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+30 Blind Channel - Dark Side +29 Little Simz - Introvert +28 CHVRCHES - He Said She Said +27 Måneskin - Zitii E Buoni +26 Masked Wolf – Astronaut In The Ocean +25 Olivia Rodrigo - Good 4 U +24 DJ Sabrina The Teenage DJ - Try Not To Be Afraid +23 Dave - In The Fire +22 Go_A - Shum +21 Black Country, New Road - Chaos Space Marine +20 Porter Robinson - Look At The Sky +19 Lana Del Rey - Arcadia +18 Japanese Breakfast - Be Sweet +17 CHVRCHES (feat. Robert Smith) - How Not to Drown +16 Wolf Alice - The Last Man On Earth +15 MUNA (feat. Phoebe Bridgers) - Silk Chiffon +14 Weeknd - Take My Breath +13 Imagine Dragons (feat. J.I.D) - Enemy +12 ABBA - I Still Have Faith In You +11 Lil Nas X & Jack Harlow - Industry Baby +10 Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber - Stay +9 Dua Lipa - Love Again +8 Lil Nas X - Montero (Call Me By Your Name) +7 Self Esteem - I Do This All The Time +6 Bicep (feat. Clara La San) - Saku +5 SZA - Good Days +4 Coldplay - Coloratura +3 ABBA - Don’t Shut Me Down +2 Weeknd - Save Your Tears (Original / Ariana Grande Remix) +1 Nathan Evans - Wellerman (Original / 220 KID & Billen Ted Remix)

Shame to lose Wholune at the end but I think actually all my votes qualified from semi 2 so good results there! listening through the semi 1 NQs and Persephonia and Aelandor seem like big losses already 3 Thanks for the hosting Lindsey, I liked the gifs ticking over to the reveal.

Danaeviia through, fantastic, would have been sad if it had lost out.

I think I expected that for Suedeonia and Scotland 2, I quite liked both but the latter was a little too long and the Pi Song was... a little too twee.

:D That's great to be in so early, thanks for getting me through!

BMTH tracks on a huge up we love to see it! 'Parasite Eve' and 'Kingslayer' are two of their career best

Hezbollah are in the weird position of being both a political party that Lebanese people support, and a militant group that gets funding from Iran to bother Israel's northern border with rockets. Obviously they are not good guys but Israel has tolerated them like they tolerated Hamas for so long and this escalation is pretty unjustified. I think I'm also right in saying that Hezbollah are nowhere near as barbaric as Hamas, they're a much more professional organisation and more deeply embedded in Lebanon, so this escalation is also due to tie up Israel in battle for a long time. Which suits Netanyahu as he's only in power comfortably due to the crisis Israel's put itself in.

Feeling a little blind with missing the listenthrough but it was a strong semi so getting through would be a nice surprise.

@1840064065797754998 best news the government has had for weeks tbqfh

The lack of international condemnation of this attack is the most shocking thing to me, as if the atrocities in Gaza weren't enough, Israel have moved to terrorising and killing the citizens of another UN state and nothing is being done to stop Netanyahu.

True, the one thing that is missing from Apple Music is plays being easily accessible but with it not being as popular as Spotify it wouldn't be as representative even if we could see those. There are some entries listed in this thread that have a tiny amount of plays, as if possibly a not insignificant percentage of the plays on 'Angels Forever' come from people playing it for this contest. Other trend I have noticed is really old and obscure entries often having the least plays (as Spotify was not as omnipresent before 2014 or so), as well as the newest ones without the time to build in plays, outside of that are the outliers.

