2023 March Madness (Finished)

[recordyear]

mako was hit by many steals.

PinkPantheress f/ Ice Spice - "Boy's a liar Pt.2" (z, #1) *stolen by GP*
Alvvays - "Many Mirrors" (z, #2) *stolen by Gonza'90*
brakence - "argyle" (z, #3)
Caroline Polachek - "Welcome to My Island" (z, #4) *stolen by dremolus-solarpunk*
Megumi Acorda - "Feverfew" (z, #5)
Vylet Pony - "Creekflow" (z, #6)
Yo La Tengo - "Aselestine" (z, #7) *stolen by recordyear*
quannnic - "life imitates life" (z, #8)
BROCKHAMPTON - "Big Pussy" (z, #9)
Lil Yachty - "the ride-" (z, #10)
kmoe - "homesick" (z, #11)
beabadoobee - "Glue Song" (z, #12)
Young Fathers - "Drum" (z, #13)

[recordyear]

🌺CountryLineDancer brings lesser known country women and a wildcard pick.

Anslee Davidson - "Sing About You" (CLD , #1)
Peach PRC - "Perfect For You" (CLD , #2)
Erin Kinsey - "Just Drive" (CLD, #3)
Taylor Acorn - 'Psycho" (CLD , #4)
Bellah Mae - "Drama King" (CLD , #5)
Taylor Edwards - "8 Months" (CLD, #6)
Grant Gilbert - "What's Stopping Us" (CLD, #7)
Dustin Bird - "Cowboy Stay" (CLD, #8)
Shantaia - "Know You" (CLD, #9)
Jordana Bryant - "Bad Relationships" (CLD, #10)

[recordyear]

BlurryKyle pays the fee of doing so well in last Madness in terms of steals here. Also sent the last eligible boygenius song released this year.

boygenius - "$20" (Kyle, #1)
Daughter - "Be On Your Way" (Kyle, #2) *stolen by Leo*
The Lemon Twigs - "Any Time Of Day" (Kyle, #3) *stolen by wheatsquares33*
Julia Jacklin - "Love, Try Not To Let Go" (Kyle, #4)
Caroline Polachek - "I Believe" (Kyle, #5) *stolen by Hamed*
Paramore - "You First" (Kyle, #6)
Black Country, New Road - "Chaos Space Marine" (Kyle, #7)
Courting - "Famous" (Kyle, #8)
Jockstrap - "Neon" (Kyle, #9)
The Beths - "Head In The Clouds" (Kyle, #10)
Alex G - "Mission" (Kyle, #11)
slowthai - "Feel Good" (Kyle, #12)

[recordyear]

I asked Ky for extra songs before revealing the lists, so it runs smoother than it appears.

Jessie Ware - "Pearls" (Ky, #1)
Kelela - "Missed Call" (Ky, #2)
Everything But The Girl - "Nothing Left To Lose" (Ky, #3) *stolen by singingrulebritannia*
Tamar Braxton - "Changed" (Ky, #4)
Tori Kelly - "missin u" (Ky, #5)
Róisín Murphy, DJ Koze - "CooCool" (Ky, #6)
Tove Lo - "Borderline" (Ky, #7) *stolen by rnb*
Kali Uchis f/ Don Toliver - "Fantasy" (Ky, #8)
Inna f/ Stefflon Don - "Yummy" (Ky, #9)

[recordyear]

walt91 sent a lot of songs as well, but they were largely unused.

Phoebe Bridgers - "Sidelines" (walt91, #1)
Empress Of - "Dance For You" (walt91, #2)
Honey. - "What Now" (walt91, #3)
Caroline Polachek - "Welcome To My Island" (walt91, #4) *stolen by dremolus-solarpunk*
Allison Ponthier - "Hollywood Forever Cemetery" (walt91, #5)
Dylan Fraser with Alaska Reid - "Vampire" (walt91, #6)
Holly Humberstone - "Scarlett" (walt91, #7)
Dayglow - "Then It All Goes Away" (walt91, #8)
Tove Lo - "Borderline" (walt91, #9)
Sudan Archives - "Freakalizer" (walt91, #10)
Chappell Roan - "Naked In Manhattan" (walt91, #11)
Madison Rose - "Better Off Alone" (walt91, #12)
SZA - "F2F" (walt91, #13)
Shygirl - "Poison" (walt91, #14)
Ellie Goulding - "Like A Saviour" (walt91, #15)
YAZ - "Overgrown" (walt91, #16)

[recordyear]

maine likes to be last and sends the most number of songs among the participants, but he only got one stolen before getting all six songs required for the game.

Phillip Phillips - "Dancing with Your Shadows" (Blurry, #1)
Tennis - "Let's Make a Mistake Tonight" (Blurry, #2) *stolen by Mayman*
CVC - "Good Morning Vietnam (Single Mix)" (Blurry, #3)
The Band CAMINO - "Told You So" (Blurry, #4)
Dispirited Spirits - "Former Living Thing" (Blurry, #5)
Aly & AJ - "Baby Lay Your Head Down" (Blurry, #6)
Kaiser Chiefs - "How 2 Dance" (Blurry, #7)
the moss - "Insomnia" (Blurry, #8)
The National - "Tropic Morning News" (Blurry, #9)
Portugal. The Man - "Dummy" (Blurry, #10)
Fall Out Boy - "Heartbreak Feels So Good" (Blurry, #11)
Colony House - "Cannonballers" (Blurry, #12)
Temples - "Gamma Rays" (Blurry, #13)
Tove Lo - "Borderline" (Blurry, #14)
Nothing but Thieves - "Welcome to the DCC" (Blurry, #15)
White Reaper - "Fog Machine" (Blurry, #16)
Lo Moon - "Carried Away" (Blurry, #17)
Corella - "Flood" (Blurry, #18)
††† (Crosses) - "Vivien" (Blurry, #19)
Nickelback - "Skinny Little Missy" (Blurry, #20)

[recordyear]

I'll let you to check the correctness before I set up the first set (#1 vs #6).

Here is the complete Spotify playlist of all songs featured in this tournament:



And here are the songs in text:

