#cl odell

[lunchboxpoems]

SWEETHEARTS

One day

either you

or me

as if drugged

will be staring

at a collage

of photos

in an unfamiliar

foyer,

the other

sleeping

in the next room over

inside a shiny box

like a saw-in-half trick

where everyone

seated in rows

is waiting for something

to happen.

I know

I’ll be stuck

in that first room

where old friends

who knew

you briefly

but remember your smile

will hang out,

away from family.

I’ll be there,

almost

out the door,

alone

waiting as if for you

to come out

of the bathroom,

so we could

stand again

like we did our entire lives,

together

in the darkest corners,

making

dirty jokes,

not knowing what to say

to sadness,

eager to leave

when nobody’s

looking,

out across

a silver parking lot

like geese

breaking off

a lake.

C. L. O’DELL

[wqbytop100]

WQBY

Top100 for the week ending December 29, 2024

Is This Love --LP Globbi, Danielle Ponder -1 --10weeks-- [4weeks@#1] (#1)

Bread --Sofi Tukker, Odd Mod (Odd Mod Remix) -12 --5weeks--

Positions --Andy C, Wholsmoli -4 --7weeks--

Heart First ---Lucas & Steve, Jordan Shaw -5 --4weeks-- (#2)

Maybe It's Over --Morgan Page, Damon Sharpe -6 --10weeks-- [3weeks@#1] (#1)

Don't Lie --The Chainsmokers & Kim Petras -3 --12weeks-- (#3)

Someone Else --GT_OFICE -86 --2weeks--

Been There Before --Joris Voorn, Pig&Dan, LIVI -10 --8weeks--

Modern Tragedy --Cheat Codes, Julia Church -11 --13weeks--(#2)

Lead The Life --Morgan Page, Bymia -2 --14weeks-- (#2)

Heal My Heart --Imanbek, YouNotUs -7 --17weeks-- [1week@#1]

Before I Let You Go --CYRIL, MarLo -8 --10weeks-- (#4)

Keep It Exciting --Mr. Belt & Wezol, Qobra, Alex Hoskings -13 --4weeks--

Dead Right --Let Down -14 --4weeks--

Somedays --Sonny Fodera, Jazzy & D.O.D -21 --7weeks--

Turn Off The Lights --Chris Lake, Alexia Roberts -16---5weeks--

Do You Really Love Him --GoodLife, Elderbrook -17 --13weeks--

Who Created Love -SIDEPIECE f/Midian -9 --16weeks--[2weeks@#1] (#1)

Letting Go --Drove -28 --13weeks-- (#2)

TYSM --Cheat Codes, Salem IIese -70 --4weeks--

Forever --HUGEL & Diplo f/Malou & Yuna -15 --7weeks--(#5)

Move --ESSEL, MERYLL -27 --17weeks -(#6)

Along For The Ride --COIN -19 --14weeks-- (#2)

Black Friday (Pretty Like The Sun) --Lost Frequencies, Tom Odell -20 --9weeks-- (#20)

Fly --KC Lights, Welt -23 --19weeks-- (#7)

Chain Reaction -Ferry Corsten, MERYLL -84 --5weeks--

Disease --Lady Gaga -26 --8weeks-- (#19)

Don't Let Go --NERIAH -31 --13weeks-- (#3)

Cinema --YouNotUs, Cheat Codes, BARBZ -41 --7weeks--

Told You So --Martin Garrix, Jex -30 --4weeks-- (#29)

This Rhythm --PROSPA f/RAHH -83 --4weeks--

Beautiful Day --Mike Posner -18 --13weeks-- (#9)

I Found You --Switch Disco, Charlotte Haining, Felix -25 --13weeks-- (#4)

Spot A Fake --Ava Max -34 --13weeks-- (#7)

Lifeline --Alan Walker, LOVA -33 --15weeks-- [1week @#1]

