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A little update

Hello everyone, I hope everyone is having a good day and once again peace in the middle east screw you Netanyahu. Anyways, I want to make this brief little update about my content and also a certain album I will get to. But first, the content of my Tumblr account. I will still post the US Exclusion Zone and reviewing every Hot 100 #1s. But also I'm trying to probably doing a ranking on other charts beside Hot 100. So stay tuned for that I will tell you what I wanna do with that.

The other one was regarding a certain album that might make an impact two weeks from now on Billboard chart. As many of you know, rap albums rarely get the same album bomb treatment as like Latin rap, reggaeton, or even regional Mexican music. It did happened look at 21 Savage and Drake for example. But, there's another globally recognized rapper that dropped his album this week and it's Kanye West. And from the numbers seems to me that it might doing better than expected. So here's my ultimatum:

1. I will not review any songs from Vultures if it appeared on the Billboard Excl US chart.

2. Mentioning that album from this point onward will not be tolerated

3. Kanye West is an open and about alt-right at best.

4. I will still review his older songs if they charted on that chart

So yeah thanks friend for reading this take care y'all.

#billboard #billboard charts #pop music #review #update

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Billboard USA Exclusion Zone Episode 24 (02/10/2024)

Yes I skipped a week and it's very much because last week was the worst one that I might reviewed on this show and for my mental health sake I don't want to put through David Kushner doing yet another bad Hozier impression or Benson Boone making Weezer late 2010s album cut with bad case of Lukas Grahamism. But I am more excited for this week because of a lot of shall we say Tea about this week's chart. And we actually don't start with the one that you know about, but with the one that's actually showed how fucked late stage capitalism is like. Kinda funny because it came from the band that have the lyrics "my boob and booty's hot".

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50. "Wife" by (G)I-DLE

So apparently this song was banned in SBS...because of how indecent it is. Bro you know how very much divided your country is when it comes to gender issues that a nothing burger of a song that has slight tinged of feminism in it is banned because of how indecent it is. South Korea I think you need to relax here.

95. "Praise Jah In The Moonlight" by YG Marley

So there's gonna be a Bob Marley biopic soon and seems like there's a lot of hype for the movie because his grandson's song got a viral hit with this song, making it the biggest reggae song charted since...Rude? Anyways unlike that song, this one is pure and uncut reggae which means you'll probably get the full experience if you smoke weed. I'll probably try listen to the song again with cigs but for now it's good. Also this was co-written by his mom...his mom is Lauryn Hill.

96. "Selfish" by Justin Timberlake

The fact that Justin Timberlake could now be considered as a legacy act...kinda stoked me. Well until I listened to his new singles here which...yeah this song is definitely what would a Justin Timberlake song would sound like in 2024 aka gutless and swampy.

102. "Super Lady" by (G)I-DLE

...I think Queencard might be a fluke.

104. "HISS" by Megan Thee Stallion

Alright now for the main course of the supper. I have been an avid fan of Megan ever since 2019 but I think this might be her best song to date. Also I love the fact that this song charted here and not the Nicki's response to it. Proving that people worldwide care and support Megan more than Nicki in this case (also thank god the world over still don't know who or what a Tom MacDonnald is). But yeah all the bars here connect, the beat is just the right amount of minimalist and menace. My favorite part of this song is actually that underlying bass melody. It added to the menace and venom that she spew and it worked. I know this won't last here but I'm glad that Megan exist at all.

113. "La Intencion" by Christian Nodal ft. Peso Pluma

I feel like with time a lot of corridos tumbados would refined their production and I believe this is the best produced song that I heard for the genre. It felt more tuneful and the vocal production here is clearer than ever. If say the lyrics isn't as bad this would be an all timer in corridos tumbados scene.

172. "M.A.I" by Milo j

I love it when a typical reggaeton or latin rap act would make something that sounds like something that Noah Kahan would make and it actually charted. Still waiting for the day Bad Bunny make his nu-metal song.

181. "DASH" by NMIXX

Why does this sounds like a remix between Wish I Knew You and Dang! But I'm not complaining because I think more K-Pop band should do these type of jazzy sound. I love the slap bass here and the outro is...wait was that drum n bass???

192. "Si Sabe Ferxxo" by Blessd ft. Feid

I still don't know why Feid is still here to be honest.

I highly recommend everyone to listen to these songs.