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{Complete March Madness songs}Lizzy McAlpine - "ceilings" (Daniel1784, #1)
Abby Holliday - "Ohio Laundry Room" (Daniel1784, #2)
Calvin Harris with Ellie Goulding - "Miracle" (Daniel1784, #3)
CHVRCHES - "Over" (Daniel1784, #4)
Reneé Rapp - "Bruises" (Daniel1784, #5)
The National - "Tropic Morning News" (Daniel1784, #6)
Horsegirl - "Billy" (zippy, #1)
Cowgirl Clue - "Trailblaze ☆" (zippy, #2)
Yaeji - "For Granted" (zippy, #3)
Yves Tumor - "Echolalia" (zippy, #4)
Skrillex f/ Nai Barghouti - "XENA" (zippy, #5)
Louis Cole - "Park Your Car on My Face" (zippy, #6)
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - "Death Wish" (Ethanhunt, #1)
Adeem the Artist - "Books & Records" (Ethanhunt, #2)
JID f/ EARTHGANG - "Can't Punk Me" (Ethanhunt, #3)
Caroline Spence - "Mary Oliver" (Ethanhunt, #4)
boygenius - "Emily I'm Sorry" (Ethanhunt, #5)
Zach Bryan - "Right Now the Best" (Ethanhunt, #6)
Fontaines D.C. - "I Love You" (willapted33, #1)
Fred again.. f/ 070 Shake - "Danielle (smile on my face)" (willapted33, #2)
slowthai - "Tourniquet" (willapted33, #3)
beabadoobee - "Glue Song" (willapted33, #4)
Little Simz - "Gorilla" (willapted33, #5)
Sudan Archives - "Freakalizer" (willapted33, #6)
Caroline Polachek - "Welcome to My Island" (dremolus-solarpunk, #1)
Gorillaz f/ Adeleye Omotayo - "Silent Running" (dremolus-solarpunk, #2)
venbee and goddard. - "messy in heaven" (dremolus-solarpunk, #3)
NewJeans - "Ditto" (dremolus-solarpunk, #4)
Romy f/ Fred again.. - "Strong" (dremolus-solarpunk, #5)
LÜCY & Hitsujibungaku - "OH HEY" (dremolus-solarpunk, #6)
Lana Del Rey - "A&W" (Mayman, #1)
boygenius - "True Blue" (Mayman, #2)
Men I Trust - "Ring of Past" (Mayman, #3)
Tennis - "Let's Make A Mistake Tonight" (Mayman, #4)
6LACK - "Since I Have A Lover" (Mayman, #5)
Lil Yachty - "the BLACK seminole." (Mayman, #6)
James Hype f/ Miggy Dela Rosa - "Ferrari" (SabrinaFan, #1)
Sabrina Carpenter - "Read Your Mind" (SabrinaFan, #2)
Harry Styles - "Daydreaming" (SabrinaFan, #3)
Taylor Swift - "Midnight Rain" (SabrinaFan, #4)
Paramore - "Running Out of Time" (SabrinaFan, #5)
Rema with Selena Gomez - "Calm Down" (SabrinaFan, #6)
Caroline Polachek - "I Believe" (Hamed, #1)
Sophie Ellis-Bextor - "Breaking the Circle" (Hamed, #2)
Lexie Liu - "MIRA" (Hamed, #3)
Cecillia Gault - "Pinky Promise" (Hamed, #4)
Rebecca Black - "Destroy Me" (Hamed, #5)
RAYE - "Ice Cream Man." (Hamed, #6)
TEYA & SALENA - "Who The Hell Is Edgar?" (Leo, #1)
Loreen - "Tattoo" (Leo, #2)
Birdy - "Raincatchers" (Leo, #3)
NxWorries f/ H.E.R. - "Where I Go" (Leo, #4)
Daughter - "Be On Your Way" (Leo, #5)
Paramore - "The News" (Leo, #6)
Kali Uchis - "Endlessly" (singingrulebritannia, #1)
SZA f/ Phoebe Bridgers - "Ghost In The Machine" (singingrulebritannia, #2)
Everything but the Girl - "Nothing Left to Lose" (singingrulebritannia, #3)
Little Simz - "Heart on Fire" (singingrulebritannia, #4)
Doggyland & Snoop Dogg - "Affirmation Song" (singingrulebritannia, #5)
slowthai - "Selfish" (singingrulebritannia, #6)
DJ Sabrina the Teenage DJ - "Brave" (Khan, #1)
Parannoul - "Insomnia" (Khan, #2)
Sleep Token - "The Summoning" (Khan, #3)
Rosa Walton and Hallie Coggins - "I Really Want to Stay at Your House" (Khan, #4)
Hideki Naganuma - "JACK DA FUNK" (Khan, #5)
Machine Girl - "Glass Ocean" (Khan, #6)
Meet Me @ The Altar - "Thx 4 Nothin'" (jtd, #1)
Masego - "Black Anime" (jtd, #2)
SiR - "Nothing Even Matters" (jtd, #3)
Kali Uchis & Summer Walker - "Deserve Me" (jtd, #4)
Flo Milli - "Bed Time" (jtd, #5)
Maiya The Don - "Dusties" (jtd, #6)
Jax - "Cinderella Snapped" (Keatonzab, #1)
Feel Out Loud - "What I Wouldn't Do/North Star Calling" (Keatonzab, #2)
Alessandra - "Queen Of Kings" (Keatonzab, #3)
Dove Cameron & Khalid - "We Go Down Together" (Keatonzab, #4)
Em Beihold - "Roller Coasters Make Me Sad" (Keatonzab, #5)
Echosmith - "Cool Kids (our version)" (Keatonzab, #6)
RAYE f/ 070 Shake - "Escapism." (GP, #1)
Kali Uchis - "Moonlight" (GP, #2)
Q - "LUV (I KNOW I WANT THIS FOR REAL)" (GP, #3)
Caroline Polachek f/ Dido & Grimes - “Fly To You” (GP, #4)
Baby Keem - "16" (GP, #5)
PinkPantheress f/ Ice Spice - "Boy's a liar Pt. 2" (GP, #6)
Peter Gabriel - "Playing For Time (Dark-Side Mix)" (recordyear, #1)
Caroline Polachek - "Blood And Butter" (recordyear, #2)
Yo La Tengo - "Aselestine" (recordyear, #3)
Loyle Carner - "Plastic" (recordyear, #4)
Lainey Wilson - "Wildflowers and Wild Horses" (recordyear, #5)
JD Clayton - "Different Kind of Simple Life" (recordyear, #6)
Conner Smith - "Creek Will Rise" (bigfan101, #1)
Dalton Dover - "Giving Up On That" (bigfan101, #2)
Nate Smith - "Better Boy" (bigfan101, #3)
Kelsea Ballerini - "Blindsided" (bigfan101, #4)
Alana Springsteen - "shoulder to cry on" (bigfan101, #5)
Dylan Marlowe - "Record High" (bigfan101, #6)
SZA - "Kill Bill" (rnb, #1)
Sabrina Carpenter - "Nonsense" (rnb, #2)
Chlöe f/ Chris Brown - "How Does It Feel" (rnb, #3)
FLO - "Not My Job" (rnb, #4)
Tove Lo - "Borderline" (rnb, #5)
Ice Spice - "In Ha Mood" (rnb, #6)
Old Dominion - "Memory Lane" (HeyHeyHey, #1)
Metro Boomin with The Weeknd & 21 Savage - "Creepin'" (HeyHeyHey, #2)
Luke Combs f/ Miranda Lambert - "Outrunnin' Your Memory" (HeyHeyHey, #3)
HARDY f/ Lainey Wilson - "wait in the truck" (HeyHeyHey, #4)
Jordan Davis - "Tucson Too Late" (HeyHeyHey, #5)
Megan Moroney - "Tennessee Orange" (HeyHeyHey, #6)
Taylor Swift - "Lavender Haze" (M5, #1)
JVKE - "golden hour" (M5, #2)
Benson Boone - "Nights Like These" (M5, #3)
Rina Sawayama - "Hurricanes" (M5, #4)
Demi Lovato - "Come Together" (M5, #5)
Tate McRae - "Go Away" (M5, #6)
Kali Uchis - "Hasta Cuando" (Shooter, #1)
Doechii - "What It Is (Solo Version)" (Shooter, #2)
RAYE f/ Mahalia - "Five Star Hotels." (Shooter, #3)
Ledisi - "I Need to Know" (Shooter, #4)
Miley Cyrus - "Jaded" (Shooter, #5)
Scary Pockets f/ Betty Who - "Anti-Hero" (Shooter, #6)
Beach Bunny - "Fire Escape" (American Idiot, #1)
Let's Eat Grandma - "Levitation" (American Idiot, #2)
Maggie Lindemann - "self sabotage" (American Idiot, #3)
Fleshwater - "The Razor's Apple" (American Idiot, #4)
Jack White - "What's The Trick?" (American Idiot, #5)
Ellie Goulding - "Like A Saviour" (American Idiot, #6)
slowthai - "Yum" (filthy, #1)
Metro Boomin f/ Don Toliver & Future - "Too Many Nights" (filthy, #2)
