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YES, I want Dashboard ans SGGH too, and fingers crossed for Soundtrack to the End as well. As for Sexin U, if she hasn't gotten the sample cleared, she probably is willing to put her all into getting it - otherwise I don't think she'd even put it as a possibility on that TikTok. Honestly, all the songs she previewed would be amazing to get. All EXCEPT for Wild Card - it's honestly so mid compared to everything else from the era minus Snatched though

She said she wanted to do a deluxe and even did a TikTok playing the original versions of some of the outtakes (Wild Card, Sexin U, Dashboard, Outlaw and Somebody's Gonna Get Hurt iirc) considering redoing them for a deluxe, but I don't think there's any more recent news about that.

Leony - Somewhere in Between (2023) The actual album is a random messy playlist with like half tracks that sound cohesive and half collabs thrown together to bloat it up, and with a second disc full of Leony's piano versions of songs she wrote for collabs and other artists. Instead, I ultimately compiled more singles of hers since her first solo release, "Surrender" (2017) until songs she's dropped till last year, making it a predominantly Leony solo album instead a quasi-collaborative album. "Simple Life" and "More Than Friends" don't seem to fit just as well as in my mind but the album is already very short so I wanted to throw them in. I just kept "It's Not Fair" out because it's an actually good concept, but the vocals sound very weird, almost AI-esque and very different from everything else so I cut it off. I also did a different single plan. I know most of these were singles anyways, but imagine they were not lol. If the era started in late summer / autumn 2022 and extended into 2023 until that year's spring for the album's release, it would've been less messy I guess. Tracklist Somewhere in Between Faded Love Raindrops (Intl. Version) with Katja Krasavice No More Second Chances Remedy Holding On Shooting Stars Boots Rock n Roll (feat. G-Eazy) More Than Friends Simple Life Surrender Lifeline Faded Love (Acoustic) Bonus track Singles from Somewhere in Between: "Faded Love" "Somewhere in Between" "Remedy" "Holding On"

Hi! Welcome back yeah, it's surreal that the album is finally out and she seems to be very prolific now! I can't wait what she'll do next after this era

Ava Max - Diamonds & Dancefloors Released: 14 October 2022, as originally planned. It doesn't change much, it just adds the freshly leaked One Night and Take It All. I'd also probably choose the same singles, just released with less space between each other (like 5 months passed between Maybe You're the Problem and Million Dollar Baby so) Million Dollar Baby Sleepwalker Maybe You're the Problem Ghost Hold Up (Wait a Minute) Weapons Diamonds & Dancefloors In the Dark One Night Turn Off the Lights One of Us Take It All Get Outta My Heart Cold as Ice Last Night on Earth Dancing's Done Singles from Diamonds & Dancefloors: "Maybe You're the Problem" (28 April 2022) "Million Dollar Baby" (3 June 2022) "Weapons" (22 July 2022) "Dancing's Done" (2 September 2022) "One Night" (7 October 2022; promotional) "One of Us" (21 October 2022; post-album release) "Cold as Ice" (11 November 2022; post-album release)

Brooke Candy - FREAKY PRINCESS (2024) It is a major restructuring of Brooke Candy's second and third studio albums CANDYLAND and SPIRAL (2024) using the original working title as of 2022, also including the 2022 and 2023 singles. Overall, there is a lot of material to choose from but the tracklists of both albums are somewhat wonky (if not chaotic) and to leave Flip Phone out was an utter mistake. Therefore, here's my proposed new version, to keep the best from both albums and also sneak Flip Phone and two more singles as well. Additionally, a singles plan for the new album with a rollout starting in autumn 2023 until the album release on 25 July 2024. Das Still Me Flip Phone Crisis (feat. Lozaek) Next Bitch Crucify My Love Wreck Me a remastered version by me is available here fmuatw Juicy (feat. Rickey Thompson) ATM Juicy Fruit Safe Word Block Angel Tattoo Hysteria (feat. ALMA) Spiral Go Go Go Dirty Little Freak Singles from FREAKY PRINCESS: "Flip Phone" (22 September 2023) "Crisis" (3 November 2023) "Safe Word" (9 February 2024) "Wreck Me" (12 April 2024) "Block" (24 May 2024) "Dirty Little Freak" (28 June 2024)

Oh, don't get me wrong - when I'm on the mood they're a total vibe, and tbh I actually like them. My true skips were 10 out of 10 and Love Train, hence their removal. It's just I'm typically more in the mood of listening to the rest of the album instead. Story, Hands, Vegas High, Hold on to Now, Things We Do for Love, Drum, Heavenly Body, Someone to Love... those are the real highlights for me

I honestly never thought about it, for Story is a much better way to end the album imo. I actually have the album in this order and usually skip Padam Padam and Tension to begin on Hold on to Now But Hold on to Now could also work as the last song due to the lyrics!

Cool, here I am once again but I think I finally settled down for a top 15 albums released this year. I had the chance to listen to a few more and I'm really happy with some of these releases! AURORA - What Happened to the Heart? Hayley Mary - XS Florrie - The Lost Ones LAUREL - PALPITATIONS Kylie Minogue - Tension II ZAYN - ROOM UNDER THE STAIRS Paloma Faith - The Glorification of Sadness Imagine Dragons - LOOM Bastille - & Bonnie McKee - Hot City Alec Benjamin - 12 Notes Chløë Black - Strange Little Bird David Kushner - The Dichotomy Dua Lipa - Radical Optimism Joshua Bassett - The Golden Years Can't wait for whatever 2025 has in store for us. FKA twigs, Lana Del Rey, Lady Gaga... it's gonna be an interesting year I just know it!

