Brélican

Not yet x (Still behind in updating my spreadsheet oop - #soon)

'Where Is Gone?' is #77 for its second full day - I don't think that's too disastrous of a drop, hoping it'll rebound well when the album comes out and be well placed to go top 40 next week.

The concept of King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard getting an instant Radio 1 A-List add

My current provisional votes give only 3 more points collectively to semi 2 than to semi 1 (but then most of the songs I have ranked 16th-20th are semi 2).

Hiiped for spoopybangers x I think I know the artist I'm going to send but not decided on the song yet, need to relisten to a few potentials ~

(@blacksquare the YouTube playlist has Pagasa and Lookylion swapped around, can't be splitting up the manifests if random.org wanted them together x)

https://sync-tube.de/room/ApAM3t-I Final listenthrough from 8pm The playlist this month is only 2 hours 34 minutes which must be one of the shortest we've had for a 40+ song final, what happened to the long song bloc xo

'Model & Actriz' 💀 Are you sure it's not Malan Carr feat. Chunkz & Yinrun?

Looks like Chase & Status are safe to get a third #2 album (still without a #1 to their name) as they've surpassed the full week sales of Livvy Rodz from last week - considering none of the singles have really hit this era I'm really surprised they're selling so well but not complaining!

Winner tbh

Guys I retract my previous post. I think there might be something wrong with Calum. x

So this kind of ended up sounding not a lot like either 'Let's Go Surfing' or 'The Perfect Girl' - but it's another excellent song in its own right, glad that you were through safely!

Kendrick doesn't strike me as the type who'd be keeping the Radio 1 playlist team in the loop with a surprise release x I'm sure it'll end up being something very underwhelming. Jorja Smith is doing Live Lounge Month on Friday, maybe she'll be performing something with 2 guests and they're going to playlist that alongside her current single? Lol ~

Too much manifesting x

I would very much like to be included in this narrative x

Did a randomiser really put me and Lookylion next to each other or has there been some sneaky square input there xx (Not me being outclassed by the song right after me as well ) ((And yes I am still planning to do the listenthrough tonight unless there are any major objections! Then will probably still wait until 23:59 on Tuesday to vote anyway hehe))

I did not realise everyone predicted Grouper to DNQ - agreed I think it will have got through pretty easily!

Ahh that does ring a bell now you say it, also a great choice ofc x 00s thoughts ~ Am of course well acquainted with your thoughts on 'Another Chance' and it's a beautifully articulate commentary, it is another song that I have definitely got into a lot more with the context of your connection to it (I have always liked it though) <3 'Feel Good Inc.' is an excellent runner up, I was a bit late to getting into that one as the aesthetics of their music videos used to really creep me out (and I don't think the maniacal laughter helped ), I particularly remember once opening an edition of Guinness World Records on a random page and it having a large print of a still from the music video and literally slamming the book shut from the jumpscare but I am quite over that now and the song is a brilliant blend of genres and vibes, at least I got to fully appreciate it for its more recent extended run in the top 40 (and I guess the Aitch song that sampled it too although that's obviously not quite as good xo) 'Pure Shores' is definitely my favourite All Saints song and another fab William Orbit production, and I do like 'Bad Romance' a lot too (it is one I got a little bit bored of from overplay though not to the extent of the 2 #1s from the original 'The Fame', although all three of those songs had at least somewhat of a rebound in my affections after seeing them live at the Chromatica Ball with you), but then the 5th-9th section is absolutely stacked with major favourites for me! I'm not a massive fan of Britney in general but 'Toxic' is a well deserved pop classic (and indeed with an equally iconic music video). The Bravery may not have had much staying power but they hit it out of the park as much as I could ever ask with their one hit which I've long considered to be the absolute peak of landfill indie, actually I've never really considered it sounding like an update of 80s new wave but I can totally see that now you mention it. 'Welcome To The Black Parade' as I probably already said in your 2006 #1s ranking thread is one of my all time favourite #1 hits and certainly one of the most unique, I can only hope to ever see another #1 hit that's as ambitious (I've liked some of this year's #1s but as has recently been a point of discussion in the chart forum they're pretty much all safe to a fault) - there's been a notable reappraisal of their music in recent years on RateYourMusic which I guess is coming from the userbase being increasingly people who are nostalgic for them from their youth, great to see anyway. 'Loneliness' has always been a big fave for me as a sucker for melancholy bangers, I remember being shocked at it never even being certified so hooray for Saltburn giving it such a strong second life even if not quite enough to actually return it to the chart. And I remember discovering Sigur Rós from nighttime Radio 1 so I was well acquainted with 'Hoppípolla' before the Chicane version (which is also great, could easily have ruined the song but it was a very respectful reimagining of it), my peak of appreciation for their music is the back-to-back glory of the 'Valtari' and 'Kveikur' albums but they both work best as full pieces rather than having any one particular standout song so 'Hoppípolla' would probably still be my favourite individual song from them as well. I'd say it's a shame they didn't have more chart hits but even having one top 40 hit is nothing to sniff at for an Icelandic post-rock band of course xx 'Moi... Lolita' is less of a favourite for me but was still a good one to relisten to, I forget how much I enjoy the production on it and the vocals sound quite nice on it which is often the thing holding me back from enjoying French language songs. Tons of great songs just missing out for you and more mentioned by others once again, 'Move Your Feet' stands out as the most surprising top 10 snub I think, pure joy in audio form and sad to not get to read commentary from you about the squirrel </3 lovely to see 'Archangel' getting a mention as well *.* and a big yes to Jaz placing 'Ready For The Floor' in his 00s top 3. Not quite finished catching up ahead of the conclusion to this tomorrow (/today) oop but getting there x