Lil Yachty - "drive ME crazy!" (filthy, #3)
Meum Zel - "Age" (filthy, #4)
Yves Tumor - "Heaven Surrounds Us Like A Hood" (filthy, #5)
Ghais Guevara - "Shirk" (filthy, #6)
Goose - "Hungersite" (macattack, #1)
White Reaper - "Fog Machine" (macattack, #2)
Sports Team - "The Drop" (macattack, #3)
Paramore - "Figure 8" (macattack, #4)
Young the Giant - "The Walk Home" (macattack, #5)
Bad Omens - "Just Pretend" (macattack, #6) 
Julie Roberts - "Devil's Pool" (Kanenrá:ke, #1)
Jordyn Shellhart - "Who Are You Mad At" (Kanenrá:ke, #2)
Diego Roman - "Heartbreak Dance" (Kanenrá:ke, #3)
Karen Jonas - "Paris Breeze" (Kanenrá:ke, #4)
Dzaki Sukarno - "Darlin Texas" (Kanenrá:ke, #5)
Sleep Token - "Chokehold" (Kanenrá:ke, #6)
Kelela - "Raven" (reputainbow, #1)
RAYE - "Black Mascara." (reputainbow, #2)
Ava Max - "Dancing's Done" (reputainbow, #3)
NewJeans - "Attention" (reputainbow, #4)
Rebecca Black - "Crumbs" (reputainbow, #5)
Fly by Midnight - "Nothing New" (reputainbow, #6)
Daughter - "Party" (BB, #1)
crushed - "waterlily" (BB, #2)
Hemlocke Springs - "stranger danger!" (BB, #3)
Sudan Archives - "Selfish Soul" (BB, #4)
Black Belt Eagle Scout - "My Blood Runs Through This Land" (BB, #5)
Orbital & Penelope Isles - "Are You Alive?" (BB, #6)
Sudan Archives - "NBPQ (Topless)" (wrip, #1)
Lil Yachty - "running out of time" (wrip, #2)
SG Lewis f/ Charlotte Day Wilson & Channel Tres - "Fever Dreamer" (wrip, #3)
Natalia Lafourcade - "El lugar correcto" (wrip, #4)
Gaidaa - "Figures" (wrip, #5)
Kidsnot$aints. - "Love, Always" (wrip, #6)
nightlife - "no pleasure" (wheatsquares33, #1)
Naked Flames - "Pan Matsuri" (wheatsquares33, #2)
Shabason & Krgovich - "I Am So Happy with My Little Dog" (wheatsquares33, #3)
Parannoul - "We Shine at Night" (wheatsquares33, #4)
The Lemon Twigs - "Any Time of Day" (wheatsquares33, #5)
Greg Puciato f/ Reba Meyers - "Lowered" (wheatsquares33, #6)
SNAKE POOL - "HAUNTED HOUSE" (deca, #1)
Mars Argo - "I Can Only Be Me" (deca, #2)
Sobs - "Friday Night" (deca, #3)
Twen - "One Stop Shop (For A Fading Revolution)" (deca, #4)
Fievel Is Glauque - "The River" (deca, #5)
Charles - "I Know You Love Me, But Do You Think of Me, Romantically" (deca, #6)
Gang of Youths - "the kingdom is within you" (samo, #1)
MUNA - "Kind Of Girl" (samo, #2)
Rina Sawayama - "Hold The Girl" (samo, #3)
Beyoncé - "PURE/HONEY" (samo, #4)
DJ Sabrina The Teenage DJ - "Beautiful, All Alone" (samo, #5)
Weyes Blood - "The Worst Is Done" (samo, #6)
Röyksopp f/ Alison Goldfrapp - "Impossible" (aerodynamite, #1)
PVA - "Untethered" (aerodynamite, #2)
Art School Girlfriend - "A Place to Lie" (aerodynamite, #3)
Avalon Emerson - "Sandrail Silhouette" (aerodynamite, #4)
Chini.png - "Árboles y pasarelas" (aerodynamite, #5)
Model/Actriz - "Crossing Guard" (aerodynamite, #6)
Sofia Carson - "Applause (From "Tell it Like a Woman")" (fireflies, #1)
Cole Swindell - "She Had Me at Heads Carolina" (fireflies, #2)
Brandon Lake - "Gratitude" (fireflies, #3)
Carrie Underwood - "Out of That Truck" (fireflies, #4)
Taylor Swift - "The Great War" (fireflies, #5)
Natalie Grant, Cory Asbury - "You Will Be Found" (fireflies, #6)
boygenius - "Not Strong Enough" (Gonza'90, #1)
Paramore - "Thick Skull" (Gonza'90, #2)
Alvvays - "Many Mirrors" (Gonza'90, #3)
M83 - "Oceans Niagara" (Gonza'90, #4)
Nuovo Testamento - "Heartbeat" (Gonza'90, #5)
BENEE - "Green Honda" (Gonza'90, #6)
Beyoncé - "SUMMER RENAISSANCE" (woods, #1)
NEEDTOBREATHE - "Talk of the Town" (woods, #2)
Big Wild - "Waiting Outside" (woods, #3)
The Crystal Method f/ Koda & VAAAL - "Watch Me Now" (woods, #4)
seeyousoon - "MAGIC" (woods, #5)
Kim Petras - "brrr" (woods, #6)
Swedish House Mafia f/ Seinabo Sey - "Don't Go Mad" (trilogy, #1)
Fred Again.., Delilah Montagu - "Delilah (pull me out of this)" (trilogy, #2)
Everything But The Girl - "Caution To The Wind" (trilogy, #3)
AN21, Silhouette & Kuaigon - "Love's Not Over" (trilogy, #4)
Young Marco - "What You Say?" (trilogy, #5)
John Summit & Hayla - "Where You Are" (trilogy, #6)
Narrow Head - "The Real" (lyhom, #1)
PinkPantheress - "Do you miss me?" (lyhom, #2)
SOMOH - "Anything" (lyhom, #3)
crushed - "bedside" (lyhom, #4)
Cowgirl Clue - "Picket Fence" (lyhom, #5)
The Berries - "Prime" (lyhom, #6)
Tennis - "Forbidden Doors" (Lordeftones, #1)
The Bright Light Social Hour - "Not New" (Lordeftones, #2)
Biig Piig - "Kerosene" (Lordeftones, #3)
Shuron Maurice, Miko X - "whose world is this?" (Lordeftones, #4)
Palms - "Opening Titles" (Lordeftones, #5)
††† (Crosses) - "Holier" (Lordeftones, #6)
Elle King - "Jersey Giant" (indulgecountry, #1)
Ashley McBryde - "Lindeville" (indulgecountry, #2)
Carrie Underwood - "Burn" (indulgecountry, #3)
Ingrid Andress - "How Honest Do You Want Me to Be?" (indulgecountry, #4)
Lainey Wilson - "Hold My Halo" (indulgecountry, #5)
Kelsea Ballerini - "Muscle Memory" (indulgecountry, #6)
brakence - "argyle" (z, #1)
Megumi Acorda - "Feverfew" (z, #2)
Vylet Pony - "Creekflow" (z, #3)
quannnic - "life imitates life" (z, #4)
BROCKHAMPTON - "Big Pussy" (z, #5)
Lil Yachty - "the ride-" (z, #6)
Anslee Davidson - "Sing About You" (CLD, #1)
Peach PRC - "Perfect For You" (CLD, #2)
Erin Kinsey - "Just Drive" (CLD, #3)
Taylor Acorn - 'Psycho" (CLD, #4)
Bellah Mae - "Drama King" (CLD, #5)
Taylor Edwards - "8 Months" (CLD, #6)
boygenius - "$20" (Kyle, #1)
Julia Jacklin - "Love, Try Not To Let Go" (Kyle, #2)
Paramore - "You First" (Kyle, #3)
Black Country, New Road - "Chaos Space Marine" (Kyle, #4)
Courting - "Famous" (Kyle, #5)
Jockstrap - "Neon" (Kyle, #6)
Jessie Ware - "Pearls" (Ky, #1)
Kelela - "Missed Call" (Ky, #2)
Tamar Braxton - "Changed" (Ky, #3)
Tori Kelly - "missin u" (Ky, #4)
Róisín Murphy, DJ Koze - "CooCool" (Ky, #5)
Kali Uchis f/ Don Toliver - "Fantasy" (Ky, #6)
Phoebe Bridgers - "Sidelines" (walt91, #1)
Empress Of - "Dance For You" (walt91, #2)
Honey. - "What Now" (walt91, #3)
Allison Ponthier - "Hollywood Forever Cemetery" (walt91, #4)
Dylan Fraser with Alaska Reid - "Vampire" (walt91, #5)
Holly Humberstone - "Scarlett" (walt91, #6)
Phillip Phillips - "Dancing with Your Shadows" (Blurry, #1)
CVC - "Good Morning Vietnam" (Blurry, #2)
The Band CAMINO - "Told You So" (Blurry, #3)
Dispirited Spirits - "Former Living Thing" (Blurry, #4)
Aly & AJ - "Baby Lay Your Head Down" (Blurry, #5)
Kaiser Chiefs - "How 2 Dance" (Blurry, #6)

