I'm finishing the singles on Tuesday and the rest of the categories will resume on Friday the 26th (I'm not doing any of them until the singles are done.)
Bastille - Pompeii
This song was everywhere at the beginning of this year, and I'm glad about that. From the
monks in the background to the British accent you can hear in the singing, everything about this song is just pure flawlessness. Funny, I didn't even like this at first. I thought it was generic, even though now that I think about it, it isn't at all. The lyrics make no sense if you don't think about them, but Todd in the Shadows' review of this helped me understand them more.
Coldplay - Magic
This song slayed me from the first day it was released. The lead single from their sixth album Ghost Stories, this song was released on March 3rd of this year. This is reminiscent of Drake's "Hold On, We're Going Home" for some odd reason. The vocals, the chorus, and the bridge are all amazing and make this song better every time I hear it while the verses are sort of just there. The piano in the background of the verses is awesome, though.
Sam Smith - Stay With Me
While this song was (very) overplayed, that doesn't mean ****. This song is flawless and anyone reading this knows it. The piano line is simple but catchy and the verses are cheesy but lovable. The chorus is love-it-or-hate-it, though I personally love it. This also introduced us to Sam Smith, which, if it hadn't, I probably would not have liked this nearly as much as I did.