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- #TheTenX5 46. Hachi ft. Hatsune Miku: "Dune" (砂の惑星) Japan 2017 A song about how 2017 Vocaloid sucks worse than being in Dune became the scene's biggest hit of the 2010s. No lore needed; just hear the key change into the chorus and the little frog voice saying "wow". www.youtube.com/watch?v=AS4q...
- #TheTenX5 47. Pet Shop Boys: "Love Is a Bourgeois Construct" UK 2013 I allowed two clear Poppy noncompliers in my 50 on the basis that they stood with the artists' imperial phase work, and this would've been the best thing on Introspective (ducks devices, dominoes) www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7w0...
- #TheTenX5 Day 4 2019 Black Pumas - Colors youtu.be/2EntxPIULUI?...
- #TheTenX5 Day 5 46. Beach Bunny - Dream Boy (2019) A lovestruck Juliet/Sings the streets a serenade/Laying everybody low/With a love song that she made youtu.be/_UrzgrI1FBo
- #TheTenX5 Day 4 47. Kero Kero Bonito - The Open Road (2019) This one has an amazing bit where, having bopped along quite jauntily, it hits the chorus and the drums, until now quite full and insistent, drop back to half-time and it really does feel like you're on the open road youtu.be/ZAY7zWw9-9Q
- #TheTenx5 Day 5 Robyn - Indestructible (2010, 🇸🇪) www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueI8... Not surprised to see so many different singles from this album come up. This one is my favourite for its pounding intensity and for the duelling strings + synth on the bridge
- #TheTenx5 Day 4 Sky Ferreira - One (2010, 🇺🇸) www.youtube.com/watch?v=waoh... A portion of my list is going to be all about who took after Yasutaka Nakata's crystalline techno-pop productions the best, and this was an early contender
- #TheTenX5 47. Pet Shop Boys: "Love Is a Bourgeois Construct" UK 2013 I allowed two clear Poppy noncompliers in my 50 on the basis that they stood with the artists' imperial phase work, and this would've been the best thing on Introspective (ducks devices, dominoes) www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7w0...
- #TheTenX5 48. Billie Eilish: "Bad Guy" USA 2019 I saw my draft list was short on 2019, thought about what I was missing for a second, and, well, duh. (doo-doot, doo-do-do-doo) (it might not be just me; the other obvious 2019 chart hit isn't even on the board yet…) www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyDf...
- #TheTenX5 Day 4 Sampha - Blood on Me 2016 youtu.be/_oM1DFL43Lk?...
- #TheTenX5 Day 4 47. Kero Kero Bonito - The Open Road (2019) This one has an amazing bit where, having bopped along quite jauntily, it hits the chorus and the drums, until now quite full and insistent, drop back to half-time and it really does feel like you're on the open road youtu.be/ZAY7zWw9-9Q
- #TheTenX5 Day 3 48. Calista Garcia - Stuck in your Head (2019) I don't have much country on this list, but I love this, with its verses that stumble and stagger around like a controlled collapse, and that completely gorgeous chord progression in the chorus youtu.be/uEBztzCJZAM
- #TheTenx5 Day 4 Sky Ferreira - One (2010, 🇺🇸) www.youtube.com/watch?v=waoh... A portion of my list is going to be all about who took after Yasutaka Nakata's crystalline techno-pop productions the best, and this was an early contender
- #TheTenx5 Day 3 Diana Vickers - Once (2010, 🇬🇧) www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpkx... Veteran pop songwriters and a 4th place X Factor contestant decide to try to outdo Ellie Goulding's splendid sex/death debut "Under the Sheets", succeeed (and hit #1)
- #TheTenX5 48. Billie Eilish: "Bad Guy" USA 2019 I saw my draft list was short on 2019, thought about what I was missing for a second, and, well, duh. (doo-doot, doo-do-do-doo) (it might not be just me; the other obvious 2019 chart hit isn't even on the board yet…) www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyDf...
- #TheTenX5 49. Post Malone & Swae Lee: "Sunflower" USA 2018 Curious to see how this does—one of the biggest streaming hits ever, almost universally liked, there's not gonna be much vote-splitting among Postys, yet I still wonder if anyone else is going to vote for it www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApXo...