Never Letting Go --Alok, Gryffin, Julia Church -22 --11weeks-- (#10x3)

Turn Around --KC Lights -36 --11weeks-- (#15)

Upside Down --Robin Schulz, Joel Corry, KOPPY -35 --18weeks-- (#10)

Violet --Joe P -37 --14weeks-- (#20)

Pressure ---RUFUS DU SOL -38 --13weeks-- (#34)

Perfect --Punctual, Lewis Thompson -29 --12weeks-- (#29)

I Like It --Alesso & Nate Smith -24 --19weeks-- [2weeks@#1)

Seek Your Truth --MEDUZA, Aryton Senna -39 --9weeks-- (#24)

Save My Soul --BAKERMAT, AMANZI -54 --6weeks-- (#19)

Around --Armonica & Giloi & Assia -43 --12weeks-- (#43x2)

Freefalling --Gem & Tauri, Eyes Everywhere, Sarah de Warren -44 -22weeks-- [1week@#1] (#1)

Everybody Will Dance --The Pet Shop Boys -58 --11weeks-- (#30)

B Somebody --Chloe Callet, SG Lewis -50 --8weeks-- (#26)

Real Things --Mike., Stevie Daniels -40 --16weeks-- (#9)

Tears Don't Fall --KASKADE & ENISA -45 --16weeks-- (#12) [OFF1]

Tears --John Summit f/Paige Cavell -55 --11weeks (#44)

<>Give Me Your Love --Benny Benassi, NuLu -(re-entry) [last on 12.15.24 @#93] --now23weeks-[1week@#1] (#1)

Believe (Shooting Stars) --R3HAB. Mufasa & Hypeman, RANI -57 --7weeks--

A Bar Song (Tipsy) --Shaboozey, David Guetta -46 --26weeks-- (#4)

<>My Love --Alex Wann, Route 94, Jess Glynne -(re-entry) --[last on 12.8.24 @#100] --now9weeks-- (#61)

Dancing In The Flames --The Weeknd --53 --8weeks-- (#45)

Invisible --Knox -49 --11weeks-- (#41)

Surrender Your Love --TELYKAST, Sam Gray -56 --3weeks--

Heart Of Stone --Above & Beyond, Richard Bedford -42 --13weeks-- (#42)

The Magic --The Aces -52 --11weeks-- (#44)

Vibe --Bruno Martini, Avi Snow, No/Me -60 --8weeks-- (#46)

Cry Baby --Clean Bandit, Anne-Marie, David Guetta (VIP Remix) -47 --11weeks-- (#47)

Believer --Dirty Vegas -51 --13weeks--(#39)

Bad Dreams --Teddy Swims -48 --10weeks--(#48)

Looking For Love --Alok, Anitta -77 --4weeks--

Heaven Knows --KASKADE & Punctual f/Poppy Baskcomb -63--4weeks--

Swim --Becky Hill -64 --4weeks--

His Problem Instead --Alexander Stewart -67 --3weeks--

Rain --PARISI, Clementine Douglas -65 --4weeks--(#65)

Keep On Movin Up --Qrion -68 --4weeks--

How It Starts --Tyler Braden -69 --4weeks--

Alone With You --Josiah Queen, Jervis Campbell -73 -3weeks--

After Five --Luke Alessi -78 --4weeks--

Texas --Blake Shelton -32 --4weeks-- [OFF2]

Edge Of Saturday Night --The Blessed Madonna, Kylie Minogue -81 --9weeks--

Lights On --Marshmello, FAANGS -72 --(#67)

End Of Time --Lucas & Steve, LAWRENT f/Jordan Shaw -75 --29weeks-- [8weeks@#1] (#1) [OFF3]

Without Ya --BAKERMAT -79 --4weeks--

Hold On Me --KYGO, Sandro Cavezza -82 --3weeks-- (#82)