sure I can spend time doing this xx Slightly unsurprising #1 given it was a fairly big hit in Japan, one of Ado's biggest, and then 'Again' is the first OP to one of the most well-regarded anime in existence so that makes sense. I am surprised at Love Taste being so high, but otherwise a top 10 I mostly expected to see here, anime entries, rock/metal bands with popular followings etc. none of my entries so far this year have cracked a million as of yet let's keep that up 158,525,964 BJSC 138: Ado - 踊 110,162,234 BJSC 120: YUI - Again 99,134,416 BJSC 98: SIAMES - The Wolf 90,256,532 BJSC 113: Uverworld - Touch Off 88,661,224 BJSC 69: Amaranthe - Drop Dead Cynical 71,766,429 BJSC 110: Moe Shop - Love Taste (feat. Jamie Page & Shiki) 71,398,606 BJSC 100: Yuki Hayashi - You Say Run 63,993,624 BJSC 93: Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas - Let Me Hear 57,270,300 BJSC 63: BABYMETAL - Megitsune 52,553,264 BJSC 130: Sewerslvt - Pretty Cvnt† 45,906,004 BJSC 114: Marnik - Up & Down 44,713,657 BJSC 54: Amaranthe - Amaranthine 43,883,483 BJSC 83: Faun & Santiano - Tanz Mit Mir 43,402,742 BJSC 80: Eir Aoi - Ignite 41,597,752 BJSC 84: Eluveitie - The Call Of The Mountains 41,130,729 BJSC 149: Ado - The World's Continuation 41,019,771 BJSC 97: Hiroyuki Sawano - Vogel Im Kafig 35,060,563 BJSC 129: Alestorm - f***ed With An Anchor 33,775,294 BJSC 150: KANARIA - Queen 32,369,615 BJSC 111: Japanese Breakfast - Boyish 25,802,892 BJSC 112: Arch Enemy - The Eagle Flies Alone 24,813,215 BJSC 126: Minami - アメヲマツ 23,779,587 BJSC 136: BABYMETAL - Road Of Resistance (feat. Herman Li & Sam Totman) 21,921,713 BJSC 70: Tei Shi - Bassically 21,885,127 BJSC 152: Mikazuki BIGWAVE - Emotional Prism 21,444,147 BJSC 140: Gawr Gura - REFLECT 21,311,660 BJSC 145: Mili - world.execute(me) 20,169,146 BJSC 40: Cady Groves - This Little Girl 19,991,948 BJSC 105: Iguchi Yuka - Platinum Disco 19,805,720 BJSC 90: Arion - At The Break Of Dawn (feat. Elize Ryd) 17,626,278 BJSC 64: ZHU - Paradise Awaits 17,565,142 BJSC 57: Echosmith - Come Together 17,245,707 BJSC 74: Against The Current - Paralyzed 16,907,496 BJSC 139: Mori Calliope - end of a life 16,700,546 BJSC 88: Kalafina - to the beginning 16,375,372 BJSC 122: chelmico - Easy Breezy 12,349,555 BJSC 133: Mori Calliope - Off With Their Heads 11,572,396 BJSC 131: DEMONDICE - Alkatraz 11,481,132 BJSC 82: Jeff Williams - Mirror Mirror (feat. Casey Lee Williams) 10,939,284 BJSC 125: Avantasia - Moonglow (feat. Candice Night) 10,363,745 BJSC 158: Hoshimachi Suisei - ソウレ 9,906,895 BJSC 157: Kiki Rockwell - Burn Your Village 9,505,603 BJSC 96: Konomi Suzuki - Redo 9,395,603 BJSC 53: San Fermin - Sonsick 8,029,610 BJSC 99: EGOIST - 英雄運命の歌 7,926,853 BJSC 41: Nightwish - Turn Loose The Mermaids 7,348,602 BJSC 134: FAKE TYPE. - FAKE LAND 6,885,707 BJSC 76: Chisu - Sabotage 6,615,408 BJSC 56: Tonight Alive - The Ocean 5,943,397 BJSC 94: Epica - Beyond The Matrix 5,605,557 BJSC 154: Tsukuyomi - Reason For Existence 5,462,590 BJSC 79: I See Stars - The Hardest Mistakes (feat. Cassadee Pope) 5,442,765 BJSC 103: Annella - Perfume 4,310,340 BJSC 143: Moona Hoshinova - High Tide 4,302,270 BJSC 146: Goat Girl - Sad Cowboy 4,049,231 BJSC 148: Polkadot Stingray - リドー 3,940,507 BJSC 72: Owl Vision - Lightshy 3,747,378 BJSC 141: t+pazolite - Oshama Scramble - uncut edition- 3,402,748 BJSC 156: Cö shu Nie - SAKURA BURST 3,178,999 BJSC 87: Beware Of Darkness - Dope 3,114,207 BJSC 121: Tristania - Year Of The Rat 3,026,666 BJSC 115: Eiko Shimamiya -　奈落の花 2,798,110 BJSC 123: clipping. - Blood Of The Fang 2,580,163 BJSC 62: The Cab - Angel With A Shotgun (Nightcore)**** 2,416,622 BJSC 155: The Cat Empire - Thunder Rumbles 2,298,133 BJSC 118: PinocchioP - I'm Glad You're Evil Too 2,290,547 BJSC 75: Goodbye Tomorrow - JAY Z 2,290,156 BJSC 137: Blood Command - A Villain's Monologue 2,272,706 BJSC 109: Temperance - The Last Hope In A World Of Hopes 2,060,204 BJSC 61: Arion - Seven 1,617,006 BJSC 116: MIYAVI - No Sleep Till Tokyo 1,523,206 BJSC 71: Rachel Taylor - Porcelain 1,450,992 BJSC 159: Blackbriar - Fairy Of The Bog 1,418,027 BJSC 142: Diablo Swing Orchestra - Celebremos Los Inevitable 1,355,955 BJSC 78: Scandal - Stamp! 