Dance Alone I really love, but since I also have it on Sia's album and it feels more of a Sia song to me, I kept it there. As for Midnight Ride, I'm not a big fan of it but is a cute little bop! Maybe a cute bonus track if you will?

Kylie Minogue - Tension (2023) (No change for the artwork, the standard one is good enough for both standard and deluxe) Kylie Minogue - Tension II (2024) The Gemini edition would be the main artwork: And the Diamond edition would be the deluxe artwork:

I read that too but tbh I don't know if it's official either. Anyways, Let Me Reintroduce Myself sounds like a much more proper name considering it as a comeback.

JESUS CHRIST the bar was below hell yet another reason to dislike this Charli era smh ------------- NEways, on another note, the new Bonnie McChristmas EP reminded me of her original Hallelujah song (not the cover) and my God I absolutely NEED a Bonnie DarkKee album next! Hopefully that dark album she did in 2019-2020 is still set for release because it would be SO GOOD

That would be a slay! I love that the tracklist is much more cohesive, yet it somehow maintains very marketable songs and exceptional deep cuts. Amazing job! And that artwork you did is awesome, I'm LOVING IT

I don't care for holiday music but I'm just glad Bonnie keeps finding ways to keep us fed! 2024 really was her career's rebirth and I'm so happy

Aaaaand so I wanted to do a top songs list but I'm not sure. The albums I have in my top 10 have at least 50% of their songs to be eligible for said list so idk I don't want to make a long ass list so let's see: Florrie - Love Hearts AURORA - To Be Alright LAUREL - Only One Hayley Mary - The Lonely One Bonnie McKee - Just a Kiss Kylie Minogue - Taboo LAUREL - Breakfast David Kushner - Buried at Sea AURORA - Starvation Florrie - Kissing in the Cold Florrie - Looking for Love Paloma Faith - Pressure (feat. Kojey Radical) AURORA - The Dark Dresses Lightly Bonnie McKee - Electric Heaven David Kushner - Flesh x Blood iamnotshane - What Do You Do for a Living? I Do My Best (feat. EMME) Brooke Candy - Crisis (feat. Lozaek) Kerli - The Witching Hour LAUREL - Change Dua Lipa - Maria

Why the absolute HELL did I miss LAUREL's album released this year? What a record! Let me rearrange my top 10 then: AURORA - What Happened to the Heart? Hayley Mary - XS Florrie - The Lost Ones LAUREL - PALPITATIONS Kylie Minogue - Tension II Paloma Faith - The Glorification of Sadness Bonnie McKee - Hot City Bastille - & David Kushner - The Dichotomy Dua Lipa - Radical Optimism

lmao I was aware of this but she has to be joking although if now every album she's released is being nicknamed her debut album I wouldn't be mad as long as it has some true bops in it

I haven't been up to date with her since Problématique dropped last year, but I bet she's been on the studio. I wonder when would a new era start though - spring 2025 sounds very reasonable for a lead single, if such exists.

Whoa, that's a very extensive list! Tbh this year I was in a very throwback mode and aside from my top 10 and a couple other projects, I was revisiting older releases instead. But omg it must've been hard to narrow +100 projects to this!

Let me begin by saying that many artists I've followed for a long time released music this year, and several were underwhelming in my opinion. Others, very overrated due to their TikTok/social media popularity/virality (rather than actual quality), but despite all that, I was able to grab a top 10 list that ultimately wasn't that much in the spotlight. Here's mine! AURORA - What Happened to the Heart? Hayley Mary - XS Florrie - The Lost Ones Kylie Minogue - Tension II Paloma Faith - The Glorification of Sadness Bonnie McKee - Hot City Bastille - & David Kushner - The Dichotomy Kerli - OVERSOUL Dua Lipa - Radical Optimism Yup, I was expecting to have Lady Gaga, Beyoncé, Billie Eilish, Brooke Candy, Katy Perry, and Charli XCX the most of all, on this list, but honestly their albums this year were not enough to make it. Ultimately, it's not all so bad. With Bonnie McKee giving us THE maximalist bright pop record after a decade, Florrie delivering us a brilliant full studio album after several delays, and AURORA with her most sublime album to date (+ I went to see her live this year and it was the best night of this year!), I'm happy to close this year with some pop bibles that will definitely become classics.

The end of this year is around the corner, and we've had TONS of new music this year! What were some of the best albums and songs released this year? Which ones are still on replay for you? Share your thoughts!

I remembered that an unused drum stem for Text Book by Lana Del Rey leaked earlier this year, and I tried to mix it into the song. The difference is noticeable only in the first verse, but I think it really switched the track up! Lana Del Rey - Text Book (Alternate Version with scrapped drum stem)

Kim Petras - Candy (2023). This is utterly simple but effective imo. Let's hope this album gets Problématique'd and we get it in full HQ on streaming one of these days