Which meant "Body" by Russ Millions and Tion Wayne got pushed back to number two as it couldn't possibly match the ridiculous streaming of "Good 4 U" and its not really got sales however it held up over "Deja Vu" by Olivia Rodrigo returning to the top ten at number three up ten places thanks to growth on streaming...the fact that "Deja Vu" is doing better on streaming is interesting.
Hell, it blew past "Kiss Me More" by Doja Cat feat. SZA mostly because this song just doesn't have the strength to combat the songs above it, it'll rebound thanks to the Olivia Rodrigo album bomb dropping traction but it's got no chance of going number one.
Rising fourteen places to return to the top ten at number five is former number one and the third of four Olivia Rodrigo songs in the top ten this week is "Drivers License"....I am kind of hoping it can stick around in the top ten beyond this week.
Then we have the first of two new songs in the top ten with "Butter" by BTS, it's the highest new entry of the week, I'll have more to say about this song later but it had insane sales which has actually fallen off in the last few days and decent streaming...it's going to want streaming to pick up if it's to challenge for number one
The second new entry in the top ten this week is the last of the Olivia Rodrigo songs in the top ten that being "Traitor"...now this could likely be the final single from "SOUR" as it was the best performing non single song on streaming through the week.
The rest of the top ten all fell four places this week but should all rebound next week or not beginning with "Without You" by The Kid Laroi feat. Miley Cyrus down to number eight, "Heat Waves" by Glass Animals down to number nine and "Astronaut in the Ocean" by Masked Wolf down to number ten.
Gains
The biggest gainer of the week was Olivia Rodrigo's "Driver License" to number five but other than that..nothing else gained.
Losers
So let's get through the J Cole songs first, "Pride is the Devil" feat. Lil Baby tumbled 13 places to 28, "Amari" down 19 to 33 and "My Life" feat. 21 Savage and Morray down 18 to 29.
Then there's songs on their last legs taking another hit like "Up" by Cardi B (a new single soon might be necessary tbh) failed to live up to it's name as it's down eleven places to 46 then there's "Fly Away" by Tones and I flying down seven to 49, Giveon's "Heartbreak Anniversary" experiencing more heartbreak as it slipped eight to 37 and "Your Power" by Billie Eilish continues to short circuit down eight to 31.
"Rapstar" by Polo G skidded down seven to 24 while Tiesto's "The Business" lost some business this week as it lost nine spots to 21 this week. "Peaches" is going moldy for Justin Bieber feat. Daniel Caesar and Giveon as it plummeted down eight spots to 17 while "Save Your Tears" by The Weeknd slipped six spots to 16.
Drop Outs
The rest of J Cole's album "The Off Season" left the chart taking "Runaway" by Aurora and "Calling my Phone" by Lil Tjay and 6lack with it.
New Entries
So because we got an album bomb from Olivia Rodrigo, album bomb rules are in force this week so the songs from "Sour" that charted new this week but don't fall into my best or worst of the week categories are "Happier" at 15, "1 Step Forward, 3 Steps Back" at 18, "Jealousy Jealousy" at 22 and "Hope Ur OK" at 23 but we're still left with seven new entries to cover starting with...
48. "Missing Piece" by Vance Joy
I am kind of surprised this charted mostly because Aussie music in the time of streaming seems to struggle constantly chart unless it goes viral or gets massive radio airplay to push sales and streaming. Normally it's iTunes pushing Australian songs onto the charts but anyway here's his new lead off single and...it's fine? It's not that much of a shift in sound from Vance Joy with the chugging guitars and the orchestral swell under the drums, it's a song about being away from somebody you love which would connect well given quarantine and families being separated due to closed borders etc however the line "I see you darling but you pixelate" might be one of the worst lines of the year even with regard to the fact he is probably only referencing talking to her on Skype via a bad connection. Overall, it's not bad but far from great, though it's miles better then....
47. 'Rasputin' by Majestic and Boney M
I knew the sudden disco revival on the charts courtesy of Dua Lipa would spark stuff like this! So for explanation, the original version by Boney M was released in August 1978 and became a smash hit in Australia and Europe, it would go number one on the Kent Music Report charts in Australia and become the twenty fifth biggest song of 1978 so of course as disco experiences a mini revival the song gets viral somehow on TikTok, English DJ and producer known as Majestic hears it and decides that what the global general public needs is a house, nu disco remix of what was already a kind of bad song not quite similar to that of "Roses" by Saint Jhn or "Ride It" by Regard last year... the difference being that we did not need this jaunty remix with the original vocals buried behind the instrumentation...this sucks...NEXT!
36. "Build a Bitch" by Bella Poarch
Oh here we go again that said I thought this would be the easy worst song I would have to talk about until "Rasputin" turned up, I already reviewed this nonsense for New Music Friday Review ...this is yet another song out of Tik Tok that literally doesn't have any reason to exist at all, the lyrics are asinine and the vocal delivery is just pathetic and when you consider the production especially on the verses is a pile of noises...this song ain't worth caring about.
14. "Enough for You" by Olivia Rodrigo
So the next three entries are all from Olivia Rodrigo and this might be the weakest of the three. It's a sparse acoustic guitar and piano ballad where Olivia is questioning whether or not she was ever enough for him despite her doing every she could to be that enough for him by doing everything she thought he wanted from her but I just feel like there's not enough in the instrumentation to anchor the kind of drama that she is trying to sell. It's not bad but it's definitely not the best song on the album....just saying...for one of the better songs on the album, we have to look to...
12. "Brutal" by Olivia Rodrigo
The album opener that begins with a quiet piece of orchestral music before it jumps into loud guitars and drums...its kind of awesome. Olivia Rodrigo sing talks about her life as a teenage girl asking "where's her fucking teenage dream' and ending the chorus with the perfectly memeable "It's brutal out here", the song reminds me a lot of Courtney Barnett's style and that's not a bad thing because yeah...this song is pretty damn good, lyrically it almost sounds like its coming straight from Olivia's diary. It's a brutal opener out here.
7. "Traitor" by Olivia Rodrigo
In a way this song feels like Olivia Rodrigo letting out the rest of her anger at the man who broke her heart, she still sees him as a traitor for breaking her heart, this guy is full on lying to Olivia while falling in love with another girl hence the feelings of betrayl. It's probably one of the darkest songs on the album that I can honestly see sticking around long after the album bomb due to it connecting with a lot of people. I like this. Check it out.
6. "Butter" by BTS
Here's the second English language single from BTS following the success of "Dynamite" last year and while "Dynamite" is fine, I will admit that song shrunk on me a lot...I got pretty sick of it but none the less I still was curious about this song even though a song called "Butter" left me with a sinking feeling but regardless what did we get? Well we got a song that crosses between recent Jason DeRulo songs and 2018 Charlie Puth (the production verses remind me of "Attention) but the chorus is what sells the song mostly because the group have enough charisma to sell the hook...the only thing I am not wild about is the third verse but yeah the song is pretty good. Check it out.
However both best of the week is going to Olivia Rodrigo for "Traitor. Worst of the week is going to the mess that is the remix of "Rasputin" by Majestic and Boney M...it shouldn't exist.
Next week is set to be a cool down week and boy I'd welcome that right now, we'll find out on Friday when ARIA updates the chart at 5pm
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