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01) KAYTRANADA – This sounds so bloody smooth. I mean, will this be a standout? Not for me, but this is just smoothness personified.
02) Fauness – Interesting. The low budget video is making this even better haha :p
03) Jae Stephens – I’m loving the smooth vibes in this contest, the chorus lifts this up too.
04) STAYC – I don’t think the video helps this too much, it makes it seem so much more cutesy than it actually is. No major complaints here.
05) AURORA – Expectations were super high and it kind of met them, I hated the organ noises but her vocal is magical in places. Torness
06) RINI – Another smooth entry, but honestly I didn’t like the vocal here.
07) MARINA – why don’t we ever enter the actual best song she has ever produced? Human? No? I mean this is good but it isn’t anything I haven’t heard from her before.
08) Imagine Dragons – I appreciate how the style is completely different but is that enough for to get points? I don’t know, I wasn’t enamoured with the chorus.
09) Eli Hsieh – dreary. Like watching rain fall down a pain of glass, even when it picked up it didn’t really do it for me either. The vocal having a battle with the piano was entertaining though.
10) Orchid – I mean it’s fine, I just couldn’t gel with it, it was a slog to last to the end as I wanted to turn it off.
11) Becky Hill – I mean her vocal is always on point but let’s be clear it’s wasted here. This is just a standard pop songo
12) Bowski Island – This caught my attention straight away. This is art, I loved the guitar and his breathy vocal. Sublime.
13) Denise Chaila – I always love her lyrics. This isn’t something I will listen to on repeat but as a one time listen it stands out in the right way.
14) Morgan St. Jean – Loved parts of this, most of it actually…hated the talking parts.
15) f(x) – Catchy. Not much more I can say really but thank goodness for the chorus which really helps save it
16) Ado – Speaking of catchy. Her vocal hits you like a ton of bricks and the energy never leaves. This is next level!
17) Josh Levi – I know we shouldn’t judge videos but again this video really doesn’t help this, again it gives dated vibes. The song itself is fine, just not going to be a success here for me in a strong contest.
18) Tkay Maidza – Another really solid, smooth song. Rapping is good, no complaints.
19) AJR – For me it’s almost a relief to hear a song that is not in my taste range so I don’t have to worry about squeezing it into my points haha
20) Tiësto & Karol G – I didn’t like the drop or I wasn’t even a massive fan of her vocal either.
21) JONES – I didn’t like the effects on the vocal
22) Aidan Martin – great vocal, this is a surprise and a good one at that. Powerful and a standout.
23) Mariah the Scientist – I loved the start of this and then is became a little messy and all over the shop.
24) BLACKSTARKIDS – At least this is fun, just not something I will listen to again.
25) ABBA – I was so excited that they were back and then I listened to this and I really didn’t like it
26) Family of the Year – twee guitar twee vocal tweeness intensified. Not for me.
