pavi

Didn't you get England gurl?

This is such a good return to form for them. Every song just feels so full and grand. Dare I say, this is on par with Fallen for me. I need to relisten to Open Door and Evanescence to compare fully as it’s been a while. (I also prefer to think that The Bitter Truth just didn’t exist as it’s by far my least favourite and I don’t even remember it at all x)

I believe Egypt, Jordan and Scotland 1 are left as well x

19 please

Nobody wants to be my neighbour :(

Germany?! Lmao

Illinois is already gone, damn, it’s so pretty. I’ve recently started getting vinyls, slowly growing my library and catching up. Just snatched 2 unopened How to Dress Well LPs for less than 10 euros each. Discogs is my new favourite website x

35 please.

I’ll take US please x

A large part of what gets attributed towards charts is playlist slop that a lot of people consume without even knowing what songs they are listening to. So charts being stale is a symptom of a general issue of people being too lazy or not having enough time to actually consciously consume music. And since everything is about streaming these days, there’s a lot of opportunities for companies like Shitify to swoop in and manipulate the stats and therefore charts. I still think lack of ‘big’ releases recently is just a fluke. Many artists I love release music every single week, it’s just a matter of them being pushed down by the endless playlist crap that is shoved down our throats by streaming services everywhere. It’s also probably quite expensive to promote your song so only a certain caliber of pop artist can actually afford it on a global scale nowadays. TikTok is also way too chaotic to play by the rules of new songs getting the priority. Later generations are not aware of many songs from before and with the nostalgia core being as popular as ever, we get ancient songs getting their second or third lives because of trends.

Okay so I saw this finally. The songs, the acting and visuals were all incredible. Michaela especially, she was the star of the movie for me. This is hands down the most beautiful movie I’ve seen all year. But I’d love to have both characters fleshed out even more, seeing more of their story from before the falling out for example instead of them just talking about it. I also wanted a bit more of diva slayage on stage from Anne here. It’s a good concept overall but I felt it didn’t go there fully. The stakes were never high enough and I’m a bit tired of the ghost stories honestly.