- #TheTenX5 Day 3 Wrangler - Theme From Wrangler 2014 Mal & his mates fail the Poppy clause but give us a great slice of Carpenteresque electronica with this single from the first album youtu.be/OlG9k3RofE0?...
- #TheTenX5 Day 3 48. Calista Garcia - Stuck in your Head (2019) I don't have much country on this list, but I love this, with its verses that stumble and stagger around like a controlled collapse, and that completely gorgeous chord progression in the chorus youtu.be/uEBztzCJZAM
- #TheTenX5 Day 2 49. Paramore - Hard Times (2017) Paramore go a bit Tom Tom Club here, with some lovely guitar jangle thrown in as a little treat youtu.be/AEB6ibtdPZc
- #TheTenx5 Day 3 Diana Vickers - Once (2010, 🇬🇧) www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpkx... Veteran pop songwriters and a 4th place X Factor contestant decide to try to outdo Ellie Goulding's splendid sex/death debut "Under the Sheets", succeeed (and hit #1)
- #TheTenx5 Day 2 Tinie Tempah - Pass Out (2010, 🇬🇧) Finally a time when a British rapper could cross over to the top of the charts at their confident peak rather than after. Not linking to the video version because it cuts out the best bit ("I'll apologise for tonight tomorrow morning...")
- #TheTenX5 49. Post Malone & Swae Lee: "Sunflower" USA 2018 Curious to see how this does—one of the biggest streaming hits ever, almost universally liked, there's not gonna be much vote-splitting among Postys, yet I still wonder if anyone else is going to vote for it www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApXo...
- #TheTenX5 : a ranking of my 50 favorite songs, 2010-19, in annoying countdown order 50. HyunA: "Bubble Pop!" South Korea 2011 What Funeral's 9.7 was for an indie generation, the Singles Jukebox's 7.67 for this was for me (a sign to move on and delete my J-pop MP3s) www.youtube.com/watch?v=bw9C...
- #TheTenX5 Day 2 49. Paramore - Hard Times (2017) Paramore go a bit Tom Tom Club here, with some lovely guitar jangle thrown in as a little treat youtu.be/AEB6ibtdPZc
- #TheTenx5 Day 2 Tinie Tempah - Pass Out (2010, 🇬🇧) Finally a time when a British rapper could cross over to the top of the charts at their confident peak rather than after. Not linking to the video version because it cuts out the best bit ("I'll apologise for tonight tomorrow morning...")
- #TheTenx5 (favourite songs of the 10s) Day 1 Owen Pallett - Lewis Takes Off His Shirt (2010, 🇨🇦) Starting with something multiply relevant to my interests! Someone who previously went by the name Final Fantasy doing grand chamber-pop about a hero's journey to attack and dethrone god (Owen Pallett)
- Oh yeah, I was way too slow to "I Am the Best" but hey, it's in my #TheTenx5 list now
- #TheTenX5 : a ranking of my 50 favorite songs, 2010-19, in annoying countdown order 50. HyunA: "Bubble Pop!" South Korea 2011 What Funeral's 9.7 was for an indie generation, the Singles Jukebox's 7.67 for this was for me (a sign to move on and delete my J-pop MP3s) www.youtube.com/watch?v=bw9C...
- #TheTenx5 (favourite songs of the 10s) Day 1 Owen Pallett - Lewis Takes Off His Shirt (2010, 🇨🇦) Starting with something multiply relevant to my interests! Someone who previously went by the name Final Fantasy doing grand chamber-pop about a hero's journey to attack and dethrone god (Owen Pallett)
- my #TheTenX5 national breakdown (sums to >50 due to features/dual nationalities): 26: USA (incl. Puerto Rico) 6: South Korea 3: UK 2: Australia, Canada, Japan, South Africa, Sweden 1: BRA, CHI-MEX, CMR, COL, FIN, NGR, NOR, TTO Hardest cuts were SEN and ALG-FRA (will HM any nominated Rachid Taha)