Dancing On My Own --Flight Facilities, DRAMA -76 --4weeks--

Let It Go --NOTSOBAD, MA:RK -74 --4weeks--

Without You --Phantoms, Mariah Colon -71 --4weeks--

***Walk With Me --Felix Jaehn, Shouse -(new) --1week--

***The Door--Teddy Swims -(new) --1week--

Stay Happy --Billy Gillies --6weeks-- (#61) [OFF4]

Wrong Feels Right --FORMAT:B -80 --5weeks-- (#66)

***Honey Water --Vicetone - (new) --1week--

***Meet Me --Pat Premier, Dave Aude -(new) --1week--

You --BUNT., -88 --4weeks--

Heaven In My Hands --Matoma -92

Right On Time --Felix Cartal, Tegan & Sara -90 --2weeks--

***Filthy Richmas --Ella Henderson -(new) --1week--

***Hope --CamelPhat, Max Miner -(new) --1week--

Feel Much Better --Max Dean, Nafe Smallz, Timbaland -66 --4weeks-- (#66)

Heaven Feels Like --SLANDER, Fairlane -87 --6weeks-- (#64)

Avalon --Alan Walker, Anne Gudrun -94 --3weeks--(#87) [OFF5]

Like Sunshine --Lavern, Sigala -59 --10weeks-- (#53)

***Without You --Petit Biscuit, Surf Mesa, JP Saxe --1week--

<>I Only Smoke When I Drink --NIMINO - (re-entry) [last on 12.1.24 @#54] (#28)

Can't Let You Go --BLOND:ISH, Bndtu -95 --4weeks-- (#86) [OFF6]

7 new on this week and 2 re-entries 12/29/2024 #83 Walk With Me #84 The Door $87 Honey Water #88 Meet Me #92 Filthy Richmas #93 Hope #98 Without You <> #52 Give Me Your Love <> #55 My Love <> #99 I Only Smoke When I Drink

[OFF THIS WEEK ARE] #50 Tears Don't Fall #74 Texas #77 End Of Time #85 Stay Happy #96 Avalon #100 Can't Let You Go

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[coinwealth]

Music Festival to Close Bitcoin 2022 Conference

BTC Media, the organizer of the world’s biggest Bitcoin conference, Bitcoin 2022, announced that a music festival will close out this year’s edition of the gathering, uniting Bitcoiners around prominent performers. The Sound Money Fest (SMF) will be held at the combined campus of the Miami Beach Convention Center and the adjacent Pride Park on Saturday, April 9, from 10 am to 10 pm local time.

Rapper Logic, DJ Steve Aoki, Korean female rapper CL, and hip hop super-duo Run the Jewels will headline the event. Additional performers include Canadian electronic music producer Deadmau5, Belgian electronic music producer Apashe, Persian trap music artist Asadi, DJ Equal, rapper K.Flay, Danish singer MØ, Canadian record producer Murda Beatz, electronic music producer PLS&TY, Los Angeles producer and Young Art label boss Tokimonsta, and singer Royal and the Serpent.

Sound Money Fest’s official line-up.

Festival tickets are included in the General Admission passes to Bitcoin 2022 but can alternatively be purchased separately on the music festival’s website. Tickets for SMF start at $110 and GA passes to Bitcoin 2022 are available for $799 for the entire conference and festival. Open-source Bitcoin contributors and students might be eligible to get free or subsidized tickets to the conference.

“This conference is going to capture the world’s attention,” BTC Media CEO David Bailey said. “Let’s show them what freedom, sovereignty, and prosperity really mean. Get your tickets today, and we’ll see you in Miami.”

Bitcoin 2022 is this year’s edition of the world’s biggest and most prominent Bitcoin conference, which last year attracted over 12,000 people to Miami. Organizers anticipate that number to increase nearly three-fold as this year’s event brings more stages and speakers. The four-day event will feature an industry day, when Bitcoin converges with legacy finance and energy infrastructure; two general conference days; and culminate in the Sound Money Fest music festival. The event will also feature an Open Source stage, dedicated to exploring important developments in the Bitcoin ecosystem and the projects shaping it.

