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Slow burner but I can’t stop going back to Sami’s verse in Body Tea on hourly rotations omg

So excited for this - Someday Somewhere and Carry On are absolutely stunning and have grown to be even bigger than Back On 74 for me.

I can't be mad that this slightly edged Red Flag because it was such a return to form for her, a slow burner for me as at first I found it a bit of a mess but it definitely grew to be a heavy spin on my Spotify!

Monster In Me is one of their absolute best songs and I can't believe they just did nothing with it (not like anything was handled particularly well this era), in general this album had so many gems and I wish it got the flowers it deserved.

This has been playlisted on Radio 1, a heavily spoken word dance bop with a very summery vibe. I absolutely can’t get enough of it, it’s very Confidence Man meets Eliza Rose and just feels so upbeat!

I admire Zaraah being given a storyline with her capabilities and Toby is also a great actor but this Gray stuff was just completely unnecessary. Again, no realism with Ian being in the same wing as him, and these prison scenes have been godawful. I wanted to believe that Shiela wasn’t on Gray’s side so it’s a shame she turned out as such, jokes on me really.

Sarah Jutla Dingle has arrived 😭 love this for her!!

Red Flag what a SONG!!! Pure euphoria!! The best thing she has come out with since her two first albums, there’s so many upbeat emotions it brings to me and I’d do absolutely mental to it on a night out! Take It Off is also a huge banger that has aged so well!

Is my brain rotted to a grain of sand because I thought Jade was absolutely HYSTERICAL 😭😭😭 it was so unhinged I was actually crying, she made me laugh the most. Coco and Art were the next two, and after that it was probably Flor! Again, it was mental and I absolutely lived, until she put her wig on. Vybe was still good but didn't make me laugh as much as most of them so I was confused as to why she made the top, although everyone was funny imo except from Nikita who was in the bottom 1.

Agreed, both of those and this are such bops and that became post-break-up anthems, she really timed this so well and I can’t wait for what she gives us in the coming months. Sports Car remains my absolute fave though, absolute pop perfection!!

I hope Adela hasn’t fallen out of the top 40 😭 I was under the impression that she’d just keep rising or at least stay where she was.

Attention had no business being this high and beating many bangers lol it’s mostly just noise to me, sorry lads. Cannibal however still goes the hell off!!

All That Matters is an absolute BANGER!! Being so late in the album makes it feel like such a let-loose anthem and I’m so glad it’s this well rated! Your Love Is My Drug is also a smash and aged really well! Aside from the outro which we will pretend isn’t there.

Watched all the episodes over the last 2 evenings and it really is a pisstake that Tiffany can call herself a semi-finalist while Pythia and Jackie bit dust when the level of talent and skill is seriously outweighed. The girl just gives “she can’t sing, she can’t act, she even has just trouble standing there” and she even admitted it many times and said “keep me around because I’m not gunna win” - like that’s the attitude to turn up with? Piss poor. In terms of the top 4 I think it worked out okay-ish, Pythia should definitely be there instead of Jada who whilst has grown on me, just is pretty mediocre. Definitely rooting for Sami on the whole who has been so close to a win before the cuntest. I think it’ll be Aurora but even though she’s talented, I just can’t root for her at all, same goes for Nearah who I just warm to.

Going for Bloc Party’s paint drying audio now.

Oooh this is a very great bunch on average! Daniel gets my vote though, far from his best.

Very easy vote for Shania although Cassie would have been my winner for sure.

+5: Movin To The Sun +4: Talk To You +3: Hate That I Made You Love Me +2: Petal +1: Great Expectation -1: Free Your Mind -2: Dai Dai -3: Choosin Texas -4: Stupid Song -5: Rein Me In Everything up to Dai Dai is a hit for me so great top 10 ignoring the other three which I’m bored with.

Fitting that this is the song that took the most advantage of the album release as it's the best, even if it's been around for a while, it's definitely one of her best and my second favourite lead single behind No Tears Left To Cry.

The video really made this grow on me, surprised it only got to 4 though!

This just gets better and better on every listen still! Oh do one Jack cutting the song off before the second drop.

Still an absolute banger and happy that it got its time in the top 10 and even top 5 after weeks of lingering outside.

Wasn't expecting this to crack the top 10 but glad it has, her best song for me!

Silva narrowly missing out, saw it coming 💔 the top 10 is pretty dance heavy anyway but would have been great to finally make it.

This has really grown on me since first listen, glad it's one of the charting tracks!