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None of the new adds blowing my head off by the way. Nice to see Demi back but it's more of a meh rewrite of Physical by Dua Lipa than Cool For The Summer II. Where is My Husband! has fun old-skool Beyonce/Amerie vibes but might take a few more listens. I do approved of exclamation marks in song titles though.

If/when Calvin stops getting such big hits, he'll lose support. No sign of this happening so far though, he seems to follow up every relative flop with a smash. And his image is completely different to Robbie's in 2012. Plus Radio 1 were really pushing the ageism thing then. They welcome us over-30s now even if they're not actively targeting us, back then Ben Cooper was celebrating "scaring off the over-30s", even though he was well over 30 himself, the bloody hypocrite. He literally said he'd "probably always" listen to it himself because he always wanted to hear the next big thing! It's all ridiculous anyway, you've got young kids streaming Fleetwood Mac, plus people in their forties are heavily into lots of R1 playlist stuff, often because it doesn't sound much different to what they grew up with anyway - and lots of it is on Radio 2 as well. Some things sound like music from BEFORE I was born, including several tracks on the current playlist we're talking about right now! Radio 1 shouldn't be a "youth" station, it should be a "youthful" one. Some people feel and act young at 60, and some 25-year-olds might as well be drawing their pensions. It should just concentrate on being a "new music" station, and that will naturally attract young listeners anyway. If Capital want more listeners, they can fight for them via great unmissable content. Why should the BBC hand them over on a plate? I bet it has more listeners over 30 than under 30. They also have a 65-year-old DJ. Obviously some new music isn't suitable for the station but you can just use your common sense to decide what sounds old and tired and what doesn't, and what will actually sound good and powerful on high-energy daytime radio. I'm 42 and I do dip into Radio 2 as well but then sometimes something new but pointless like Chrissie Hynde and K.D. Lang covering Me & Mrs Jones will come on like it did when I listened this week and I'll think "oh FFS do we HAVE to, I'm not 8768716 years old!". Radio 1 really should have definitely playlisted Candy though. It was ironically debuted on there, was #1 for two weeks and they'd have been all over it if it'd been exactly the same but by Olly Murs!

THIS WEEK'S TOP 40 01 (03) Doja Cat: Jealous Type (13-3-1) 02 (02) Wet Leg: mangetout (32-11-2-2) 03 (01) sombr: 12 to 12 (23-13-4-1-3) 04 (05) Reneé Rapp: Leave Me Alone (18-9-5-4) 05 (04) Drake ft. Central Cee: Which One (19-9-3-2-4-5) 06 (12) Florence + The Machine: Everybody Scream (34-12-6) 07 (27) Sabrina Carpenter: Tears (27-7) 08 (24) Denon Reed & Cru2: Let Him Go (24-8) 09 (26) Biffy Clyro: Hunting Season (27-26-9) 10 (13) Ashnikko: Trinkets (33-26-13-10) 11 (07) Sonny Fodera x Jazzy: All This Time (34-16-6-4-3-7-11) 12 (22) Prospa ft. RAHH: You Don’t Own Me (33-22-12) 13 (28) Wolf Alice: Just Two Girls (39-28-13) 14 (08) Haim: All Over Me (33-17-6-8-14) 15 (36) Sammy Virji, Chris Lake & RoRo: 925 (36-15) 16 (10) Disclosure ft. Anderson .Paak: NO CAP (34-20-10-10-16) 17 (33) Porij: I’m Your Lover (Only) (33-17) 18 (NE) Lady Gaga: The Dead Dance (18) 19 (NE) Calvin Harris ft. Jessie Reyez: The Ocean (19) 20 (23) Alessi Rose: That Could Be Me (23-20) 21 (06) Confidence Man & JADE: gossip (9-2-2-1-6-21) 22 (20) Glass Animals: Vampire Bat (27-18-20-22) 23 (37) Fred Again & Skepta: Back 2 Back (36-37-23) 24 (19) FLO & KAYTRANADA: The Mood (39-14-19-24) 25 (09) Chappell Roan: The Subway (28-12-5-7-9-25) 26 (NE) Deftones: Infinite Source (26) 27 (34) Ferreck Dawn and Hayley May: Deep Inside (34-27) 28 (31) Patrick Topping: Want U (28-24-31-28) 29 (11) Jorja Smith: With You (11-6-8-11-29) 30 (18) Katy B: Avalanche (37-24-31-21-23-16-18) 31 (NE) Iozeak: FUNDS (31) 32 (RE) Radiohead: Let Down (38-x-32) 33 (39) Odeal: London Summers (39-33) 34 (21) CMAT: Euro-Country (36-19-22-21-34) 35 (NE) Kehlani: Folded (35) 36 (NE) Ava Max: Don’t Click Play (36) 37 (35) Luke Dean and Omar+: Make Believe (35-37) 38 (NE) Hayley Williams: Parachute (38) 39 (14) The Last Dinner Party: This Is The Killer Speaking (29-24-16-17-14-39) 40 (NE) Kingfishr: Man on The Moon (40) OUT 15 (12) Disco Lines & Tinashe: No Broke Boys (31-16-11-6-5-3-7-7-12-15) 16 (15) Rossi x Jazzy: High On Me (20-10-2-1-1-3-11-15-16) 17 (05) HUNTR/X: Golden (12-2-1-1-5-17) 25 (40) Girls Don’t Sync: Come Get Dis (40-25) 29 (30) Genix vs. MC Lethal: Rave Digger (30-29) 30 (20) BLACKPINK: Jump (14-4-4-9-20-30) 32 (23) Royel Otis: Car (30-21-23-32) 38 (NE) Skin on Skin: Ooo (38) 40 (21) Tyler, The Creator: Ring Ring Ring (32-13-12-21-40)