[maine]

Surprised we've gone two Madnesses without anyone sending "The Loneliest Time".

[recordyear]

Mar 18, 2023 10:01:55 GMT -5 maine said:

Surprised we've gone two Madnesses without anyone sending "The Loneliest Time".

Was an extra for samo, but nobody stole their songs.

[samo🦕]

the way “The Loneliest Time” has been my first extra two tournaments in a row

[recordyear]

There will be two preliminary rounds before the main top 128 tournament. The songs will be broken down into #1 vs #6, #2 vs #5 and #3 vs #4, and then into 6 sets consisting of 8-8-7-7-7-7. This will produce 132 winners. The 8 winners that win by the least margin will then join a special preliminary round 2 to compete for the remaining 4 places of the main tournament, while the remaining 124 winners will go straight into the main tournament.

Each set will close at around 10am ET. I can extend for around an hour (that should be enough to listen to a set from start), but you have to say so beforehand. I will also put a reminder at around 9am ET.

[recordyear]

Let's start here. For this set only, the deadline is March 20th 10am ET.

Preliminary Round 1: #1 vs #6 - Set 1

Anslee Davidson - "Sing About You" (CLD , #1) vs ††† (Crosses) - "Holier" (Lordeftones, #6)

Taylor Swift - "Lavender Haze" (M5, #1) vs Ice Spice - "In Ha Mood" (rnb, #6)

Phillip Phillips - "Dancing with Your Shadows" (Blurry, #1) vs Charles - "I Know You Love Me, But Do You Think of Me, Romantically" (deca, #6)

Old Dominion - "Memory Lane" (HeyHeyHey, #1) vs Taylor Edwards - "8 Months" (CLD, #6)

Gang of Youths - "the kingdom is within you" (samo, #1) vs Machine Girl - "Glass Ocean" (Khan, #6)

DJ Sabrina the Teenage DJ - "Brave" (Khan, #1) vs Rema with Selena Gomez - "Calm Down" (SabrinaFan, #6)

slowthai - "Yum" (filthy, #1) vs BENEE - "Green Honda" (Gonza'90, #6)

Conner Smith - "Creek Will Rise" (bigfan101, #1) vs JD Clayton - "Different Kind of Simple Life" (recordyear, #6)

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1. daniel1784
2. zippy
3. ethanhunt
4. willapted33
5. dremolus - solarpunk
6. Mayman
7. SabrinaFan
8. HamedM1 💔
9. Leo ✔
10. singingrulebritannia
11. khan
12. jtd Thee Stallion
13. keatonzab
14. GP
15. recordyear
16. bigfan101
17. rnb
18. HeyHeyHey
19. M5AGTS
20. SHOOTER
21. American Idiot
22. filthy
23. macattack
24. Kanenrá:ke
25. reputainbow
26. BB🌕
27. wrip
28. wheatsquares33
29. decadevia
30. samo🦕
31. aerodynamite
32. fireflies
33. Gonza'90
34. woods
35. @trilogy
36. lyhom
37. Lordef†ones
38. .indulgecountry
39. mako
40. 🌺CountryLineDancer
41. BlurryKyle
42. Ky
43. walt91
44. maine
Adrian C. 🍓
@imhappy259

[recordyear]

If you didn't submit songs but want to be reminded to vote, please like this post to let me know.

[Mayman]

recordyear Can we get a list of the songs outside of the Spotify playlist?

[BlurryKyle]

Anslee Davidson - "Sing About You" (CLD , #1) (3) vs ††† (Crosses) - "Holier" (Lordeftones, #6) (3.5)

Taylor Swift - "Lavender Haze" (M5, #1) (4) vs Ice Spice - "In Ha Mood" (rnb, #6) (3.5)

Phillip Phillips - "Dancing with Your Shadows" (Blurry, #1) (3.5) vs Charles - "I Know You Love Me, But Do You Think of Me, Romantically" (deca, #6) (4)

Old Dominion - "Memory Lane" (HeyHeyHey, #1) (2.5) vs Taylor Edwards - "8 Months" (CLD, #6) (3)

Gang of Youths - "the kingdom is within you" (samo, #1) (4) vs Machine Girl - "Glass Ocean" (Khan, #6) (3.5)

DJ Sabrina the Teenage DJ - "Brave" (Khan, #1) (4) vs Rema with Selena Gomez - "Calm Down" (SabrinaFan, #6) (3)

slowthai - "Yum" (filthy, #1) (4) vs BENEE - "Green Honda" (Gonza'90, #6) (3.5)

Connor Smith - "Creek Will Rise" (bigfan101, #1) (3) vs JD Clayton - "Different Kind of Simple Life" (recordyear, #6) (3.5)

My rating scale:
5 - Masterpiece
4.5 - Excellent
4 - Great
3.5 - Good
3 - Decent
2.5 - Average
2 - Mediocre
1.5 - Bad
1 - Terrible
0.5 – Abysmal

[woods]

First complete vote of this tournament, damn.


