This is Dua Lipa's ninth entry on my year-end rankings. This is her highest placing song so far! Will she be able to beat it later on this year?
Synth-pop perfection! It's just so beautiful! Like a lot of other songs I mentioned previously, it just makes me feel like I'm on a cloud, closing my eyes, and feeling the wind move through me. It has always takes me to a great place. The sound is just so great. The whole sound on the album is amazing, but this always sticks out to me as the best sound of the songs from an aesthetic point of view. Dua's vocals are infectious, the chorus is fun, and I'm still shocked to this day that this hasn't been a single yet and probably won't be. Such a fun song! Hoping it gets to be picked as a summer single release! The production is just so good especially in the chorus and it's underrated!
#11 - Plastic Hearts - Miley Cyrus
This is Miley Cyrus's eleventh entry on my year-end rankings. Her highest placement was last year with Mother's Daughter at #11, so she ties it with this entry. Will she be able to beat it this year?
I mean...come on...it's pop perfection mixed with rock perfection. I keep saying it, but it's so true that Miley has finally found the perfect place for her voice. This, once again, is a track you can connect back to her relationship, marriage, and divorce to Liam which makes it have a more personal feel to it, but it's not a ballad whatsoever so I get to rock out while still appreciating the lyrics. Honestly "I just wanna feel, I just wanna feel something, but I keep feeling nothing all night long" is a mood and a half. The electric guitar as the bridge is so amazing and I love it so much. I actually love the production choices for the song. The beginning choices are actually a bit odd, but work so well with the vibe of the song. My favorite part, though, is Miley's voice. Holy fuck she sounds amazing on this track, especially in that addicting chorus!
#10 - XS - Rina Sawayama
This is Rina Sawayama's seventh entry on my year-end rankings. This is her highest placing song so far! Will she be able to beat it later on this year?
Rina is so creative! Literally a creative genius. The way this song can go through so many different vibes yet work so well. The verses remind me of some Cheetah Girls in Barcelona vibes, the chorus reminds me of some of the mainstream pop of the 2010s, and the guitar....whole fuck the guitar....literally feels rock, leaning a lot on basically being metal.........but yet it all works!?!? How!??! Creative genius, like I said. The bridge actually gives almost a haunting feel to the song while also adding more angst and it works so well within the song. I actually adore, though, the final chorus. Every artist adds a little something special in the final chorus, but Rina goes all out. I love the vocal prowess she shoves on us. When she does the multiple "a little bit mooooore"....literally probably one of my favorite vocal moments from her ever. So good! I'm happy this song blew up a little bit, but it deserved to blow up soooo much more!
#9 - Hallucinate - Dua Lipa
This is Dua Lipa's tenth entry on my year-end rankings. This is her highest placing song so far! Will she be able to beat it later on this year?
I mean, I'm not gonna lie with y'all, this song hasn't aged the best. It's still easily, far and away, top 10 material. It's not like it aged that badly, but it was my #1 song of 2020 for awhile so it did fall from #1 to #9. But let's not focus on the negatives, but instead, the positives. The upbeat, throwback bop is so great to just dance and sing your life to in the shower, in the car, during the day, at night, etcetera! It has an amazing dance-pop vibe and the pre-chorus build is so perfect in execution that it just lets you go crazy in the chorus. I wanted this to be a single when the album was released so when I heard it would be, I was excited.....but of course.....Dua had to only release it as a single in the UK so I, living in the US, was robbed of this blowing up, which I know it would've cause Don't Start Now, Break My Heart, and Levitating are HUGEEEE here and I'm sure We're Good will follow in suit. The music video is a bit disappointing, but the cartoon acid trip-esque theme works with the song and it's COVID, so I get it. At the end of the day, this song is a fun bop that I love dancing to and getting my life served to me everytime it comes on. May not be #1 anymore on this ranking, but it still was #1 on my Spotify Wrap-Up purr!
