Taylor Swift (1) – Week Of May 28, 2016

So........yeah. I apologize for this post being posted several days later than usual. More on what's been happening with me down in the blurbs. This weekend was Memorial Day Weekend and to celebrate, we had bonus summer hits from previous years mixed into the countdown this week. How fun! Before we get to this week's Fresh 45, here are the songs we're saying goodbye to this week.

• Taylor Swift – Out Of The Woods (#34) [x2]
• Ellie Goulding – Something In The Way You Move (#45)

Last Week's #1 Song: Panic! At The Disco – Victorious

The Countdown

45. G-Eazy/Bebe Rexha – Me, Myself, and I (#43)

Bonus Summer Hit: 5 Seconds Of Summer – She Looks So Perfect

44. We The Kings – The Story Of Tonight (#44)

43. Rihanna/Drake – Work (#41)

42. Gwen Stefani – Make Me Like You (#42)

41. The Chainsmokers/Rozes – Roses (#36)

Bonus Summer Hit: Imagine Dragons – Radioactive

40. Shawn Mendes/Camila Cabello – I Know What You Did Last Summer (#40)

39. Tryon – Somebody To Love Me (#38)

38. Adele – Hello (#37) [12 Weeks At #1]

Bonus Summer Hit: Iggy Azalea/Charli XCX – Fancy

37. One Direction – Perfect (#23) [2 Weeks At #1]

36. Timeflies – Once In A While (DEBUT)

35. Rachel Platten – Stand By You (#31)

Bonus Summer Hit: Carly Rae Jepsen – Call Me Maybe

34. The Weeknd – In The Night (#30)

33. Justin Bieber – Sorry (#32)

32. Fall Out Boy/Demi Lovato – Irresistible (#26)

Bonus Summer Hit: LMFAO – Party Rock Anthem

31. Charlie Puth – One Call Away (#29) [2 Weeks At #1]

30. Elle King – America's Sweetheart (#15)

29. Nick Jonas/Tove Lo – Close (#33)

Bonus Summer Hit: Walk The Moon – Shut Up and Dance

28. Calvin Harris/Rihanna – This Is What You Came For (DEBUT)

27. Meghan Trainor – No (#20)

26. Grace – You Don't Own Me (#27)

Bonus Summer Hit: One Direction – What Makes You Beautiful

25. The Summer Set – Figure Me Out (#39)

24. Daya – Sit Still, Look Pretty (#25)

23. Justin Bieber – Love Yourself (#14)

Bonus Summer Hit: fun./Janelle Monae – We Are Young

22. Jason Derulo – If It Ain't Love (#24)

21. X Ambassadors – Unsteady (#35)

20. Ariana Grande – Dangerous Woman (#18)

Bonus Summer Hit: Maroon 5 – Love Somebody

19. Zara Larsson/MNEK – Never Forget You (#21)

18. P!nk – Just Like Fire (#22)

17. The Chainsmokers/Daya – Don't Let Me Down (#19)

Bonus Summer Hit: Taylor Swift – Bad Blood

16. Twenty One Pilots – Ride (#28)

15. Selena Gomez – Hands To Myself (#12)

14. Lukas Graham – 7 Years (#6)
Bonus Summer Hit: Zedd/Foxes – Clarity

13. Troye Sivan – Youth (#5)

12. DNCE – Cake By The Ocean (#3) [4 Weeks At #1]

11. Fifth Harmony – Work From Home (#9)

Bonus Summer Hit: Robin Thicke/Pharrell/T.I. – Blurred Lines

10. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Jet Black Heart (#13)

  9. Mike Posner/SeeB – I Took A Pill In Ibiza (#17)

  8. James Bay – Let It Go (#11)

Bonus Summer Hit: Katy Perry – E.T.

  7. Flo Rida – My House (#4) [1 Week At #1]

  6. Twenty One Pilots – Stressed Out (#2) [5 Weeks At #1]

  5. Zayn Malik – Pillowtalk (#8)
Bonus Summer Hit: Demi Lovato – Cool For The Summer

  4. Panic! At The Disco – Victorious (#1) [1 Week At #1]

  3. One Direction – History (#10)

Bonus Summer Hit: Magic! – Rude

  2. Justin Timberlake – Can't Stop The Feeling! (#16)

  1. Taylor Swift – New Romantics (#7) [1^st Week At #1]

#1 Song This Week One Year Ago: Wiz Khalifa/Charlie Puth – See You Again

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: Elle King – America's Sweetheart (–15)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Tie Between X Ambassadors – Unsteady, Justin Timberlake – Can't Stop The Feeling, and The Summer Set – Figure Me Out (+14)

New Entrants
~ Our first debut comes from long-time Hit-Bound veteran, Timeflies – Once In A While. This song is pretty catchy and I can jam out to it every now and then. It's not something that I'll really remember in a year. But it's a nice song right now. Overall, I like it.