Confirmed speakers to Bitcoin 2022 include Strike CEO Jack Mallers, MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor, Blockstream CEO Adam Back, “The Bitcoin Standard” author Saifedean Ammous, Lightning Labs CEO Elizabeth Stark, Human Rights Foundation CIO Alex Gladstein, Bitcoin and privacy advocate Odell, Spiral lead Steve Lee, among others.

Bitcoin 2022 is a subsidiary of BTC Media, which also owns and operates Bitcoin Magazine.

source https://usapangbitcoin.org/music-festival-to-close-bitcoin-2022-conference/

source https://usapangbitcoin.wordpress.com/2022/01/15/music-festival-to-close-bitcoin-2022-conference/

[deadcactuswalking]

REVIEWING THE CHARTS: 24/04/2021 (AJ Tracey, Young Thug/Gunna/Drake)

On this week on the UK Singles Chart, we get a well-deserved break after last week’s chaos but we still have seven or so new arrivals – half of last week’s amount. Lil Nas X’s “MONTERO (Call Me by Your Name)” is unfazed by any of it as it spends a fourth week at #1, and welcome back to REVIEWING THE CHARTS.

Rundown

So last week was busy but a lot of what debuted and returned didn’t actually sustain so we have a plentiful amount of drop-outs and returning entries this week as well. For notable drop-outs – as in songs that had peaked in the top 40 or spent at least five weeks in the chart (specifically the UK Top 75, which I cover) – we have “Anyone” by Justin Bieber, Drake’s “What’s Next” after only six weeks, “What Other People Say” by Sam Fischer and Demi Lovato, Taylor Swift’s re-recorded version of “Love Story” and “Headshot” by Lil Tjay featuring Fivio Foreign and Polo G as well as the late DMX’s “X Gon’ Give it to Ya” off of the return last week.

We do have an oddly large amount of returning entries as a result of this because I guess there’s not enough new stuff to fill in the cracks, as “Watermelon Sugar” by Harry Styles is back at #75, “Heat” by Paul Woodford and Amber Mark at #69, “Anxious” by AJ Tracey at #68 off of the album boost, “Another Love” by Tom Odell at #67 and “Cover Me in Sunshine” by P!nk and Willow Sage Heart at #62.

Then we have songs actually on the chart that are moving about – first off, let’s start with our notable losses, falling about five spots or more on the chart. We don’t have an excess of these, but we do have “Calling My Phone” by Lil Tjay and 6LACK getting ACR’d at #23, “Latest Trends” by AI x JI and remixed by Aitch at #33, “Mercury” by Dave and Kamal. off of the debut to #47 (good!), “Black Hole” by Griff at #48, “All You Ever Wanted” by Rag’n’ Bone Man at #49, “Mr. Perfectly Fine” by Taylor Swift at #50 off of the debut, as well as “Anywhere Away from Here” by Rag’n’Bone Man and P!nk also off of the debut at #51. Oh, and again, falling after last week’s debut, we have “Way Too Long” by Nathan Dawe, Anne-Marie and MoStack at #52. Other fallers that actually lasted at least one more week on the chart include “6 for 6” by Central Cee at #57, “Paradise” by MEDUZA and Dermot Kennedy at #63 and that’s about it. Also, somehow “Lemon Pepper Freestyle” by Drake featuring Rick Ross is sticking to the charts at #71 despite all of the more pop cuts off of that EP – and by that I mean the songs that aren’t six long minutes of pure rapping – dropping out. How that is I have no idea but it does bring us to our gains.

