Billboard Hot 100: 08/28/2021

[dremolus - solarpunk]

Notable Single Releases:
Lizzo feat. Cardi B - Rumors
Lorde - Mood Ring
Magdalena Bay - Secrets (Your Fire)
Dua Lipa and Elton John - Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)
Sub Urban and Bella Poarch - INFERNO
Denzel Curry - The Game
Nao - Wait
Big Thief - Little Things and Sparrow
spill tab feat. Tommy Genesis - Indecisive
Tiësto & Karol G - Don't Be Shy
Machine Gun Kelly - papercuts
PinkPantheress - Just for Me
21 Savage with Rich Brian feat. Warren Hue and Masiwei - Lazy Susan
VanJess and Lucky Daye - Slow Down
Wale feat. Yella Beezy and Maxo Kream - Down South
Reik and Rauw Alejandro - Loquita
DJ Snake feat. Rick Ross and Rich Brian - Run It
Charlie Hanson - Off My Neck
WizKid feat. Tems - Essence (Justin Bieber Remix)
Jax Jones feat. Saweetie and Charli XCX - OUT OUT
Maisie Peters - You Signed Up for This and Brooklyn
Ice Nine Kills - Assault and Batteries
Trivium - Feast of Fire
Chelsea Cutler - You Can Have It
Deb Never and Jim-E Stack - Sweet & Spice
ericdoa - back n forth
RUFUS DU SOL - Next to Me
Cheat Codes with Travis Barker and Tove Stryke - All Things $ Can Do
Katy B - Under My Skin
J Balvin - Que Locuta
Kygo feat. Zoe Wees - Love Me Now
NLE Choppa -Mmm Hmm
Coi Leray - Okay Yeah!
Prince Royce - Lao' a Lao'
James Arthur - Avalanche



Notable Album Releases:
Luke Hemmings - When Facing the Things We Turn Away From
Jungle - Loving in Stereo 
Red Velvet - Queendom
The Killers - Pressure Machine
Jade Bird - Different Kinds of Light
Lorna Shore - ...And I Return to Nothingness (EP)
Ben Platt - Reverie
$uicideboy$ - Long Term Effects of SUFFERING
Dan + Shay - Good Things
blackbear - misery lake (EP)
Still Woozy - If This Isn't Nice, I Don't Know What Is
Various Artists - Madden NFL 22 Soundtrack
YNW Melly - Just a Matter of Slime
Iggy Azalea - End of an Era

If DONDA comes out this year, I'll be shocked

[fridayteenage]

lizzo/cardi: that was, um, corny. and a lil dull.
like a mega watered down combo of both of their brands.

actually, cardi's bit reminded me of her part in girls like you.

[wavey.]

PinkPanthress knows exactly what she's doing with these short ass tracks❤

[suzcruz7]

As expected, "Rumors" is a pure bop. Very happy to have Lizzo back.

[Caviar]

Lizzo will debut at #1.

[Abbaschand]

DONDA really got me down bad, bruh. Just when I'm starting to get Kanye. Why are you keep doing this, Ye?

[atg]

Did Essence really need a remix? I was rooting for its slow growth as that’s practically rare nowadays but now JB hopping on yet another culture of music is going to make the song take off like its a first week big smash…

Also he doesn’t even sound that great and very out of place. I hope people just ignore this like the bad guy remix and hopefully the original doesn’t slow down and make the song underperform.

[firefox]

We all waited on Lizzo's comeback and here she gave us a very great bop!

[nathanalbright]

I'm trying to look up that Dua Lipa/Elton John song.

[dremolus - solarpunk]

Rumors - I like this...but I think I need more time with it, this could grow on me with more listens

INFERNO - It's another Sweet but Psycho, for better and for worse so if you liked that song or hated it, you'll have the same thoughts here

papercuts - It's more MGK pop punk, for better and for worse but even as someone who's been more forgiving of the pop punk pivot, it doesn't even have great of a hook so I can't see this blowing up or the sticking the same way MEBF or forget me too or bloody valentine or DAYWALKER did for me

Don't Be Shy - well this is definitely blowing up worldwide except in the U.S. Even though Karol's vocals have too much vocal effects than she needs and it's not as colorful as her reggaeton work, she does elevate this over other slap bass songs

Essence (Justin Bieber Remix) - so...aside from a boost on the charts, what does Bieber add here? He's so useless

[goldentakes]

Just heard Papercuts by MGK and let me just say, I like the direction he seems to be going with his new album. Sounds like he's *fully* embracing the rock sound, which really excites me. Thank you Travis Barker.

