite)

Votes already?! Viper striking very quick!!

Well done to the three returnees, particularly excited about making more Rosalia discoveries!

Understood 😇

No ‘New Religion’ by Bebe?!

Thank you for doing the Lord’s work Brer! 🫶🏻

42nd 💔💔💔

Scissor Sisters - Let’s have a Kiki (favourite) HAIM - Want you back Florence + the machine - My Love The Corrs - Summer Sunshine The Chicks - Julianna Calm Down Abba - take a chance on me Blondie - Sunday Girl Atomic Kitten - Eternal Flame Erasure - Chorus (least favourite) Love that SS track - what a banger! Great top 4 really with The Corrs song being such a highlight too! The Florence track is also probs the best song she’s released in the last 8 or so years haha No bad tracks here - once again the groups are really bringing it!

Nelly Furtado - Try (favourite) Chappell Roan - After Midnight Rosalia - Reliquia Lily Allen - 22 Kesha - Red Flag Delta Goodrem - Eclipse Kelly Clarkson - Haunted FKA Twigs - Stereo Boy LiSA - Akeboshi (least favourite) Phenomenal top 7 here. That Nelly track is amazing, I’m loving getting more into Lux following the iconic Brit performance last weekend, and a great new Delta track - reminds me of Confide in Me by Kylie with those high notes at the end!

Fred Again - Strong (fav) Eric Saade - Imagine The Weeknd - Starboy Conan Gray - Caramel Ruel - I can die now Troye Sivan - Angel Baby Nik Kershaw - Sometimes David Bowie - Lazarus George Michael - Jesus to a child (least favourite) Enjoy the top 5 here with that Eric Saade song being such a good discovery!

The Ruel title seems like an omen

Troye Sivan - In a dream (fave) George Michael - Precious Box Eric Saade - it’s gonna rain Nik Kershaw - you might Conan Gray - miss you The Weeknd - Nothing Compares Shawn Mendes - where were you in the morning? Ruel - Sitting in Traffic Fred Again.. - Sabrina (I am a party) David Bowie - Warszawa (least fav) Feel like Troye was always gonna win with this one but loved the discoveries from George, Eric (!!) and Nik! Bottom 4 were pretty meh but that Bowie one…why is it 74 years long

The Corrs - Hideaway (fave) Florence + The Machine - Howl HAIM - Days are Gone ABBA - Keep an Eye on Dan Blondie - Shayla Atomic Kitten - Walking on the Water Scissor Sisters - Skin Tight The 1975 - Pressure The Chicks - lullaby Erasure - Sono Luminus (least fav) Fab choices from Florence + HAIM which I was already aware of, but such an amazing discovery from The Corrs that I had to give it the top spot! Again, a strong top 7, with the Blondie track showing some really nice, softer vocals from Debbie, and the Atomic Kitten track a nice find too. Weak bottom 3 though, I was rooting for The Chicks but this might be their time

Yea I was more of a Courteney Cox man, myself

Kelly Clarkson - Judas (fave) Kesha - Cannibal Delta Goodrem - Electric Storm Rosalía - Divinize FKA Twigs - Kicks Lily Allen - Tennis Nelly Furtado - wait for you Chappell Roan - Picture You Lisa - Pile up Toni Braxton - Sex & Cigarettes (least fav) Really strong top 7 here. I only knew 2 of these well beforehand but really strong discoveries in Kelly & Delta, and a new appreciation for Rosalia & Twigs! I never thought I’d see the day where LiSA wasn’t bottom for me but that Toni track made that possible!

BJSC 182 - Sofia and the Antoinettes - Hi My Love Did someone ask for a gorgeous bit of indie pop? Because Mothertopia is serving it up in spade loads with this month’s entry! I know this just made it through the veto before being added to some ‘Radio 1 introducing’ playlist so let’s see if Mother can be a bit of a trendsetter and get attention to this track before it potentially gets some proper traction!

Conan Gray - Never ending song (favourite) Troye Sivan - My My My The Weeknd - Take my Breath George Michael - Too Funky Fred Again - Jungle David Bowie - Modern Love Nik Kershaw - Dancing Girls Shawn Mendes - There’s nothing holding me back Eric Saade - Hotter than fire Ruel - you against yourself Guitarricadelafuente - Agua Y Mezcal (least favourite) Definitely a step up from last round! Really enjoying making discoveries from George Michael & Nik Kershaw! Really liked the Fred Again track too! Unsure if the bottom 3 are for me really…

FKA Twigs - perfectly (favourite) Rosalia - Aute Cuture Lily Allen - everyone’s at it Kesha - Take it Off Delta Goodrem - Wings Toni Braxton - Hit the freeway Nadia Oh - jump out the window LiSA - another great day!! (Least favourite) Eusexua was my most played album of 2025 so glad that finally getting its due here and A great discovery in Aute Cuture for me!! That bottom two though…let’s get moving on. Quickly. I wonder what the 3 safe girls would have sent for this?!

Florence + The machine - spectrum (favourite) The Chicks - Gaslighter Haim - pray to god Scissor Sisters - filthy/gorgeous Atomic Kitten - I want your love The Corrs - So Young Blondie - Denis Erasure - Sometimes ABBA - SOS The 1975 - The Sound Ace of Base - Cruel Summer (least fav) That top 4 is so good !!! Probs my fav Chicks & Scissor Sisters songs! With The Corrs & Blondie being two great discoveries In fact this whole round was very competitive. I even like the Ace of Base song but I think the fact that the OG version is better hinders this a little. Lorde actually performed a cover of Cruel Summer on the Solar Power tour and it was amazing!! Let’s get that cover on streaming!!