-Jay-

So excited! Is anyone doing a rewatch? So far I've rewatched all of Season 1 (and it is just as spectacular as I remember it being) and Season 2 Episode 1.

I think 'bandaids' is a step in the right direction for Katy. It's a sensible move to tap into a sound that really fits her like a glove - I'm hearing some One of the Boys vibes but with the polish of Prism. Maybe her vocal delivery isn't for everybody, but I like how earnest she sounds here! Will it set the charts alight? Maybe not, but I think at the very least it serves as a palate cleansing moment, a moment of course correction, and that's important for where she's at currently.

Love to see Little Mix, Spice Girls and Girls Aloud members together *.* the power!

I'll manifest #1s for both!

Happy 25th anniversary! Also, ugh, 25 years since they last released an album. I still remember being so excited to get the CD, wanting my parents to take me to the shops after school finished on Monday, but for some reason they wouldn't and said we could tomorrow, I was stroppy about it, and for that they made me wait until Wednesday lol. 12 year old me actually had a decent first impression of the album, and Wasting My Time was an instant favourite. I remember playing it and saying to my mum it was my new favourite song, and she said something like "well if that's your favourite than that mustn't say much for the rest of the album" - omg! No taste x I'll always maintain that it's a very good album, better than many will give it credit for. Fantastic production, some of their best vocal performances, and there are great catchy hooks throughout. Maaaybe the track list order could do with some work, and for sure it should have had different artwork to represent it. Also sometimes I feel like it really should have been their fourth album, that there should have been an album between Spiceworld and Forever that helped to bridge the gap in the change of sound.

They've included the album length versions, and for 2 Become 1 that means it's the Geri rather than Victoria version.

New Amazon Music Originals from Kylie Minogue and Gwen Stefani!

Do we know when bet365 will open the books for Christmas #1 betting?

2026 calendar announced + some Christmas merch: Kylie MinogueKylie MinogueThe official Kylie Minogue store. £17.99 for the calendar + £6.25 postage = £24.24 Correct me if I'm wrong but this appears to be the first time that an official Kylie calendar is a 12" by 12" size, which folds out to be 12" by 24".

I wouldn't hold your breath for remixes. Amazon just push one version of the song, which they refer to as being an Amazon Music Original. I don't think they'd consider diluting the impact of it by having more than one version of the track. I would be very surprised if it happened. I don't think Kylie's label/team can really "mess it up" per se. It's essentially now in the hands of Amazon Music and how hard they push XMAS, which'll determine how well it does in the chart. The song already has great positions on playlists, and undoubtedly anyone who requests Christmas music on Alexa will get XMAS played regularly, as we've seen from the last few years of Amazon originals from Tom Grennan, Sam Ryder, Jess Glynne. Physical purchases will give a boost to the sales, but the predominant success will come from streaming.

Agreed for sure, this could have been done a loooong time ago easily. Sigh it really is minimum effort from these ladies.

I wish that this Christmas release could have had a tie in with Amazon, maybe having the new Christmas Party Mix as an Amazon Original. I think that would have been the way to go to get attention for this release. As things stand I think this is going to escape most people's attention, sadly. It doesn't help that their team backdated the album to November 2024, meaning that it isn't triggered as being a new release. Both the full length and radio edits of the Christmas Party Mix still haven't gone over 1000 streams each. I know it's early days yet when it comes to the Christmas period, but they have been available to stream for 2 weeks, so that's very low interest (or a case of being overlooked).

While this release does feel like a kick in the teeth, in a year in which we were hoping/praying for Forever outtakes (wow, they really did mean "we just aren't able to give you that", huh)... ...the concept of this EP is something I'd thought of in the past, as something that could be a good idea for their streaming at this time of year. To have their Christmas related tracks consolidated in one place, it could draw more attention to the tracks than usual. I'd hope that the EP being a new release would perhaps get them added to some festive playlists. Do we know if it's just download/streaming? A physical release could be cute...

I’ve still only heard this the one time this morning, yet the chorus is stuck in my head. For me she’s really “understood the assignment” with this! I’m excited for the upcoming success that I’m imagining it’ll have, but I’m also trying not to get ahead of myself lol. I would agree with @Jessie Where that from a personal taste point of view I think there are some better songs on Kylie Christmas, although when it comes to commercial viability I think there’s something about XMAS that has something more to it. I know with the way Alexa operates at Christmas time that anything Kylie released for it would have got streams, but I also think people will actually like this and it not just be a passively achieved hit that the public don’t seem to care about. My impression last year was that Tom Grennan got as high as #3 with people not really talking about the song, but I think Kylie could have some buzz / attention? I’d certainly be surprised if it did less than Tom’s offering.

Kylie getting another #1 single, and a Christmas #1 at that, would be so wild! I don’t want to jinx it… I know Amazon/Alexa’s push of these Original songs and how well they do in the chart is often frowned on… and I get it… but it’s hard not to suddenly feel a bit better about it now that it’s Kylie who stands to benefit from it.

Just listened through BBC Sounds and it’s a BOP! A bit 80s, the chorus is definitely a sing-along / chant. One play and that’s stuck in my head. I’m usually a bah humbug in November but I may find it hard to resist this one until December. We shall absolutely allow Alexa to scam harder than ever before with this one x Note: the song title is pronounced by saying the individual letters.

Physical singles out on 12th December, available to preorder through Kylie’s official store and Amazon: XMAS (Amazon Music Original)XMAS (Amazon Music Original)Listen to content by Kylie Minogue. It should be available to stream now, but doesn’t appear to be working yet: XMAS (Amazon Music Original)XMAS (Amazon Music Original)Listen to content by Kylie Minogue. It was played on Radio 2 an hour ago, but I’ve not heard it yet!

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/people/mel-c-jw-anderson-fashion-renaissance/ New article about Melanie's style, but it's behind a paywall

That's a snowflake on the hat.

Collage of my most listened to albums in the last month. (I went to see both dearALICE and Lady Gaga in concert in October, so that's the reason for the dearALICE EPs and Mayhem being so high up)

Both of those are epic in different ways! Memories is one of his most emotive ballads, and Killing Me is such a banger.

I'm judging that 7.5, Calum x Two corkers I think I'm overdue a full Found Heaven listen.

10-82 [Downloads] 11-87 [Sales] Sweat is very close to 500,000 streams on Spotify, currently 498,462.

HUNTR/X showing us how it's done done done

Fairly sure only between us BuzzJack voters could Heather land as low as 16th Oddly I wasn't all that into Heather during the time of its biggest popularity, but in the years since it has grown on me. Great to see Winner in the Top 15, love how triumphant it is lyrically and in how it sounds.