1) Bip Ling - LMAOOO STOP IT. I hate that this song is as enjoyable as it is because I really would like to just give it 0 but… guess I’m a food addict. What a (bip bopping to bip) bop. I knew it would qualify and as she should because she did that. This was such good fun in the Bip Burger bun.
2) Moo Malika - I love it when a song title does the commenting for me. <3 So freakin bad. Melodically there are some parts of this I kinda enjoyed but this was so cheap and the parts that I enjoyed weren’t enough to compensate for that.
3) Skandra - I tried really hard to like this because the production is SO up my street but this was just 100% style over substance there’s not much else for me to hold onto. Would’ve loved it in like 2017, but I’m just kinda unbothered by it now.
4) Raleigh Ritchie - OH HELLO?? Was not expecting this to serve THAT much but omg. The vocals, the beats, the synths, everything about this was just excellence. The chorus when the backing picks up YEPPPP this was so so so so so good. The last minute too YESSSSSS I stanned this so much.
5) girl in red - Heard a few of her songs but as a whole don’t know THAT much about her but after this serve I really think I should because hi!! I really enjoyed this, the way it built the whole way through to the last minute or so being excellence, this was definitely a hit.
6) Sonny Fodera, Ella Eyre - Ella’s voice will never sound bad on anything. This was VERY standard and not particularly memorable other than her voice, but decent enough I suppose. Does its job.
7) KAYTRANADA - And we have a contender. I didn’t even bother going for this because I knew someone else would even though I’ve wanted to send Kaytranada for weeks. Teaching me a lesson I wish I could’ve ruined some people’s lives! But yeah this is excellence I don’t think Tinashe is ever gonna sound bad on a piece of music and the production on this is so good.
8) Hinds - ESCT spoiler: I love this. Glad it’s in TSC to get a better result than it inevitably will there, this is just so good. This sound usually does it for me and this is a great execution of it, great entry all around.
9) Jiselle - Didn’t really stand out to me on first play, but suuuuch a smooth and enjoyable listen from start to finish. The whole thing is just so gorgeous, hearing it for a second time really makes it pop and stand out. Yes I think this is excellence.
10) Zoi - I do know this song and I don’t really like it. Idk I think this kinda Balkan dark sound has been executed better, this is fine but it just feels like there’s one melodic hook and then some cute production there’s not much of a SONG here.
11) Isaac Dunbar - It’s kinda funny to me that even though he’s got a pretty great discography and definitely COULD be a TSC winner with the right song he’s actually probably gonna be a 2 time NQer with a 0% qualification rate. Edit: for some reason he isn’t a 2 time NQer but like he should be so I’m keeping it in my comment. I really don’t know why a person would choose to send this, it’s like alright until the chorus hits and then bleh it goes from alright to pretty bad.
12) Sheppard -
If you know you know.
13) Enoka - LMAO NOT THIS. Had this one sitting on my list for a laugh, was not expecting anyone to actually send it. It’s entertaining to me but from a musical viewpoint this is probably not getting points this week sorry Enoka love maybe try writing your own song instead of re-recording Raylee’s Wild.
14) Weki Meki - I have listened to this SO MANY TIMES trying to figure out if I actually like it or not and I think I’ve landed on the conclusion that I do! It doesn’t keep my attention the whole way through, but the chorus definitely does slap. Glad it qualified.
15) Seven Lions & Blastoyz - This was just that EDM song you can find 300 of on THOSE YouTube channels I had no other thoughts about this. Will be more suited to other people but I just didn’t care.
16) BELARO - Okay who the fuck is this? First time that chorus hit I was GAGGED literally who is this woman? Who gave her the right and the access to beats like this? I’ve been obsessed with this since I first heard it I do think I could listen to it FOREVER FOREVER FOREVER.
17) Kathleen - One name white women are getting progressively worse/less funny to me in TSC and it’s a sad sight to see. You aren’t Megan, Kathleen. The actual song is aight, but like Skandra it’s the kind of thing I’d be a lot more into in like 2017 and now it just feels a bit run of the mill. She’s got a good voice though!
18) Why Don't We - Very 5SOS which like there are worse men to be compared to I guess. I’m not necessarily the target audience for this but I do actually like it a lot more than I was expecting to, the chorus does slap a bit and it’s kinda an earworm. Surprise contender? Better straight people music than Sheppard for sure.
19) Jax Jones, Au/Ra - Have come across this before, it doesn’t really do anything new or blow me away or anything but it’s still a solid enough modern dance track. I’m happy for Au/Ra too since she’s getting bigger and bigger mom. Would never have sent it myself but like if it does well here I won’t be mad at it.
20) MAAD - Idk this is good I guess. The one and only issue with things like this being entered a lot more often is that it’s easy to make comparisons between them and this is far from the best of this genre that’s been entered recently. That being said it’s not the worst either and there are a LOT of positives here - I love her voice and the last minute of this where it becomes a completely different song was great. Rest of it is cute too! Not bad by any stretch this comment is coming across a lot more negative than I actually feel about it.
21) Jozels - Glad someone finally made the move and sent this, some more excellence to fill this semi. This kinda dark dance production is always gonna do it for me and the vocal is especially effective here. The drop is great this song is so so good.