01) Matilda Pearl – TOOT - Isolation videos fill me with existential fear. This was fun though, the hook is really pretty I enjoyed it a lot. The beats were cool, nice vocal, I don’t really have any complaints about this one. Not necessarily something I’m gonna come back to, but I enjoyed it.
02) Greya – BOOT – I just knew from the title All Hells Breaks Loose that this was gonna be the tamest whitest woman. I almost thought this was gonna be good until the drop hit but yeah this was only entertaining in a messy way. The random 3 seconds of dubstep sent me. If there are less than 10 toots this might get points just for entertainment value but musically this was not it.
03) Paige Cavell – BOOT – Predators & Monsters was really good so that set a really high bar. This on the other hand is on the messier/cheaper side of a Xenomania production. Ironically enjoyable and I mean it does bop but that doesn’t mean it’s good. Her voice is capable of a lot better.
04) Loviet – TOOT – This sound always appeals to me when it’s well executed and this is definitely done well. It’s not the most memorable melodically or anything but a very enjoyable listen. Cute find I like it, it builds really nicely too.
05) KilliT – BOOT – KilliT indeed.
06) GRANT – TOOT – I’m so annoyed at myself for not even checking if this was eligible for this week I really am. This is great, 100% my thing, a really cute folky pop song with great build. Could see it being a contender and good for you GRANT you deserve it hun. So prettyyyyy.
07) Isac Elliot – TOOT – Sneaky player sending this video instead of the lyric video to seem like even fewer views. I’ve had this song on my list since it’s been out though and it’s very solid. It’s an easy listen, love the synths. All around a strong pop song, not something I’m absolutely in love with or anything but it’s good.
08) Genelle – BOOT – Had this one on my list too but I don’t remember much about it. It’s like 75% on the way to being a good song, parts of it are good and the production is cool, but overall I’m just a bit unbothered about it. Fine but unexciting.
09) Anja Kotar – BOOT – This one’s just a bit of a headache really idk :/// Parts of it are good and there’s a lot of potential but other parts just feel like such an assault on the eardrum I just don’t enjoy listening to it. A shame.
10) Fenech Soler – BOOT – Much like Anja this had a lot of potential but ultimately turned into a headache. Some of the production choices were certainly choices, like there were too many different samples that didn’t work sonically. It’s a shame because there was a lot of potential, I like it a lot melodically, but the production really ruins it for me. Sad.
11) The Ella Sisters – BOOT – I just knew this song was Scandinavian. It’s definitely an under 25k views song, the kind of run-of-the-mill, slightly below average Sia ballad we see a lot of. Not something I’m going to remember by the end of the week, it’ll have its crowd but I’m just completely unbothered.
12) Mysie – TOOT – We’re FINALLY back to a good song. Her voice is absolutely stunning and this is a fantastic song. The instrumentation is fantastic and the way it builds is really really good. This definitely wouldn’t be out of place in a regular week, and should do well this week, it really stands out here.
13) LULLANAS – TOOT - This is so my thing but it rarely turns up in TSC so I never get to spill that. Sounds quite Gabrielle Aplin in her English Rain era which is just elite music. Melodically and instrumentally it’s so pretty, she’s got a lovely voice, yeah I loved basically everything about this. It won’t be for everyone but it’s definitely for me.
14) Meiju Suvas – TOOT – LMAO I don’t even care I stan this bop, the chorus has no business being as catchy as it is. She’s a queen and she did what she came here to do.
15) Lisa Børud – BOOT – Slightly better than I remember it being from the semis but still not really something I’m enthusiastic about. It feels a lot like a 25k view version of Dagny/CRJ which is a sound I usually enjoy but too many things about this grated for me. The chorus was a bit shit really sorry Lisa love.
16) GRRRL PRTY x BIONIK – TOOT - LMAO? The Nadine Coyle of the week imagine Lizzo being in under 25k week that’s kinda iconic. This didn’t really go off as much as I wanted it to but it did grow on me and I was entertained so I will toot it. Didn’t need the man but we’ll let it slide.
17) Anna Straker – TOOT – VERY Charli XCX which I’m not entirely sure how I feel about. It definitely goes off, the chorus is the stand-out part that bops. The verses are a bit MOR and nothingy but I did quite enjoy this song as a whole. It definitely verges on annoying, but it’s not bad at all.
18) Ayoni – BOOT – I just don’t think I’m in the mood for this right now, I wasn’t sure on it in the semis even though I love the vocal and the message, but otherwise I’m just a bit… bleh. Didn’t like it as much as I was expecting to even though I can recognise the quality in it. Not 2Day Ayoni sweetie I’m sorry.
19) Ellysse Mason – TOOT – Loooove her voice. I got contender vibes from the intro and the thumbnail, I wasn’t entirely sold on the actual song until the chorus but yep I love this. Fantastic find, the chorus is lovely, getting a bit of a synthier Winona Oak vibe from it which is high praise indeed. Gets better with every listen, I really like this.
20) IOLITE – BOOT - Have you ever been struck my lightning? That’s what listening to IOLITE’s dance-pop “Lonely Bodies” feels like when you listen to it for the first time because 100 lightning bolts strike the Earth’s surface every second (that’s about 8 million per day and 3 billion per year) and this song has absolutely no stand-out features. This lightning bolt, uploaded via MrGalaxy015’s YouTube channel to an audience of 26,000 subscribers while still managing to have under 5,000 views, struck in Nashville, and makes little impact.
The lyrical content of “Lonely Bodies”, recorded by Russian-American Elina Odnoralov, feels shallow and empty, with lines such as “I bet I could leave my heart somewhere in Tokyo and feel it beating still” bearing little significance to the apparent theme of loneliness that Odnoralov discusses later on in the repetitive chorus backed by tiresome tropical beats.
The song is so uninspiring that I have no desire to go further into its lyrical or musical content, nor do I wish to examine or analyse its commercial success because seven-time Tengaged Song Contest player, host and indisputable legend dragotistic is a lot better and commendably a lot more dedicated to the art of Tengaged Song Contest essay writing than I am, but there is a definite strong argument that one could put across that this song is below average, even in such poor company as Poundland Demi Lovato and SuperEdgyWhiteWomanGreya. Thank you for reading my essay.
21) DITA – BOOT – This is LITERALLY Confident by Demi it’s so funny. I’d take it in this week if it did literally anything different but this doesn’t do anything new it just feels derivative of that and any other Netflixpop song I did not care.
22) Gia Farrell – TOOT – LMAO this is funny. It’s actually not as bad as I thought it would be, I’m more into the pop-rock vibes than I was expecting to be honestly. Lyrically it’s quite iconic, I didn’t mind it. It’s fun.
23) R.O.E. – TOOT – I’m glad TSC decided to let this trap-infused R&B bullshit qualify. <3 This will always score well with me and I really liked this. It’s just really easy listening even when I’m not MASSIVELY in the mood for it. Smooth.
24) chloe mk – BOOT – Well this mediocre white woman is definitely not out of place I will give her that much! Nothing about this song really elicited any response of any kind, I didn’t hate it, I didn’t like it, it just existed and I was just really excited for it to be over.