Anslee Davidson - "Sing About You" (CLD , #1) vs ††† (Crosses) - "Holier" (Lordeftones, #6)

Taylor Swift - "Lavender Haze" (M5, #1) vs Ice Spice - "In Ha Mood" (rnb, #6)

Phillip Phillips - "Dancing with Your Shadows" (Blurry, #1) vs Charles - "I Know You Love Me, But Do You Think of Me, Romantically" (deca, #6)

Old Dominion - "Memory Lane" (HeyHeyHey, #1) vs Taylor Edwards - "8 Months" (CLD, #6)

Gang of Youths - "the kingdom is within you" (samo, #1) vs Machine Girl - "Glass Ocean" (Khan, #6)

DJ Sabrina the Teenage DJ - "Brave" (Khan, #1) vs Rema with Selena Gomez - "Calm Down" (SabrinaFan, #6)

slowthai - "Yum" (filthy, #1) vs BENEE - "Green Honda" (Gonza'90, #6)

Connor Smith - "Creek Will Rise" (bigfan101, #1) vs JD Clayton - "Different Kind of Simple Life" (recordyear, #6)

[SabrinaFan]

Not sure if it was intentional with my username, but I love how I'm against DJ Sabrina haha.

Anslee Davidson - "Sing About You" (CLD , #1) vs ††† (Crosses) - "Holier" (Lordeftones, #6)

Taylor Swift - "Lavender Haze" (M5, #1) vs Ice Spice - "In Ha Mood" (rnb, #6)

Phillip Phillips - "Dancing with Your Shadows" (Blurry, #1) vs Charles - "I Know You Love Me, But Do You Think of Me, Romantically" (deca, #6)

Old Dominion - "Memory Lane" (HeyHeyHey, #1) vs Taylor Edwards - "8 Months" (CLD, #6)

Gang of Youths - "the kingdom is within you" (samo, #1) vs Machine Girl - "Glass Ocean" (Khan, #6)

DJ Sabrina the Teenage DJ - "Brave" (Khan, #1) vs Rema with Selena Gomez - "Calm Down" (SabrinaFan, #6)

slowthai - "Yum" (filthy, #1) vs BENEE - "Green Honda" (Gonza'90, #6)

Connor Smith - "Creek Will Rise" (bigfan101, #1) vs JD Clayton - "Different Kind of Simple Life" (recordyear, #6)

[Leo ✔]

Anslee Davidson - "Sing About You" (CLD , #1) vs ††† (Crosses) - "Holier" (Lordeftones, #6)

Taylor Swift - "Lavender Haze" (M5, #1) vs Ice Spice - "In Ha Mood" (rnb, #6)
No brainer vote here.

Phillip Phillips - "Dancing with Your Shadows" (Blurry, #1) vs Charles - "I Know You Love Me, But Do You Think of Me, Romantically" (deca, #6)
The background noises on the Charles' song dragged it for me.

Old Dominion - "Memory Lane" (HeyHeyHey, #1) vs Taylor Edwards - "8 Months" (CLD, #6)
I hate Old Dominion.

Gang of Youths - "the kingdom is within you" (samo, #1) vs Machine Girl - "Glass Ocean" (Khan, #6)

DJ Sabrina the Teenage DJ - "Brave" (Khan, #1) vs Rema with Selena Gomez - "Calm Down" (SabrinaFan, #6)
"Calm Down" is so screwed on this match up, but is one of my faves right now and I have to vote for it.

slowthai - "Yum" (filthy, #1) vs BENEE - "Green Honda" (Gonza'90, #6)

Connor Smith - "Creek Will Rise" (bigfan101, #1) vs JD Clayton - "Different Kind of Simple Life" (recordyear, #6)

[rnb]

Anslee Davidson - "Sing About You" (CLD , #1) vs ††† (Crosses) - "Holier" (Lordeftones, #6)

Taylor Swift - "Lavender Haze" (M5, #1) vs Ice Spice - "In Ha Mood" (rnb, #6)

Phillip Phillips - "Dancing with Your Shadows" (Blurry, #1) vs Charles - "I Know You Love Me, But Do You Think of Me, Romantically" (deca, #6)

Old Dominion - "Memory Lane" (HeyHeyHey, #1) vs Taylor Edwards - "8 Months" (CLD, #6)

Gang of Youths - "the kingdom is within you" (samo, #1) vs Machine Girl - "Glass Ocean" (Khan, #6)

DJ Sabrina the Teenage DJ - "Brave" (Khan, #1) vs Rema with Selena Gomez - "Calm Down" (SabrinaFan, #6)

slowthai - "Yum" (filthy, #1) vs BENEE - "Green Honda" (Gonza'90, #6)

Connor Smith - "Creek Will Rise" (bigfan101, #1) vs JD Clayton - "Different Kind of Simple Life" (recordyear, #6)

[decadevia]

Anslee Davidson - "Sing About You" (CLD , #1) vs ††† (Crosses) - "Holier" (Lordeftones, #6) haha chino moreno go brrrrrr

Taylor Swift - "Lavender Haze" (M5, #1) vs Ice Spice - "In Ha Mood" (rnb, #6) ice spice's music is always soooo fun!!! 

Phillip Phillips - "Dancing with Your Shadows" (Blurry, #1) vs Charles - "I Know You Love Me, But Do You Think of Me, Romantically" (deca, #6) home and gone gone gone are both some of my least favorite songs ever so my expectations for dwys were rock bottom. with that being said it isn't bad. my song is just better :3 

Old Dominion - "Memory Lane" (HeyHeyHey, #1) vs Taylor Edwards - "8 Months" (CLD, #6) ngl neither of these did much for me. modern country pop isn't really my genre i 'spose. 

Gang of Youths - "the kingdom is within you" (samo, #1) vs Machine Girl - "Glass Ocean" (Khan, #6) daaaaaamn machine girl making an appearance was not on my mm bingo sheet. always love seeing their stuff. the kingdom is within you is also a really good song though!!

DJ Sabrina the Teenage DJ - "Brave" (Khan, #1) vs Rema with Selena Gomez - "Calm Down" (SabrinaFan, #6) calm down plays all the time on the radio where i live and i do noooooot like it so this was an easy choice. 

slowthai - "Yum" (filthy, #1) vs BENEE - "Green Honda" (Gonza'90, #6) been meaning to listen to the slowthai album for quite a bit but yum is awesome!!! green honda is also really cool but yum has more going for it imo. 

Connor Smith - "Creek Will Rise" (bigfan101, #1) vs JD Clayton - "Different Kind of Simple Life" (recordyear, #6) it's actually "Conner Smith" 🤓🤓 on that note though, who in the fuck would name their kid "conner" instead of "connor" and why?????

