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indeed, however it is a travesty that we must take it as a foregone conclusion that so many people are unwilling to do their research and realise how morally questionable the Labour Party is in 2024 + therefore it becomes necessary for some politically educated people to vote for labour as they’re the only realistic alternative to the Tories. i long for the day Green becomes a feasible option in more areas than just Bristol and Brighton. my neighbourhood in Birmingham had Green second in the local election behind labour, but is mostly made up of reasonably well-educated young professionals/creatives. in so many working class areas across Britain political literacy is so poor - through no fault of their own, mind - that an alternative to red or blue seems an impossibility in the near future. it is saddening

i don't know how Rice slipped my mind :lol: Trent's on the bench in which case. I really do think we should start Palmer for the first few group stage games to see how he fares

hello! it's lovely to see someone else enjoying 'Starburster'! I would say it's their best lead single yet - I'm very much excited for the album, expecting a bit of a switch-up in sound compared to their last few nice to see you charting 'Soon', the synths remind me of pre-2019 TR/ST which is quite the throwback also, lovely to see 1-800-GIRLS sneaking in to the chart - I was lucky enough to see him live a few months ago, one of the best live shows I've been to in a good while :heart: great chart ^^

this is why I'm becoming increasingly critical of people's sentiments of voting for labour simply 'because they're better than the tories' ... oh to be in such a privileged position where you convince yourself you're acting for the good of the common man by voting for a party that still actively condone a literal genocide

and indeed it would be if our nation had not initially voted in a laughing stock ~5 years ago/voted Conservative in 2017... all of it is laughable, neither party are fit to run the country, both are complicit in a genocide to varying degrees. these are two men, neither of whom are in touch with the needs of British people + indeed the action necessary regarding various global conflicts you may be too busy to laugh (whatever that means, I'm busy too but still have the time to acknowledge the sheer misery of this whole situation), but I cannot help but laugh in despair that we went from nearly voting in Corbyn six years ago to being stuck with Sunak or Starmer in 2024

i mean, in the context of the type of music she makes i kind of get where she was coming from but this is a pretty horrific take overall :ph34r:

might be a contender for worst song of the year so far

certainly wasn’t expecting to see ‘BAND4BAND’ climb much higher than its initial peak

surely in this instance people are most likely to watch the debates to laugh at Sunak as opposed to help them inform their decision on who to vote for :,) I very much doubt many viewers will go into the debate still on the fence

that the fluctuating streams for ‘LUNCH’ have something to do with Spotify’s algorithm alternating which songs from the Billie album get promoted more on autoplay

with the start of the Euros just a few weeks away, what do we think England's strongest starting 11 is? I would tentatively go with: Pickford Shaw*/Maguire/Stones/Walker Alexander-Arnold/Bellingham Palmer/Foden/Saka Kane *fitness permitting, if he's not fit then honestly God knows

1 (*) Chappell Roan 'Femininomenon'* [1-] 2 (2) Adult Jazz 'I Was Surprised' [7-3-2-2-] 3 (9) Pozer 'Malicious Intentions' [16-9-3-] 4 (*) VTSS 'Make You Scream' (yuné pinku Remix) [4-] 5 (1) Joost 'Europapa' [1-5-] 6 (*) Yung Lean 'Shadowboxing' [6-] 7 (3) Jawnino 'It's Cold Out' [1-3-7-] 8 (8) Fontaines D.C. 'Starburster' [4-9-8-8-] 9 (12) Chappell Roan 'Good Luck, Babe!' [2-8-12-9-] 10 (*) Clairo 'Sexy to Someone' [10-] 11 (4) Dominic Fike 'misses' [7-4-11-] 12 (22) Forest Swords 'Torch' [3-12-22-12-] 13 (7) Pixey 'Million Dollar Baby' [1-5-7-13-] 14 (13) DJ_Dave 'World's Hardest Game' [11-14-13-14-] 15 (*) Dean Blunt 'DOWNER' (feat. Panda Bear & Vegyn) [15-] 16 (11) Camila Cabello 'I LUV IT' (feat. Playboi Carti) [8-10-11-16-] 17 (14) DJ Seinfeld 'If U Like Me' [14-17-] 18 (17) Bladee, Ecco2k & Thaiboy Digital 'TL;DR' [6-11-17-18-] 19 (*) glaive 'tijuana freestyle' [19-] 20 (*) Chloe Slater 'Thomas Street' [20-] 21 (15) Sabrina Carpenter 'espresso' [19-15-21-] 22 (27) Fred again. & Overmono 'stayinit' (feat. Lil Yachty) [13-23-27-22-] 23 (6) Kevin Abstract 'Tennessee' (feat. Lil Nas X) [6-6-23-] 24 (16) English Teacher 'Broken Biscuits' [15-16-24-] 25 (10) Artemas 'i like the way you kiss me' [14-12-10-25-] 26 (20) Charli XCX 'Club Classics' [9-17-20-26-] 27 (*) PinkPantheress 'Turn it up' [27-] 28 (*) Charli XCX '360' [28-] 29 (18) Jamie xx 'Baddy on the Floor' (feat. Honey Dijon) [19-24-18-29-] 30 (5) Tommy Richman 'MILLION DOLLAR BABY' [4-5-5-30-] 31 (21) Kendrick Lamar 'meet the grahams' [2-21-31-] 32 (*) Her Waveform 'Study' [32-] 33 (30) Justice 'Neverender' (feat. Tame Impala) [30-30-33-] 34 (24) The Blessed Madonna 'Happier' (feat. Clementine Douglas) [22-21-24-34-] 35 (29) blindsight 'Shiny Things' [29-35-] #1's: Pixey 'Million Dollar Baby' [1 week] Jawnino 'It's Cold Out' [1 week] Joost 'Europapa' [1 week] Chappell Roan 'Femininomenon' [1 week-] *'Femininomenon' + various other songs from 'The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess' could have charted at this week's #1 ~ :heart: thank you to those who commented on last week's chart :heart:

to add fuel to the 'autopayola' fire, I've gone from being auto-played 'LUNCH' after every pop song with a female vocalist for the past week or so, to suddenly never getting 'LUNCH' but instead 'BIRDS OF A FEATHER'. makes you think...

sounds like chalk and cheese on paper. hopefully the Simz collab indicates that Coldplay intend to tap into their more artistic side on this, though 🤞

yeah he's been distinctly average pretty much all season but was 10/10 today in my book - did exactly what was expected of him and made countless crucial tackles/had Doku in his pocket. certainly not saying he *is* world class though :lol:

unbelievable achievement for ten Hag & United - thoroughly deserved. seeing a lot of people say City's performance was poor, but I think it was more a case of United performing spectacularly in defence. Wan-Bissaka was world class.

what's with the weird capitalisation of the BMTH songs :unsure: I don't understand what it's meant to mean...

what a mess *____*

The Script's sudden resurgence in the charts is very random :lol: I don't particularly like any of their big songs oops

my hypothesis last week was right - my +5 for Artemas is the difference between it getting the #1 and not! glad it managed it before dropping out of the top ten :cheer: +5 Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso +4 Billie Eilish - LUNCH +3 Tommy Richman - MILLION DOLLAR BABY +2 Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen - I Had Some Help +1 Shaboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy) -1 Billie Eilish - BIRDS OF A FEATHER -2 Billie Eilish - CHIHIRO -3 Benson Boone - Beautiful Things -4 Dasha - Austin -5 Hozier - Too Sweet

[A-Z]: Adult Jazz 'I Was Surprised' Anish Kumar 'Everything Blooms Around Her' Artemas 'i like the way you kiss me' Astrid Sonne 'Staying here' Badger & Natasha Bedingfield 'These Words' Bladee, Ecco2k & Thaiboy Digital 'TL;DR' blindsight 'Shiny Things' Camila Cabello 'I LUV IT' (feat. Playboi Carti) Chappell Roan 'Good Luck, Babe!' Charli XCX 'Club Classics' DJ Seinfeld 'If U Like Me' DJ_Dave 'World's Hardest Game' Djo 'End of Beginning' Dominic Fike 'misses' English Teacher 'Broken Biscuits' Florence Sinclair 'we fly high' (feat. Klein) Folly Group 'East Flat Crows' Fontaines D.C. 'Starburster' Forest Swords 'Torch' Fred again. & Overmono 'stayinit' (feat. Lil Yachty) Jamie xx 'Baddy on the Floor' (feat. Honey Dijon) Jawnino 'It's Cold Out' Joost 'Europapa' Justice 'Neverender' (feat. Tame Impala) Kendrick Lamar 'meet the grahams' Kevin Abstract 'Tennessee' (feat. Lil Nas X) Loukeman 'Idrk' mary in the junkyard 'marble arch' Overmono & The Streets 'Turn The Page' Peggy Gou 'Lobster Telephone' Pixey 'Million Dollar Baby' Pozer 'Kithcen Stove' Pozer 'Malicious Intentions' SWIM 'Never' Sabrina Carpenter 'espresso' Shygirl 'Making The Beast' Softcult 'One Of The Pack' The Blessed Madonna 'Happier' (feat. Clementine Douglas) Tommy Richman 'MILLION DOLLAR BABY' Two Shell 'Talk To Me' (feat. FKA twigs) Yard Act 'A Vineyard for the North'

as are the very vast majority of Chelsea fans, I’m gutted to see Poch go - and despite it being portrayed as a mutual agreement, it’s quite evident that Boehly and co have wanted him out for months. the lack of patience from the new ownership is getting exhausting - towards the end of this season it genuinely felt as though we were getting somewhere as a side, in no small part down to Poch and the strong relationships he’d built with our younger players. have seen multiple of our squad voice their disapproval at his departure on social media. cue the inevitable hiring of a manager with zero Premier League experience + influx of more young players to replace the first team players considered ‘not good enough’ by the ownership. FFS

I never thought I’d see ZAYN come anywhere near the album chart top 3 again :wacko:

although swapping out the Tories for Labour feels like getting kicked in the balls as opposed to being punched in the face, I’m pleased that the shitshow under Sunak is inevitably drawing to a close. certainly wasn’t expecting an election before autumn!

I finally got round to listening to ‘The Rise and Fall of a Midwestern Princess’ and I’m floored, one of the most consistent pop albums in recent memory. obsessed with ‘Femininomenon’ right now <3