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IKR this is the second time this has happened to me this year now after PinkPantheress !! I'm far too sleep deprived to take everything in at the moment but my hand was forced to put on the CD and this sounds like another complete triumph from her 🤩 my first listen holy trinity was 'Porcelana' (that production and choir!! also there seems to be an uncredited male voice on here, intrigued to find out who it is confirmed as), 'La Perla' and 'De Madrugá' <3 but the highs are endless. The strings throughout sound so grandeur and she takes her vocals to some incredible, emotional places, 'Mio Cristo...' particularly stood out for that. But yeah will do a proper listen 2 with the rest of the world tomorrow while properly following along with the lyrics in their many languages.

Hi Mack, please could you check your PMs when you get a chance? Just need to make a small correction :)

Pop emergency... she's just turned up a day early ridiculously excited to dive in and take a look at all the booklet / gatefold artwork <3

Yay well done for that 39 yesterday, Rollo! today's game: Round 1: 36 (didn't get: Mica Paris - annoying miss) Round 2: 39 3-in-10: 3 (Total Eclipse of the Heart, It's A Heartache, Holding Out For A Hero)

Yep I agree with everyone so far, P!nk hadn't hit her stride yet while this song/video package is a Britney classic 🤩

Thanks all who came to the semi 2 session tonight! Got my own votes in now and agree that it had plenty of highlights.

come and join the very packed party tonight!!!

The semi 2 listen through will be here in about half an hour: https://sync-tube.de/room/3l45dkz4

It's a website where you can listen to music and chat just like plug.dj! I'll post a link in a couple of hours *.*

Oh yes! Well done John for the full house yesterday :) today's game: Round 1: 30 (didn't get: Ace, Madness) Round 2: 27 (didn't get: Mud - I also thought it was The Sweet, Freddie McGregor, Free) 3-in-10: 3 (Superstition, Uptight (Everything's Alright), Happy Birthday)

Reminder that the semi 2 listening session is coming up tonight at 20:00 GMT time! I'll post the link later 🎶

The obvious pick but went for Modjo!

Yes, someone had read up on the artist and we were all taken aback, extremely convincing as a 'real' artist! I'd already listened to everything when making the recaps so had already formed an opinion on the song before the unexpected reveal.

I'm glad you warmed to 'Out Of The Woods' again! It was my firm favourite Taylor song until 'exile' shook things up a bit. What a massive, atmospheric pop song. The quickfire chorus is a rush. Shame it didn't really set the charts alight but true that it was pretty late in the campaign anyway! 'cardigan' is also gorgeous.

Glad people are warming to Julie, I think she clicked with me so quickly because her actress Karen Henthorn is such a talent. Agreed that Zoe's return has been a flop so far after the trailer/initial reunion with Kat seemed promising. Here's hoping the full-time Max return lands better as I did enjoy his scenes with Lauren and Oscar before he vanished again. The show's slump in quality right now is disheartening. I wanted to give the new exec producer the benefit of the doubt but I'm concerned that Christmas is next month and I'm not feeling particularly engaged, when the run-up to the most hyped episode of the year should feel exciting. Here's hoping things pick up sooner rather than later...