But Wtf is this new Lizzo song? The lyrics made me physically cringe and the beat sounds like a 2015 DJ Mustard throwaway lol

[jthentic]

The killers x Phoebe track of the new album is fkn beautiful

I like lizzo but this song ain't it 🙃

Why's blackbear dropping cringe b2b each week?

Dua remix with Elton is decent

JB remix with wizkid? Why?

New MGK's 1st half is phenomenal esp has some mainstream pop-rock appeal but the rest is filled with riffs, a drum solo & ouuuuuoooooohhhhhhhhh which's grunge-ish & idt layman will be hitting replay

enjoyed the new suicideboys (probably coz I'm fan 😅)

Disappointed with da new trivium it sounds like parkway drive ripoff

[𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕖𝕓𝕤]

Wondering where PinkPantheress will debut. Hype has building for this song for the past month, and a snippet of the chorus has already been used in 600k TikToks.

Surprised at how much I like the new Elton/Dua. “Rumors” gave me everything I wanted

[rosalina4812]

Finally a good week
Excited for where Just for me ends up in Spotify, Bella Poarch’s follow up, and Lizzo’s long awaited comeback.

[bigolefreak]

Lizzo/Cardi is a bop! Can't get it off repeat, they both ate!

[Limited Edition]

Lizzo is so annoying and Rumors is a mess. Cardi couldn't save it either. Very upleasant listening experience. Couldn't help but furrow my brows the entire time

[phieaglesfan712]

Aug 13, 2021 1:08:14 GMT -5 dremolus - solarpunk said:

Don't Be Shy - well this is definitely blowing up worldwide except in the U.S. Even though Karol's vocals have too much vocal effects than she needs and it's not as colorful as her reggaeton work, she does elevate this over other slap bass songs

The Business should have been a bigger hit here in the US, but US radio never gave it a fair shake. I hope the same doesn't happen here.

[joshtheking]

Looks like Rumors is pretty polarizing... I like it so far but time could change that for bigger or lower appreciation 

[iamsorare]

[dann]

I love Lizzo and I really tried hard to like her new music, but no.

[iamsorare]

[bbdenney94]

Aug 13, 2021 1:08:14 GMT -5 dremolus - solarpunk said:

Essence (Justin Bieber Remix) - so...aside from a boost on the charts, what does Bieber add here? He's so useless

Literally just chart fuel, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. Definitely rooting for Wizkid to get a second hit.

[monkeydluffy]

Rumors and Essence Remix don’t do anything for me. Papercuts is good tho

[dremolus - solarpunk]

Aug 13, 2021 8:38:13 GMT -5 bbdenney94 said:

Aug 13, 2021 1:08:14 GMT -5 dremolus - solarpunk said:

Essence (Justin Bieber Remix) - so...aside from a boost on the charts, what does Bieber add here? He's so useless

Literally just chart fuel, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. Definitely rooting for Wizkid to get a second hit.

I mean...I can't really get too mad at WizKid but to quote Todd in the Shadows:

"Hey America, we made you a Pina Colada but that's probably 'too exotic' for you so for your stupid sake, we're just gonna add a big glop of mayonnaise"

[jthentic]

I like how pulse as a group doesn't give rats ass abt Tom MacDonald releases (btw I saw his new track called brainwashed (🤣🤣) charting on iTunes)

[thegreatdivine]

New Lizzo single is super generic. Corny lines and overall, a pretty underwhelming song.

[Groovy]

Aug 13, 2021 7:47:59 GMT -5 iamsorare said:

Ed Sheeran on drill has always been so funny to me.

[dremolus - solarpunk]

Aug 13, 2021 9:57:35 GMT -5 jthentic said:

I like how pulse as a group doesn't give rats ass abt Tom MacDonald releases (btw I saw his new track called brainwashed (🤣🤣) charting on iTunes)

The best way for grifters to cease being around - or just cease being relevant - is to not give them any attention

[dremolus - solarpunk]

Aug 13, 2021 10:22:42 GMT -5 Groovy said:

Aug 13, 2021 7:47:59 GMT -5 iamsorare said:

Ed Sheeran on drill has always been so funny to me.

It's not even him on drill. It's a weird remake of sorts where he sings the intro to the song but then after he's done, they change the slightly alter the percussion of the song from pop to a drill one and Tion Wayne and Central Cee just freestyle over the beat. Seriously, Ed Sheeran doesn't show up again aside from the backing vocals in the beat.

[rainygirl]

Rumors was kinda meh till the 4th or 5th listen , definitely a grower at least for me