#billboard #billboard charts #music review #pop music #review #kpop #reggaetón #peso pluma #megan thee stallion #gidle #yg marley #bob marley #reggae #trap rap #justin timberlake #christian nodal #corridos tumbados #feid #nmixx

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Reviewing Every Billboard Hot 100 #1s: Laughter In The Rain by Neil Sedaka

Like I said on the Mandy review, the singles chart was a stark contrast to the album charts. And none of that contrast will be more exemplified by the fact that while the album charts are filled with classic albums from Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, and Fleetwood Mac, the radio and the singles charts have soft rockers like Neil Sedaka topping the chart.

Now I don't have any problem with soft rock to be honest. Yes they can be cheesy and sometimes boring, but they can be one of the best songs ever written. This song...is not one of them but I do like the song. Yeah I know the lyrics are very cheesy but the lyrics are cute with how you love this girl during the rain. I do like the production of the song as well. But, his voice is so feminine that it sounds like the most wholesome sapphic song ever. But yeah nothing too complicated about this, it's just good

#billboard #billboard charts #music review #pop music #review #billboard hot 100 #hot 100 #neil sedaka #soft rock #70s

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Reviewing Every Billboard Hot 100 #1s: Please Mr. Postman by Carpenters

Feels like when you're talking about the easy listening act of the 70s, you'll be encountering the duo Carpenters. They're one of the best selling acts of the 70s and it wasn't even close. Even though by 1975 their star power have dwindling especially with the rise of disco and more importantly glam rock. Because of that we'll be only talking about them with their only #1 hit of 1975 which is a cover of Please Mr. Postman.

To be honest just like Mandy, your tolerant of these type of sounds came down to the composition and I must say that even if their popularity had been declining, their production and composition are always consistent and most of Carpenters songs are great so yeah. I do still prefer the original of course I'm not insane, but this reminded me of Phil Collins' cover of You Can't Hurry Love. Just a chipper version of the original but added something that's authentic to them that you like it anyways. For this one is definitely the instrumental breakdown of the outro that really elevated this song. I'll give it a B-

#billboard #billboard charts #music review #pop music #review #billboard hot 100 #hot 100 #the carpenters #70s #easy listening #motown

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There's something very specific about how some people draw girls' hands touching the skin of other girls and the shape of girls' fingers and especially girls' fingers interlocking that kind of makes me go aaaaahhhh

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Every Billboard Hot 100#1 Hits Review: Mandy by Barry Manilow

To all of those people who said that "music used to be better back the" on every single music videos of rap songs, well sit down because I'm gonna review one of those "old classic". Anyways 70s are known for a lot of things. Like war, disco, the gaudy fashion, and more. But the one thing that dominated America at large even till the early 80s is easy listening AM radio singles. Because a lot of the bands you think of when you talked about 70s music, your Bowie, your Led Zeppelin, etc, never really being played on the radio except a few times. Instead, the biggest stars from AM radio era were the likes of Paul Anka, Frankie Valli, Donnie Osmond, and the man we're talking about today Barry Manilow.

Yes he has more hits than Copacabana and I Write The Song. And yes this song is as cheesy and over the top as those easy listening stuff. I mean the composition here is actually quite decent especially that bass and the strings. But this grand composition doesn't warrant the subject matter which is just a break up song about this guy wallow in his break up with a girl called Mandy. Yeah that's what we are dealing with and there'll be more of these for the next day to come. Seems like this has been forgotten and I don't blame people to not listen to this song even after it became the most popular song for a week in America. C-

#billboard #billboard charts #music review #pop music #review #easy listening #barry manilow #70s #Mandy

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Reviewing Every Billboard Hot 100 #1s: Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds by Elton John

Yup I'm back reviewing every #1 songs on Billboard Hot 100 but this time with a bit of a twist. You see I stopped doing this for a while because I'm burned out, but also the #1s from 2023 are just the worst thing ever and I don't wanna talk about the songs that became #1 that year till probably 2040. So how about we go back in time and talked about songs that became the most popular in a certain year. To start this experiment I will try and review every #1 songs of 1975...which have 35 songs.

Reviewing old songs can be a doozy because you have to give some context for the song you are reviewing since some of your viewers or readers didn't experienced the songs when it came out. So this song is actually a cover by Elton John from Sgt. Pepper album by The Beatles. And the original song is a classic especially expanding the sound from Revolver. Also around this time, cover songs are more likely to became a hit so we'll probably see more cover songs during this year. But how was the cover?

