01) GIRLI - Yeppp I love this queen I heard this before but hadn’t got around to sending it, not really surprised someone else got there and I’ll probably be a clown for it. The chorus snaps HARD this is really good, possibly the best song I’ve heard from her which is saying a lot actually. Mom.
02) Roosevelt - This really doesn’t benefit from being in THIS week. Would probably pick up a couple points at least in a weaker one, but here we are in a week of excellence and this perfectly nice perfectly cute song is gonna get completely eaten up in my eyes. Very decent.
03) Kim Nam Joo - Definitely made more of an impact on me on the first listen when I was living for it. The drop was pretty restrained unfortunately just when I wanted it to really pop off. Idk I loved this when I listened to the semis but hearing it again I’m a bit indifferent. Nice.
04) Cosima - Oh I’ve heard some of her music before and LOVED it so I went into this with high hopes, she’s got such a great voice. Gorgeous vocal coming through, not sure I’m really sold on the rest of it sadly. It was all kinda nice but I was expecting more from it, the vocal just carried it. Pained me a little because I REALLY wanted to like it but I just didn’t.
05) Robin Packalen - Why Don’t We came back for REVENGE. Had this one on my list because it seemed poised to take a certain type of vote. I like it, idk how it’ll compare to the excellence that we’ve already had in this semi but I do enjoy it a lot more than I probably should. Bop really.
06) Remi Wolf - And so the run of excellence begins I can’t WAIT. I loved literally everything about this, the earworm chorus, the cool backing, the great vocal, everything about this was excellence!
07) BAO THY - I kinda didn’t care for the slowed down parts of this at all but I lived for the drop LMAO I love drops like that and she served it. The verses are pretty nothing and I don’t think I’d listen to this on repeat or anything but I appreciated the mess.
08) ROSES GABOR - Oh absolutely this… this… this was TALENT. The moment those synths kicked in I KNEW I was gonna stan the living shit out of this and her voiiiice, the chorus, everything about this was just so good I think I could just listen to this on loop for like an hour and not get bored because it’s just so pleasing to my ears. Gorg gorg gorg incredible art talent yes.
09) JS19 x Stella Mwangi - LMAOO I swear when the first verse of this started I literally ascended my soul went somewhere it’s never been before. I love Stella I had no idea she was still making music but BLESS she’s here to save 2020. I do not care for JS19’s input but that kinda adds to the experience here I’m still living for this bop. Stan this a LOT.
10) Tessa Dixson - TSC 418 is serving us excellent bop after excellent bop omg I LOVE her voice. Musically this feels very Jessie Ware to me which is a good thing of course, the way it kept building and kept bopping was so good. It grows as it keeps going too which is how you know this kinda thing is done right. Infectious.
11) Jenevieve - This is some more excellence I think! I’d be lying if I said I was in LOVE with it but it’s just such a smooth, enjoyable listen. Lovely voice, lovely bassline, just really really nice the whole way through. Really enjoyed it.
12) Isabella Lovestory - Loved the beats to this but I kinda wish this did more? Or maybe less. Just did something different it felt like a constant unrelenting attack which I mean I can get behind if it switches up a bit but it was pretty one-note the whole way through. There are worse notes to be stuck on I guess.
13) FELIN -
14) RAIGN - The way I thought maybe she was gonna take a new musical direction after she released Now I Can Fly but then she disappeared for a year and now she’s back to this shite… This felt a bit less polished than her usual stuff but it’s still the same stuff I’m very much used to/bored of from her. Whatever.
15) Thelma Plum - Immediately into this. Love her voice and this is generally just a sound that I’m really into when it’s done well, and I think this does it well. Melodically it’s not the strongest, I was kinda wanting a little more from it as a whole package, but I’m definitely here for this. So dreamy, liked the way it built the whole way, it grew on me.
16) Natalia Zastepa - Kinda enjoyed this one on first listen, liking it a lot more on second listen. I was ready to be like “good, but not good enough” but I am actually really bopping to this right now. Angry Polish bops just do it for me I guess, she’s got a good voice and it kept my attention the whole way through. I really didn’t need more contenders for my points but hello miss Natalia!
17) Alex Mali - Like Jenevieve I don’t think I was really SLAIN by this but it’s just really enjoyable to listen to and experience the whole way through. If I’m nitpicking (and at this point I am because I feel like I have to) I wish the chorus had a bit more substance to it, but this was still really energetic and engaging and enjoyable.
18) St. Em - This was alright I guess, enjoyed the production in places and the verses are nice enough but the chorus seriously lets it down. Just kinda wanted more from this all around, it didn’t do anything exciting and wasn’t strong enough otherwise to compensate.
19) beabadoobee - I enjoyed this! Wasn’t sure I was really going to when it started but it definitely drew me in more and more as it went on. This was just a really solid indie rock song, I’m not sure I was in love with her voice but everything else about this was great. The chorus is so good.
20) WSJN - Yep this was pretty cute! The verses were nice and the chorus was stronger, this really found the right balance between cute and bop, wasn’t too sugary or whatever while still being fun.
21) Nasty Cherry - Definitely very much a sound that I am into, but I think this chill sound has been executed better in this final enough times for this to be as effective as it would be back like 20 TSCs ago when we weren’t appreciating this kinda thing every week. This is the kinda thing I’d be like “yeah I really like this!”, then not listen to ever again and rank 86th on my end of year list (in 2019).
22) Nathy Peluso - LMAO I really do kinda hate that you chose the Colors version instead of the studio version because I’m kinda obsessed with the studio version. The kind of thing I sit on and listen to on repeat for a few weeks while being too scared to actually TSC. Iconic and terrifying in equal measure. Hip on the hip on the hip hip happy Halloween.
23) Suzi Wu - Have I said that this week is BRUTAL? No idea where this came from but I was living the whole way through LMAO. Thumped, slapped, kept the energy going the WHOLE way through, I really was slain by this a bit. Sure I’ll eat that apple.