1,282,795 BJSC 135: Sewerslvt - Jvnko Still Loves You 1,264,946 BJSC 95: nanobii - Chipland 1,233,079 BJSC 144: Midnight Grand Orchestra - SOS 1,131,585 BJSC 153: Ad Infinitum - Upside Down 969,510 BJSC 132: Holo Bass - Pop On Rocks† 948,921 BJSC 119: Ghost Data - TOMIE 882,366 BJSC 124: Tamie T - Single Right Now 816,533 BJSC 89: Christopher Tin - Temen Oblak (Dark Clouds) (feat. Le Mystere De Voix Bulgares) 720,339 BJSC 104: Beyond The Black - Night Will Fade 704,265 BJSC 68: Team Me - The All Time High 650,301 BJSC 52: Jannika B - Pohjanmaan Tuulia 649,746 BJSC 51: Katie Sky - Only You 615,574 BJSC 117: 8Kids - Dein Zuhause 563,506 BJSC 163: MISSIO - Aztec Death Whistle 535,590 BJSC 106: Inova - Sunken 528,339 BJSC 127: Katie Dey - Darkness 521,285 BJSC 160: Deloraine - Ragnarok 515,620 BJSC 167: IRyS - Carbonated Love 492,874 BJSC 107: Gwenno - Eus Keus? 452,453 BJSC 66: charisma.com -　イイナジケブル 434,742 BJSC 151: Haru Nemuri - Déconstruction 390,756 BJSC 65: ARCHIS - Blood 346,552 BJSC 166: Visions Of Atlantis - Tonight I'm Alive 244,745 BJSC 42: Xenia - Sing You Home 228,539 BJSC 165: Descartes A Kant - After Destruction 181,319 BJSC 164: Seven Spires - Almosttown 163,054 BJSC 45: Ruby Frost - Water To Ice 147,339 BJSC 147: MASS OF THE FERMENTING DREGS - Just 129,817 BJSC 161: Deathbrain - stargazing with you 119,713 BJSC 39: Alyssa Reid - The Game* 113,089 BJSC 58: Cardiknox - Hold Me Down 97,683 BJSC 162: Akini Jing - Call Me Shadow 80,956 BJSC 91: Babyraids Japan - Cinderella Ja Irarenai 61,920 BJSC 168: Pixel Grip - Stamina 55,584 BJSC 47: Ruby Frost - Porcupine 45,217 BJSC 37: The Wrecking Queens - Middle And Between 29,983 BJSC 38: Emmon - Distance 26,242 BJSC 48: Dream Beats (feat. The Face) - Love Stuck 18,845 BJSC 101: team rockit - Jungfru 10,258 BJSC 49: SEP - Galaxy 6,875 BJSC 46: Years Away - Starting Fires 4,203 BJSC 44: Poppy & The Jezebels - Sign In, Dream On, Drop Out 1,357 BJSC 60: Ecstasy - Exhale*** 1,243 BJSC 67: KNDR - You Can't See The World In Silence (feat. Adam Lyon) N/A BJSC 43: Shell Perris - Where Is My Happy Ending? N/A BJSC 50: Saint Saviour - The Rain Falls On The Just** N/A BJSC 55: Z.Hera - Peacock (English Version) N/A BJSC 59: Antti Railio - Ruostonut Ankkuri N/A BJSC 73: PinkiePieSwear - Flutterwonder N/A BJSC 77: Stellar - Vibrato N/A BJSC 81: Nao Hiiragi - Requiem (Stygia Bootleg) N/A BJSC 86: 3年　E組うた担　- Jiriki Hongan Revolution N/A BJSC 92: Girls Dead Monster - Ichiban No Takaramono (feat. LiSA) N/A BJSC 102: Audio Paradyne - Paradise (feat. Stahl) N/A BJSC 108: HiSASHIz - Feign Madness N/A BJSC 128: Yuko Tomita - Auto Ban *version with Snoop Dogg has 2.9 million plays but I sent the basic version **curiously it's still on Spotify, I can play it from my Séyetana playlist but it's delisted and doesn't show on her page. ***pretty sure this only came back on streaming services very recently after being absent from them for an absolute age *. ****the sped up version which is somewhat analogous to the nightcore version I sent, of course there's numerous nightcore covers of it on Spotify. †Taken off Spotify but I've found the frozen counts relatively easily.