Well at least getting the backing from John Lennon does helped. But there's one problem with this song that I think will be a reoccurring problem with 1975. Mainly that the song is too long. I know with those six minutes runtime Elton added a lot more stuff like the instrumental break and the rearrangement. But even the next year there will be The Beatles deepcut that hit the top ten. So I think for me this song is good, but definitely we'll see a better Elton John songs soon. I'll give this a B (yes I'm rating the song now).

#billboard #billboard charts #music review #pop music #review #elton john #the beatles #sgt peppers lonely hearts club band #john lennon #psychedelic pop

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actually being transgender is fucking awesome i get to look like this in real life

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Billboard USA Exclusion Zone Episode 23 (01/27/2024)

I have like four things I want to say about the chart at the moment

Seems like this year will a test for the established artists from the 2010s as to how they'll adapt to 2020s especially with the TikTok generation

Speaking of TikTok, it's no secret that the app basically dictate what becomes a hit or not. But looking at the chart as a whole and I couldn't helped myself and think that these songs wouldn't be as high as it is if there's no TikTok

21 Savage seemingly has reached the stardom that big rappers before him that he even worked with in the 2020s. With this week we have 21 Savage album bomb and I will talked about the three highest charting songs from the album

The fact that I already got 2 songs that would probably appeared on my best list that debuted this week.

Something to think about really. Anyways debut time!

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1. "Yes, And?" by Ariana Grande

See this is why I said that established artists will have to adapt to the 2020s sensibility and only get some immediate effect and nothing else. I do like the song and I'd say this is her best lead singles since No Tears Left To Cry with the late 80s house and the Vogue by Madonna samples. But I don't see a lot of hype from this at least on normie circle. So yeah the song is good but I'm worried about her next album

5. "Bizarrap Music Session, Vol 58" by Bizarrap & Young Miko

Even though I don't speak Spanish, I can sense that this song is aspiritional and celebrating the success by the production alone. The piano, the 2010s style percussion, and how tasteful it felt especially coming from Bizarrap. This is actually sounds like what Official HIGE DANdism would've made to be honest. Another great offering from Biza

16. "Redrum" by 21 Savage

Seems like 21 listened to MONACO by Bad Bunny and be like "yeah sure I have better samples here lmao" and that's how this song was made. All jokes aside yeah I can say this is perfect lead off singles. It sets the tone for the album and I love that samples.

17. "Igual Que Un Angel" by Kali Uchis ft. Peso Pluma

You know, I've always reserved with whenever Kali Uchis released at first because her brand of loose rnb music can be intimidating sometimes. But with this and the rest of the album, the feeling I got is just warm welcome. This song is excellent and the fact that this song made Peso Pluma sounds great not just good. Yeah this is best list material.

37. "nee-nah" by 21 Savage ft. Travis Scott & Metro Boomin

You can't do no wrong with 21 Savage and Metro Boomin but I'm surprised with Travis Scott here. He sounds more focused and better than his performance on Utopia. The song also just sounds great in general. Seems like his work on Spidervese soundtrack has done something with Metro because wow this sound so full and lush. The samples at the start with that trap percussion and of course the Nina Simone samples. It's a vibe and a half.

48. "Bling-Bang-Bang-Born" by Creepy Nuts

It's not even the end of January and we already have the best anime opening contender. Now with this one, opening for season 2 of Mashle, it has an uphill battle for it to be like best of the season so far. But somehow this song is unique even for anime opening standard, because this is straight up jersey club song even right down to the Trillville bed squeek. And the MC here R-Shitei just rap his ass off here. My god I am flabbergasted that this song exist at all.

53. "n.h.i.e" by 21 Savage ft. Doja Cat

So apparently this one is for Scarlet and yet it was given for 21 Savage. And yup this is definitely a Scarlet cut right down to the swapping bass and Doja Cat doing her Doja Cat shit. This would be like high tier Scarlet song but definitely middle tier American Dream song.

138. "J CHRIST" by Lil Nas X

Okay I think we need to talk about how we are assessing Lil Nas X as a phenomenom or as an artist. Because while this song is good, the way that people just don't care about this at all is telling especially when you remembered his last hit is a theme song for a League of Legends tournament. If I were you Lil Nas I would just released the Kesha cut as the second singles.

