Defaze

Honestly, I haven't returned to DNA as a whole in years, so I'm struggling to fully remember a lot of these. 'Pretend It's OK', 'Stereo Soldier' and 'Red Planet' are the only tracks I go out my way to listen to now. That being said, 'We Are Who We Are' was always an immediate skip for me. The sentiment is nice, but the song itself is so juvenile and irritating.

I'm surprised SLS is as high as it is -- it always felt somewhat underrated around here. I always forget how epic it is until I actually hear it, but I do agree with those saying that Jason's input ruins the song's sentiment. Pt 2 combined with the original's production would be perfect for me. 'Salute' is fantastic and wholly deserving of top 5; I actually regret not giving it a 10 now! That BGT performance still ranks among their best performances. My personal preference for the final 4 would be: Touch > Power > LMLY > Move, but all four are career highlights and would all be deserving winners. (I'm actually shocked that 'Power' made it this far, it always seemed pretty polarising around here. I'm ecstatic though, it's really become one of their signature songs).

NMSS is incredible; a real album highlight from the offset, and I'm glad the girls realised that and released it instead of 'Oops' (even if that probably would've outsold it by far :lol:). Shame it's the underdog of the GD era!

Yeah, I've always found DNA slightly overrated (I believe I was one of the 6s). I normally adore Jesy's voice, but she sounds dreadful on the second verse. I would totally be here for a shock LMLY win.

Ooft, shocked at that! Their two biggest sellers bowing out back-to-back. 'Black Magic' is great and I really fail to see how it can inspire two -1s, but I must admit I do prefer every GW and GD single over it. I'll still always be grateful for what it did for their career -- I doubt LM would even still be around without it.

'Hair' is criminally low. :( Yikes at SOTME. It's probably my least favourite of the GD singles, but I'd still rate it ahead of SLS, DNA, Black Magic, and especially IYLE?. It's such an anthem. Prediction wise, I'd guess either SLS or IYLE? dropping out before the top 10.

They played 'Move' on R1 this morning. I legitimately forgot how incredible it is; it's kind of criminal that it's one of their more forgotten hits now. (Watch 'Move' be the song with the massive fall now).

WHERE IS 'OOPS'? Even the girls themselves seem to hate it. HYD is really underrated; both the video and the Missy feature are pretty great. I imagine it would've been held in higher regard if it wasn't one of their biggest flops. Still low-key mad about that midweek release and the Capital FM snub (pretty much unthinkable these days).

Jesy's opening on 'F.U' is by far the highlight; it's pretty forgettable beyond that. And I still unashamedly love 'Grown'. Based on Joe's clues, 'DNA' to be the massive faller pls. It's always been very average to me.

I recall utterly despising 'You Gotta Not' when it was first released in the run-up to the album. I've come around to it a fair amount now, and it is admittedly a bit of a bop, but the lyrics are just unforgivable. (This version still knocks tho:) GW-0fBMrGwo 'Oops' out next. A contender for my least favourite song from them ever.

No real losses, but I do quite enjoy 'Word Up'. 'Oops' out next please.

Amazing that 'Power' ended up being so huge. Probably their most 'out there' single. I forgot 'Paris' even existed. It somehow sounds worse than it did back in January.

Easily the best ex-1D song. Edit: I forgot about Zayn actually -- 'Cruel' is incredible.

I forgot how underwhelming IWL's chart run was. It's her best song for me -- it's criminal that it didn't get a video.

It's on the brink of top 50 on Spotify without any radio play, I'm pretty certain it'll peak higher than #33. (Assuming they actually push it as a single that is).

SOTME. :cheer: I'm assuming RL and NMSS will be soon too?

'Friends' did pretty poorly in the end. Surely one of the lowest selling #2s in a while? Shame as it's the best thing he's put his name to for me.

Singles: 06 Cannonball 07 Wings 07 DNA 06 Change Your Life 07 How Ya Doin' (feat. Missy Elliott) 10 Move 06 Little Me 6.5 Word Up! 09 Salute 8.5 Black Magic 10 Love Me Like You 09 Secret Love Song (feat. Jason Derulo) 10 Hair (feat. Sean Paul) 09 Shout Out To My Ex 11 Touch 10 No More Sad Songs (feat. Machine Gun Kelly) 10 Power (feat. Stormzy) 9.5 Reggaetón Lento (With CNCO) Extras: 07 These Four Walls 07 Weird People 8.5 Grown 7.5 You Gotta Not Bop 7.5 F.U. 04 Oops (feat. Charlie Puth) 09 Is Your Love Enough? Their recent singles run has been insane. Bop after bop after bop.

I thought the vocals were pretty good actually? Not perfect by any means, but 'Power' is an incredibly hard song to perform live. RL was a lot better. I'm actually glad they opted for their older tracks. It should give the album a nice boost (although it would've helped if Dermot actually mentioned the re-release :lol:). IYLE can smash in the new year when the Xmas songs vacate the chart.

Great performance, but the camera work was bloody dreadful. I could barely see the choreo!

Christ. Why? It's been and gone for weeks now. This was a prime opportunity to launch IYLE. It probably would've helped shift the album better too.

It's lush, isn't it? I was so certain IYLE would be my favourite based on the snippets, but I'd probably rank it 3rd after repeated listens. I'm not hugely keen on the verses in all honesty. (I do think it still makes the most sense as a single though).

Wait at 'Dear Lover' being my favourite after not being keen on the snippet. I actually kind of love the (admittedly trashy) drop. All three are really strong though! It'd be madness not to give one of them the single treatment.

+5 CNCO & Little Mix - Reggaeton Lento [Remix] +4 Rita Ora - Anywhere +3 Marshmello - Silence (feat. Khalid) +2 Camila Cabello - Havana (ft. Young Thug) +1 Avicii ft. Rita Ora - Lonely Together -1 Mabel - Finders Keepers (ft. Kojo Funds) -2 ZAYN & Sia - Dusk Till Dawn -3 Post Malone - rockstar (feat. 21 Savage) -4 Sam Smith - Too Good At Goodbyes -5 Ed Sheeran - Perfect

Oo, I wasn't expecting much when the additional tracks were announced, but I'm loving the sound of this! I agree that it sounds single worthy, but perhaps they're giving Reggaeton Lento a bit more breathing space before giving it the single treatment? Does seem odd not to capitalise on the initial hype though.