But as you say, the point still stands. Wish Break My Soul or Cuff It had gone to #1!

I forgot about Texas Hold'Em because I didn't really like it so didn't add it to my relevant pop/radio hits playlist and haven't heard it much as a recurrent on BBC Radio 1 so forgot it existed and now I feel silly.

The main Don't Look Down hook also sounds like Ferrari!

I am certainly not the world's biggest Ed Sheeran fan and spent the first ten years of his career moaning on and on and about about his omnipresence at the time. Though my thoughts kind of softened four years ago with Bad Habits and Shivers, which I actually streamed quite a bit. However I do have to say Don't Look Down is the best thing he has ever done - even if it is more than slightly indebted to Apricots by Bicep according to my ears!

THIS WEEK'S TOP 40 01 (04) sombr: 12 to 12 (23-13-4-1) 02 (11) Wet Leg: mangetout (32-11-2) 03 (13) Doja Cat: Jealous Type (13-3) 04 (02) Drake ft. Central Cee: Which One (19-9-3-2-4) 05 (09) Reneé Rapp: Leave Me Alone (18-9-5) 06 (01) Confidence Man & JADE: gossip (9-2-2-1-6) 07 (03) Sonny Fodera x Jazzy: All This Time (34-16-6-4-3-7) 08 (06) Haim: All Over Me (33-17-6-8) 09 (07) Chappell Roan: The Subway (28-12-5-7-9) 10 (10) Disclosure ft. Anderson .Paak: NO CAP (34-20-10-10) 11 (08) Jorja Smith: With You (11-6-8-11) 12 (34) Florence + The Machine: Everybody Scream (34-12) 13 (26) Ashnikko: Trinkets (33-26-13) 14 (17) The Last Dinner Party: This Is The Killer Speaking (29-24-16-17-14) 15 (12) Disco Lines & Tinashe: No Broke Boys (31-16-11-6-5-3-7-7-12-15) 16 (15) Rossi x Jazzy: High On Me (20-10-2-1-1-3-11-15-16) 17 (05) HUNTR/X: Golden (12-2-1-1-5-17) 18 (16) Katy B: Avalanche (37-24-31-21-23-16-18) 19 (14) FLO & KAYTRANADA: The Mood (39-14-19) 20 (18) Glass Animals: Vampire Bat (27-18-20) 21 (22) CMAT: Euro-Country (36-19-22-21) 22 (33) Prospa ft. RAHH: You Don’t Own Me (33-22) 23 (NE) Alessi Rose: That Could Be Me (23) 24 (NE) Denon Reed & Cru2: Let Him Go (24) 25 (40) Girls Don’t Sync: Come Get Dis (40-25) 26 (27) Biffy Clyro: Hunting Season (27-26) 27 (NE) Sabrina Carpenter: Tears (27) 28 (39) Wolf Alice: Just Two Girls (39-28) 29 (30) Genix vs. MC Lethal: Rave Digger (30-29) 30 (20) BLACKPINK: Jump (14-4-4-9-20-30) 31 (24) Patrick Topping: Want U (28-24-31) 32 (23) Royel Otis: Car (30-21-23-32) 33 (NE) Porij: I’m Your Lover (Only) (33) 34 (NE) Ferreck Dawn and Hayley May: Deep Inside (34) 35 (NE) Luke Dean and Omar+: Make Believe (35) 36 (NE) Sammy Virji, Chris Lake & RoRo: 925 (36) 37 (36) Fred Again & Skepta: Back 2 Back (36-37) 38 (NE) Skin on Skin: Ooo (38) 39 (NE) Odeal: London Summers (39) 40 (21) Tyler, The Creator: Ring Ring Ring (32-13-12-21-40) OUT 19 (31) Oasis: Wonderwall (31-19) 25 (08) Tame Impala: End of Summer (30-14-8-25) 28 (10) Jim Legxacy & Dave: 3x (31-14-5-9-10-28) 29 (14) Chris Lake & Abel Balder: Ease My Mind (15-6-10-14-29) 31 (38) Logic1000: toldmyself (38-31) 32 (30) Wolf Alice: White Horses (30-32) 35 (NE) Oasis: Roll With It (35) 37 (15) Interplanetary Criminal x Original Koffee: Slow Burner (36-15-8-15-37) 38 (NE) Radiohead: Let Down (38) LISTEN NOW!