A Finnish rock song (appropriate) that is mid in both quality and title (less appropriate) and ultimately one of the least good songs I've ever entered. Same contest as Mack's Charice actually. Though the artist name bangs. Basically a crisis of confidence and determination not to open my account with anything uninspired led me choosing between this and a few other songs that weren't really any better - the ones I didn't choose lost to history though I think one might have been entered by someone else a few contests down the line. _tiV9FiGwao In one way it's nice that it's this one and not any of my other early entries because outside of this and my Nightwish entry I was uncharacteristically pop-leaning for most of my first year. Then again, it was my only DNQ for nearly a year, so the normal way of opening with a non-qualification.

They're doing it again, this is so exciting. Going through their back catalogue, I don't think they've sounded this good for a long long time. They've been sitting on a huge bunch of creativity and Emily is really gelling excellently.

Pixel Grip - Stamina 7YBe414fPcc grindy electronic rock with a relentless hook and style to keep the party going

I have seen this fairly often, the main reason I haven't been putting so much stock in shy Trumps or Wisconsin's fundamentals is that there's generally no reason to believe that polling misses are consistent from cycle to cycle, as polling companies should tend to update their methodologies based on their previous misses. My main approach to polls is that you just have to believe the averages and take those as the baseline rather than look for how much they'll get it wrong by, because it could genuinely be in either direction and though perceived wisdom (especially with 2016 and 2020, which is 2 data points, not enough for us to be positive on trend) is for it to be wrong in the favour of conservatives, there's been plenty of times where it's being wrong in favour of liberals. Also Wisconsin is the second most likely state after Minnesota to benefit from Walz being on the ticket, minor but it adds to my image of its fundamentals holding enough. Now yes, the gut feeling that I share is that it'll be behind Michigan and indeed scary and possibly too close to call, but that isn't necessarily going to play out in reality.

