The Chainsmokers (1) – Week Of October 1, 2016

So my final homecoming in high school is officially over. More on how that went will be at the very end of the post. As far as the countdown goes, it's crazy how one week we can have the Top 3 songs holding their places, and then the next week the #1 and #2 artists replace themselves with their newer songs. Before we get to this week's Fresh 45, here are the songs we're saying goodbye to this week.

• Symon – Say (#31)
• DNCE – Toothbrush (#41)

Last Week's #1 Song: The Chainsmokers/Daya – Don't Let Me Down

The Countdown

45. Ariana Grande – Dangerous Woman (#39)

44. Lukas Graham – 7 Years (#45)

43. Meghan Trainor – No (#44)

42. All Time Low – Missing You (#35)

41. Fifth Harmony – Work From Home (#42)

40. Panic! At The Disco – Victorious (#42) [1 Week At #1]

39. P!nk – Just Like Fire (#40)

38. DNCE – Cake By The Ocean (#32) [4 Weeks At #1]

37. Taylor Swift – New Romantics (#37) [2 Weeks At #1]

36. Lukas Graham – Mama Said (#33)

35. Gnash/Olivia O'Brien – I Hate U, I Love U (DEBUT)

34. Meghan Trainor – Me Too (#34)

33. Mike Posner/SeeB – I Took A Pill In Ibiza (#38) [2 Weeks At #1]

32. The 1975 – The Sound (#24)

31. AJR – I'm Not Famous (#21)

30. Kenny Chesney/P!nk – Setting The World On Fire (#28)

29. Demi Lovato – Body Say (#27)

28. Jacob Whitesides – Lovesick (#29)

27. Twenty One Pilots – Stressed Out (#22) [5 Weeks At #1]

26. DJ Snake/Justin Bieber – Let Me Love You (#25)

25. Adele – Send My Love (To Your New Lover) (#17) [1 Week At #1]

24. Big Gigantic/Angela McCluskey – The Little Things (DEBUT)

23. Panic! At The Disco – Death Of A Bachelor (#30)

22. Lady Gaga – Perfect Illusion (#20)

21. OneRepublic – Kids (#19)

20. Kiiara – Gold (#23)

19. The Strumbellas – Spirits (#26)

18. Calvin Harris – My Way (#36)

17. Twenty One Pilots – Ride (#2)

16. Major Lazer/Justin Bieber/MØ – Cold Water (#14)

15. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Girls Talk Boys (#11)

14. Daya – Sit Still, Look Pretty (#18)

13. Coldplay/Beyoncé – Hymn For The Weekend (#13)

12. Hailee Steinfeld & Grey/Zedd – Starving (#12)

11. Flume/Kai – Never Be Like You (#16)

10. Charlie Puth/Selena Gomez – We Don't Talk Anymore (#15)

  9. Calvin Harris/Rihanna – This Is What You Came For (#5)

  8. X Ambassadors – Unsteady (#9)

  7. Ariana Grande – Into You (#8)

  6. Shawn Mendes – Treat You Better (#6)

  5. The Chainsmokers/Daya – Don't Let Me Down (#1) [3 Weeks At #1]

  4. Justin Timberlake – Can't Stop The Feeling (#4) [10 Weeks At #1]

  3. Sia/Sean Paul – Cheap Thrills (#3)

  2. Twenty One Pilots – Heathens (#7)

  1. The Chainsmokers/Halsey – Closer (#10) [1^st Week At #1]

#1 Song This Week One Year Ago: Walk The Moon – Shut Up and Dance

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: Twenty One Pilots – Ride (–15)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Calvin Harris – My Way (+18)

New Entrants
~ First up, Gnash/Olivia O'Brien – I Hate U, I Love U. I kind of explained why I love this song so much when it debuted on Hit-Bound two or three weeks ago. It has one of those stories and messages behind it that a lot of people can relate to. I'm sure we've all had feelings for someone close, who happens to have feelings for someone else. I love the fact that they made a song about it as it's a song I can really relate to and be moved by. There really aren't that many songs this year that have moved me with the message. That being said, while it is moving, it is also really depressing. It's a great song to listen to when you're in a calm, quiet environment or when you're by yourself. Overall, I absolutely love this song. It really is one of the biggest stand-outs of 2016. People may consider it to be boring, but I just think the message is really moving. That's just me though. Everyone interprets different songs differently. But personally, I just love this song.

