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Ultimately I went for Irresistible by Blair St Clair for this round so go vote now!!! Now Or Never, Call My Life and Irresistible are all extremely interchangeable but the pre-chorus is why I ended up selecting the latter! i

Blair’s song could have been an early 10s smash so I hope we get some fans!!!

I’ve been submitting don’t worry!

If It’s Lovin That You Want, If I Never See Your Face Again, Rockstar 101 possibly, Right Now to drop soonish

Beautiful Stranger I feel would do better than Music tbh but I love both!

Not surprised at many of these placements although would have liked to see Sledgehammer a little higher and definitely Lemon further up- that song is SO FUN

Kiss It Better or Russian Roulette then!

I’m personally team Love Me Like You best song ever

Yes this is a very risky choice as it means Sugababes could not qualify for the final five rounds- Whilst it is a fabulous album track I think it’s WAY better to play it safe so they can remain in the competition for way longer

Kiss It Better or Diamonds would 100% get votes from me and probably be my favourite of the round

There’s 2 more rounds guys don’t worry!!!

Pillow talk 100%

I was actually going to put forward a Blair St Banger this round! Irresistible Call My Life Now or Never If anyone hasn’t heard it would be a huge help if you could listen through and choose the best one

Poison

There’s not a chance we’d use Physical this early on!!!

Absolutely Love Me Land

Me and Juan were actually thinking of using Love Again guys! It finishes top ten in the rate- is a new single and means we’ll still be able to play Levitating and DSN later on!

I genuinely HATED that Shawn song I’ve seen him live so I am definitely a fan but GOD was his voice whiny on that track! I wasn’t expecting a Gaga win for this round if I’m honest- I actually thought Sugababes would lead the pack as I remember Ace Reject winning a Sugababes discography rate on Popjustice- it even bought all of their singles!

Kiss It Better to win

I was in no way saying Jesy should be burned at the stake or people should feel guilty for looking forward to her music! I’ll be sure to give it a listen as well- the only thing truly upsetting me about Jesy is her blocking people who raise certain issues she could address- it’s disheartening she’s so against educating herself

It’e the dumbest over reaction ever. She’s annoyed her lipsync was meh as if she didn’t know the song beforehand?

I’m sorry I didn’t realise I had written that much- it something that as someone that studies music journalism I think about all the time in regards to the entertainment industry and I have many thoughts but it is something really difficult to write about as sometimes it’s so difficult I find it hard how to even articulate it correctly.

Adele last year wasn’t appropriation because she was styled by black women- it was appreciation because she was at carnival and it was a celebration of the culture- she even said herself that it was Black Caribbean women that had asked to style her hair and dress her up! No different to Rihanna’s photos for an edition of Vogue in the last year she was styled by Asian women which is why the shoot was seen as cultural appreciation when she was seen dressed in a kimono and traditionally Asian clothes. I think Gwen Stefani is a fabulous example for the line between appreciation and appropriation- in her No Doubt says she was often seen wearing a bindi- this was because she spent part of her time growing up in Asia and people she had known would put this on her and this is why she’d wear it in the band- to show appreciation. But then upon her solo music the lyricism was constantly referring to how she wanted harajuku girls around here- this is appropriation There are a lot of popstars in the past that have had a “bad girl era” which surrounded around them basically just releasing urban music as opposed to their normal style of music- something Dirrty by Christina or Loose by Nelly Furtado and more recently Bangerz by Miley- these come across slightly off in reterospect that they brand themselves as bad girls and changing their image when most of the time it is just an imitation of a style that’s traditionally been popularised by black R&B/ soul singers. I think what makes this worse is the “back to my routes” album that normally follows- Back To Basics, Younger Now etc- because it suggests that the popstars were never really there for this change in sound permanently and instead just there to use it as an “era” to continue their popularity. Again it’s a really difficult topic to get your head around and is obviously really touchy- and this is no shade to ANY artist I’ve written about I think there are so many underlying topics in music that are inherently racist but I’m not here to explain them all in a Jesy Nelson thread.

Little Mix or Spice Girls or Sugababes which one?

No it’s been apparently for a long time but she’s finally properly stepping into the limelight again and not just on social media which is why people are bringing it up