[.indulgecountry]

Anslee Davidson - "Sing About You" (CLD , #1) vs ††† (Crosses) - "Holier" (Lordeftones, #6)

Taylor Swift - "Lavender Haze" (M5, #1) vs Ice Spice - "In Ha Mood" (rnb, #6)

Phillip Phillips - "Dancing with Your Shadows" (Blurry, #1) vs Charles - "I Know You Love Me, But Do You Think of Me, Romantically" (deca, #6)

Old Dominion - "Memory Lane" (HeyHeyHey, #1) vs Taylor Edwards - "8 Months" (CLD, #6)

Gang of Youths - "the kingdom is within you" (samo, #1) vs Machine Girl - "Glass Ocean" (Khan, #6)

DJ Sabrina the Teenage DJ - "Brave" (Khan, #1) vs Rema with Selena Gomez - "Calm Down" (SabrinaFan, #6)

slowthai - "Yum" (filthy, #1) vs BENEE - "Green Honda" (Gonza'90, #6)

Connor Smith - "Creek Will Rise" (bigfan101, #1) vs JD Clayton - "Different Kind of Simple Life" (recordyear, #6)

[maine]

Anslee Davidson - "Sing About You" (CLD , #1) [2.7/5] vs ††† (Crosses) - "Holier" (Lordeftones, #6) [3.2/5]

- "Sing About You" was a bit generic, but it was nice enough country pop. I liked her vocals a little bit, but overall, the song didn't leave the biggest impression on me. I like ††† a lot, and I like this change of direction for Chino. I haven't been as into this decade of music from them (nothing tops "The Epilogue"), but I've really gotten into "Vivien" lately. "Holier" is decent, but again, it doesn't quite capture the magic that their debut did. I think I'm more likely to get into "Holier" on repeat listens, so I'll give my vote to that.

Taylor Swift - "Lavender Haze" (M5, #1) [3.3/5] vs Ice Spice - "In Ha Mood" (rnb, #6) [3.3/5]

- I thought Midnights was an okay album – a lot of songs just felt there to me. "Lavender Haze" was one of the highlights, but I wish it had a little bit more of thump to it – this was a common theme on the album for me where I feel like the production of the songs just didn't do the album justice and make it feel more lifeless. "Lavender Haze" is at least able to make up for it enough to where I like it and can look past that part where I can listen to it and enjoy it. I've seen Ice Spice all over social media, but this is literally the first time I've listened to her music, lol. "In Ha Mood" was good drill. Nice beat and I like Ice Spice's flow on it. I have these tied, so I'm gonna go with the non-basic pick.

Phillip Phillips - "Dancing with Your Shadows" (Blurry, #1) [4.6/5] vs Charles - "I Know You Love Me, But Do You Think of Me, Romantically" (deca, #6) [3/5]

- I've liked Phillip Phillips more than most here, but I think most people don't really know his music outside of "Home" and "Gone Gone Gone", which I understand the dislike for. This song hits right in my wheelhouse, and I think this is the best song I've heard from Phillip. He had some good singles on his last album that I liked a lot, but this one hooked me immediately to overtake those. Just a really great song to me. "I Know You Love Me, But Do You Think of Me, Romantically" was good, but honestly, that like whipping sound or whatever in the production was really distracting to me and not in a good way lmao. It brought down a solid song to me into a decent song. 

Old Dominion - "Memory Lane" (HeyHeyHey, #1) [2.6/5] vs Taylor Edwards - "8 Months" (CLD, #6) [2.6/5]

- I had no clue Old Dominion had a new single out. I used to really like them when they were starting out, but I feel like they kind of lost me after their second album; not that their music was bad or anything, I just felt like everything got super uninteresting. This is decent. It has some good moments, but parts feel a tad bit more generic. Kind of mixed on it. "8 Months" is fine. I think the song itself was more interesting than "Memory Lane", but I don't feel like either song really make much of a mark. 

Gang of Youths - "the kingdom is within you" (samo, #1) [3.4/5] vs Machine Girl - "Glass Ocean" (Khan, #6) [3.7/5]

- angel in realtime. was an album I always meant to listen to but just never got around to it. I feel like it doesn't entirely matter because at this point I've heard most of the album through Pulse games / rankdowns lmao. "the kingdom is within you" is different than what I'm used to from Gang of Youths, but this is solid. Not my favorite from them but still good. I wasn't expecting to vote against Gang of Youths here, but I really liked "Glass Ocean". Video game drum and bass music is always a good thing for me, and I loved it. Solid surprise. 

DJ Sabrina the Teenage DJ - "Brave" (Khan, #1) [3.7/5] vs Rema with Selena Gomez - "Calm Down" (SabrinaFan, #6) [2.1/5]

- So I have liked everything I've heard from DJ Sabrina, but I feel like a lot of her music sounds the same, which has always made it harder for me to get into her more. With that said, "Brave" was a very nice change of pace from me. This was really solid, and felt more refreshing to me after the few other songs I've heard from Sabrina that sounded the same lmao. Khan is 2 for 2! "Calm Down" was the worst song I've heard so far from this set. Nothing here really sticks out to me, and the song kind of annoyed me. Sorry SabrinaFan. 

slowthai - "Yum" (filthy, #1) [3.4/5] vs BENEE - "Green Honda" (Gonza'90, #6) [2.9/5]

- I love slowthai features, but I don't always feel the same about his normal music. "Yum" is fun. I love the post-punk with hip-hop mashup he does, and it works well here. I remember not liking BENEE's first hit that I completely forgot about until today, but this was better than that. It's good, but I prefer "Yum" pretty easily. 

Conner Smith - "Creek Will Rise" (bigfan101, #1) [3.5/5] vs JD Clayton - "Different Kind of Simple Life" (recordyear, #6) [3.4/5]

- I saw Conner Smith when he opened for Ryan Hurd on his Pelago tour last year. I've been really interested to see his career develop because I think he has immense potential. "Didn't Go Too Far" was one of my most played songs from 2022. His first two radio singles weren't really all that interesting (like literally his least two interesting songs lol), so I'm happy they finally look like they're sending something with hit potential in "Creek Will Rise". It's a different flavor for him, but I really like it. I hope it can do well on radio, and hopefully this tournament but I won't hold my breath knowing his this kind of country normally performs here, lol. I liked "Different Kind of Simple Life" a good bit. I wish it was against one of the other country songs this set because these are definitely the two best here, so I wish both could continue. 

[GP]

Mar 18, 2023 8:24:35 GMT -5 recordyear said:

GP is the first submitter who has four songs stolen.

Men I Trust - "Ring Of Past" (GP, #1) *stolen by Mayman*
RAYE f/ 070 Shake - "Escapism." (GP, #2)
Kali Uchis - "Moonlight" (GP, #3)
Little Simz - "Heart On Fire" (GP, #4) *stolen by singingrulebritannia*
Q - "LUV (I KNOW I WANT THIS FOR REAL)" (GP, #5)
Caroline Polachek f/ Dido & Grimes - “Fly To You” (GP, #6)
Tennis - "Let's Make A Mistake Tonight" (GP, #7) *stolen by Mayman*
Baby Keem - "16" (GP, #8)
Loreen - "Tattoo" (GP, #9) *stolen by Leo*
PinkPantheress f/ Ice Spice - "Boy's a liar Pt. 2" (GP, #10)
Yves Tumor - "Echolalia" (GP, #11)
Sticky Fingers - "We Can Make The World Glow" (GP, #12)

Oh this was not a simply mugging, it was a whole ass robbery 

[reputainbow]

Anslee Davidson - "Sing About You" (CLD , #1) vs ††† (Crosses) - "Holier" (Lordeftones, #6)

I wasn't huge on "Sing About You" and I quite liked "Holier", so this was an easy choice. 