Our gains are always more interesting and we do have a fair few of them this week, like “Starstruck” by Years & Years at #56 off of the debut, “Marea (We’ve Lost Dancing)” by Fred again.. and the Blessed Madonna somehow surging up to #55 off of the debut, “Beautiful Mistakes” by Maroon 5 featuring Megan Thee Stallion at #54, “Summer 91 (Looking Back)” by Noizu at #53, “Last Time” by Becky Hill at #46, “Don’t You Worry About Me” by Bad Boy Chiller Crew at #45, “Medicine” by James Arthur at #44, “Head & Heart” by Joel Corry and MNEK at #41, “Blinding Lights” by the Weeknd rebounding at #40, “Runaway” by AURORA making the top 40 at #34 (six years late), “Levitating” by Dua Lipa bizarrely rebounding at #32, “Didn’t Know” by Tom Zanetti at #31 and that’s pretty much it other than big gains for Olivia Rodrigo’s “deja vu” up big to #12 and “Let’s Go Home Together” by Ella Henderson and Tom Grennan breaking into the top 10 at #10. A lot of these new entries are concentrated towards the bottom of the chart, so let’s start with something that’s actually pretty great.

NEW ARRIVALS

#74 – “How Does it Feel” – London Grammar

Produced by London Grammar and Steve Mac

London Grammar are an indie pop band from Nottingham that just scored their second #1 album with Californian Soil, one I found genuinely promising but absolutely meandering. For all of the great, swelling and powerful tracks there were – many already on the pre-album EPs and singles – there were pointless, time-consuming ballads that feel if anything underwritten and dull. My personal favourite track, “Baby it’s You”, was the lead single and it actually charted, though this cut is the highest-peaking track from the record and also, thankfully, one of my favourites. Hannah Reid has a smoky, unique voice and it always swells over these atmospheric, reverb-drenched instrumentals, full of subtle bass and those infectious guitar links before it drops into the borderline vocaloid drop in that distorted synth-pop chorus that... okay, is pretty anti-climactic and there for no reason other than to give an excuse for the band to incorporate that 80s production into the rest of the song. Regardless, it’s still a damn good production and that chorus is unreasonably catchy, even if she’s hitting falsetto notes I’d never be able to sing along to. It’s not a song that ends too early so it can stream well either; this is a pop song constructed like one of old, and is just as intricate, especially with those twinkling keys in the final chorus. This isn’t the best on the album by far but it’s understandably the one that’s the most accessible and upbeat so it makes sense it’s here. I don’t expect it to stick around but I wouldn’t mind if it did.

#73 – “Sunshine (The Light)” – Fat Joe, DJ Khaled and Amorphous

Produced by Cool N Dre and Amorphous

So, Fat Joe might be back? I’d be hard-pressed to find out way until I look at this... comeback single of sorts and realise that the chorus is just straight-up taken from a Rihanna song, that being the verse of “Kiss it Better” from 2016 layered over this almost disco-sounding sample of Luther Vandross and that’s pretty much the song as far as the beat is concerned. In that way, I guess it’s kind of fun and harmless but Rihanna’s vocals are mixed pretty horrifically on this instrumental without any attempt to cover it up with some backing vocals, which would have been a really good touch. DJ Khaled is only here because he finishes Fat Joe’s punchline and he contributes literally nothing else. In fact, Fat Joe is a waste of time here as well, especially in that really odd bridge and second verse. Admittedly, I guess his first verse has one clever line but it’s all clearly so unfocused even when the sample gives you a lot to work with in terms of content. By the time the Luther Vandross vocal sample is oddly dribbling over the beat, I’m out of this.