Back to the golden days of BJSC 1-20 when C stood for Cheapness x

/finishes 3rd/ /still not a smash/ :(

Q (86) - 66.666% 01 - 5 - t.A.T.u. (5), Lenka (11), Ronya (44), Cut Copy (60), RuPaul (63) 02 - 5 - Shakira (18), iamamiwhoami (43), The Midnight (69), Mai Lan (87), Shortparis (111) 03 - 2 - Idool 2011 Finalisten (34), Mr.Kitty (67) 04 - 0 05 - 4 - SEREBRO (32), Jon Hopkins (151), Ohota (173), holybones (179) 06 - 0 07 - 2 - Ólafur Arnalds (22), Kane Parsons (185) 08 - 4 - The Weeknd (37), Azealia Banks (39), Elizaveta (40), Essy (128) 09 - 4 - Stoffer & Maskinen (26), Emma (42), KMRU and Aho Ssan (147), Ö (181) 10 - 3 - iamamiwhoami (54), BYRTA (58), So Below (133) 11 - 3 - Crystal Castles (27), Fla.mingo (92), Cobrah (148) 12 - 2 - Adele (6), The Irrepressibles (35) 13 - 3 - Maria Mena (10), Tiësto (21), Shlohmo (53) 14 - 2 - DENA (46), Jerobeam Fenderson and Hansi3D (184) 15 - 1 - Nicolás Jaar (177) 16 - 4 - Rökkurró (29), Hot Chip (74), Zhala (75), JOPLYN (164) 17 - 5 - Morandi (9), Ruby Goe (45), Frank + Derol (47), Taquwami (66), Max Cooper (172) 18 - 3 - Jónsi (23), TeZATalks (134), Amaia (180) 19 - 2 - Natasha Bedingfield (7), Lycoriscoris (182) 20 - 2 - Polina Gagarina (4), Josh Groban (30) 21 - 0 22 - 2 - PRIVATE (14), ROSALÍA (112) 23 - 1 - Benjamin Francis Leftwich (72) 24 - 3 - WIN WIN (31), Gold Panda (33), Hachioji P (61) 25 - 3 - Elisha Keen (12), Anjulie (13), Active Child (59) 26 - 3 - Sergey Lazarev (8), Dasha Luks (48), Lost Under Heaven (85) 27 - 3 - Citizens! (49), Telepathe (50), death's dynamic shroud (141) 28 - 1 - Marit Bergman (17) 29 - 0 30 - 1 - $WAGGOT (68) 31 - 1 - Shadeux (57) 32 - 0 33 - 1 - Conan Osíris (113) 34 - 2 - Ariel Pink (88), Skott (129) 35 - 1 - Erika Lundmoen (114) 36 - 1 - Nørbak (178) 37 - 2 - Ital Tek (82), DONGROSSO and RHYME (171) 38 - 2 - Maxine Swaby (28), Moglii and Moonlit Brooks (165) 39 - 0 40 - 1 - Dinamo Azari (83) 41 - 0 42 - 0 43 - 1 - Sufjan Stevens (64) 44 - 1 - Bottler (152) DNQ (43) - 33.333% SF-16 - 3 - Caroline Af Ugglas (16), Deepside Deejays (36), ORKA and Eivør (38) SF-17 - 2 - Xonia (24), HUGO (73) SF-18 - 3 - Gaby (19), Harrys Gym (20), The Knife, Mt. Sims and Planningtorock (25) SF-19 - 3 - Willam (51), Julianna Barwick (56), Erika Lundmoen (119) SF-20 - 0 SF-21 - 7 - Hande Yener (15), Phèdre (52), IU and Seotaiji (70), Omar Souleyman (77), Garden City Movement (103), JACKIE EXTREME (136), Quelza (175) SF-22 - 4 - Pyramids and Horseback (41), Max Bruch (55), Ben Frost (65), Fred again.. (135) SF-23- 3 - Jacques Greene (94), LiSA (131), yeule (142) SF-24 - 3 - Oskar Linnros (62), The Blaze (95), Joanna Newsom (169) SF-25 - 3 - LAY (132), JACKIE EXTREME (139), Hermeth (155) SF-26 - 2 - Namie Amuro (78), Crystal Murray (166) SF-27 - 3 - Francis And The Lights (89), CVL† SH‡† (93), Weval and KILIMANJARO (183) SF-28 - 4 - Arca (123), D’Alva (126), Atom™ (149), Julian Wassermann, Philipp Johann Thimm and Jamal Dilmen (174) SF-29 - 1 - clear eyes and Madalen Duke (162) SF-30 - 1 - Tesla Boy (124) SF-31 - 1 - Nicolá Cruz (80)

Oh wow, I also finished 6th in the semi but it translated to 7th in the final :’)

YAssy!

Couldn’t go to the first screening last Saturday but booked it for 17th June now. Germany is always a bit late to the party with the movie releases :’)

La mirada interior is their best song, although it’s still only a 7/10. They have joined at a very awkward semifinal transition time and never stood a chance lol

Please, anywhere but the US x

From 2 German hosts in a row we are going to the US I’m coming for that Top 10 YTD move over Aeroche and Trifoski x

Judging by my spreadsheets, you finished Top 10 five times in a row between BJSC47-51: 8-10-5-10-8, but you also had Top 10 four times in a row at the very beginning between BJSC13-16.

f*** my drag

Congrats to The Spodic Empire for reaching their best result and first ever Top 5!! And to Ennea on that x-x-x-6-9 run so far :D

Botanikka's song wasn't my thing but congrats on snatching yet another win! Once every decade now. Although they have only given 1 point to Mike Oldfield in BJSC 4. ESCÁNDALO !!! The rest of the Top 10 is pretty good though, and I'm beyond excited to have finished 7th. Thanks everyone for the votes, that's the most I have received in 57 contests. Just like last month with 14th, I only finished 7th once before, in BJSC 22 when I sent my first ever instrumental song in the contest - "Ljósið"! Thanks for hosting @DaTilt , the text scoreboards were surprisingly fun.