Which brings us to our highest new entry of the week that being "Good 4 U" by Olivia Rodrigo...this song took the streaming lead and looks set to be the most likely to take the number one spot depending on the streaming numbers for that new BTS song that will likely hit the chart next week (this week's New Music Friday was absolutely bonkers) but right now "Good 4 U" is a streaming behemoth and with the album released today...this song will definitely make a run at number one next week.
That pushed "Kiss Me More" by Doja Cat feat SZA back to number three, I don't like saying this but I think this song's challenge for number one is done at this point. "Good 4 U" has a lot better streaming and while it might return to number two next week...I won't be surprised if it's blocked from number one for the rest of its run.
"Without You" by The Kid Laroi and the remix with Miley Cyrus slipped one spot to number four this week as did "Heat Waves" by Glass Animals to number five, both are pretty much done at this point.
Hanging around like the lingering smell of soiled underpants is "Astronaut in the Ocean" by Masked Wolf at number six for some reason....this song has worn out its welcome for me badly.
Up two places to number seven is "Levitating" by Dua Lipa feat. DaBaby on the back of renewed strength on streaming and the ongoing meme that is DaBaby.
The song that seems to have suffered most here is "Montero (Call Me By Your Name" by Lil Nas X which slipped three places to number eight as the song suffered from slips on streaming.
Actually the same could be said for "Peaches" by Justin Bieber feat. Daniel Caesar and Giveon down two to number nine and "Save Your Tears" by The Weeknd down two to number ten.
Gains
There were none apart from the already mentioned "Levitating" by Dua Lipa and DaBaby rising two places to seven
Losers
To save my sanity here, I am going to go through the double digit losers here first beginning with "Calling My Phone" by Lil Tjay feat. 6lack down sixteen to 48, "Runaway" by Aurora down twelve places to 47, "We're Good" by Dua Lipa plunging twelve to 45, "Love Songs Ain't for Us" by Amy Shark feat. Keith Urban tumbled fourteen places to 40, Pink's "All I Know So Far" got brained down thirteen to 38 and Cardi B's on her way down with "Up" sliding 11 to 35.
Now to some of the many single digit losers like "You Broke Me First" by Tate McRae which dropped nine spots to 50, "So Done" by The Kid Laroi down seven to 44, "Dreams" by Fleetwood Mac down seven to 43, "Fly Away" by Tones and I grounded down eight places to 42, "Streets" by Doja Cat hit a pothole down eight to 37, "Hold On" by Justin Bieber can't live up to it's name this week as it fell nine to 31, "Heartbreak Anniversary" by Giveon slipped eight places to 29 (Hoping this song has a recovery) and unfrortunately 'Your Power" by Billie Eilish down nine places to 23.
Drop Outs
As you can imagine in a week like this one where there's a lot of new entries we have a long list of drop outs that include long running hits like "Dance Monkey" by Tones and I, "Don't Start Now" by Dua Lipa and "Watermelon Sugar" by Harry Styles
Then there are songs that have likely locked themselves onto the year end list for this year like "Good Days" by SZA (this song deserved better), "Anymore" by Justin Bieber, "My Head & My Heart" by Ava Max. and "Paradise" by Meduza feat. Dermot Kennedy
Then there are the non starters and last week's new arrivals that fell off like "Miss the Rage" by Trippie Redd feat. Playboi Carti (Good riddance to bad garbage), "Higher Power" by Coldplay, "Best Friend" by Saweetie feat. Doja Cat, "Beautiful Mistakes" by Maroon 5 feat. Megan Thee Stallion and sadly, "Martin & Gina" by Polo G
New Entries
Album bomb rules are in effect this week so the J Cole songs that don't qualify or aren't the best or worst of the week are as follows (and no I will not be doing it in the stupid way J Cole has it): "95 South" at 22, "Let Go My Hand" feat Bas and 6lack at 27, "100 Mil" feat. Bas at 30, "Punchin' The Clock" at 33, "The Climb" back at 39, "Hunger on the Hillside" feat. Bas at 46 and "Close" at 49.
That leaves us with five new entries to discuss...four of them being J Cole so I don't blame anyone if they want to scroll past all the J Cole but we begin with...
28. "Applying Pressure" by J Cole
So I am going to keep my thoughts on the J Cole songs pretty brief as I don't think any of them will stick around much long than two weeks and we're starting this with the worst song on "The Off Season" where J Cole uses this cheap sound meat processing noise to rap about how broke rappers should flaunt wealth they don't have (weird coming from the guy who said "money don't make you real" but anyway) and then spends the rest of the flexing his skills behind the microphone which at best really aren't on show here so NEXT...
15. "Pride is the Devil" by J Cole feat. Lil Baby
So thankfully the highest three charting songs from the J Cole album are all pretty decent cuts starting with this one which features Lil Baby, it's got a nice guitar lick while J Cole raps about one of the seven deadly sins that being pride and how pride has contributed to his behaviour and the behaviour of others around him while Lil Baby raps about money and how he has left the desperate need for money sex behind in order to keep inind the bigger picture which I can definitely get behind. I will note that some have said that this song sounds similar to Amine's "Can't Decide" so it does lower it a little but I'll take it...it's decent.
14. "Amari" by J Cole
So hete's another trap inflected song and again it's about J Cole's come up in the hip hop game (I swaear to god, rappers need more subject matter) and basically bragging about his lifestyle over the beat that can be attributed to his rise in hip hop (can't really be argued given he got an album bomb in Australia and will have multiple songs in the top ten on the US Hot 100 when that's announced on Tuesday morning Australian time). The song is decent, check it out if you are curious.
11. "My Life" by J Cole feat. 21 Savage and Morray
So for the final J Cole album cut on the list, J Cole has brought on board 21 Savage and a rising US rapper named Morray who is having a breakout year in the US thanks to his song "Quicksand" and yeah this may well be the best cut on the album, I like the sampling of Styles P and how it is used as J Cole, 21 Savage and Morray explore hardships and how tough times bring people closer together along with the eventual success that comes with coming out of hard times. The flows are pretty damn awesome too. If Morray is the future star of hip hop, I'm on board!
2. "Good 4 U" by Olivia Rodrigo
So here's the biggest new entry of the week and my god, I didn't expect a third single from "SOUR" to debut so god damn high but hey, I am not complaining because this song kicks some major BUTT, this is Olivia in sarcastic mode saying its good that he moved on but hey, what about her? You know, the one he left heartbroken and crying on her bathroom floor. I love the guitars that have some serious crunch on the hook and Olivia has plenty of charisma enough to pull off this incredibly sarcastic song, yes it's catty and the lyrics are a little cringey but she's eighteen! I kind of expect lyrics from a teenager to be a little cringey. Great song!
So no surprise "Good 4 U" by Olivia Rodrigo gets best of the week but the worst is going to "Applying Pressure" by J Cole.
Next week...we could see J Cole's album bomb replaced by an album bomb from Olivia Rodrigo, BTS could make a play for a top ten debut with their new single...like I say there was PLENTY of new music released on Friday so we'll find out what happens when the chart updates on Friday at 5pm AEST.
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