140. "First Love" by Oscar Ortiz X Edgardo Nunez

I usually like a lot of cumbia songs in general but I feel like something missing here. Maybe the percussion isn't defined or the performance from both artists are half assed. Feels like I should like this more than I do.

143. "Hola Perdida" by Luck Ra X KHEA

Well then this is the first merengue song since that mishapen collab between Manuel Turizo and Marshmello. I will say that I hope that we get more songs like this to spice up the latin pop scenes

146. "Unwritten" by Natasha Bedingfield

This is actually my gf's favorite song did you know that? Also with this and Murder On The Dancefloor both becoming viral hits because it appeared on movies, we can safely say that the influence of New Radicals are still alive even in 2020s.

168. "Never Lose Me" by Flo Milli

You know I would congratulate Flo Milli for appearing on this chart because these type of songs aren't usually crossed over outside the US. I would say more but this is definitely one of the trap-n-B song of all time.

176. "Apocalypse" by Cigarettes After Sex

You know Cigarettes After Sex is an apt name for this band because this is probably the most empty, disposible, and forgettable indie rock song I've heard. The lyrics also so melodramatic to the point of agonizing. Hard pass.

181. "O Me Voy O Te Vas" by Natanael Cano

I wasn't sure how Natanael Cano could be the father for corridos tumbados until I listened to this song. Like Todd always said that this song sounds like it has existed since the beginning of time and that's the appeal of it really.

191. "King Shit" by Shubh

I should've corrected myself that there's also a rise in rap songs made by the Punjabi community in Canada and things can get really messy there. They usually bring the sound that usually appeared on Punjabi or general Indian sound and make a rap song out of it. Honestly I should learn more about this because this genre could be big one day.

197. "When We Were Young (The Logical Song)" by David Guetta ft. Kim Petras

Meanwhile this song is not that and it's basically just David Guetta playing catchup on the rising trance comeback and it's just as empty as you expected.

I highly recommend everyone to listen to these songs.

#billboard #billboard charts #music review #pop music #review #trap rap #corridos tumbados #metro boomin #21 savage #jpop #mashle #punjabi #ariana grande #bizarrap #young miko #creepy nuts #natasha bedingfield #lil nas x

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Billboard USA Exclusion Zone Episode 22 (01/21/2024)

Sorry for the late upload here. Not only the chart was postponed due to MLK Day, but also the new entries here I'm kinda struggling with. This is what happened in between busy weeks alright. So let's just get through this and be excited for next week because...oh boy.

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74. "Una Foto" by Mesita X NICKI NICOLE X Tiago PZK X Emillia

You know it's gonna be a quiet week when this song is the top debut. Look while I do like the production on this one a bit more than some of these Argentinian reggaeton joint, I would probably be forgetting about this one in record time.

127. "Love 119" by RIIZE

This reminded me of those rap ballad that was made during the hayday of EXILE but with trap percussion and production. I do look forward to these kinds of sound in boy groups though.

178. "Skyfall" by Adele

Definitely the best James Bond song during the Daniel Craig era. Though I don't know why this doing here so high. Is there James Bond themed TikTok trends that I don't know?

185. "No Te Quieren Conmigo" by Gaby Music ft. Lunay & Luar La L

A perfect song to filled a thermostat to (yes I did that because I know this song would probably be gone within five weeks or so).

187. "La Falda" by Myke Towers

The fact that Myke Towers chose to released LALA is kinda baffling especially when his usual material like this are better produced than most reggaeton songs.

190. "O Maahi" by Arijit Singh

I think the more interesting fact about this and other songs from Bollywood movies is that streaming sites like Spotify have taken over and we will probably see more of these in the future. Let's hope that those songs didn't sound like this.

193. "FTCU" by Nicki Minaj

It's also interesting how the biggest song from the new Nicki album only just now charted on Global Excl US chart. Anyways, I'd say this is probably the best song on the album since this is what I want in Nicki. Strong beat, composed rapping, and good lyrics.

I highly recommend everyone listen to these songs.