~ Who remembers 2011's We Found Love by Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris? That song was pretty irresistible and undeniably catchy and it was a big score for Rihanna being one of her many #1 songs here in the United States. The two teamed up again this year with the new track, This Is What You Came For, which I believe is a huge step down from We Found Love. Both artists have their good and bad moments in this song. Calvin Harris did a nice job with the build up in the chorus, but the beat drop is one of the laziest and most uninteresting beat drops I've ever heard, especially when compared to some of his biggest hits (i.e. I Need Your Love, Summer, Blame, etc.). Very disappointing, Calvin. This is not really something I can get down to at a party. Rihanna's vocals are pretty good for the most part, especially during the chorus with the build up in the background. But when the beat drops, apparently it was believed that her constantly emphasizing the word "you" would make up for the lousy drop, and it does not. In fact, it's really annoying. Unfortunately, due to its moderate success so far, I fear that Calvin Harris actually believes this sound is good for future singles and possibly an album, which is not good. I don't hate the song. There are parts that I enjoy. But it has an overall lazy production that I would like to not have to hear from the highest paid DJ in pretty much the entire universe. Overall, this song is a little bit of a disappointment. I was expecting more. But whatever. I guess it could be worse.

Hit-Bound
~ Here is the Hit-Bound list:

• Magic!/Sean Paul – Lay You Down Easy
• Charlie Puth/Selena Gomez – We Don't Talk Anymore
• Ruth B. – Lost Boy
• Pitbull/Enrique Iglesias – Messin' Around
• Bebe Rexha/Nicki Minaj – No Broken Hearts
• All Time Low – Missing You
• Meghan Trainor – Me Too
• Hailee Steinfeld/DNCE – Rock Bottom
• Sia/Sean Paul – Cheap Thrills
• Disturbed – The Sound of Silence
• Selena Gomez – Kill Em With Kindness
• OneRepublic – Wherever I Go
• Symon – Say
• The 1975 – The Sound

Top 5 Hit-Bound

1. OneRepublic – Wherever I Go

2. Disturbed – The Sound of Silence

3. Bebe Rexha/Nicki Minaj – No Broken Hearts

4. Pitbull/Enrique Iglesias – Messin' Around

5. Hailee Steinfeld/DNCE – Rock Bottom

Blurbs Are What You Came For

~ Another (un)surprisingly new Top 3. New Romantics hitting #1 isn't too surprising considering Hits 1's love for Taylor Swift. Can't Stop The Feeling thinks it can be our next #1 song on its fourth week. Due to an increase in airplay and it airing as "Most Wutchuwanted", I think it has a chance. History shouldn't even be in the Top 3.

~ Mike Posner – I Took A Pill In Ibiza made a lovely jump into the Top 10 this week while we had a nice departure from DNCE – Cake By The Ocean. Every now and then (or more often) we need a fusion of out-with-the-old-and-in-with-the-new.

~ The Weeknd – In The Night should be gone. I hate when a song finally leaves, but then re-enters and stays for too long. Who could possibly be voting for this song?

~ Zayn Malik – Pillowtalk should not be in the Top 5. It had its time to shine. Now it needs to make it's journey out of the countdown.

~ Selena Gomez – Hands To Myself should also not be in the Top 15. I still find this song awfully annoying. And we still don't have any good music from her coming soon. -_-

~ P!nk – Just Like Fire needs to move up into the Top 10 soon. This song is just too awesome to stay the low teens area.

~ X Ambassadors – Unsteady is actually gaining some popularity right now. The comeback didn't surprise me.

~ Very saddening that Ellie Goulding – Something In The Way You Move had to leave the countdown. I will remember it as one of the best songs of the year.

~ Nick Jonas/Tove Lo – Close has finally ascended above #30.

~ Unfortunately, Calvin Harris and Taylor Swift have broken up. I've been rooting for them ever since they started dating and now they have split, which I find to be extremely saddening. Oh well.

~ So I think I should explain where I've been for the past week. I've been sick, probably the sickest I've been in a long time. It started on Thursday last week when I got home and I was shivering cold. Turns out I had a fever. I had to miss school on Friday even though it was my last day of school and I was sick all the way through Tuesday. Wednesday, I was feeling a little better, but I had to go in to make up the final exams I missed on Friday and when I got home I still wasn't feeling 100%. I was feeling better on Thursday (yesterday), but it was my brother's eighth grade graduation ceremony and I had to be there for that. So here I am blogging for you today. I'm hoping I don't have to go through that crappy feeling again for a long time. I don't get sick that often, so what I went through was pretty bad. But I'm feeling better for the most part now. So yeah.

Throwback Pick Of The Week: Robbie Williams/Kylie Minogue – Kids

Most Missed Countdown Song: Gotye/Kimbra – Somebody That I Used To Know

#1 Recommendation For Hits 1: Prince Fox/Hailee Steinfeld – Fragile

Favorite Countdown Song This Week One Year Ago: David Guetta/Nicki Minaj/Afrojack – Hey Mama

My Top 5 Picks

1. P!nk – Just Like Fire

2. Mike Posner – I Took A Pill In Ibiza

3. James Bay – Let It Go

4. Troye Sivan – Youth

5. G-Eazy/Bebe Rexha – Me, Myself, & I

Top 5 Bonus Songs
1. Carly Rae Jepsen – Call Me Maybe
2. Katy Perry – E.T.
3. LMFAO – Party Rock Anthem
4. fun./Janelle Monae – We Are Young
5. Maroon 5 – Love Somebody