We've got a pretty interesting week as the year begins to shake out the year's trends even if the 2021 hits refuse to be done with their chart runs and I begin to wonder why new music isn't breaking onto the charts as it used to but anyway let's get to the top ten because it's not that interesting this week at least at the very top with "Stay" by The Kid Laroi featuring Justin Bieber for a seventeenth week and really it's a weak number one, its streaming is slowing and sales haven't been a thing for this song for weeks now.
However it held up over "Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)" by Elton John and Dua Lipa which remained at number two, "abcdefu" by Gayle stuck at number three and "Heat Waves" by Glass Animals of all whose streaming is weak regardless.
What is gaining momentum is "We Don't Talk About Bruno" by the Cast of Encanto which climbed one to number five, it finally has some serious traction on streaming and will make a play for number one in the weeks ahead at this rate.
It pushed "Where Are You Now" by Lost Frequencies and Calum Scott down to number six.
Both of Ed Sheeran's songs held their position this week with "Shivers" at number seven and "Bad Habits" at number eight.
"Easy on Me" by Adele made its return to the top ten up three places to number nine forcing "Industry Baby" by Lil Nas X feat. Jack Harlow back to number ten but I expect that while this song might fall out, another Lil Nas X song might replace it in the weeks ahead ("That's What I Want" is at number 12 this week and is gaining momentum for a top ten push...that I would welcome)
Gains
Depressingly, "Pushing P" by Gunna and Future feat Young Thug climbed two spots to break into the top twenty at number 19.
The biggest gain of the week is "Lost" by Frank Ocean which jumped 11 spots to number 22 which is kind of awesome however that's really it in terms of significant gains.
Losers
So we start at 50 with "Drivers License" by Olivia Rodrigo slipping 12 spots, I would expect this song to be gone for good next week but we'll see.
"Montero (Call Me by Your Name)" by Lil Nas X is being called back 11 places to 47.
"Moth to a Flame" by Swedish House Mafia and The Weeknd slipped six places to 43 while "Sactifice" by The Weeknd fell nine to 41.
"On My Knees" by Rufus Du Sol is almost living up to its title on the chart as it slipped six to 35 while "Happier Than Ever" by Billie Eilish fell seven to 29.
Drop Outs
Not at all surprised by any of these even if the exit of "Elephant (Triple J Like A Version)" by The Wiggles is on the disappointing side, it took with it "Love Tonight" by Shouse and "Without You" by The Kid Laroi featuring Miley Cyrus
New Entries
Three new entries this week beginning with...
36. "To The Moon" by Jnr Choi
Dealing with a song that got Tik Tok virality which got this a streaming presence courtesy of Gambian singer, songwriter and model Jnr Choi, he is currently based in London and well I hate saying this but "To The Moon" just isn't all that good even with the sample of that Bruno Mars song "Talking to The Moon" (which also had it's viral moment last year) but Choi's voicals are buried deep in the mix that you can barely understand what he is singing and that's probably a good thing considering the lyrics to this are nothing to write home about either especially that line about this girl being so fine, he just might gave her 'wood' (nice bit of penis slang, dude), throw in the rattling drill production that's nowhere near close to interesting and it's just a slog of a song. NEXT!
28. "She's All I Wanna Be" by Tate McRae
Kind of surprised to see Tate McRae back on the ARIA singles chart especially given that most of her singles before this and after "You Broke Me First" have done pretty much nothing on the charts until this one and...this song isn't bad, yeah Tate McRae still hasn't got much of a vocal presence behind the microphone, she's not all that impressive but I like how this moves toward a more guitar driven pop sound rather than pop trap that McRae tried on "You Broke Me First", as for the lyrics they play toward Tate's boyfriend hiding his attraction to another girl who is pretty much everything that McRae isn't and McRae wants to be so to keep her man, it's good rather than great, I'll take it though.
16. "Say Nothing" by Flume feat. MAY-A
Flume with the highest debut of the week with this song featuring Sydney based singer songwriter Mary Cummings aka MAY-A and I am not a fan of this at all, for a start what's with that beeping electronic noise under MAY-A's vocals? Then you have the drums that are mixed somewhat louder than MAY-A?. Also for a summer song, this feels like a dank, dark winter song with the trap elements that slide in for the verses. Yeah...not a fan of this...pass.
And that ends a pretty rough week but the best and worst fall out easily with the best going to Tate McRae for "She's All I Wanna Be", that song is likely to grow on me a bit in the weeks ahead. As for the worst..it's going to "To The Moon" by Junior Choi because "Say Nothing" while bad is more forgettable than anything else.
Next week, Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift collab might have a bit to say but we'll find out when the chart updates on Friday at 5pm AEDST.
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