#billboard #billboard charts #music review #pop music #review #kpop #reggaetón #trap rap #bollywood #argentina #nicki minaj #riize #adele #myke towers

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Billboard USA Exclusion Zone Episode 21 (01/13/2024)

Now that all the Christmas stuff is gone, what do we have to replace all of the Christmas songs? Well seems like we are still stuck with what 2023 had to offered. Regional Mexican, J-Pop, old songs that went viral on TikTok, and some legacy songs just debuted. And yet looking at the chart reset I think showed a bigger picture that I will get to on my blog, stay tuned. Enough stalling let's get into these meaty lists of new arrival

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49. "Goat" by Number_I

You know the year hasn't even started yet and we might have a contender for the worst song of the year. Like imagine if Fleeting Lullaby by Ado was remixed by a B-tier boyband and the productions sounded like the backwash of Gen 3 boyband group sound...you get this.

51. "Rompe La Dompe" by Peso Pluma, Junior H, Oscar Maydon

This is probably the most well produced Peso Pluma song in corridos scene. I love how chill the song is. Definitely needed after...that car crash the size of opening lap of Belgian GP in 1998 proportion.

64. "Wherever u r" by UMI ft. V from BTS

Seems like V beside making solid RnB album, also want to platform small RnB artist as well. And it's a great song to boot as well. I'm instantly hooked by UMI's voice with the melodic guitar, spacious production, and just immaculate atmosphere which is perfect for the sort of cut about long distance longing. I do think the percussion is a bit loud. But hey it's still a high recommendation

114. "Poco A Poco" by Xavi ft. Los Dareyes de La Sierra

Seems like the train of regional Mexican sound is still rolling because we have a newcomer by the name of Xavi. He's not Spanish by the way he's from Arizona. But, he has been going up on the chart with La Diabla which is a good song. And this one might be better due to the fact that there's a slap bass in it.

132. "Maria Mariah" by Silva MC, DJ F7, C NO BEAT & MC Meno Dani

10/10 would Brazilian funk again.

154. "Modo DND" by Xavi & Tony Aguirre

I feel like the reason why I've been positive with Xavi because in terms of corridos tumbados, his sounds are very full and competently produced for once. I love the horn lines here the most because it's kinda like all over the place.

161. "Murder On The Dancefloor" by Sophie Ellis-Bextor

TikTok strikes again and this time it might be their best find yet. Coming from the Saltburn ending where Barry Keoghan "dancing" to this song, we have quite possible the reason why Future Nostalgia existed in the first place. I'm glad that Americans are listening to this two decades later. The lush nu-disco production that didn't aged a day with the liquid guitar, tight bass, and the strings. Every seconds of this song is just tight and controlled which could be attributed to Gregg Alexander aka the bald guy with the bucket hat from New Radicals. The guitar solo is just an icing on the cake on otherwise fantastic tune.

162. "Husn" by Anuv Jain

Never thought I would hear a song from India like this to be honest. But hey it's a nice surprised to hear this type of sounds in other languages that I am not familiar with.

170. "Overdrive" by Ofenbach ft. Norma Jean Martine

It's kinda cool how dance genre has probably its stronger year in 2023. This is the first one I'm listening to this year and yeah the streak keep on going here. Never have I heard more beautiful piano house since...shit probably Hold My Hand.

172. "Alucin" by Eugenio Esquivel X Grupo Marca Registrada X Sebastian Esquivel

This is probably the best "Edm mixed with regional mexican" song I've heard. Though when your competition is a song by Fuerza Regida featuring Marshmello...yeah

186. "Let Me Love You" by DJ Snake ft. Justin Bieber

Not gonna lie, the sound of DJ Snake just didn't hold up so well with time. This song in 2024 sounds so empty and devoid of anything interesting.

190. "Have You Ever Seen The Rain" by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Meanwhile this song is timeless and could be played at any time where you are feeling down or just sick of the bullshit get thrown at you.

191. "Livin On A Prayer" by Bon Jovi

Just listening to this one song and you will get why hair metal was at one point the biggest genre in the world in the mid 80s.

193. "Poker Face" by Lady Gaga

Meanwhile just listened to this song and you'll get why Lady Gaga is an icon and deserved her acolades.

197. "Be A Flower" by Ryokuoushoku Shakai

Wait so this is the song that became an opening for an anime about ancient China? Why does this bang so hard????

199. "One Dance" by Drake ft. Wizkid & Nyla

One Dance is a good song but this song marked the exact point where Drake stopped trying most of the times because his status as #1 hit makers has been sealed.

200. "Lean On" by Major Lazer ft. DJ Snake & MO

It's a good even great EDM song but it's pale in comparison to its competition at that time.

