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Maybe it could be some new live acoustic performances of the ‘The Lost Tapes’ material? I want a performance of ‘Beat Is Gone’ to watch so badly.

I love Sugababes 2.0 as much as anyone and will always love Heidi but there is no way this album would be as strong as it is without Siobhan. In many ways, she is the backbone of this record even more so than Keisha and Mutya given she is the only one with writing credits on every single track. So many of the melodies remind me so much of Siobhan’s solo work too. Her ear for a great melody is second to none.

The Beat is Gone is already one of their best album tracks ever in its final mastered version isn’t it? I have to say I’m gutted they have played with the chorus production of Summer of ‘99. The demo versions chorus was just way more anthemic.

SZA's 'Kill Bill' still to come, wow. I am sure it was outside top 20 in midweeks but the extra streaming data helping her.

Yeah I’m worried for Fleur tonight… I have a feeling Molly’s paso will see her through to the final. Please stay in one more week Fleur :(

After sitting with this for a few days, here is my rate of the album: 07.0 - SOS (nice intro, but I think ‘Blind’ would have a better album opener) 08.5 - Kill Bill 08.0 - Seek & Destroy 08.5 - Low (keep going back to Trap-SZA - love as something different) 09.0 - Love Language 08.5 - Blind 07.5 - Used 09.0 - Snooze (LOVE how smooth this is - real replay value) 07.0 - Notice Me (this is the first meh track for me - could have got cut) 10.0 - Gone Girl (already feels classic!) 08.5 - Smoking On My Ex Pack 10.0 - Ghost In The Machine (gives me mixtape SZA vibes - my favourite off the whole record!) 04.0 - F2F (sorry, CTRL Alt Delete) 10.0 - Nobody Gets Me (let’s make this a #1 smash please people) 06.0 - Conceited 05.0 - Special (the only time in the whole album I question her pen, hate the lyrics) 05.0 - Too Late 09.0 - Far (back on form - not enough people talking about this track!) 08.5 - Shirt 10.0 - Open Arms (absolutely beautiful) 08.0 - I Hate U 10.0 - Good Days 10.0 - Forgiveless (shame this is tagged on the end and not earlier on album) Overall the average score comes out as 8.2/10.0 which I think is about right tbh. Could have done with a bit of an edifying eye on the tracks in the middle for sure but honestly the highs are so high and the fact that we have 16 tracks I’m rating an 8/10 or higher out of 23 track album shows the quality is pretty outstanding. She is so special.

I’ve been holding off commenting yet as CRTL is one of my favourite albums of all time, so I wanted to let it settle in a bit before making a judgement, but bar maybe like 4/5 filler tracks, she has absolutely done it again. She really is one of a kind. This debuts on Spotify with 68 million streams and becomes the 5th biggest female opening of all time, after 3 Taylor Swift albums and Thank U Next with 70 million. Seeing as Beyoncé only managed 43 million earlier this year, that is HUGE. She really is the Female R&B superstar isn’t she? I can’t remember the last time we had a R&B girl having the star quality and hype of the major pop stars, but SZA has done it. It’s utterly amazing.

Why do I have a feeling she’s gonna just surprise drop this Friday? She is on SNL on Saturday, and she’s dropped the cover without a release date (even though we know it’s December release).

Can't believe this is no #1 on Apple Music this morning. So deserved!

getdc1zzvnc Think 'On The Run' is actually my favourite of all 3, even though 'Happy Ending' is more instant. Just love the understated production but absolute earworm of a chorus. Giving Janet vibes yet again.

Yes! Finally, so excited.

1. Washed Away - 3:36 2. Happy Ending - 4:08 3. Let It Go - 4:22 4. On the Run - 4:52 5. Missed Call - 3:51 6. Closure - 3:29 7. Contact - 4:00 8. Fooley - 3:34 9. Holier - 4:14 10. Raven - 4:36 11. Bruises - 4:15 12. Sorbet - 5:29 13. Divorce - 3:21 14. Enough for Love - 4:25 15. Far Away - 4:21 10th FEB PEOPLE!

lhJpOjqho8s f*** YES. This is everything I could want and more.

Episode 2: 1. Black Peppa (01-01) 2. Cheddar Gorgeous (02-02) 3. Danny Beard (03-03) 4. Baby (05-04) 5. Le Fil (04-05) 6. Dakota Schieffer (10-06) 7. Sminty Drop (06-07) 8. Pixie Polite (07-08) 9. Jonbers Blonde (08-09) 10. Copper Topp (09-10) 11. Starlet (11-11)

Janice is the saving grace of this line up...

Janice is the saving grace of this line up...

A45gzN0cgow Beautiful visual and song to start the era off. This is apparently just the album intro, so not Single 1 but just a teaser. She tweeted 'the bangers are coming, but first who's ready to cry?' - ME

HYPED!

Sadly this is really disappointing. After such a good run of her first three albums, this is almost entirely a miss. I’ll keep ‘f*** Love’, ‘Deadend’ and ‘I Still Love You’ and that’s pretty much it :(

Song of the year!!!

This is a strange critique for me as there is nothing wrong with showing versatility. Ciara is one of the best dancers in the industry too and yet some of her best songs are mid-tempos like ‘Dance Like We’re Making Love’, ‘Body Party’ and ‘Promise’. We all know Normani can dance the house down. I am really enjoying this as something different.

I don’t think we can underestimate Putin’s ability to do anything at this stage. No one really though he was going to go for a full on invasion of Ukraine and he did. Now Russia and it’s people have the world hitting them with all sorts of repercussions and they are becoming more and more isolated. With the number of casualties on the Russian side, this already doesn’t look like it’s going Putin’s way. When a wounded animal is backed into a corner they can do anything. He’s already shown he doesn’t care for the safety of the Russian people otherwise this would never be happening. I honestly think we cannot just think that this threat of nukes is a bluff as I think he’s insane enough to decided that if he’s losing, he will burn the world down on the way out. I so hope that for the safety of everyone that someone from inside the Kremlin saves the day and knocks him off for good before this goes to the point of no return.

01. Lady Camden 02. Angeria Paris VanMichaels 03. Willow Pill 04. Jasmine Kennedy 05. Jorgeous 06. Daya Betty 07. Bosco 08. Kerri Colby 09. Deja Skye

I have to admit I’ve done a full 180 on Jasmine. She’s went from one of my least favs to me being obsessed in two weeks. Her fight last week was iconic, she made me howl in the acting challenge and was lovely to see her so vulnerable in Untucked. She really has started to give us so many moments to remember. I’m still team Camden and Angie all the way though overall.

01. Angeria Paris VanMichaels 02. Willow Pill 03. Kornbread 04. Lady Camden 05. Kerri Colby 06. Daya Betty 07. Jorgeous 08. Alyssa Hunter 09. Bosco 10. Deja Skye 11. Maddy Morphosis 12. Jasmine Kennedie 13. Orion Story