No, they're not irrelevant. A D+3 national environment, which according to primary results is roughly what we're in (and the polls show even better but I'm still conservative on that), tends to translate to a Harris victory in the swing states as while there are individual variations in each state, determining whether they're on an individual rightward or leftward shift outside of what the polls tell us is political astrology; a broad national trend will in the majority of cases result in that playing out for Harris to get enough electoral votes. It's a simple representation of a broader point that Harris is winning in the swing state polls too and is, while not decisively, ahead of Trump enough that at this picture we can have her as a slight, slight favourite for polling day. She only needs WI, MI and PA, in the first two she's the clear favourite, in PA it's starting to look promising, NC (with the implosion of Robinson's race) and NV look very possible too, slightly further away in GA and AZ as of this moment but previous statewide races in both of those have consistently narrowly gone blue so they're far from lost - though of course on the other hand NC is similarly tight but has often gone red. Second debate would be great but I'm not expecting it.

man what

I am 50% convinced that Muse Dash is a goldmine as soon as vocaloid/Japanese electro-pop gets into trend again.

colm sending dragonforce oh my that's going to be weird considering how long I've known it, it is a banger tho rest of the artist names in that batch look intriguing

love this division of 'sun' and 'moon'. I like the idea of this semi so far. Hanzi song title as well from Sovarasma :cheeseblock:

Oh that's great Ghost still stays in, a fantastic/wild top 40 hit. Billie dominance of this year is quite something, not noticed 3 from a single artist in the top 5 since Gaga dominated 2009 back in the day (though it's probably happened elsewhere and I forgot about it).

30 Bring Me The Horizon - Parasite Eve 29 Bring Me The Horizon (feat. BABYMETAL) - Kingslayer 28 Porter Robinson - Something Comforting 27 Taylor Swift & Bon Iver – Exile 26 Dua Lipa - Levitating (Original / DaBaby Remix) 25 Eminem (feat. Juice WRLD) - Godzilla 24 aamourocean - Parmi les Mortels 23 Dua Lipa – Physical 22 Rina Sawayama - XS 21 Weeknd - Blinding Lights 20 Bring Me The Horizon (feat. Nova Twins) - 1×1 19 Little Big - Uno 18 Diodato - Fai Rumore 17 Alan Walker & Ava Max - Alone, Pt. II 16 Smith & Thell - Goliath 15 070 Shake - Guilty Conscience 14 Dua Lipa - Break My Heart 13 Doja Cat - Say So 12 Hayley Williams - Over Yet 11 Powfu (feat. Beabadoobee) - Death Bed (Coffee For Your Head) 10 Taylor Swift - Cardigan 9 Weeknd - In Your Eyes 8 Taylor Swift - Willow 7 Ava Max – Kings & Queens 6 Bicep - Atlas let's get this in early this time

30 Rina Sawayama - STFU! 29 Declan McKenna - British Bombs 28 Billie Eilish - Bad Guy 27 AJ Tracey - Ladbroke Grove 26 Blossoms - Your Girlfriend 25 Bring Me The Horizon (feat. Grimes) - Nihilist Blues 24 Billie Eilish - Bury a Friend 23 100 gecs - money machine 22 Ghost - Mary On A Cross 21 Lil Nas X - Old Town Road 20 Ava Max - Sweet But Psycho 19 Tones and I - Dance Monkey 18 Stormzy - Vossi Bop 17 Billie Eilish - Everything I Wanted 16 BROCKHAMPTON - NO HALO sorry (if you don't include them it's k)

These songs are going to need a few listens to bed in, definitely the two I'd heard before are among the best, and while I was a little lukewarm on 'Perfume' before it's really hitting me now, but 'An Ocean Of Strange Islands' is definitely a new epic from them and 'Hiraeth' has a fantastic build. And 'The Weave'!! Critic reviews are incredibly good too which is something I never really expect for this metal niche. With most of these songs being over 5 minutes it's not exactly an easy entrance to the band but this is definitely better than HUMAN :||: NATURE and could in time challenge to be the best Floor album, Endless Forms is really good but those songs have the benefit of nearly a decade of familiarity right now. I'm really pleasantly surprised.