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Add me to the 'shocked Who's David? has overtaken You Said No camp! I'm not complaining, as I always felt Who's David? was incredibly overrated... All their singles are bangers though! (Definitely think it feels more mature than most of their singles [maybe barring Sleeping With the Light On/3AM], so maybe their fanbase appreciate it more now?)

Accurate. Meghan, master of the gimmick, Trainor!

For what it's worth... 10/10 Children Of The Universe (LOVE this song... shame she didn't come alive on stage) 09/10 SPACE MAN (Eurovision edit is better than the standard version, and then probably creeps to a 10 with the performance!) I Wrote A Song (potential to grow further) 08/10 Still In Love With You (possibly one of the worst songs I've ever heard... but the strings regularly lodge themselves in my brain...) 07/10 Embers You're Not Alone Storm 06/10 Never Give Up On You 00/10 - remind my self of these every year, always seem like a new song, oops Believe In Me Bigger Than Us Love Will Set You Free

Definitely prefer the video version (with the spoken word middle 8), it helps the last chorus pop. I hope she performs that version in Liverpool!

Whilst "That's Rich" is a great song, the production felt very cheap. I do think this song is very well produced/catchy, the only thing I'm not sure on is if it will pop on stage

I know. I'm just fixated on the video having the wrong car. 😂

I don't think she's a charisma vacuum, but (I'm blaming Rina for the comparison, because she lead us all on...) Rina felt like a STAR. Mae feels more 'high school talent show' - endearing, fun, can bring the party, but missing that edge (similar to Mabel, now I think about it). Not *quite* an expensive car (in the vid), she's smashing up a Ford Escort. 🙈 (though I've just googled, and it's not exactly cheap these days...)

Great video (I'll forgive that it's a Ford being trashed, not a Benz... Lol) OK... Second listen in and it is VERY lodged in my brain. That could be a good sign?

The song's ok... But it doesn't really go anywhere... Maybe they'll be able to stage it right, but I'm struggling to see it. 😔

Didn't "Breaking Free" from the first High School Musical reach #9 or something? EDIT: Yep! Plus a couple of others! 30.09.2006 BREAKING FREE Cast Of High School Musical #9 / 21wks 09.12.2006 WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER Cast Of High School Musical #40 / 8wks 13.01.2007 STICK TO THE STATUS QUO Cast Of High School Musical #74 / 1wk

Is it safe to admit that I'd (almost) completely slept on Rina until these rumours? (I loved 'LUCID', but somehow never bothered to dig deeper... 'Beg For You' is OK, I guess? 🤷‍♂️) We need to send her. She'd be SO GOOD. 'This Hell' would be perfect, but I'm guessing that was released too long ago? 'Frankenstein' seems like a solid shout, but not sure it screams "winner". Who knows? Maybe I just need to give it a few more plays! If we do send her, watch her smash in at 20ish, as all my faves do... 🤣 Last year an offensive amount of my Top 10 DNQ'd (and most of my ideal DNQ's qualified...) Mimi Webb's new song (not sure I've heard much from her before... When did I become so out of touch with newish music? Lol) would be a good shout too! Birdy's new one would definitely put us back in the bottom few places... I'm sure the BBC would want to avoid that on home soil... This is the first year that I've been confident, before the song was revealed (since maybe Jade to Blue [genuinely think they thought they were onto something with the SAW song...]), that the BBC won't be actively trying to sabotage our entry*, at least... 🤣🤣 (Molly and Sam were pleasent surprises...)

It's been a week since I was in here, apparently! I was surprised to see ABBA Voyage and Ed Sheeran = in the new releases though 😂

My other half said there was a big reveal. I spotted her bump within seconds, then was confused as I couldn't recall if she was pregnant or not... 🤣 Got to the end and apparently the bump reveal was it... She has SO MANY hits. Why not remind people of Unfaithful, if you're barely able to dance? I don't want to hear your features, give me your actual hits! (I wasn't expecting anything amazing, I've never seen Rihanna as a particularly amazing live artist tbf. But... She DOES have bops. Where were they?)

I think the majority of physical music is destined to be merch, and just that. I would say most of the people buying these CD singles are the same people that would be buying them on cassette (especially as they only tend to be available online). Most people will download/stream/buy the album if it's in the shop, or just be happy to listen when they pop up on the radio. The labels know that people will collect as much as they can of their favourite artists. It is literally the only reason CD singles exist now (the same as cassettes), and a bonus is that it's a cheap way to bolster chart positions - in turn gaining exposure that can lead to playlisting/longevity etc. (of course some people might still listen to cassettes, some people obviously prefer CD (especially, but not exclusively, less tech savvy people), and vinyl has its demographic too... But I think people listening to these are very much in the minority)

WALL. TO. WALL. BANGERS. This is not a *great* album, but it's the album I've been waiting for FOR YEARS. 😍😍😍 Why can't Ava be massive?! She's so refreshingly fun in comparison to most of today's pop. 😭😭😭

Squirrrrrrrrrtle!

Wanted Born to Try to remain (purely so I didn't have to contend with THIS top 3 😭😭😭). Almost impossible to split them, they're all SO GOOD. Believe Again, you are magical, but I voted for you. 😭😭

Was about to say "NOT PEOPLE COMING AT SITTING ON TOP OF THE WORLD?!?!"... Then realised that (despite it being a certified 11/10 bop) it's only probably my 7th-ish favourite left. 😵🙈 Such quality. I voted Wish You Were Here. It's not one I go back to a huge amount. The rest (minus Paralyzed, which I'm less familiar with) are all top tier!

Mudkip again! Looks like I missed a couple... Shame Totodile dropped out. 😭

Mudkip

In an alternative universe 35 years ago it might have gone Top 5... 🙈 This sounds straight out of the 80's (no Louise or freshness added), it's fun for what it is though!

So much this! (Totodile) Mudkip/Turtwig/Popplio

Agreed on your first point. Not on the second... If it was "perfectly safe", Nando wouldn't have been slapped with a penalty. I'd argue that your mirror flapping about is not safe at all - your awareness of oncoming cars behind could be compromised (which could lead to exactly the same thing as happened to him, happening to someone else), and you run the risk of it detaching and slotting through the halo. As I say, 30 seconds penalty is harsh. But Haas have a point. Maybe the result shouldn't be upturned, but Alpine should imo be fined, or a grid penalty applied... Or something! Haas were penalised in their races (by virtue of needing to pit/fix the damage), they have every right to be pissed off.

Whilst the penalty shouldn't have been as severe as it was, when the penalty was handed out I felt it was appropriate to penalise him... Completely see where Haas came from, with Kevin being warned every other race for racing with and unsafe car and very disappointed that it seems there won't be any repercussions for either Red Bull/Pérez or Alpine/Alonso.

Reading these comments alone has encouraged me to finally start making my way through her back catalogue (after being only a very casual, albeit probably more up to date than most of the UK have kept up with, fan: adoring lots of her singles!). It sounds like she gave an absolutely special performance, and I'm glad to hear how she's made everyone feel. If she comes back to the UK, I'd love the chance to see her... It sounds like it would be really special!