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I predict Years & Years. Probably Karma or If You're Over Me.
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I predict Years & Years. Probably Karma or If You're Over Me.
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You know I love a fellow SOPHIE stan but this exposé while also calling Janelle "easy music" or w/e... a choice
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You'll have to wait to find out cause from the Top 70 to the Top 60 all we're losing is extras! So hold tight to your faves!
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Our Top 70!
Hayley Kiyoko “Feelings”
Hayley Kiyoko “Curious”
Hayley Kiyoko ft. Kehlani “What I Need”
Hayley Kiyoko “Sleepover”
Hayley Kiyoko “HLNY”
Hayley Kiyoko “Molecules”
Christine and the Queens “Girlfriend”
Christine and the Queens “5 Dollar”
Christine and the Queens “Goya! Soda”
Christine and the Queens “Doesn’t Matter”
Christine and the Queens “What’s-her-face”
Christine and the Queens “The Walker”
Christine and the Queens “5 Dollar”
Christine and the Queens “Goya! Soda”
Christine and the Queens “Doesn’t Matter”
Christine and the Queens “What’s-her-face”
Christine and the Queens “The Walker”
Troye Sivan “My My My!”
Troye Sivan “Good Side”
Troye Sivan “Bloom”
Troye Sivan ft. Ariana Grande “Dance to This”
Troye Sivan “Lucky Strike”
Troye Sivan “Good Side”
Troye Sivan “Bloom”
Troye Sivan ft. Ariana Grande “Dance to This”
Troye Sivan “Lucky Strike”
Ssion “Comeback”
Ssion “ At Least the Sky is Blue”
Ssion “Inherit”
Ssion “Heaven is My Thing Again”
Ssion “ At Least the Sky is Blue”
Ssion “Inherit”
Ssion “Heaven is My Thing Again”
MNEK “Correct”
MNEK “Tongue”
MNEK “Body”
MNEK “Girlfriend”
MNEK “Crazy World”
Years & Years “All For You”
Years & Years “Hallelujah”
Years & Years “Karma”
Years & Years “Rendezvous”
Years & Years “Up In Flames”
Years & Years “If You’re Over Me”
Years & Years “Hallelujah”
Years & Years “Karma”
Years & Years “Rendezvous”
Years & Years “Up In Flames”
Years & Years “If You’re Over Me”
Janelle Monae “Make Me Feel”
Janelle Monae “Screwed”
Janelle Monae “Django Jane”
Janelle Monae “Pynk”
Janelle Monae “I Like That”
Janelle Monae “Americans”
Janelle Monae “Screwed”
Janelle Monae “Django Jane”
Janelle Monae “Pynk”
Janelle Monae “I Like That”
Janelle Monae “Americans”
SOPHIE “It's Okay to Cry”
SOPHIE “Immaterial”
SOPHIE “Immaterial”
The Aces “Volcanic Love”
Ah Mer Ah Su “Heartbreaker”
Anna Calvi “Don’t Beat the Girl Out of My Boy”
Big Freedia ft. Lizzo “Karaoke”
Black Belt Eagle Scout “Soft Stud”
Blood Orange “Charcoal Baby”
Boygenius “Stay Down”
Brandi Carlile “The Joke”
Brockhampton “Weight”
Fischerspooner “Have Fun Tonight”
G Flip “Killing My Time”
Goldilox “Decision”
Brandi Carlile “The Joke”
Brockhampton “Weight”
Fischerspooner “Have Fun Tonight”
G Flip “Killing My Time”
Goldilox “Decision”
Holland “I’m Not Afraid”
Jessica 6 “The Storm Inside”
King Princess “1950”
Leadr “11:11”
Merlot “Bad For You”
Now, Now “SGL”
Jessica 6 “The Storm Inside”
King Princess “1950”
Leadr “11:11”
Merlot “Bad For You”
Now, Now “SGL”
Pale Waves “There’s a Honey”
Perta “From Fire”
Rae Morris “Lower the Tone”
Reyna “Baby Forget It”
Rina Sawayama “Cherry”
Ryan Beatty “Powerslide”
Perta “From Fire”
Rae Morris “Lower the Tone”
Reyna “Baby Forget It”
Rina Sawayama “Cherry”
Ryan Beatty “Powerslide”
Shea Diamond “Keisha Complexion”Sofya Wang “Found Love”
St. Vincent “Fast Slow Disco”
Teddy <3 “Body and Soul”
VINCINT “Mine”
Zolita "New You"
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I’m amazed that If You’re Over Me has made the top sixty. I thought the forum collectively loathed it.
