ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2019

Lol

I think the criteria for appreciation should be higher than "pretty girl with mediocre voice whispers over a rejected Jason Derulo beat"

― totally unnecessary bewbz of exploitation (DJP), Wednesday, January 29, 2020 5:09 PM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

yeah i mean if you don't know the context that makes those results a little surprising then it makes sense you wouldn't be surprised

this was my first year going unweighted on both ballots and it was, I must say, very freeing

― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Wednesday, 29 January 2020 19:54 (four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

I have never had such a luxurious lifestyle in which an unweighted ballot was even an option! I struggled to make 20 this year and 7 of them were made up!

near-certainties:
adore you
not
old town road
cellophane
now i'm in it
don't start now
balloon
frail state of mind

maybe?:
incapable
bury a friend
must be
about work the dancefloor
the greatest
snow is falling in manhattan

which still doesn't seem as crazy as claimed so idk hopefully my guesses are wrong, though i could only come up with 14

about work the dancefloor

i'll grimace if this places

i'm also fairly certain the 1975 will get shut out this year

I'm just now hearing this Blanck Mass track. Y'all like video gaming tournaments??

another certainty: "anybody"

Balloon - Old Town Road at 1 and 2. I'm calling it now.

oh yeah surely there'll be more burna boy, maybe even "dangote" or "pull up" too

If Money Machine isn’t there I will eat my hat.

ut it's a bit boring to see the same critical darlings again and again.

I've never heard most of these darlings other than Stormzy who I always bump into down the Asda and is a top lad, though you have to shop early as he buys all the basil

he buys all the basil

*distant sound of wiley taking notes*

Break Up With Your Girlfriend (I'm Bored) is the other absolute lock. Most of ufo's list don't feel like bankers to me.

I liked quite a few of BE’s early singles (“You Should See Me In A Crowd”!) but somehow never really delved into the album. Well, it was mainly because of “Bad Guy”, fun track, but not really what I thought I wanted from her, unlike... “Everything I Wanted”. I find it achingly beautiful.

It’s the only non-Afro/dancehall/reggaeton track I voted for (should I say mainstream pop? who knows anymore) - low, but still.

And hey folks, did you know there is an amapiano version?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSSrA837CRk
Mariechan • Everything I Wanted (Amapiano Mix)

people care about “break up with your boyfriend”?

i thought people didn't really rate that one either but i guess that didn't stop "violence" from showing up

sorry i always fuck up the gender of that song

just wanna say congrats to shootergang kony for winning the traxx poll

“You Should See Me In A Crowd”??? lol, autocorrect, don’t ever change!

people rated Violence pretty highly except on the thread the conversation about the song was drowned out by discourse about her bad tweets and the man she's dating. Ariana Grande isn't surprising, she had a huge year and is vv highly regarded around these parts.

my 9-year-old kid refers to billie eilish as baby eyelash. i hope that information is useful to you.

they're missing one certainty but shhhh

I thought people absolutely loved Break Up... and it was a gigantic ubiquitous hit.

I care about it.

I liked quite a few of BE’s early singles (“You Should See Me In A Crowd”!) but somehow never really delved into the album. Well, it was mainly because of “Bad Guy”, fun track, but not really what I thought I wanted from her, unlike... “Everything I Wanted”. I find it achingly beautiful.

I'd check out the rest of the album if I were you. 'listen before i go' and 'i love you' are both lovely little ballads.

so was 7 rings

ugh so many xps

I'm always up for flippant songs directed at boring lays, more when they're hits.

<3

i'm not quite sure this amapiano cover of "everything i wanted" works but i really respect them trying

imago i'm guessing you mean "money machine"? i had no idea if there was one 100 gecs track people were rallying around or whether just the album was going to place

there wasn't really much discussion of "break up with your girlfriend" in the ariana thread, i'd certainly be shocked if it placed higher than "ghostin"

rooting for zero gecs

rooting for zero gecs

― culture of mayordom (voodoo chili), Wednesday, January 29, 2020 1:16 PM (one second ago) bookmarkflaglink

Hey, I'm the one who loves "Bloodlines."

My favorite discoveries in this poll have been the UK grime tracks and whatever genre Charlotte Adigery is.

o.nate otm

money machine had already been mentioned

i'll look forward to being surprised then!

I have yet to hear 100 gecs but the song title "fuck teeth" is a mood I can endorse. Fuck teeth!

gecsgecsgecsgecsgecs

I voted for Money Machine :)

Of the *names* I was unfamiliar with prior to the rollout, Charlotte Adigéry is the revelation so far and will likely remain so.

I can't listen to this stuff at work but I am really looking forward to a deep dive over the weekend

Money Machine is my #25, starting to wonder if I should've given it a bigger bump.

Money Machine is pretty high up on my ballot.

I somehow managed to miss Everything I Wanted but yeah gorgeous stuff. There can't be enough Eilish in the 77 for my liking.

well i guess there's gonna be one gec then >:|

No gecs plz thx.

my hope that the other FKA twigs song in the countdown will be "fallen alien" or "here with you" instead of "cellophane" is fading rapidly

surely Jogging will place... High?