I highly recommend everyone listening to these songs

#billboard #billboard charts #music review #pop music #review #anime #corridos tumbados #peso pluma #jpop #saltburn #edm #drake #lady gaga #brazilian funk #the apothecary diaries #sophie ellis bextor #xavi

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Update On Where I've Been

Sorry if I haven't posted in a long while. I was caught up with getting a job and personal reason I won't get into. But, it's the new year and I'm trying to be more active here as I'm continuing Global Exclusion Zone series. Plus I have something on the docket that I can't wait to try it out here.

In the meantime, I do have a blog that was inactive till just a few days ago. I made two blog posts one is for worst hit and the one is for best hit. I'd recommend the best hit imo. So yeah see you soon after the Christmas music subsided.

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Billboard USA Exclusion Zone Episode 20 ++ (09/02/2023)

I'm so sorry for taking another three weeks break. I was supposed to review the Travis Scott album bomb, but I really can't do album bomb week I'll be honest with you. Therefore, I'm going to limit the album bomb for at least the two highest charting songs on the album. And just for this episode, I'm gonna combined this week and the week before because I think it's at least interesting enough to talk about. No number on the chart this time so let's go on with it.

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"Bad Idea Right?" by Olivia Rodrigo

When the songlists from Olivia's sophomore album came out I was like "oh god she's getting too cathy with it." Well with this song I was wrong. There's a lot of witty and clever lines with the attitude of your average Gen Z that could fit in the 90's very well. I love the guitar solo too.

"MI EX TENIA RAZON" by Karol G

It's nice that we have a lot of variety in the latin music scene nowadays that we get a cumbia song by the biggest female latin pop singer still working today. Love the nods for Selena. May she rest in peace.

"QLONA" by Karol G ft. Peso Pluma

This is probably the best Peso Pluma has sounded. Who knew that when you have the best reggaeton producer working today Ovy On The Drum that you would mixed better and sounded better than any of your songs.

"Holanda" by Jhayco

Fun fact: the Dutch government has phased out the usage of Holland when calling the country Netherlands because they want other tourists to visit the other provinces. Anyways this song is alright.

"Fast Forward" by JEON SOMI

I think with how absent US is in this chart, we'll get more songs from countries and languages that I didn't listened to as much or wouldn't expect to find. Now with Kpop it's a bit different since Billboard added Melon (A South Korean music app), which means we'll get a lot of kpop songs from less well known act. Like JEON SOMI with her house influenced song that sounded not out of place from late 2019 house.

"Automotivo Bibi Fogosa" by Bibi Babydoll, Dj Brunin XM, KZA Produções

You know...it's a matter of time that the gigachad meme would be sampled...but as a Brazilian Funk song????? That's new.

"Fast Car" by Luke Combs

I think Luke Combs really filled out the space that Hootie & The Blowfish used to occupy but did it better. I think him doesn't care about charting hits is what I love about this guy. Listen to "Doin' This" y'all after you got introduced by him from this cover.

"With You" by AP Dhillon

So apparently there's too many trends happening all at once that the trend of Punjabi music from Canadian artists just flew me by and I can say that I like this trend. I grew up with a lot of Indian movies and idk something about this song really screamed modern while the vocal melody exude tradition.

"Prada" by casso ft. RAYE & D-Block Europe

This is actually my first full listen to D-Block Europe but I can tell that they don't fit in this song. Though this song is kinda hollow.

"Heeriye" by Arijit Singh, Dulquer Salmaan, Jasleen Royal

You know how I said about "With You" that the song sounds like a modern reinterpretation of an Indian movie soundtrack? Well this is like almost the exact same thing but it's actually from an Indian movies. Modern production still works within the context of Bollywood movies.

"Better Things" by aespa

The next three songs are kpop songs with some degree of intrigued. We'll start with the least intriguing one with a new song by aespa. All I can describe from this song is that it's clunky and for aespa that marketed itself with bombastic grandiose stuff, this song just doesn't do it for me.

"Killin' Me Good" by JIHYO

You know, when you are the leader of TWICE, I thought that there's more fan fare for this song. But alas this is not as successful as some people thought. Kinda unfortunate because this song slaps so hard.

"KIDDING" by ISEGYE IDOL

This is the sole reason I'm back making this episode because this is kinda momentus. This is the first time a vtuber idol group have ever charted in any Billboard chart...I think ever? Tbh separate the fact that the singers here are all vtubers...this song is just a standard Gen 3 kpop idol songs but with more higher pitch because kawaii?

