01) VIOLINA • “VIOLINA Me Calientas (ft. Emily J & Meriam Bosa) Female violin latina pop mess iconic slay me vomit on it etc”
02) Yves (LOONA) • I hate that I like this, but here we are. It’s a bit vanilla, but I really like the whole vibe.
03) VINAI • This doesn’t go off as much as I remember it, though I guess the shock value had something to do with that. Still very good as far as EDM goes, really like it.
04) Arlissa & Jonas Blue • This hasn’t aged particularly well unfortunately, though I still adore Arlissa’s vocals. Has some good moments and some not so good moments.
05) K/DA • Wouldn’t be surprised if this got the win tbh. Wouldn’t be mad either, it’s still a bop.
06) BELLSAINT • I always forget just how great this is until listening to it, but that’s okay because I’m always positively surprised when I do. Everything comes together in this to make something so so gorgeous.
07) Allie X • Still an absolute banger, possibly my favourite Allie song. Probably one of the best choruses of the year.
08) Kim Petras • “*gays screaming*” guilty as charged. I underrated this in the actual contest but I obviously won’t do this gem dirty here. Give her a TSC win already!
09) Sunmi • The chorus is definitely the best part about this, though it’s not really my thing.
10) Faouzia • SUCH A GROWER. Vocally amazing, really like the instrumentation, love love love.
11) Sultan + Shepard • This has a good first time impact but other than her voice the song’s a bit unremarkable revisiting it.
12) Bishop Briggs • She used to be really love/hate with me but I’m so glad she’s more love now. This is pretty damn excellent.
13) Muddy Magnolias •
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14) Mikolas Josef • Czech Republic I’m so sorry sweetie. I think I said before that I preferred this to Lie to Me. I would like to retract that statement, this is somehow worse.
15) Ava Max • Aged like milk. Not that I ever particularly liked it, but y’know. Never gonna like this, but that’s okay, because a lot of people do.
16) Tom Grennan • My favourite song of his for sure. Doesn’t necessarily having amazing replay value but still a very good listen.
17) Within Temptation • Still absolutely brilliant. The instrumentation to this is EVERYTHING.
18) Che'Nelle • Good voice, okay song. Wasn’t into it as much as I probably should’ve been.
19) One Bit & Noah Cyrus • Good song, and a worthy TSC winner, but at the end of the day a fairly standard bop, so doesn’t stand out in the same way other entries in this final do.
20) MNEK • Not necessarily one of my favourites of the year, but I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t bopping every time I listened to it.
21) Panic! At The Disco • I get it, I don’t particularly like it. Gets a bit irritating after a while.
22) Felicity • Unpopular opinion: I never really *loved* this as much as most people seemed to. Undoubtedly solid, especially the chorus (although it still sounds painfully familiar), I just don’t particularly love it. Idk.
23) Grace Carter • S T U N N I N G. Flawless. Gorgeous song, has not left my playlist since it appeared in TSC.
24) Mimoza • Definitely benefited from being in a pretty dire contest, but it’s still a fairly solid winner.
25) The Driver Era • Better than I remember it being, but not hugely my thing. Falls a little flat after a good chorus.
26) CupcakKe • Lmao I’m glad this is here, CupcakKe is an essential part of TSC. Unironically slaps.