2020's shortlist for my best of the year (which will be a list of 32 songs) is currently sitting at 60: Spoiler AJ Tracey & Mabel - West Ten Aluna & AlunaGeorge - Body Pump Becky Hill - Better Off Without You (feat. Shift K3Y) Carly Rae Jepsen - This Love Isn't Crazy Charli XCX - forever The Chicks - Gaslighter Chloe x Halle - Ungodly Hour Dagny - Somebody Daniel Merriweather - Paradise Declan McKenna - The Key to Life on Earth Doja Cat - Say So Dua Lipa - Cool Dua Lipa - Physical Dua Lipa - Hallucinate Duke Dumont - Therapy Foxes - Love Not Loving You Grimes & i_o - Violence HAIM - I Know Alone HAIM - Don't Wanna Hanna Ferm - Sweet Temptation Harry Styles - Watermelon Sugar Inna - Not My Baby Izzy Bizu - Faded Jack Garratt - Better James Bay - Chew On My Heart Jessie Ware - Spotlight (Edit) Joel Corry - Head & Heart (feat. MNEK) Jorja Smith - Rose Rouge Josef Salvat - paper moons Kali Uchis - i want war (BUT I NEED PEACE) Katy Perry - Daisies Khalid & Disclosure - Know Your Worth Khruangbin - Time (You and I) Kiesza - All of the Feelings The Killers - Caution Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande - Rain On Me Låpsley - Womxn Lianne La Havas - Can't Fight Little Mix - Break Up Song Maren Morris - Just for Now Marshmello & Halsey - Be Kind Megan Thee Stallion - Savage Remix (feat. Beyoncé) Neon Trees - Nights Perfume Genius - On the Floor Purity Ring - stardew The Pussycat Dolls - React RAYE - Natalie Don't Regard & RAYE - Secrets Rina Sawayama - XS Shamir - On My Own SONIKKU - Wknd (feat. LIZ) Tame Impala - Lost in Yesterday Tinashe & MAKJ - Save Room for Us Tove Lo - I'm Coming Troye Sivan - Easy Ty Dolla $ign - Ego Death (feat. Kanye West, FKA twigs & Skrillex) Victoria Monét, Khalid & SG Lewis - Experience The Weeknd - Blinding Lights Zara Larsson - Love Me Land The 1975 - If You’re Too Shy (Let Me Know) Interested to hear thoughts! I'm regularly adding/removing songs but just posting this for my own records to see what ultimately makes it when I finalise it next year!
Having myself some drinks a little Kylie before the new single release, and this understated gem always stood out to me. I bop.
Quite possibly the most underrated "perfect" song of the year. The song just builds up and up, they did the same with "It All Feels The Same" back then so this is a perfect follow up for that. Where as that song was cyncial, this is just lovely.
Speaking of songs that weren't singles that should have been... Even being a song light on Lisa... it's probably Blackpink's second or third best song.
This line from Avril Lavigne's My Happy Ending always makes me think this guy was hiding a giant pile of shit from everyone and only she knew about it: But they don't know me Do they even know you? All the things you hide from me All the shit that you do