"ITALODISCO" by The Kolors

Yeah this song is definitely an homage to italodisco...what I wanna to add here?

I highly recommend everyone to listen to these songs!

#billboard #billboard charts #music review #pop music #review #rap #pop #kpop #reggaetón #peso pluma #vtuber #aespa #olivia rodrigo #karol g

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Billboard USA Exclusion Zone Episode 19 (08/05/2023)

After three weeks hiatus, I am finally back from the break and a lot has happened recently. We got Jungkook and Latto's first #1 hit, this week we have NewJeans album bomb along with Barbie rising up more, and Speak Now Taylor's Version is out as well. That's all that really happened really, I don't know what anything that happened beside that hahaha....anyways here's the best chart on earth's debut review.

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4. "ETA" by NewJeans

I think 2023 has been a great year for Kpop, but if you tell this to like a Kpophead they'll tell you it's kinda tumultuous. Using NewJeans as an example, they have been kinda screwed by their label manager in the lead up to Get Up. This song is the prime example which some people on Twitter are calling this song a support for a far-left Basque separatist group...okay then twitter. Bottom line is that despite the success and this being a great song (even if it sounded like That That by Psy), It has been a chaotic year for Kpop

6. "K-pop" by Travis Scott ft. Bad Bunny & The Weeknd

I will get into the album review next week, but it's kinda interesting how because of Goosebumps and Sicko Mode, he's now is big enough globally that this song can chart on Global Excluding US chart. And also I couldn't forget that while he's indeed a piece of shit and has blood on his hand, at the end of the day the music has to prove itself to be good (unless if you are a Nazi or a rapist and make a song about it). With that in mind, this song is not good. Who thought that mixing funk carioca drum with eerie synth was a good idea is beyond me.

19. "Cool With You" by NewJeans

My favorite part of Kpop this year is how they're embracing the 2000's dance sound along with the club sound. That's why this song is my favorite one from the album. I just love the UK Garage sound and this one is no exceptions.

26. "ASAP" by NewJeans

I've never seen any Kpop bands ever experimented as much as this one. This is legit felt like early Bjork sound modernized and I don't take that lightly.

44. "Get Up" by NewJeans

Cool intro sis!

82. "Barbie Girl" by Aqua

You know my ass was very egg back then when I didn't have negative reaction listening to this song for the first time during elementary. And also me opening up repressive memories of me wanting to play Barbie but couldn't...anyways Barbie movie is great.

110. "Speed Drive" by Charli XCX

The fact that this song sounds like her hyperpop days with the ringtone like synth and the distorted bass charted high in here and also the US showed that we are so back baby!

128. "Nothing Compares 2 U" by Sinead O'Connor

The saddest part of her death is that I just found out that she converted to Islam. She fought a good fight and this cover of The Family song is still a classic. Innalillahi Wa Inalillahi Roji'un Shuhada' Sadaqat I hope you're finally find peace in akhirat.

129. "Love Like This" by Zayn

Anyways here's Zayn trend chasing the 2000's dance throwback and make it sound like the most uninspired thing ever, even if I do love the anti-drop.

149. "I'm Just Ken" by Ryan Gosling

My favorite part of the movie is the music choices. The fact that they changed the music on the radio from Indigo Girls to Matchbox Twenty to signified the takeover of Kens is inspired, as well as making Ryan Gosling singing what I would describe as an homage to the late Jim Steinmen, this movie is just great.

187. "Montagem - PR Funk" by S3BZS

All I can say is that if you showed this to your grandparents, they would perish.

198. "Rosa Patel" by Belanova

So if I get this correctly, this song is a pop rock song made by a Mexican band that was released in 2006 and during that time they're making Spanish version of High School Musical song...God I love this chart so much.

199. "Dial Drunk" by Noah Kahan

I kinda missed the indie folk sound of 2011-2014 as vapid and meaningless as they sound. And I'm glad he bring this back with some great guitar solo.

I highly recommend everyone to listen to these songs.

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Update

Sorry if I haven't uploaded the new episode of US Exclusion Zone. I'm gonna be honest here and saying that my mind has a lot to chew on after the graduation (which I think came too fast for me). So I am gonna take a break from the series. But fear not, because I will be talking about the #1's maybe per weekly but I will be catching up on those until 2020. So that's my update for what I'm gonna do to this account. Thanks for understanding.