Taylor Swift - "Lavender Haze" (M5, #1) vs Ice Spice - "In Ha Mood" (rnb, #6)

"Lavender Haze" is one of my favorite songs from 'Midnights'; I see it as an improved version of "I Think He Knows". The Ice Spice song is still pretty good but I don't really love it.

Phillip Phillips - "Dancing with Your Shadows" (Blurry, #1) vs Charles - "I Know You Love Me, But Do You Think of Me, Romantically" (deca, #6)

I liked both songs but I'm giving the edge to Phillip Phillips here. Pleasantly surprised by this new sound.

Old Dominion - "Memory Lane" (HeyHeyHey, #1) vs Taylor Edwards - "8 Months" (CLD, #6)

Both songs were a pleasant listen but "8 Months" is better. The chorus is quite nice.

Gang of Youths - "the kingdom is within you" (samo, #1) vs Machine Girl - "Glass Ocean" (Khan, #6)

Again, I liked both songs but I just prefer the drum & bass / hardcore breaks production on "Glass Ocean".

DJ Sabrina the Teenage DJ - "Brave" (Khan, #1) vs Rema with Selena Gomez - "Calm Down" (SabrinaFan, #6)

"Brave" may not be DJ Sabrina's best song, but it's a fun, intentional Madeon rip-off. "Calm Down" is better than I remembered but I think it's just decent.

slowthai - "Yum" (filthy, #1) vs BENEE - "Green Honda" (Gonza'90, #6)

This was my hardest matchup. "Yum" is a very intense listen (in a great way) and just sounds really cool, but "Green Honda" is a banger and among one of my favorites I've heard from BENEE.

Connor Smith - "Creek Will Rise" (bigfan101, #1) vs JD Clayton - "Different Kind of Simple Life" (recordyear, #6)

"Different Kind of Simple Life" is a pretty pleasant listen, and even though "Creek Will Rise" has more energy to it, it feels like any other song I'd hear on country radio.

[daniel1784]

Anslee Davidson - "Sing About You" (CLD , #1) [4/5] vs ††† (Crosses) - "Holier" (Lordeftones, #6) [4.5/5]


Sing About You was pretty generic, which is rich coming from me lol; however, it was still decent enough and was catchy enough to be good, it just didn't go above and beyond, which "Holier" did. I don't generally like rock, but after listening to "Holier" in full, i realized that it's not just your ordinary rock song. it's actually really good!

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Taylor Swift - "Lavender Haze" (M5, #1) [3.5/5] vs Ice Spice - "In Ha Mood" (rnb, #6) [4/5]

Lavender Haze would have likely won for me, but the radio had played it sooooo much, and to a point where i was tired of hearing it. Despite from being not a radio song, In Ha Mood is really fun and pleasantly surprised me after what Boy's A Liar was. 

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Phillip Phillips - "Dancing with Your Shadows" (Blurry, #1) [4/5] vs Charles - "I Know You Love Me, But Do You Think of Me, Romantically" (deca, #6) [3.5/5]

Phillip Phillips didn't have the best impression on me at first, but DWYS was surprisingly good! after hearing the James Charles song, i'd say it grew on me, but it was still only okay. the vocals seem too drowned out and although it might sound nice, the lyrics are too hard to hear, and that matters alot to me. so i had to give it to Phillip Phillips.

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Old Dominion - "Memory Lane" (HeyHeyHey, #1) [3.8/5] vs Taylor Edwards - "8 Months" (CLD, #6) [3.7/5]

After listening to both in full, they're both decent country songs. Neither stands out, neither goes above & beyond, neither is anything special. However, Old Dominion has slightly better structure and sounds nicer than Taylor Edwards to me. This match was close though.

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Gang of Youths - "the kingdom is within you" (samo, #1) [4.9/5] vs Machine Girl - "Glass Ocean" (Khan, #6) [4.5/5]

I listened to both in full for this round (as i did for all of them now) and Gang Of Youths' "The Kingdom Is Within You" is even better than i thought it was. And Machine Girl is somehow growing on me too, so this matchup was shockingly one of the harder ones. Gang Of Youths is such a phonomenal band though, from everything i've heard, and i love them so much. Thanks for showing me this amazing song, samo!

The Machine Girl song was weird (in a good way), it was cool, it was quirky, and it was fun, but it doesn't come close to beating Gang Of Youths. Something about that song is just exceptional.

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DJ Sabrina the Teenage DJ - "Brave" (Khan, #1) [5/5] vs Rema with Selena Gomez - "Calm Down" (SabrinaFan, #6) [4/5]

WOW, DJ Sabrina The Teenage DJ is SOOOO GOOD! It reminds me of an infinitely better version of "Alone" by Marshmello. This is astonishing. I can't believe someone named Teenage DJ would come out with something this good. It's soo good and i love it.

While Calm Down is good, and doesn't even nearly match "Brave" which is just on an unheard level.

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slowthai - "Yum" (filthy, #1) [4.5/5] vs BENEE - "Green Honda" (Gonza'90, #6) [4.5/5]

Wow, slowthai was better than the minute-long section i gave myself. i now get why people like slowthai so much. The lyrics are super rich (someone said that already, just needed to point it out again i guess lol) but they mean alot. it's a really cool song, thanks for showing me.

Benee had such an amazing song with "Supalonely" and while Green Honda is really good, it just barely missed to slowthai. this was the hardest match to figure out, definitely.

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Connor Smith - "Creek Will Rise" (bigfan101, #1) [4.5/5] vs JD Clayton - "Different Kind of Simple Life" (recordyear, #6) [4.75/5]

Connor Smith had a pretty good country standard. I generally like country music, and while Connor Smith had a good song, it wasn't as good as JD Clayton's beautiful, picturesque "Different Kind Of A Simple Life"

this was a hard match to make, but i had to give it to JD Clayton.

[filthy]

Anslee Davidson - "Sing About You" (CLD , #1) vs ††† (Crosses) - "Holier" (Lordeftones, #6)
Sing About You didn't say me anything and Holier was alright so there's where my vote goes

Taylor Swift - "Lavender Haze" (M5, #1) vs Ice Spice - "In Ha Mood" (rnb, #6)
i wasn't familiar with ice spice's game. lavender haze was fine, but in ha mood slaps

Phillip Phillips - "Dancing with Your Shadows" (Blurry, #1) vs Charles - "I Know You Love Me, But Do You Think of Me, Romantically" (deca, #6) 
close

Old Dominion - "Memory Lane" (HeyHeyHey, #1) vs Taylor Edwards - "8 Months" (CLD, #6)
this matchup doesn't move me

Gang of Youths - "the kingdom is within you" (samo, #1) vs Machine Girl - "Glass Ocean" (Khan, #6)
both great songs, but glass ocean was more interesting to me

DJ Sabrina the Teenage DJ - "Brave" (Khan, #1) vs Rema with Selena Gomez - "Calm Down" (SabrinaFan, #6)
fuck me brave is a banger. reminds me of summer. calm down was OK but a little annoying 

slowthai - "Yum" (filthy, #1) vs BENEE - "Green Honda" (Gonza'90, #6)
yum is so INSANE bro top 3 tracks of the year so far. green honda surprised me i think it's really cool but i have to vote for my own song 😭😭

Connor Smith - "Creek Will Rise" (bigfan101, #1) vs JD Clayton - "Different Kind of Simple Life" (recordyear, #6)
creek will rise wasn't bad, just an ok song. different kind of simple life is beautiful and a much more pleasen listen

[walt91]

Mar 18, 2023 16:21:49 GMT -5 daniel1784 said:

I don't generally like rock, but the snippet I gave Holier sounded really good.