THIS WEEK'S TOP 40 01 (02) Confidence Man & JADE: gossip (9-2-2-1) 02 (03) Drake ft. Central Cee: Which One (19-9-3-2) 03 (04) Sonny Fodera x Jazzy: All This Time (34-16-6-4-3) 04 (13) sombr: 12 to 12 (23-13-4) 05 (01) HUNTR/X: Golden (12-2-1-1-5) 06 (17) Haim: All Over Me (33-17-6) 07 (05) Chappell Roan: The Subway (28-12-5-7) 08 (06) Jorja Smith: With You (11-6-8) 09 (18) Reneé Rapp: Leave Me Alone (18-9) 10 (20) Disclosure ft. Anderson .Paak: NO CAP (34-20-10) 11 (32) Wet Leg: mangetout (32-11) 12 (07) Disco Lines & Tinashe: No Broke Boys (31-16-11-6-5-3-7-7-12) 13 (NE) Doja Cat: Jealous Type (13) 14 (39) FLO & KAYTRANADA: The Mood (39-14) 15 (11) Rossi x Jazzy: High On Me (20-10-2-1-1-3-11-15) 16 (23) Katy B: Avalanche (37-24-31-21-23-16) 17 (16) The Last Dinner Party: This Is The Killer Speaking (29-24-16-17) 18 (27) Glass Animals: Vampire Bat (27-18) 19 (31) Oasis: Wonderwall (31-19) 20 (09) BLACKPINK: Jump (14-4-4-9-20) 21 (12) Tyler, The Creator: Ring Ring Ring (32-13-12-21) 22 (19) CMAT: Euro-Country (36-19-22) 23 (21) Royel Otis: Car (30-21-23) 24 (28) Patrick Topping: Want U (28-24) 25 (08) Tame Impala: End of Summer (30-14-8-25) 26 (33) Ashnikko: Trinkets (33-26) 27 (NE) Biffy Clyro: Hunting Season (27) 28 (10) Jim Legxacy & Dave: 3x (31-14-5-9-10-28) 29 (14) Chris Lake & Abel Balder: Ease My Mind (15-6-10-14-29) 30 (NE) Genix vs. MC Lethal: Rave Digger (30) 31 (38) Logic1000: toldmyself (38-31) 32 (30) Wolf Alice: White Horses (30-32) 33 (NE) Prospa ft. RAHH: You Don’t Own Me (33) 34 (NE) Florence + The Machine: Everybody Scream (34) 35 (NE) Oasis: Roll With It (35) 36 (NE) Fred Again.. x Skepta: Back 2 Back (36) 37 (15) Interplanetary Criminal x Original Koffee: Slow Burner (36-15-8-15-37) 38 (NE) Radiohead: Let Down (38) 39 (NE) Wolf Alice: Just Two Girls (39) 40 (NE) Girls Don’t Sync: Come Get Dis (40) OUT 22 (22) Wolf Alice: The Sofa (19-8-13-22-22) 24 (19) Lola Young: D£aler (39-19-24) 25 (17) SZA with Kendrick Lamar: 30 For 30 (37-17-25) 26 (15) Four Tet: Into Dust (Still Falling) (24-11-12-15-26) 29 (25) Justin Bieber: DAISIES (32-20-25-29) 34 (NE) TSHA: Let’s Dance (34) 35 (31) Jamie xx: Dream Night (31-35) 36 (20) Ozzy Osborne: Crazy Train (25-20-36) 37 (18) Fred Again.. x Skepta x PlaqueBoyMax: Victory Lap (5-2-1-1-3-3-5-18-37) 40 (NE) Conan Grey: Vodka Cranberry (40)

