01) VIVIZ - cute fun kpop girl vibes! I haven't heard them miss so far
02) Meghan Trainor - SHE IS MY MOTHER IT IS TRUE!!! Despite the ghastly opening with that clout chasing loser this song does slap a bit NGL!
03) ¿Teo? - honestly love how this sounded for something so low key. DO I want to leave? I don't even know it passed so quickly I wouldn't mind staying a bit
04) Ralph - also a very cute song, maybe not like #1 of the year material but sounds so pleasant. Very much like picking flowers kinda pop song
05) TWONSKi - is this IMVU? LMAO takes me back… what a way to start out the year indeed, can't say I am indeed addicted
06) Cat & Calmell - kinda background noise. I remember their last entry was a bop and this just falls in line, way more vanilla than Dramatic
07) Thrillhouse - thrillhouse devoid of most thrills but great guitar(?) solo and this was a risk in of itself sending here but I actually enjoyed this? I hope it sticks with me by the end of this contest
08) Yaeji - I respect Ms Yaeji for trying but I'm not into the ASMR sound lately
09) Vancouver Sleep Clinic - lives up to the artists name
10) DRIPPIN - not the most original sound, and honestly not very menacing for a song about "I'm the villain" but we'll see how the rest of the group lies. Follows the basic pop song structure, it's not bad, that's all I got
11) Kep1er - surprise surprise I think this song is cute/ok! Could it slap harder definitely, could it build more just a bit, but I had fun… and that is a way to hook me
12) Q -
at first I was waiting for this to get started, and after the longest minute ever it kinda did. Winner contender? When this builds it builds great. It still doesn't get over the top despite the dramatic change of tone but it works, good find
13) MASCOT - ignoring this cringe disney+ cartoon while writing my entry… maybe a bit too barns courtney for me but it's cute. Annoying at times tho, no thanks to this wailing
14) Klavdia - a sound that has only grown in TSC power… I'm here to tell you, not on my watch
15) Lexie Liu - it has its strong moments but feels like a demo to me! Would love to hear a reproduced version
16) lúpina - this put on its running shoes and got to the fucking point too but I didn't like the point it made, no thanks
17) Neggy Gemmy - not sober dancing music for me
17) Tora-I - Normally I really stan her (and I think her tsc track record with me might prove that? If I remember correctly) but while this showcases her vocals well, I think the song is totally phoned in and I'm disappointed!
19) AFÜ - glad she is feeling herself? If I'm understand this correctly. It's cute but doesn't make a lasting impact. Cute is the word of the contest for me apparently. But it's true
20) Tori Kelly - lol I've submitted her in tsc more times than I should've and I can confidently tell you, this is NOT me. So this take is unbiased (and my first time hearing the song I think). The verdict? Her voice is as gorgeous as ever, this song is definitely not what I expected from her but I like the new sound? I'm hearing a few different genres, and maybe that makes it a bit messy (it is) but I'm leaning forward at these sounds. Like one of the other songs here it is kinda giving demo. But she sells this with main character energy