BlocBoy did have another moment in the sun in the charts by being namedropped in AJ Tracey's 'Ladbroke Grove' at least... and that was in reference to his second most popular song 'Rover' (which got a remix with 21 Savage in an attempt to give him a second hit carried by a big name feature but didn't quite work out, though it has a halfway respectable 88 million streams on Spotify).

Oof at camoufly missing out by only 1 point (or 2 depending on tiebreaks) - guess I was still wrong after all that Aeroche were in more danger than Hendinia oop Only 3/4 points off for Jadakissnia aww, if only they could squeeze in one more fan. Certainly a few moderately surprising countries snubbing them although I guess that's in large part down to the alt bloc saturation as well.

I will miss typing out every month that Hendinia have expanded both of their records </3 speaking of... I am a little behind with updating my spreadsheet again so not sure if I'll get the streak update done tonight but hopefully tomorrow at the latest, as Jim said already though Danæviia are the new leaders they'll have to keep going until August 2030 to top Hendinia's consecutive record (February 2031 for the non-consecutive) - they're almost halfway there (shame they're withdrawing now after the Scotland 2 result etc. etc.) From my votes / rankings in semi 2: 12 Q 10 Q 8 Q 7 Q 6 Jadakissnia 5 Q 4 Q 3 Q 2 Q 1 Q 11th Trifoski 12th Dalisska 19th Lentyll 21st Hendinia 22nd Vaskla 24th A-Konohagakure 25th Cheiron 26th Aeroche Almost a full house, BJSC just not quite ready for doomwop sadly </3 intrigued to see how close they were. From my first impressions ranking of semi 1 I've only lost 2 of my top 10 (Zephyra Continuum and New Lexico), Aelandor the next highest ranked of the DNQs currently in 15th. Will edit in finalised rankings later as ever x edit: 7th Zephyra Continuum 9th New Lexico 13th Aelandor 16th Mulgracia 19th République d'Áskorza 24th Zanmatony 25th Kluminican Republic 26th Harmonica 27th Kylienips Thanks for hosting blacksquare and kudos to everyone who contributed art to a very charming results thread <3 hiipe for the final, will be a good one with so few of my faves missing out.

well I never Hendinia's song was not bad at all (kinda digging the Daft Punk-esque parts in the second half) but there you go, no one is bulletproof after all

Cor Lupus were maybe at slightly more of a risk than usual due to the semi draw but I'd still have said that was bumping up from a 5% chance of DNQing to like 20% at a push - was definitely the most confident they'd still be continuing their run between the top 3. Great song anyway and would have been sacrilege for it to DNQ in spoopy month x I wouldn't say it's entirely impossible Dobago still take the last slot over Hendinia either but leaning towards the 7 year reign continuing. New Lexico are also in my initial top 10 of semi 1 (currently 9th) so am a bit gutted to see them out aw - amazed that their threat to send Mongolian throat singing actually materialised

Ooooops sorry Leww if that was my manifesting I'm sure Klumroche will bounce back with a vengeance next month x New Helvetica though their best entry yet for me, absolutely beautiful song.

Oops did I accidentally pass my DNQ era on to Klum? (I think I liked this one slightly more than Mia's two previous entries but she's not really my thing in general)