A much more interesting week at hand here...thank goodness...there's a contest brewing for the top spot and we've got four new entries including one that is likely to make a play for the top spot in the very near future but lets start with with top ten and that top spot because "Heat Waves" by Glass Animals held on to the number one for a sixth week despite losing the streaming lead, it still has some decent sales but it is now vulnerable to challengers.
That challenger being "Peaches" by Justin Bieber feat Giveon and Daniel Caesar, it took the streaming lead this week and while its sales aren't as good as "Heat Waves", it is a major player for the number one spot going forward.
The same can't be said for "Without You" by The Kid Laroi as its streams are starting to bleed, it may soon only have its sales to prop it up.
The same could be said for "The Business" by Tiesto which regained ground up one place to number four thanks to a sales boost. This will get pushed back next week.
What is gaining and has momentum is "Astronaut in the Ocean" by Masked Wolf up two to number five, this song has streaming and again it may have it's run toward number one stalled out by what is likely to hit the top ten next week.
Down two to number six is "Drivers License" by Olivia Rodrigo, its fading in all categories which means that new single released yesterday was perfectly timed.
Up one to number seven is "Cover Me in Sunshine" by Pink and Willow Sage Hart as it is still doing well on streaming and is an absolute digital sales goliath which is a good thing because I still really like this song.
Down two places to number eight is "Hold On" by Justin Bieber as the album bomb recedes and people focus on "Peaches".t
Hanging steady at number nine is "Goosebumps remix" by HVME and Travis Scott mostly thanks to some streaming...I'd rather this song be gone sooner rather than later
Making its much welcome return to the top ten is "Levitating" by Dua Lipa feat Dababy up one to number ten. mostly due to weaker songs below it. falling away.
Gains
So the Justin Bieber album bomb receded and a lot went up the 2 or 3 places however we did have some slightly bigger gains with "Love Songs Ain't for Us" by Amy Shark and Keith Urban climbed six places to 33...there's been a noticeable gain in traction for this song in the past week be curious to see if it sticks around...I'd be fine with that because I don't mind the song.
What I do mind is that "Bang!" by AJR also climbed six places to 37..this is showing signs of having some worrisome traction on streaming which is not good.
Also having traction on streaming helped "Friday" by Riton x Nightcrawlers (feat. Mufasa and Hyperman) leap five places to 13.
Re Entries
Just one return this week with "What You Know Bout Love" by Pop Smoke back at number 50.
Losses
All the big losers this week are mostly Justin Bieber songs that either returned or were album tracks that debuted so we'll go through these pretty quickly, "Unstable" feat. The Kid Laroi down nineteen to 41, "As I Am" feat. Khalid down 13 to 36, "Holy" feat Chance The Rapper down six to 27 and his solo single "Anyone" down six to 19.
However there's one worrying loss this week with "Leave the Door Open" by Silk Sonic down three to 17...I'm concerned about this one possibly not making the year end. It's a great song and should be the song dominating the pointy end of the ARIA singles chart right now.
Drop Outs
The expected Justin Bieber drop outs here with "2 Much", "Off My Face" and "Lonely" feat. Benny Blanco gone, it took with it "Afterglow" by Ed Sheeran, a song that did a lot better than expected given it was just loose throw away single that won't be on that next Ed Sheeran album.
The other more interesting drop out was "What's Next" by Drake...now, this would be of concern to Drake and his team ahead of the release of "Certified Lover Boy" (whenever that is) especially considering that previous Drake songs have stuck around a lot longer than "What's Next" or even "Wants & Needs" feat. Lil Baby.
New Entries
Four new entries this week with two of the four songs I have already written about in some form be it on New Music Friday Review so I am going to endeavour to keep those pretty brief so let's start with...
44. "What Other People Say" by Sam Fischer and Demi Lovato
So this song is one of the songs I have written about before so I'll keep this short by saying I have listened to the pretty good if a little long rnew Demi Lovato album and honestly I still do not like this song much at all, there's no real vocal chemistry and I find the sing songy nature of the verses kind of childish and bothersome. Next!
40. "Beautiful Mistakes" by Maroon 5 feat. Megan Thee Stallion
This is a song I have already written about in some capacity but I will say that it really does feel like an Adam Levine solo song rather than a Maroon 5 song. It's fine for what it is and Megan is serviceable but even she sounds like she'd rather be doing other things that helping prop up a flailing band. This is pretty mediocre. Next!
34. "You All Over Me (Taylor's Version)" by Taylor Swift feat. Maren Morris
So the roll out continues for the re release of Taylor Swift's re recorded album "Fearless" next week with this song bringing on board pop country star Maren Morris. Now granted...Maren only serving backing vocals on the track does feel feel like a bit of a waste given Maren is a country star in the US in her own right and the production could have afforded to allow for more fiddle and pedal steel but this is still really damn good. I'm happy it's here even though I know it won't stick around. .
16 "Montero (Call Me By Your Name)" by Lil Nas X
This song is going to be top ten next week and likely number one soon after so my opinion on this song doesn't really matter much here either way. Firstly let's address the music video which sees Lil Nas X depict himself going to "hell" for being homosexual as per what Lil Nas X was told by people within the Christian faith would happen to all LGBTIQ people when they die, sliding down a stripper pole and giving "Satan" himself a lap dance...now this attracted a lot of angst and upset from right wing Christians who got their grandma butt sized knickers in granny knots or soiled them, this leads me to make two points
1. Christians wailed about children seeing the video and how its a terrible message to send to children. Here's the thing, Lil Nas X is not your children's father, he is doing his thing in making art that speaks not only to him but speaks to others who feel alienated by religion because of their sexuality. If you are letting your children watch or listen to content on the internet you don't want them hearing or watching then that is on you as a parent not Lil Nas X or any other artist in the music industry, it's not his job to write music appropriate for your ten year old sheltered brat. It's on you as a parent to control what your children watch on TV, on Youtube and the music they listen to...get off Twitter and spend some time with your children instead of expecting pop culture to baby sit, lazy parents!
2. Fairly telling that Christianity has been allowed to get away with telling people they are going to some imaginary firepit in the sky without repercussions because no sooner was a mirror held up to their behaviour, they screamed and carried on as you would expect from sheltered people who don't understand there are consequences for what you say and do.
Now that's all been said...how's the song? It's great. I love it. It's catchy and the instrumentation is just awesome with the guitars and even a bit of old Western vibe through it. Lyrically, Lil Nas X wants to get on a first name basis with his partner and quit the pretence and while it doesn't do much more than the sample that was released, its still a great song and if anyone deserves not to be a one hit wonder...it's Lil Nas X because my god, the charts need him.
As for best and worst, it was a 50/50 split, two good, two mediocre. "Montero (Call Me by Your Name)" is best of the week just ahead of "You All over Me (Taylor's Version)"
For worst, I'll give that to "What Other People Say" mainly because I feel like that song could have been so much better.
Next week...Olivia Rodrigo's new song, maybe some BTS...we'll have to see when the chart updates on Friday at 5pm AEST.
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