#72 – “Ski” – Young Stoner Life, Young Thug and Gunna

Produced by BabyWave, Outtatown and Wheezy

Slime Language 2 was a project I thought was actually fairly enjoyable given its runtime and content. I mean, it’s 23 tracks running at about an hour and a half of just mindless flexing, sex and gunplay from Young Thug and YSL affiliates but it has an energy and camaraderie that I rarely find is all that noticeable during these label or collective albums, and whilst not any particular rapper shines on more than one track, we still hear a lot of voices on the record that are far from unpleasant and can hold their own against Thug, one of them of course being Gunna. I’m surprised the songs with Travis Scott or Lil Uzi Vert didn’t debut but this Thug-Gunna cut did, but I guess that video pushed it over the top and I’m glad because this is by far one of my favourites on the album on pure, stupid and mindless energy. That camaraderie that I mentioned is in full force here as Thug and Gunna trade bars over this basic watery beat with some catchy strings and, of course, awkward bass mixing. The first intelligible words are “Spider sex” and then Thug just goes into yelling “Yeah!” because, sure, that’s a chorus. Thugger delivers his typical flow-switching charisma with a lot of loud, fun energy and whilst not anything of lyrical standard is said here, I love how he and Gunna trade each other’s names on their versions of the post-chorus. It’s a clever, little touch that makes songs like this feel just that bit more fun, if the manic ad-libs didn’t already show that. Gunna’s verse might be the best of the two here as he actually comes with some unexpected energy over that beeping synth loop that sounds great finally coming from Gunna, and, yeah, what can I say? It’s a mindless trap banger that will be out as soon as it was in – both for the charts and your ears – but it’s so much fun and with Thug’s poppier projects, that’s all that matters.

#66 – “You” – Regard, Troye Sivan and Tate McRae

Produced by Regard

The Kosovan DJ that brought us that great remix of Jay Sean’s “Ride It” as well as original song “Secrets” with RAYE is back and bringing... Troye Sivan and Tate McRae with him. Okay, I mean, sure, maybe Regard can pump up the production to get either of these singers to sound enthused. The content is pretty basic, with the “coming back to an ex” story we’ve heard before and not much interplay between Tate and Troye – not that there can feasibly be but that’s beside the point. This isn’t all that important to a song like this, though, but it can be done so it always feels anti-climactic when these EDM songs don’t have good lyrical content anchoring its groove and catchy hooks. That said, this song is actually pretty good, trading much of the more fast-paced house grooves and minimal deep house drops for a pretty slick, almost synth-funk production with some hard-hitting 909 bass and Troye’s laid-back mumbling falsetto actually sounding pretty great over electro percussion and this blend of really cool, retro synths that aren’t afraid to sound jerky and out-of-tune in that post-chorus. They almost remind me of Plastic Beach if this isn’t that ludicrous of a comparison. Tate McRae barely exists here but that’s fine – sadly she has the only verse and her voice just doesn’t mesh that well with Troye’s outside of some of the chorus harmonising, and on its own just sounds kind of unwarrantedly raspy on pretty clean, smooth production. Regard’s addition of those distorted backing vocals and the lenient vocal manipulating in that bridge make sure you know this is intricately produced to every detail and I just love that ramping of intensity even if the final chorus doesn’t really act as that impactful climax so the song ends on kind of a low note where I can tell Regard didn’t know where to go from there. Otherwise, this is a pretty great synth-pop track and I really hope it sticks around. I knew Regard had an ear for more unique EDM production since he came onto the charts for the first time with “Ride It” so I hope to hear what’s next from him as well. For now, oh, God, please make this a hit.

#61 – “Kukoc” – AJ Tracey featuring NAV

Produced by Yung Swisher and Pxcoyo

This is our first of two songs that debuted this week from AJ Tracey’s album Flu Game, which I decided not to listen to on the basis that it was nearly an hour’s runtime with a NAV feature. It’s just my luck then that for whatever reason, the British public decided the NAV song was the second most important track to listen to when the album dropped. Well, I guess this beat isn’t bad, especially with that synth flashing over the acoustic guitar inflections and the Pop Smoke-esque rattling drill percussion creating an oddly-mixed and cluttered beat but one that I guess still hits pretty hard. NAV sounds more enthused than ever over a drill beat – maybe he should stick to that – but I still feel like this is just a pointless song. The content is primarily just flexing and AJ Tracey’s energy is there but not in a particularly likeable, charming way or in an intimidating, menacing way so he just ends up out-shined by NAV’s cheaply Auto-Tuned and simple, basic flow in his verse where he emphasises how he’s a grown man at 30 years old – yet still not showing any sign of maturity, seemingly. This is listenable for sure but at best it’s a mildly amusing drill track and at worst it’s sensory overload. The build-up is only in the intro here and it’s just full force for the next two minutes making it kind of aggravating to even listen to and keep up with. Oh, and “Kukoc” is some Croatian basketball player mentioned once in the chorus. That’s about as interesting as this content gets.

