[Great Username]

10. Hodgson - Babylon System
#POLITICALSTATEMENT. Takes a sample – “I was born in a system that doesn’t give a **** about you nor me nor the life” (such a powerful lyric) – and repurposes it with a grimy beat you can’t not dance to, and a certain anthemic sense of pride. Felt so united with everyone in the club when this came on and everyone was chanting that lyric.

9. Kira Isabella - Quarterback
Country music goes in on rape culture. <3 The fairytale optimism of the first verse (“how do you explain the star of the game and the no-name girl in the freshman class?”) slowly shifting and the same words being used like they so often are in trials and in news coverage of rapes (“who you gonna blame, the star of the game or the no-name girl in the marching band?”). Devastating and important.

8. Tinashe feat. Schoolboy Q - 2 On
Obvious banger. That Sean Paul interpolation is still life.

7. Madonna - Devil Pray
Those CLASSIC pop melodies that hit like a drug, with all of Madonna's personality and an interesting production that builds and builds and never quite lets go.

6. One Direction - No Control
More virile and rock ‘n’ roll than The Rolling Stones’ entire discography.

Top 5 albums + songs at some point, maybe tomorrow~

[holyground]

2 On

[Artemisia]

lowkey shocked at seeing devil pray

2on

[prézli]

MDNA

[K$Ellie]

2 On is amazing
All About You

[Dr. Spaceman]

hey, sorry I haven't commented in a while! You have been killing it, though you don't need me to tell you that.

I like how you alternate from paragraph write-ups to sentence long write-ups, depending on the subject. Like the one line YG My Krazy Life write-up is perfect and says it all just as much as the longer ones. My favourites from the past few sets are the aforementioned YG (in song and album form), Lambert's Platinum, Against Me!, Nicki, Quik, Lee Ann, Dierks (I forget where I read it, but the chorus of "Drunk on a Plane" really reminds me a lot of the bridge of "You Get What You Give," which makes e love it more haha), Little Red Wagon.

Looking forward to the rest!

[AshleeSimpsonFan]

2 On is my jam! that song was a grower

[Artemisia]

but w h e r e is the update

[Gifted]

2 On and No Control

[V3$$3L.]

Devil Pray, 2 On

I really don't listen to nearly as much music as I think I do.

[Great Username]

Originally posted by Dr. Spaceman

hey, sorry I haven't commented in a while! You have been killing it, though you don't need me to tell you that.

I like how you alternate from paragraph write-ups to sentence long write-ups, depending on the subject. Like the one line YG My Krazy Life write-up is perfect and says it all just as much as the longer ones. My favourites from the past few sets are the aforementioned YG (in song and album form), Lambert's Platinum, Against Me!, Nicki, Quik, Lee Ann, Dierks (I forget where I read it, but the chorus of "Drunk on a Plane" really reminds me a lot of the bridge of "You Get What You Give," which makes e love it more haha), Little Red Wagon.

Looking forward to the rest!

You're truly the MVP.

Originally posted by Artemisia

but w h e r e is the update

Girl, I have a dissertation to write.

But let me go ahead and finish this off now, brb.

[Great Username]

5. Meridian Dan feat. Big H & JME - German Whip
DON’T BE ON A HERO TING. KEEP IT MOVIN’, EARPHONES IN. Kind of my lyric of the year. UK rap singles > US rap singles in 2K14.

4. G.R.L. - Show Me What You Got
Closest I’ve come to crying to music, quite LEGIT. The melodies are so powerful, the kind that provide a drug effect. So euphoric and addictive. Those final choruses, I can’t. Those adlibs. The added synths. HEY! BOY! TELL! ME!

3. Becky G - Shower
Same kind of visceral reaction I have with ‘Show Me What You Got’, but here the beauty lies more with the melancholic feel the melodies construct, rather than jump up-and-down ecstasy. “La da dee la da da la da daaaaa". Ugh so good. The violins and flutes <3 The cute choir chants <3 The vocal rhythm of “you light me up inside like the 4th of July” <3

2. The Lord - Style
Completing the triptych of melodic pure pop bliss. The romantic rush of “Enchanted”, the danger of “Treacherous”, and more emotional weight than either whilst remaining a 3 and a half minute Max Martin pop song. Most beautiful chorus ever? Obv. And the guitar squiggle that leads into that chorus changes my life daily. And let us take a moment to look at how She renders Her entire LP1-4 catalogue irrelevant in one verse: I say I heard that you’ve been out and about with some other girl, some other girl. He says what you heard is true but I can’t stop thinking about you and I… I said I’ve been there too a few times (shrugs and gives a slight laugh). BYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE. And nothing will ever be sexier than Her “a tight little skirt” adlib btw.