~ Next up, we have Big Gigantic/Angela McCluskey – The Little Things. There seem to be some mixed opinions on this song. I'll admit that the song itself is quite repetitive. The unedited album version is almost 5 minutes long. The vocals are not that amazing either. But I just can't see why else someone could possibly hate this song. I like the build-up and I think the drop is really catchy. I also love the instrumentation incorporated into it. I feel like just based off of that, this song would've been a great feature in The Great Gatsby or something like it. This is kind of the opposite of I Hate U, I Love U. While that song is all slow and quiet, this song is fast and loud. Yet I just love both of them. If they had played The Little Things at my homecoming dance last night, I would've gotten down to it so hard. Even when I'm blasting this song in my room, I can't help but move to it at least a little bit. It may not be a full-on dance, but this is one of those songs where it's hard to sit still while listening to it. Overall, I love this song. It's so infectious and it easily gets stuck in my head after listening to it. Those who say they don't like it, I'm not sure if we're listening to the same thing. I'm kidding, but I still don't exactly see what there is to necessarily hate about this song. I really hope it does well on this countdown not only because I love it and it's insanely catchy, but also to annoy those who don't like it. :D


The Little Blurbs
~ There was no doubt Closer was going to hit #1 at some point. I just didn't think it'd be so soon where The Chainsmokers actually replaced themselves at the top spot. Perfectly fine by me as I do find Closer to be superior to Don't Let Me Down at the moment. I have this feeling that now that Closer achieved the #1 spot, it's not gonna be leaving that spot for a while. People may consider The Chainsmokers to be extremely overrated at this point, but I just can't help but enjoy their music. Closer is the biggest song in the country right now as it's still dominating the Billboard Hot 100 and honestly, I have absolutely no problem with it. It's so hard for me not to love this song.

~ While The Chainsmokers replaced themselves at #1, Twenty One Pilots replaced themselves at #2. And just like The Chainsmokers, Twenty One Pilots' superior single is the one the received the jump. Let me just say how pleasing it was to see the annoying Ride receive the Biggest DROP!!!... of the Week. I've been waiting for this week for a long time and it has finally arrived. I'm also extremely happy about Heathens getting the jump to #2. Unlike Ride, I actually want to see Heathens at #1. I still think this is a stand-out Twenty One Pilots track and one of their best singles. Let's make it happen, Hits 1. I'm glad Ride didn't hit #1. Now I want Heathens to reach the top.

~ Despite the Top 2 artists replacing themselves, Sia/Sean Paul – Cheap Thrills is still hanging on at #3. Thankfully, I'm pretty sure this song has officially lost all chances of hitting #1. I'm still waiting for this song to start dropping because honestly I have heard it way too many times. This song was good for the first 50 times I heard it. Now it's just overkill.

~ Ariana Grande – Into You also plays a lot not only on Hits 1, but other local FM stations I sometimes listen to. Soon enough, this song is going to become the new Dangerous Woman, I just hope that won't happen soon because honestly the last thing I need is to be begging for another Ariana Grande song to leave the countdown so soon.

~ Yuck. Kiiara – Gold is in the Top 20. Here's to hoping this song flops really soon. It's just so annoying.

~ Adele – Send My Love (To Your New Lover) is thankfully dropping. I still think this song is really boring and having heard it so many times did not help. So it's nice to see it dropping. I honestly keep forgetting that it spent that one week at #1. So I keep forgetting the "[1 Week At #1]" next to the song.

~ The 1975 – The Sound is dropping as well. This song was never really good or bad. It was pretty mediocre at first, but now I realized that it's actually a pretty decent song. Not good enough to be in green, but it's definitely closer to green than it is to red. I doubt I'll really remember this song a few months after it leaves, but at least I never hated it. :P

~ It's not very nice seeing DJ Snake/Justin Bieber – Let Me Love You drop on its second week. That is not a good sign. Hopefully it makes it big because I love this song even more than I love Cold Water.

~ However, it is very nice to see the new biggest piece of trash, AJR – I'm Not Famous drop out of the Top 30. I honestly can't stand this song. I spent a while deciding on the worst song between this and Mama Said and I just found this one to be unbearably obnoxious. AJR have not had a good reputation with me and their music. Unfortunately, this song does not change my opinions on the group. I'm really hoping it does not stay for an obnoxiously long period of time like I'm Ready and just leaves.