#36 – “Solid” – Young Stoner Life, Young Thug and Gunna featuring Drake

Produced by Foreign Teck, Elvas, Wheezy and OZ

It’s an unwritten rule that if you release an album, the song with Drake on it will always debut on the charts, and often particularly high. Okay, I guess it didn’t work for Drakeo the Ruler – sadly – but it did work for Slime Language 2. “Solid” which absolutely did not need the four producers it has is pretty much just the trio being as uninteresting as possible as they slide over a synth-based trap beat with, say it with me, odd bass mixing. I guess Drake’s hook is mildly catchy and the steel pans in the verses are kind of fun even if they’re there for pretty much no reason. Gunna probably delivers the best verse, if not the purest as he brags about having solid friendships, and boasts wealth over the beat which gets a lot more eerie and downbeat with Gunna over it for whatever reason, even when he’s spitting ridiculous sex bars. The best part of this as with most of the YSL label projects is the interplay between Young Thug and Gunna, as over an increasingly badly mixed beat and some slick organ licks, Thugger ends off the track with an effortless verse and... well, it sure is a trap-rap song by Young Thug, Gunna and Drake. That’s for sure. It’s not bad at all and this beat could be a lot better if there were more steel pans and better mixing, it’s just that none of these guys deliver as well as they can and like most things he’s on nowadays, Drake is the worst part of it.

#29 – “Little More Love” – AJ Tracey

Produced by Venna, Mark Raggio, RyFy and Yoz Beats

I’m surprised there’s little fanfare about this song and the album in general, especially given how big songs like “West Ten” and “Bringing it Back”. Sadly, I think this might be a case of waiting too long to get the record out or just AJ’s star fading away and towards – unfortunately – Digga D. This cut got the music video treatment and hence debuted the highest of any entries this week but it was set for a top 10 debut from the album and video boost, but just seems to have stalled. I actually think that’s pretty unfortunate as this is a great song, with that tropical guitar lick that sounds cheap when drenched in the reverb and especially when the beat comes in and it’s mixed too loudly, but that doesn’t really obscure the trap knock and groove, particularly in that chorus with AJ’s expected dead-beat delivery. That delivery really works for this song, though, as it’s about the paranoia that comes with unexpected fame and success for someone from a background of poverty. I wish the beat gave AJ more room to breathe but he still flips the typical UK flows on his verses so they’re a lot more catchy and smooth, particularly over those soulful vocal loops that come in at the same time. That second verse is pretty excellent too, as whilst it’s short, it runs through some pretty excellent flows and some interesting lines, like about how he sees himself as Che Guerava, represents his Trinidadian identity and how he’s “got God” so he and his crew don’t need to wear a bullet-proof vest, which is actually kind of profound for Tracey. The horns at the end of this beat deserve some credit for making this song great too, and with all the sounds packed into this song, I think I understand why this one has four producers, even if this cluttered mix could use halving that total.