1. Sofi de la Torre - Vermillion
Ughhh why have I not heard this whilst coming down from a heroin rush at 5am in a grimy club. Might start doing heroin just so I can truly capture the essence of this masterpiece. All the girls are trying to do dark dream-pop but Sofi came and dragged them all. And it’s as much about what the song doesn’t do as what it does. It’s a sparse arrangement, and the build is subtle. But it’s so much more than the sum of its part; it manages to both haunt me and make me want to dance. And not in the weak bitch Robyn sort of way, **** out of here with that mess. Song of the year.

[Great Username]

And the top 5 albums of the year were:

5. Lee Ann Womack - The Way I'm Livin'
Chances are I took the wrong turn every time I had a turn to take / And I guess I broke my own heart every chance I had a heart to break. The album is pure, depressive poetry. The narrative that unfolds over the course of the album is just too much. That country realness.

4. The War On Drugs - Lost In The Dream
Never has an album title been more appropriate! They really created a little world with this album and I could live in it forever.

3. Sam Hunt - Montevallo
When the sun started sinking
And they turned those open signs around
We thought we ran this town, running around just
Breaking hearts and curfews
Out in the yard with no shoes
Staying cool in a nylon pool
Fireball headed for the parking lot
And on Saturday mornings we sleep late
ATV and firebreaks, worn out jeans, black eyed peas, bathrobes
And blue skiiiiiiiiiiies

Poet lauerate of LIFE. Every song hits me with like ten thousand emotions and I want to cry and grin and rave and stare up at the sun but mostly I just want to go back to Texas. Masterpiece.

2. One Direction - Four
The emotional opening chords of “Steal My Girl”. The way Harry’s voice cracks on ‘Without you I'll never make it out alive’ and the dramatic, extended ‘rea-EAAAAAAAAADY’ at the climax of “Ready To Run”. “Where Do Broken Hearts Go” being a stadium ANTHEM. The way “18” builds so delicately. “Girl Almighty” being the biggest sugar rush of the year. “Fool’s Gold” is a classic 10/10 ballad with some ridiculously good lyricism. “Night Changes” is the most drab song on the album, but the background harmonies are gorgeous. There aren’t enough superlatives for how gorgeous “Fireproof” is and I’ll never stop crying at these Louis lyrics: ‘I roll and I roll ‘til I change my luck / yeah, I rolled and I rolled ‘til I changed my luck’. “Spaces” features the best vocalisation of a guitar melody since Beyonce’s “I Care”. “Stockholm Syndrome” is just deliriously groovy. What a ******* insane chorus. And the added intensity in that bridge! Another contender for best 1D song ever. And let’s all collectively cry @ the narrative development from ‘Cuz I wanna be free and I wanna be young’ in “Ready To Run” to ‘used to sing ‘bout being free but now he’s changed my mind’ here. And I want to jump off a bridge every time I hear the 1-2 punch of Harry and Louis’ verses on “Clouds”. And this year was sorely lacking in The 1975 (still best album of last year/practically ever) so thank you to the other best boyband for ripping them off with such perfection on “Change Your Ticket”. And thanks to them for creating this masterpiece.

1. The Lord - 1989
Duh.

[Great Username]

Thx everyone for your cute comments It's been real.

[holyground]

Style, Shower The War On Drugs, The Lord

[Penk]

This Vermillion song.. Tired of discovering all of these gems so late!

[Dr. Spaceman]

Love that Lee Ann Womack album!! Excellent choice of lyric, as "Chances Are" is such a great song. Powerful. And haha loved how you framed your #1 album choice. Perfect. I am not familiar with a lot of the singles, so I must GET FAMILIAR.

Fantastic year-end. I hope to see a 2015 edition later this year!

[AshleeSimpsonFan]

Shower was a nice surprise for me! I love that song, my guilty pleasure
I still need to check out "1989" in full, but I love the first 2 singles! I think that's a good sign

[Artemisia]

Shower I knew Icon G was coming for her rightful placement.

and ki @ me expecting a legit write up for 1989

[Artemisia]

ok, wait, why did you choose show me what you got over Ugly Heart