I really hope you listened to the whole song and not just a snippet...

[wheatsquares33]

It's been awhile since the last tournament-style Madness, I feel like, so I'm kind of excited to revisit this format, it's easier for me to write my thoughts on the songs this way. I'll be using the Fantano score system for now I think, I think I used decimal last time though? Idr

Anslee Davidson - "Sing About You" (CLD , #1) (light to decent 6) vs ††† (Crosses) - "Holier" (Lordeftones, #6) (light to decent 7)
Sing About You is a pretty nice little country song, good guitar riffs and vocals. I'm not sure if it's something that will stick with me long-term, but it's fine. Hard to go wrong with Crosses though. Holier is pretty average for them, but average Crosses is still pretty good.

Taylor Swift - "Lavender Haze" (M5, #1) (light to decent 6) vs Ice Spice - "In Ha Mood" (rnb, #6) (light to decent 6)
Surprisingly, both of these are first listens for me. I recognize this Taylor Swift song title, but have never heard it. It uh sounds like a song from Midnights. Chorus is kinda nice. Somehow, I don't think I've heard anything from Ice Spice? Outside of her Boy's a Liar feature. Production is kinda cool on this one and I guess it's kidna catchy, I think I prefer it to Taylor slightly.

Phillip Phillips - "Dancing with Your Shadows" (Blurry, #1) (strong 6 to light 7) vs Charles - "I Know You Love Me, But Do You Think of Me, Romantically" (deca, #6) (decent to strong 7)
Iiiii think I heard this Phil Phil song at the grocery store a month or two ago? I really liked Miles from in 2017, but I don't think I've heard anything from the guy since. I think he does a good job at making radio pop rock, better than the indie folk stuff of his peak, decent track. I really f**k with this Charles song though, definitely sounds like something I could add to my regular rotation. 

Old Dominion - "Memory Lane" (HeyHeyHey, #1) (light to decent 6) vs Taylor Edwards - "8 Months" (CLD, #6) (decent to strong 6)
Lots of country this round it feels like. Both of these were solid though, Memory Lane had a bit of a slow start, but I like the kinda jangly bass/guitar line in the chorus and how surprisingly dance-y the beat is too. 8 Months was just a bit stronger overall though, very nice & clean country pop track.

Gang of Youths - "the kingdom is within you" (samo, #1) (strong 7 to light 8) vs Machine Girl - "Glass Ocean" (Khan, #6) (light to decent 8)
Ugh, this is tricky, two best songs in the round so far against each other. Angel in Realtime is a good album through and through, I don't think this particular track is even among my top 5 from it, but it's still really good. But Glass Ocean was a really cool discovery. I've been really into atmospheric drum & bass and video game soundtracks recently, so this one is really doing it for me. Hate to vote against GoY, but I do like Glass Ocean just a bit more than this particular track.

DJ Sabrina the Teenage DJ - "Brave" (Khan, #1) (decent to strong 7) vs Rema with Selena Gomez - "Calm Down" (SabrinaFan, #6) (light to decent 4)
Hard to go wrong with DJ Sabrina. They have better songs than Brave, but still a good track, they just have such a distinct & fully formed style. Calm Down has 500M+ streams on Spotify, but I've never heard of it. Uh I don't care much for it though. The instrumental is kinda cute I guess.

slowthai - "Yum" (filthy, #1) (strong 7 to light 8) vs BENEE - "Green Honda" (Gonza'90, #6) (decent to strong 6)
So far UGLY is my AOTY. I had Selfish on my own shortlist, but didn't think it was a great option for a tournament such as this, so I respect Yum, an even more difficult track being here. I'll give it some support. Green Honda is okay too though. Almost completely forgot about BENEE. Supalonely was such an essential track of the covid era, but I like just about every other song I've heard from more. Kinda cool dance/synth punk energy on this one, it's cool.

Connor Smith - "Creek Will Rise" (bigfan101, #1) (decent to strong 6) vs JD Clayton - "Different Kind of Simple Life" (recordyear, #6) (strong 6 to light 7)
Creek Will Rise is a lot bro-ier than the popular modern country song has been for the past few years, but like...it is a fun track. Really good energy to it and super catchy, I like this more than I'd expect myself to. JD Clayton song is pretty good too, I like the almost dream pop flavored approach to americana/traditional country, the guitars kinda remind me of Mazzy Star.

Best discoveries: Glass Ocean, I Know You Love Me..., Brave, Holier, Different Kind of Simple Life, Dancing with Your Shadows

[American Idiot]

Anslee Davidson - "Sing About You" (CLD , #1) vs ††† (Crosses) - "Holier" (Lordeftones, #6)

Taylor Swift - "Lavender Haze" (M5, #1) vs Ice Spice - "In Ha Mood" (rnb, #6)

Phillip Phillips - "Dancing with Your Shadows" (Blurry, #1) vs Charles - "I Know You Love Me, But Do You Think of Me, Romantically" (deca, #6)

Old Dominion - "Memory Lane" (HeyHeyHey, #1) vs Taylor Edwards - "8 Months" (CLD, #6)

Gang of Youths - "the kingdom is within you" (samo, #1) vs Machine Girl - "Glass Ocean" (Khan, #6)

DJ Sabrina the Teenage DJ - "Brave" (Khan, #1) vs Rema with Selena Gomez - "Calm Down" (SabrinaFan, #6)

slowthai - "Yum" (filthy, #1) vs BENEE - "Green Honda" (Gonza'90, #6)

Connor Smith - "Creek Will Rise" (bigfan101, #1) vs JD Clayton - "Different Kind of Simple Life" (recordyear, #6)

[Mayman]

Anslee Davidson - "Sing About You" (CLD , #1) vs ††† (Crosses) - "Holier" (Lordeftones, #6)

Taylor Swift - "Lavender Haze" (M5, #1) vs Ice Spice - "In Ha Mood" (rnb, #6)

Phillip Phillips - "Dancing with Your Shadows" (Blurry, #1) vs Charles - "I Know You Love Me, But Do You Think of Me, Romantically" (deca, #6)

Old Dominion - "Memory Lane" (HeyHeyHey, #1) vs Taylor Edwards - "8 Months" (CLD, #6)

Gang of Youths - "the kingdom is within you" (samo, #1) vs Machine Girl - "Glass Ocean" (Khan, #6)

DJ Sabrina the Teenage DJ - "Brave" (Khan, #1) vs Rema with Selena Gomez - "Calm Down" (SabrinaFan, #6)

slowthai - "Yum" (filthy, #1) vs BENEE - "Green Honda" (Gonza'90, #6)

Connor Smith - "Creek Will Rise" (bigfan101, #1) vs JD Clayton - "Different Kind of Simple Life" (recordyear, #6)