THIS WEEK'S TOP 40 01 (01) HUNTR/X: Golden (12-2-1-1) 02 (02) Confidence Man & JADE: gossip (9-2-2) 03 (09) Drake ft. Central Cee: Which One (19-9-3) 04 (06) Sonny Fodera x Jazzy: All This Time (34-16-6-4) 05 (12) Chappell Roan: The Subway (28-12-5) 06 (11) Jorja Smith: With You (11-6) 07 (07) Disco Lines & Tinashe: No Broke Boys (31-16-11-6-5-3-7-7) 08 (14) Tame Impala: End of Summer (30-14-8) 09 (04) BLACKPINK: Jump (14-4-4-9) 10 (05) Jim Legxacy & Dave: 3x (31-14-5-9-10) 11 (03) Rossi x Jazzy: High On Me (20-10-2-1-1-3-11) 12 (13) Tyler, The Creator: Ring Ring Ring (32-13-12) 13 (23) sombr: 12 to 12 (23-13) 14 (10) Chris Lake & Abel Balder: Ease My Mind (15-6-10-14) 15 (08) Interplanetary Criminal x Original Koffee: Slow Burner (36-15-8-15) 16 (24) The Last Dinner Party: This Is The Killer Speaking (29-24-16) 17 (33) Haim: All Over Me (33-17) 18 (NE) Reneé Rapp: Leave Me Alone (18) 19 (36) CMAT: Euro-Country (36-19) 20 (34) Disclosure ft. Anderson .Paak: NO CAP (34-20) 21 (30) Royel Otis: Car (30-21) 22 (22) Wolf Alice: The Sofa (19-8-13-22-22) 23 (21) Katy B: Avalanche (37-24-31-21-23) 24 (19) Lola Young: D£aler (39-19-24) 25 (17) SZA with Kendrick Lamar: 30 For 30 (37-17-25) 26 (15) Four Tet: Into Dust (Still Falling) (24-11-12-15-26) 27 (NE) Glass Animals: Vampire Bat (27) 28 (NE) Patrick Topping: Want U (28) 29 (25) Justin Bieber: DAISIES (32-20-25-29) 30 (NE) Wolf Alice: White Horses (30) 31 (NE) Oasis: Wonderwall (31) 32 (NE) Wet Leg: mangetout (32) 33 (NE) Ashnikko: Trinkets (33) 34 (NE) TSHA: Let’s Dance (34) 35 (31) Jamie xx: Dream Night (31-35) 36 (20) Ozzy Osborne: Crazy Train (25-20-36) 37 (18) Fred Again.. x Skepta x PlaqueBoyMax: Victory Lap (5-2-1-1-3-3-5-18-37) 38 (NE) Logic1000: toldmyself (38) 39 (NE) FLO & KAYTRANADA: The Mood (39) 40 (NE) Conan Grey: Vodka Cranberry (40) OUT 16 (11) Black Sabbath: Paranoid (25-6-11-16) 26 (08) MK ft. Chrystal: Dior (24-8-4-1-2-2-1-2-8-26) 27 (07) Max Dean, Luke Dean & Locky: Can't Decide (32-9-5-3-4-3-4-4-4-7-27) 28 (23) Sugababes: Shook (29-23-28) 29 (38) The Supermen Lovers & OneRepublic: Starlight (The Fame) (38-29) 32 (24) NewDad: ROOBOSH (24-32) 35 (10) Black Eyed Peas: Rock That Body (38-26-9-10-35) 37 (33) NewEra: Body (34-39-33-37) 38 (17) David Guetta & Cedric Gervais: A Better World (38-28-11-7-14-17-38) 39 (21) Hard Life: y3llow bike (37-21-39) 40 (NE) Tinie Tempah & Skepsis: EAT IT UP (40)

Whilst we're here, would anyone like to join my Friday night new music club? I've decided to hold it between 8 and 10pm every week. The first one went well! You can listen live or at a time more suitable for you. WhatsApp group coming if there's enough interest! Just call me BBC Sounds!

This is great on first listen, getting big 80s Janet Jackson vibes.