List So Far
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#100 - Naked - Ava Max
#99 - Ever Young - Marisa Maino
#98 - gold rush - Taylor Swift
#97 - Easy - Troye Sivan
#96 - My Love Won't Let You Down - Little Mix
#95 - party 4 u - Charli XCX
#94 - Spell On Me - Shab
#93 - Over And Over - PAX ft. Roxen
#92 - Baby, I'm Jealous - Bebe Rexha ft. Doja Cat
#91 - Another One - Sam Smith
#90 - Ashes - Meghan Trainor
#89 - This Love Isn't Crazy - Carly Rae Jepsen
#88 - Cowboy Blues - Kesha
#87 - loneliness for love - lovelytheband
#86 - Stay Away - Carly Rae Jepsen
#85 - Replay - Lady Gaga
#84 - Snakeskin - Rina Sawayama
#83 - Apeshit - Bree Runway
#82 - Boys Will Be Boys - Dua Lipa
#81 - Circles - Mac Miller
#80 - There Is A God - MAX
#79 - Jaguar - Victoria Monet
#78 - Teary Eyes - Katy Perry
#77 - Good In Bed - Dua Lipa
#76 - Woman - Ellie Goulding
#75 - Joan Of Arc Is On The Dance Floor - Aly & AJ
#74 - Red Desert - 5 Seconds Of Summer
#73 - Forgive Me - Chloe x Halle
#72 - Dance Again - Selena Gomez
#71 - Moment - Victoria Monet
#70 - To Die For - Sam Smith
#69 - no body, no crime - Taylor Swift ft. HAIM
#68 - emo - lovelytheband
#67 - Remember Me - Dove Cameron ft. BIA
#66 - Rain On Me - Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande
#65 - Scared To Live - The Weeknd
#64 - Dynasty - Rina Sawayama
#63 - shut up - Ariana Grande
#62 - Higher - Shawn Mendes
#61 - Zombie - Miley Cyrus
#60 - Pretty Please - Dua Lipa
#59 - Experience - Victoria Monet ft. Khalid & SG Lewis
#58 - Belladonna - Ava Max
#57 - Boyfriend - Selena Gomez
#56 - Julia - Lauv
#55 - Brighest Blue - Ellie Goulding
#54 - Canada - Lauv ft. Alessia Cara
#53 - Healing - Camden Cox
#52 - Comme Des Garçons (Like The Boys) - Rina Sawayama
#51 - 34+35 - Ariana Grande
#50 - positions - Ariana Grande
#49 - betty - Taylor Swift
#48 - For Now - Lauv
#47 - High - Miley Cyrus
#46 - Workin On It - Meghan Trainor ft. Lennon Stella & Sasha Sloan
#45 - Midnight Sky - Miley Cyrus
#44 - Levitating - Dua Lipa
#43 - Busy Boy - Chloe x Halle
#42 - Blue World - Mac Miller
#41 - Hate Me - Miley Cyrus
#40 - I Can See - Mac Miller
#39 - west side - Ariana Grande
#38 - Break My Heart - Dua Lipa
#37 - Smoke Me - Sasha Lopez ft. Misha Miller
#36 - Prisoner - Miley Cyrus ft. Dua Lipa
#35 - Daisies - Katy Perry
#34 - Save Your Tears - The Weeknd
#33 - Who's Gonna Save U Now? - Rina Sawayama
#32 - Black And White - Niall Horan
#31 - obvious - Ariana Grande
#30 - SOS - MAX
#29 - Be Kind - Marshmello & Halsey
#28 - Wonder - Shawn Mendes
#27 - Ungodly Hour - Chloe x Halle
#26 - Golden G String - Miley Cyrus
#25 - Let Me Get Me - Selena Gomez
#24 - Colour Vision - MAX
#23 - love language - Ariana Grande
#22 - Wildflower - 5 Seconds Of Summer
#21 - Love I'm Given - Ellie Goulding
#20 - Paradisin' - Rina Sawayama
#19 - Love Again - Dua Lipa
#18 - Tokyo Love Hotel - Rina Sawayama
#17 - WTF Do I Know - Miley Cyrus
#16 - 3am - Halsey
#15 - safety net - Ariana Grande ft. Ty Dolla $ign
#14 - Nights - Neon Trees
#13 - Boss Bitch - Doja Cat
#12 - Cool - Dua Lipa
#11 - Plastic Hearts - Miley Cyrus
#10 - XS - Rina Sawayama
#9 - Hallucinate - Dua Lipa
