"Gold" was a cute spotofy found.
Me Too is fun, one of her only two songs I liked from this era.
That's Future's best mess in a long time for me. I still only pay attention to The Weeknd's parts
I've been keeping my eye on Justine Skye a bit since last year's "Collide" snatched me and this year I'm liking this track a lot. The production almost has the tropical house vibe but more toned down and not really at all house. So I guess it just has the tropical vibe Which I love lots. I think Wizard or what have you is the same producer of this and "One Dance" () Like USUAL the rent-a-rapper verse is so disposable but beyond that the song is a very cute liddo knock. She should have released her iconic "I'm Yours" as a single but I digress.
#44
Calvin Harris - "This Is What You Came For (feat. Rihanna)"
Mess I forgot I ranked this so low. But like you can't really blame me, "This" was literally a bomb on every level - wasn't nearly as good as their other LEGENDARY collab, music video had .02 ounces of effort, and it didn't even do it's job by netting Queen her next #1. Like really sis, a #2 peak around the globe was really NOT what I came for but nice try. The song is cute at best and made good background music for parties during the summer but I literally stopped actively listening to it a week or two after it came out and only followed it for chart reasons, in which it disappointed me. And now no one cares about the song. They better NEVER collab again unless its actually great and/or hits #1.
#43
Big Baby D.R.A.M. - "Broccoli (feat. Lil Yachy)"
"Cha Cha" is such a knock so I knew that I needed to hear this when I saw it gaining some traction. At first I was scared because it was coming in hot during the summer and I KNEW that if this song blew up into a huge smash I would absolutely hate it but thankfully it cooled off and didn't become annoying. But anyways Yachty's verse and the production make this song for me. The bass drops are so sickening, I live and I love
Part of me is really happy that this song didn't happen and part of me is sad. I'm sad because it is thee eternal KNOCK and deserved to be big urban hit at least. I'm ECSTATIC that another song with a Fist featured bombed tho because I want these IDIOTS to realize that they should stop working with him. But ANYways, this song's production is SO good, like so clean and sexy. It's the perfect blend of a midtempo and a banger, so its vers and fits for any occasion. This song makes me feel sexy always because when I started to go to the gym earlier this year they would always play this song and now I'm fit and so I associate becoming hot with this song. Zendaya her power.
#41
The Weeknd - "Starboy (feat. Daft Punk)"
I'm really over Abel at this point, I think he's so oversaturated and I can only imagine that feeling will worsen with 2017, but I honestly love this song a lot. The production is understated and sounds positive, so when juxtaposed with his whiny ass vocals and always depressing lyrics it kind of creates a moment you know? It doesn't hurt that I thought he was saying "I'm in love with a star boy" for the first week and thought this was his progressive bi anthem. But in any event I hope this finally hits #1 because out of all of the other songs coming for the top right now this is probably one of the best.
I don't really know whats going on with Demi lately lol but she released this sex anthem in 2016 and I appreciate. Honestly I could have loved it so much more but the cornball lyrics (Cuz I want ur SEX) take it down a notch for me. Like Demi just make me feel sexy and sensual you don't have to be extra about it gorl. But anyways this is a good direction for her new album and I hope she stays in this lane unless she is going to serve more CFTS-esque slayage.
#39
Ariana Grande - "Dangerous Woman"
Half of the time I think this song is really IT and then the other times I think its a lil boring. But I love her vocal delivery on this every day of the week henny morning noon and night. The bridge is probably my fave. "All gyals wanna be like dat, *beat LASHES out*, BAD gyals underneath like dat" is so perfect. Ultimately I grew to love this but I'm not in love with it as a first single and I think its one of the weaker tracks on the album (which honestly isn't a big read since the album is near perfect). Either way Ari snatched me so bald this year and this song commenced that so that in itself is plus for this sex anthem
#38
Fifth Harmony - "That's My Girl"
They got that tired ass trumpet in this song right off the bat but I don't even care, this song's HOLY chorus swoops in pretty soon and fixes everything. This song is kind of comical tbh, I am currently laughing watching them running around helping ppl in the apocalypse. The song oozes cheese but idk I seriously get every ounce of life from the chorus, its just so POWERFUL. And during the later choruses when the wendy williams "oowaah oowaah!"s come in Thanks for the slay
I think fans didn’t really like this song, but she’s giving me ample amounts of ‘tude and iciness and so I love it. “My name on yo bitch, yea she tatted” “I whip the whip til it’s blue/black, they wanna know how I do that…” >>>>>> Serve me momma. Metro Boomin offers amazing production like usual, giving me haunted cvnt eleganza on tha beat. I think people maybe didn’t like it because it was a guaranteed FLOP from day 1 but hey, its still cute and Tina can’t really do any wrong so. Also the single cover is so cute
#36
Zara Larsson - "Never Forget You (with MNEK)"
I think I like the idea of this song being good more than I actually like the song because Zara is everything honestly, truly. She’s young hot and makes at least halfway decent music which is more than enough for me to stan. But anways this is probably my least favorite of her singles tbh. It’s devoid of any personality and is pretty uninteresting. The breakdown is brokedown and MNEK hooping and hollering during the later half of the song is too much for me but still it’s a nice little bop and it did give me some life in the early parts of the year while we were still waiting on other music to be released. She’s got me sold with her newer stuff, now just relase the album RAT before I drop it like its hot
Ride of Your Life + Body Say Something New is a cute bop, definitely should've been a hit.
TIWYCF, Starboy, Never Forget You Dangerous Woman Amazing lead single.