THIS WEEK'S TOP 40 01 (02) HUNTR/X: Golden (12-2-1) 02 (09) Confidence Man & JADE: gossip (9-2) 03 (01) Rossi x Jazzy: High On Me (20-10-2-1-1-3) 04 (04) BLACKPINK: Jump (14-4-4) 05 (14) Jim Legxacy & Dave: 3x (31-14-5) 06 (16) Sonny Fodera x Jazzy: All This Time (34-16-6) 07 (03) Disco Lines & Tinashe: No Broke Boys (31-16-11-6-5-3-7) 08 (15) Interplanetary Criminal x Original Koffee: Slow Burner (36-15-8) 09 (19) Drake ft. Central Cee: Which One (19-9) 10 (06) Chris Lake & Abel Balder: Ease My Mind (15-6-10) 11 (NE) Jorja Smith: With You (11) 12 (28) Chappell Roan: The Subway (28-12) 13 (32) Tyler, The Creator: Ring Ring Ring (32-13) 14 (30) Tame Impala: End of Summer (30-14) 15 (12) Four Tet: Into Dust (Still Falling) (24-11-12-15) 16 (11) Black Sabbath: Paranoid (25-6-11-16) 17 (37) SZA with Kendrick Lamar: 30 For 30 (37-17) 18 (05) Fred Again.. x Skepta x PlaqueBoyMax: Victory Lap (5-2-1-1-3-3-5-18) 19 (39) Lola Young: D£aler (39-19) 20 (25) Ozzy Osborne: Crazy Train (25-20) 21 (31) Katy B: Avalanche (37-24-31-21) 22 (13) Wolf Alice: The Sofa (19-8-13-22) 23 (NE) sombr: 12 to 12 (23) 24 (29) The Last Dinner Party: This Is The Killer Speaking (29-24) 25 (20) Justin Bieber: DAISIES (32-20-25) 26 (08) MK ft. Chrystal: Dior (24-8-4-1-2-2-1-2-8-26) 27 (07) Max Dean, Luke Dean & Locky: Can't Decide (32-9-5-3-4-3-4-4-4-7-27) 28 (23) Sugababes: Shook (29-23-28) 29 (38) The Supermen Lovers & OneRepublic: Starlight (The Fame) (38-29) 30 (NE) Royel Otis: Car (30) 31 (NE) Jamie xx: Dream Night (31) 32 (24) NewDad: ROOBOSH (24-32) 33 (NE) Haim: All Over Me (33) 34 (NE) Disclosure ft. Anderson .Paak: NO CAP (34) 35 (10) Black Eyed Peas: Rock That Body (38-26-9-10-35) 36 (NE) CMAT: Euro-Country (36) 37 (33) NewEra: Body (34-39-33-37) 38 (17) David Guetta & Cedric Gervais: A Better World (38-28-11-7-14-17-38) 39 (21) Hard Life: y3llow bike (37-21-39) 40 (NE) Tinie Tempah & Skepsis: EAT IT UP (40) OUT 18 (10) Sam Fender & Olivia Dean: Rein Me In (27-13-7-3-5-10-18) 22 (13) Oasis: Acquiesce (30-10-13-22) 26 (17) Barry Can’t Swim: Childhood (39-17-26) 27 (26) Joy Crookes: Perfect Crime (36-26-27) 34 (33) Lorde: Shapeshifter (31-17-18-33-34) 35 (23) Chloé Caillet & Luke Alessi ft. Jocelyn Brown: The One (36-15-13-27-xx-13-23-35) 36 (18) Zara Larsson: Midnight Sun (40-31-23-18-36) 40 (16) Nemzzz ft. Latto: ART (22-18-12-16-40)

Trustfall wasn't playlisted but was played to death so much everywhere else they might as well have gone for it. See also: I Don't Wanna Wait!

Yeah, it just gets annoying when you want to hear all the new music in the same place. But they can't play EVERY heritage artist I guess. The charter is stupid though, it's not just under-30s that like the idea of a new music station that plays a bit of everything, and you're not getting THAT from Capital*. I'm 42 and I'll be listening to Radio 1 for the rest of my life as much as I dip into Radio 2 when I fancy a bit of Tears For Fears. *It's ironic that the commercial sector really have it in for Radio 1 but don't do a thing to replicate it. I mean, nobody is stopping anyone from playing K Pop Demon Hunters next to Bon Iver, are they? This is why I want to set up my own station, Radio A, which would blatantly rip Radio 1 off like hell but also give you loads of new Kylie and Pet Shop Boys. A man can dream!