10/25 Update: I Listened To the Billboard Top 10 So You Don’t Have To
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By Gianna Beltramo
Hello, and welcome to my column! I’m Gianna and I have frequently wondered what is going on in the world of popular music, and this is my attempt to figure it out. Every other week (and yes, I know that the Billboard lists update on Tuesday, which is highly unfortunate because it means that I’m doomed to forever be at least a week behind), I will be rating the top songs in the US as well as dishing out a steaming hot plate of commentary. (Please note that in the event that the Billboard doesn’t change that much, I might also do some music video reviews or something else on the side to spice things up a bit. On a similar note, when I was reviewing the songs, I did not watch the music videos to stop that from influencing anything. This is about the music.)
10. Lemonade - Internet Money & Gunna feat. Don Toliver & NAV
I have noticed a trend in rap music: crackly lo-fi intros. Perhaps I am simply out of touch with music trends, because it took listening to no less than five such songs for me to realize that they had all the same components and weren’t actually being original. I think I have too much faith in people to do their own thing and not just blatantly copy others. I’m very glad that rap songs are so short, because this one is not good. The individual aspects of this song seem alright, but they combine to form something that seems like a bit of a mess, in my opinion. It feels like there should be more to say about this song, but there just isn’t anything particularly special worth pointing out. It just kind of...exists. 73/100.
9. Watermelon Sugar - Harry Styles
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8. I Hope - Gabby Barrett feat. Charlie Puth
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7. Rockstar - DaBaby feat. Roddy Ricch
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6. Savage Love (Laxed - Siren Beat) - Jawsh 685 and Jason Derulo
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5. Dynamite - BTS
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4. Blinding Lights - The Weeknd
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3. Laugh Now Cry Later - Drake
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2. WAP - Cardi B feat. Megan Thee Stallion
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1. Mood - 24kGoldn feat. Iann Dior
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A Cumulative Ranking
(Songs are ranked on a scale of 1/100 based on how much I personally liked them, as well as whatever comments on the actual quality of the music I made.)
Blinding Lights - 95 (A)
I Hope - 91 (A-)
Laugh Now Cry Later - 89 (B+)
Mood - 87 (B)
Savage Love - 81 (B-)
WAP - 77 (C)
Lemonade - 73 (C)
Dynamite - 70 (C-)
Rockstar - 66 (D)
Watermelon Sugar - 64 (D)