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But actually I was quite surprised by it's reception and have my theories that will be discussed #soon
You did mention this before, but it's still kind of surprising as, to me at least, a few of the remaining main artist songs are not particularly superior to the remaining extras in general. But main artists doing better than extras happens in basically every rate so, then again, I guess it's not actually that surprising.
Anyway, I hope we lose the following nine (my last sub-7 extras):
Ah Mer Ah Su “Heartbreaker”
Boygenius “Stay Down”
Brockhampton “Weight”
G Flip “Killing My Time”
Merlot “Bad For You”
Perta “From Fire”
Ryan Beatty “Powerslide”
VINCINT “Mine”
Zolita "New You"
Boygenius “Stay Down”
Brockhampton “Weight”
G Flip “Killing My Time”
Merlot “Bad For You”
Perta “From Fire”
Ryan Beatty “Powerslide”
VINCINT “Mine”
Zolita "New You"
I tanked it, you're welcome x
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Tammy Baldwin has been out here breaking down barriers for queer people in U.S. politics since 1992! She's is literally:
-The first openly gay woman elected to Congress
-The first openly LGBT non-incumbent elected to Congress (meaning she came out before ever being elected)
-The first openly gay person elected to U.S. Senate
-As well as the first woman elected to represent Wisconsin in Congress
We love a trailblazing Democrat!
70. "New You"
By Zolita
7.057
Highest Score: 10 x 4 (@Untouchable Ace @Music Is Life @inevitable @yuuurei)
Lowest Score: 3 x 1 (@Trouble in Paradise)
My Score: 3
Your body's softer now
You're fucking me a different way
ohh yeah
Every time I think we're alone
I see his name come up on your phone
Suddenly the rate villain is me! I'll keep my opinions short and sweet in that I find this song completely fine except that it commits the cardinal sin of pop music: I find it interminably boring. The quoted verse is the only thing I ever remember about it beyond the fact that the chorus puts me to sleep. Without my score, Zolita would move up to #66! Anyways, Zolita herself if a wicked interesting figure so let's move on to why she's rad and everyone should continue loving her!
Zolita sprung to fame with her music video for the song "Explosion" which explores the all too common experience of falling for your best friend. Zolita's explained how she was inspired by the community she saw rise up around the video of LGBT people sharing this experience. One thing I loved in learning more about Zolita is her commitment to her LGBT fans. In almost every interview I read with her, she gave a response similar to the one she gave here to Thinx:
Growing up I didn’t have any openly gay, proud, female pop musicians in the mainstream to look up to. Queer people live in a world of heterosexual design and constantly have to transpose the stories in straight music into stories that we can relate to. I make LGBT positive music because I want to tell stories that haven’t been told, and I want to give young queer people music that feels specifically made for them. Music is a universal language - so I think it’s an extremely potent, effective platform to fight for the politics you believe in.
Zolita is a true creative jack of all trades, not only writing and performing all her music but also directing her music videos. The video for "New You" encapsulates a lot of the key aspects to her style: it's explicitly queer, sex positive and incorporates Wiccan images and themes. Zolita explained to Gay Times that "I’m a practicing witch and I practice magic in my daily life as a form of self-empowerment." She uses this personal experience to inform directing her music video. She explained to Nylon:
And that's that on that.
Oh wait, your commentary! Here is what our esteemed panel of voters thought:
Reboot I feel like I’ve heard this sort of song a million times already. It’s not bad, but it’s nothing special.
Pop3blow2 Digging this. This is sorta the spiritual sequel MNEK’s Girlfriend in the rate, to me.
The Hot Rock Nice production and overall vibe.
Untouchable Ace Haunting and bewitching.
Yuuurei Zolita is my second favorite crazy lesbian witch (after myself) and I like a lot of her music (Holy probably takes the top spot for me though). This song's one of her best, it really showcases how beautiful her voice can be and it's just a great vengeance jam. Her latest song Truth Tea is very similar thematically but I like this one a bit more, personally.
-The first openly gay woman elected to Congress
-The first openly LGBT non-incumbent elected to Congress (meaning she came out before ever being elected)
-The first openly gay person elected to U.S. Senate
-As well as the first woman elected to represent Wisconsin in Congress
We love a trailblazing Democrat!
