That's especially the case with "That's So True" by Gracie Abrams rebounding one spot back to number two thanks to damn streaming that won't die yet however it was enough to push "Pink Pony Club" by Chappell Roan down one to number three, now I do think this song has peaked now with it's streaming fading away gradually.
The same can be said "APT" by Rose and Bruno Mars down one to number four, "Beautiful Things" by Benson Boone down one to number five and "Die With A Smile" by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars down one to number six.
"Birds of a Feather" by Billie Eilish rebounded one spot to number seven this week thanks to decent streaming, the same applies for "Messy" by Lola Young ip one to number eight.
We've got a new entry to our top ten this week with "What Was That" by Lorde at number nine thanks mostly to streaming and same sales. We'll talk about this one later.
Rounding up our top ten is "Nokia" by Drake slipping one spot to number ten and I can't say I am not unhappy about that.
Gains
Benson Boone's "Sorry I'm Here for Someone Else" jumped eight places to thirty four because that seems to have some legs on streaming now...lovely...not.
Gracie Abrams "I Love You, I'm Sorry" climbed fourteen spots to thirty three in the biggest gain of the week.
Sombr saw gains for both his songs with "Back to Friends up five places to nineteen and "Undressed" up three to eleven...both could see the top ten in a few weeks.
The same applies for "Love Me Not" by Ravyn Lenae which jumped eight places to twelve.
Re- Entries
Just one re-entry with "Like Jennie" by Jennie back forty six somehow.
Losers
Not too many major losers this week although we did see a seven place loss for "Mr Brightside" by The Killers down to forty seven and a nine place drop for "Ain't No Love in Oklahoma" by Luke Combs to forty three.
"Dreams" by Fleetwood Mac tumbled seven spots to thirty five while "Abracadabra" by Lady Gaga slumped seven to twenty eight.
Drop Outs.
We lost three long running songs...all three have also dropped out before and returned as well so we'll wait and see with "Riptide" by Vance Joy, "Stick Season" by Noah Kahan and "Where the Wild Things Are" by Luke Combs all leaving again.
New Entries
Just the two new entries this week with...
36. "Party 4 U" by Charli XCX
Well this is weird as hell mostly because this song was originally released at the height of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020 from Charli XCX's fourth album "How I'm Feeling Now" and honestly I actually like this a lot more than anything from her most recent album "Brat", it actually reminds of the sound that Addison Rae has unsuccessfully tried to copy in her recent releases only Charli did it in 2020 with much more interesting effect, it's a song where Charli is throwing this party for this guy or girl and hoping that they'll reciprocate some of that party energy back to her and yeah it does have some of that nervous energy about it.
I like this. Definitely chuck it out if this sort of slowed down dance hyperpop is your thing.
9. "What Was That" by Lorde.
So I was kind of keen to see what Lorde would come up with on her return after what feels like an extremely long time although we did get "Solar Power" in 2021 and yeah this song might on the surface feel like a return to form for Lorde especially with certain song structures that give this a through line to "Green Light" but "Green Light" felt more propulsive than this song which seems to ride on the hook more often than not. It's not a bad song but Lorde has certainly done better on Melodrama.
That wraps the week, I am going to give best of the week to Charli XCX for "Party 4 U". No worst of the week mostly because "What Was That?" is not terrible.
