Defaze

2002 of all things blocking Youngblood from the top 10. Mess.

Glad to see 'Only You' climbing; hoping for top 20 next week (if only to keep their streak intact).

I actually guffawed when the tail appeared, which probably wasn't the intention. I'm still bopping to the song at least. Perrie's intro >>>

T2sO8gK2IKk I mean, I appreciate the LGBT angle and all but... why is she a mermaid?

The level of Spotify support she gets is kind of insane, but both 'Decline' and this are undeniable bops. A massive step-up from 'Cigarette'.

I never 'got' Attention or How Long (+ Done For Me was just alright), but this is actually kinda great. I'm getting massive 'Smooth Criminal' vibes from the electric guitars in the intro.

Good to see Little Mix/Cheat Codes in the top 50. People seemed to write it off wayyy too prematurely -- I can see it becoming a decent sized hit for them now.

It's just responding to better airplay/playlist exposure I imagine, but yeah, the climb has been quite impressive. It'll almost certainly repeak at some point; the video's still to be released and it's only C-list on R1.

#51 on Spotify!

Up to #77 on Spotify — finally some progress!

Stuck on the R1 C-list again. This campaign has been so bleak. :lol:

I didn't even realise this playlist existed, but apparently it has 20 million followers? :lol: Can see this climbing a lot faster now on Spotify!

'Came Here For Love' was huge though in fairness. I'd take a top 20 peak and decent longevity at this point. :lol:

Yeah it’s not ideal, but all the histrionics about how it’s ‘bombed’ after 1 week (not here, but elsewhere) are wayyy too premature. I still think this’ll be a decent-sized top 10 hit.

Meh, that’s roughly where I expected when the first midweeks were revealed. Shame we were all so off with our original predictions, but I think everyone was expecting a lot more hype around this. :lol:

Their name shows up fine on the mobile app, which I imagine most people use anyway.

:cheer: Really should’ve been there from the offset but better late than never. Good to see Radio 1 on board too!

Yeah after rinsing this for a week, I'd consider it a nice enough track but nowhere near the quality of the GD singles. That being said, it sounds incredible in the sun and I'd be genuinely surprised if it doesn't take off, despite the unusually slow start. Here's hoping R1 add it tomorrow.

#122 on Spotify... so that's something. When does Hot Hits usually update?

Really? I’ve yet to hear it on radio. Have Capital been spinning it?

Yeah, the sheer indifference has been kind of appalling. No Spotify playlist support, no radio interviews — hell, R1 still haven’t even given it a spin. I’m sorta’ wishing they hadn’t bothered, because regardless of whether this takes off or not, it’s still going to detract hype from the LM5 lead.

Nah, they've always done a lot better on sales than streaming. SOTME obviously smashed it due to the comeback hype/X Factor, as did Touch, but a lot of their singles struggled to go top 10 (Power/SLS) or even top 20 (Hair/NMSS/LMLY) on Spotify.

Christ that’s absolutely awful. :lol: I was expecting ~#50 but only just making the top 100 is dire. I know they’ll climb eventually but I was expecting a strong debut on name alone.

Yeah I’m surprised it hasn’t gone higher given how poor sales are, but there’s been shockingly little hype surrounding it given that it’s a LM ‘comeback’ single. I know it’ll climb and inevitably be a hit in the end, but I hope their actual lead has a bit more of an immediate impact a la BM/SOTME.

According to their twitter, they've played it a few times today!