70. "New You"
By Zolita
7.057
Highest Score: 10 x 4 (@Untouchable Ace @Music Is Life @inevitable @yuuurei)
Lowest Score: 3 x 1 (@Trouble in Paradise)
My Score: 3
Your body's softer now
You're fucking me a different way
ohh yeah
Every time I think we're alone
I see his name come up on your phone
Zolita sprung to fame with her music video for the song "Explosion" which explores the all too common experience of falling for your best friend. Zolita's explained how she was inspired by the community she saw rise up around the video of LGBT people sharing this experience. One thing I loved in learning more about Zolita is her commitment to her LGBT fans. In almost every interview I read with her, she gave a response similar to the one she gave here to Thinx:
Growing up I didn’t have any openly gay, proud, female pop musicians in the mainstream to look up to. Queer people live in a world of heterosexual design and constantly have to transpose the stories in straight music into stories that we can relate to. I make LGBT positive music because I want to tell stories that haven’t been told, and I want to give young queer people music that feels specifically made for them. Music is a universal language - so I think it’s an extremely potent, effective platform to fight for the politics you believe in.
Zolita is a true creative jack of all trades, not only writing and performing all her music but also directing her music videos. The video for "New You" encapsulates a lot of the key aspects to her style: it's explicitly queer, sex positive and incorporates Wiccan images and themes. Zolita explained to Gay Times that "I’m a practicing witch and I practice magic in my daily life as a form of self-empowerment." She uses this personal experience to inform directing her music video. She explained to Nylon:
"More specifically as a queer woman, the fear of a partner cheating with someone of the opposite gender. This song is very emotionally charged for me, so it was important that I convey that by myself in the video. The video opens with me sitting on a stack of TVs replaying memories of the relationship, and throughout the video, I decide whether or not I should hex the cheatee."
Obviously as a Ssion stan, I love her commitment to her visuals and the control she takes over her image. It's refreshing to see a queer woman celebrate her sexuality specifically with other queer women in mind as the audience. As she explained to the Fader, not only does representation matter but who is behind the lens matters to:
Its important for queer people to see their content directed by queer people in the same way its important to see people of color directed by people of color or trans people directed by trans people. Otherwise, we end up with things like Blue is the Warmest Color which is directed by a man and features a 10 minute long sex scene with scissoring.” She doesn't deny her love for the film or that those dynamics exist in queer relationship but she hopes that we strive for more, “I feel like sometimes non-queer people direct queer movies and try to tell the audience how they should feel about us.”
See, quotes like this make me want to stan her so hard but then I go and listen to her music and it's simply not for me!? Now let's close on Zolita's wise words about one of this thread's favorite things to debate: pronouns in queer music!
There’s still a few artists who are openly gay, but don’t use pronouns in their music, whereas you do.
That’s always been so important to me. Some artists are like, ‘I want everyone to be able to relate to it,’ but I’ve been listening to quote on quote straight music my whole life, and I’ve been able to project myself onto and relate to those stories. So it shouldn’t be a problem for straight people to listen to a girl sing a song with female pronouns and not be able to find themselves in it. That’s still a bit of internalized homophobia. Pronouns are so important because it normalizes the queer experience and makes people feel valid.
That’s always been so important to me. Some artists are like, ‘I want everyone to be able to relate to it,’ but I’ve been listening to quote on quote straight music my whole life, and I’ve been able to project myself onto and relate to those stories. So it shouldn’t be a problem for straight people to listen to a girl sing a song with female pronouns and not be able to find themselves in it. That’s still a bit of internalized homophobia. Pronouns are so important because it normalizes the queer experience and makes people feel valid.
And that's that on that.
Oh wait, your commentary! Here is what our esteemed panel of voters thought:
Reboot I feel like I’ve heard this sort of song a million times already. It’s not bad, but it’s nothing special.
Pop3blow2 Digging this. This is sorta the spiritual sequel MNEK’s Girlfriend in the rate, to me.
The Hot Rock Nice production and overall vibe.
Untouchable Ace Haunting and bewitching.
Yuuurei Zolita is my second favorite crazy lesbian witch (after myself) and I like a lot of her music (Holy probably takes the top spot for me though). This song's one of her best, it really showcases how beautiful her voice can be and it's just a great vengeance jam. Her latest song Truth Tea is very similar thematically but I like this one a bit more, personally.
New You is a goddamn bop and you all are heathens x
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Great song, sad it's gone. Glad I didn't underscore it. Also, I love that she's a witch.
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Wait is witch supposed to be misspelled in the title?
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Yes it was you