Conclusion

This is a pretty solid week all things considered, with a lot of good to great songs, so much so that it’s difficult to give out titles. I guess Best of the Week is going to “Ski” by Young Stoner Life, Young Thug and Gunna but I’m convinced to give a three-way tie for Honourable Mention. I think I’ll just stick with giving it to Regard, Troye Sivan and Tate McRae for “You” but it was close. Worst of the Week ends up going to “Sunshine (The Light)” by Fat Joe, Amorphous and DJ Khaled almost by default, with a Dishonourable Mention to AJ Tracey’s “Kukoc” featuring NAV, even if I still kind of like the song. Here’s our top 10 for this week:

Hopefully next week will keep this quality going, but in terms of new arrivals I can’t really make any concrete predictions other than a boost for “Save Your Tears” and hopefully an impact from Jorja Smith and Little Simz. I guess time will tell however, so thanks for reading and I’ll see you next week!

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Odell Beckham Jr Checks Out Cristiano Ronaldo’s N972m Customized Bugatti Chiron

Nike brings together Real Madrid’s Portuguese striker, Cristiano Ronaldo and American Football wide receiver for the New York Giants,Odell Beckham Jr, for the launch of the Nike Mercurial football boot. The two superstars who come from two very different footballing worlds hung out in Madrid for the day and made sure they let fans know their every move. Ronaldo at one stage even managed to get his $2.7million Bugatti involved, as Odell Beckham Junior posted a video of him checking out the car before joking how it’s “disrespectful” for Ronaldo to ruin his car with the “CR7” side badges. Despite his 2017 campaign being cut short by injury, OBJ’s popularity has gone strength to strength along with his 10.2 million followers on Instagram. Ronaldo of course is one of the biggest stars in the sport world and has an Instagram following of 122 million. Ronaldo’s Bugatti Chiron is powered by an 8.0-liter W16 engine, producing 1,500 HP and 1,600 Nm (1,180 lb-ft) of torque. It can get from zero to 100 km/h (62 mph) in under 2.5 seconds, and max out at 420 km/h (260 mph). OBJ has being seen posing next to a McLaren 720S and a Lamborghini Huracan, but the only two cars he’s consistently seen in are matte black Mercedes CLS 63 AMG and a white Rolls-Royce Wraith. By comparison, Ronaldo’s car collection is huge, which is to be expected. With a yearly salary of around $39.6 million (N14.2b), he earns about 20 times than Beckham Jr. After checking out Ronaldo’s Bugatti Chiron, maybe he’ll be wanting one for himself, judging by his reaction to it.

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get to know me tag

I was tagged by @kinkyoongs omg someone wants to know about this garbage, thank you 🌹 i love u.

Rules: answer 30 questions then tag 20 people you’d like to know better.

Nickname(s): val, valeriana and zahlem

Gender: female

Star Sign: leo

Height: 5′0" (...)

Time: 12:44pm

Birthday: July 23th

Favourite bands: bts. nine inch nails. the prodigy. twenty one pilots. 2ne1. blackpink. red velvet. bikini kill. tegan and sara and much more... ✨

Favourite solo artists: marina and the diamonds. lana del rey. aurora. suran. bjork. cl. jake bugg. kali uchis. tom odell. lykke li etc, etc... 💞

Song stuck in my head: drop by rap monster. that mixtape is THE mixtape. i love HIM.

Last movie watched: the final girls. my baby alia shawkat looks so adorable in the film.

Last show watched: none

When did I create my blog: 1 year ago

What do I post: bts, flowers, my love for women and other things.

Last thing I googled: “the unbearable lightness of being pdf”

Do you have other blogs: nop

Do you get asks: nOP i guess everyone hates me here

Why did you choose your url: i like lana del rey but i want to look edgy...

Following: no

Followers: no

Favourite colours: blue. black. pink. soft purple.

Average hours of sleep: 5

Lucky number: i don't have

Instruments: :'(

What am I wearing: jeans and black tshirt

How many blankets I sleep with: 2

Dream job: soooo many things: dancer, photographer, criminologist, lawyer, interpreter... 

Dream trip: get to know all my country

Favourite food: hot cakes

Nationality: mexican 

Favourite song right now: somebody new by joywave 💖

I tag: @yoongisuz @hyyhhoe @cypherpart420