[MB.]

#15
George Maple – Champion

Youtube video

the Aussies are at it again!

if Lizzo was able to distill her inspirational message of self-love down to a single defining lyric, this song does the opposite and gives us two and a half minutes of non-stop motivational energy from start to wig-snatching finish, like some updated-for-2019 version of Britney's Work Bitch. I hear Muhammad Ali listened to this right before he won that historic Celebrity Boxing match against Joey Buttafuoco - are any historians available to confirm?

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[Shaun]

outstanding

[MB.]

#14
Anna of the North – Used To Be

Youtube video

my wig used to be firmly attached to my scalp, but alas, one listen of this song and it is now in orbit

p.s. I'm sure Brooke Lynn Hytes is kicking herself that she didn't trademark "of the North" earlier, not least because I'd love to see a bitter legal dispute between a drag queen and an Antony Gormley statue
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[MB.]

Originally Posted by Shaun

outstanding

You're Terri in this scenario

[MB.]

#13
Steve Lacy – Playground

Youtube video

⚠️ someone-who’s-going-to-be-massive-in-about-two-years-if-the-universe-is-at-all-fair-and-just alert! ⚠️

(by which I mean he is hot)

Spoiler:

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[Shaun]

oh that's what he looks like? i forgive him for almost ruining the vampire weekend album, then

[MB.]

#12
Georgia – About Work the Dancefloor

Youtube video

it took a while to take off, but it’s just about beginning to get the recognition it deserves and with any luck it'll have gone stratospheric within a few weeks. but enough about my new wig rofl xD xD xD! this is a very good song, give Georgia lots of money please @ her record label

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[MB.]

#11
Carly Rae Jepsen – Julien

Youtube video

this misses out on the top 10 solely by virtue of not being Run Away With Me! why can’t you be Run Away With Me!?

also the title immediately makes me think of Julian Clary, which isn’t a negative per se (for he is a legend amongst men) but it does harsh the otherwise escapist-disco-dream-pop fantasy buzz ever so slightly

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[MB.]

I'll be whispering

JULIAN

[MB.]

oh yeah and here's the top 10

[MB.]

#10
James Blake (feat. Rosalía) – Barefoot in the Park

Youtube video

I semi-accidentally YouTube'd 'Barefoot Contessa' while searching for this link so forgive me if I get carried away at any point




anyways I wouldn’t personally recommend ever taking your shoes off in public, even if it does enable you to make references to semi-obscure Jane Fonda films from the ‘60s, not least because bare feet are gross. but you do you I guess James!

(the persisting rumours that BB16’s Cristian MJC has recorded a cover called Barefoot in the Shopping Centre have thus far been unsubstantiated)


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[MB.]

#9
Tyler, the Creator – EARFQUAKE

Youtube video

can… can Tyler, the Creator see the future? should I ask him who the next Prime Minister will be (jk I’m not getting any money back from a bet on B*ris)

allegations that the appearance of Tracee Ellis Ross in the video substantially boosted the placement of this song cannot be confirmed nor denied at this moment

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[MB.]

#8
Dagny Katy Perry – Never Really Over

Youtube video

(welcome back, Katy. we’ve missed you)

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[MB.]

#7
Maggie Rogers – Burning

Youtube video

whew! a pop star! I’m currently burning all my wigs in her honour! **** climate lives!

so you see? Burning isn't just the name of a South Korean psychological noir that was criminally overlooked on the awards circuit this year!



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[MB.]

#6
Tame Impala – Patience

Youtube video

depending on your perspective, the concept of Tame Impala represents either a load of white people nonsense or a load of really good white people nonsense, and as you can infer I am in the latter camp

(also I could have been really cruel and posted the Take That song instead, so look on the bright side)

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[Shaun]

very much looking forward to Will Young's "All the Songs" landing at #4

[MB.]

how old does a girl have to be for James Woods to consider her too old to date? answer:

#5
Sharon Van Etten – Seventeen

Youtube video

did you see her perform this at Glasto? many more than seventeen wigs were snatched that day! (RIP to them all)

Youtube video

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[MB.]

#4
Jessie Ware – Adore You

Youtube video

seemingly every pop star under the sun churned out three minutes of something vaguely romantic for Valentine’s this year*, but none of them quite hit the spot like this gorgeous lil’ song that is approx. 140% more upbeat than anything else in Jessie Ware's discography

It's no Will Young, but few things in this harsh uncaring world are

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*seriously, I challenge you to name the single that Years & Years released for Valentine's Day this year without googling it

[Ammi]

[MB.]

Originally Posted by Ammi

you've got the hang of this I might check with Josy and see if I've broken a TiBB record for most uses of a word yet

[MB.]

#3
Shura – religion (u can lay your hands on me)

Youtube video

[Vivacious from Drag Race voice] SUMMER... HAS ARRIVED


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[MB.]

#2
Lizzo – Juice

Youtube video

I’m not sure what else to say about Lizzo that hasn’t been said, tweeted, thinkpiece’d or shouted at her from the third row of a crowd by a sobbing twink at a festival at this point, other than that 2019 is undoubtedly her year (may she have many more) and that it’s about time we had a pop superstar with a flute almost as famous as she is

and yes, let her play the damn sea witch you cowards!!!

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[Liam-]

Originally Posted by MB.

#3
Shura – religion (u can lay your hands on me)

Youtube video

[Vivacious from Drag Race voice] SUMMER... HAS ARRIVED


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Well this is pretty isn’t it

[MB.]

Originally Posted by Liam-

Well this is pretty isn’t it

It's the most appealing TV ad campaign the Church of England has ever put out

So the eagle-eyed among you may have noticed that only seven of the eight artists I promised would reappear have done so... so who have I put at number one? Another Maggie Rogers song? some remix of The Office quotes over a trap beat that Billie Eilish put her name to? something by the *checks notes* Gus Dapperton?...

[Ammi]

...Dolly Parton #1...*fingers crossed tightly over my wig*...