~ Finally, let me just say how pleasing it is to see Symon – Say take its long-awaited and long-anticipated departure. I thought was decent-ish at first. But then when I really listened to it and realized how annoying both the looping drop and rap breakdown were, this song, while already being unknown, was unwanted at the same time. Goodbye Say. You will surely not be missed. As far as Symon goes, I doubt she'll ever return with anything good. But who knows? Rebecca Black managed to make an amazing improvement from the absolutely atrocious and annoying Friday. So if she can make a good song, anything is possible.

~ The Hit 45 Chart is being worked on at the moment and will hopefully be posted sometime in the near future.

Top 20 Review:
0 – Crap:
20. Kiiara – Gold
19. Twenty One Pilots – Ride

1 – Bad:
18. Calvin Harris/Rihanna – This Is What You Came For

2 – Mediocre:
17. Daya – Sit Still, Look Pretty
16. X Ambassadors – Unsteady
15. Sia/Sean Paul – Cheap Thrills
14. The Chainsmokers/Daya – Don't Let Me Down

3 – Decent:
13. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Girls Talk Boys
12. Ariana Grande – Into You

4 – Good:
11. Calvin Harris – My Way

5 – Great:
10. Flume/Kai – Never Be Like You
9. Justin Timberlake – Can't Stop The Feeling
8. Charlie Puth/Selena Gomez – We Don't Talk Anymore
7. Shawn Mendes – Treat You Better
6. Hailee Steinfeld & Grey/Zedd – Starving
5. The Strumbellas – Spirits
4. Major Lazer/Justin Bieber/MØ – Cold Water
3. Twenty One Pilots – Heathens
2. Coldplay – Hymn For The Weekend
1. The Chainsmokers/Halsey – Closer

Total Score: 69/100


Throwback Pick Of The Week: Kanye West/Chris Martin – Homecoming

Most Missed Countdown Song: Hunter Hayes – I Want Crazy

#1 Recommendation For Hits 1: The Chainsmokers/Phoebe Ryan – All We Know

Favorite Countdown Song This Week One Year Ago: X Ambassadors – Renegades


My Top 5 Picks
1. The Chainsmokers/Halsey – Closer
2. Coldplay – Hymn For The Weekend
3. Twenty One Pilots – Heathens
4. Gnash/Olivia O'Brien – I Hate U, I Love U
5. Big Gigantic/Angela McCluskey – The Little Things


Now I wanted to talk a little bit about my homecoming experience this past week. Because it's my senior year in high school, I really wanted to go all out during the week, and I did. Here's what the week looked like as far as dress up days went:

Monday: 'Merica Monday - For 'Merica Monday, everyone (including me) dressed up in red, white, and blue because we (or at least I) truly appreciate and love our country. Also, one of the assistant principals was DJing in the cafeteria during the lunch periods, so that was pretty cool.

Tuesday: Class Color Day - For Class Color Day, freshman were to wear orange, sophomores were to wear green, juniors wore gold, and seniors wore blue. I was easily able to wear blue as I do own a lot of blue clothing.

Wednesday: Wacky Wednesday - Wacky Wednesday is one of those dress up days that we literally always have. I never did it before because I thought it was really stupid, but this year I actually put in some effort. I turned my pullover hoodie backwards and wore knee high mismatching socks with mismatching shoes. It's not a lot, but it was something.

Thursday: Wild West Day - Because our homecoming theme was Wild West, we had to have a Wild West Day thrown in at some point during the week. Basically I just wore a flannel button-down shirt with a cowboy hat. Honestly I would've loved to have worn a pair of cowboy boots, but I unfortunately do not own any. So that sucked, because it really would've helped my outfit a lot. But to help with the western feel, I listened to only country music. A couple of my friends despise country music, but honestly I like country. I mean, there are the country artists like Jason Aldean and others who I don't really care for. But there are tons of other country artists that do appeal to me. They also had a mechanical bull to ride during the lunch periods for $2. I didn't actually do it, but it did look fun.

Friday: Spirit Day - I love the spirit days because it's just really cool to see everyone wearing our school colors, which are blue and gold. I have all sorts of accessories the school sells for spirits days including blue and gold bandanas, blue and gold beads, and even blue and gold socks. Yes, blue and gold socks. I actually have a picture of how they looked on me. So here it is:

So yeah. I went as all out in those two colors as I could. As far as the events that took place go, we had two assemblies that day. The first was at 5:15 in the morning out at the stadium. Yes, 5:15 AM. It was obviously optional, but it was encouraged that we attend because one of our local news stations/channels was doing a flyover where they get pictures of all of us from a helicopter in different formations. So that was early morning. I actually went with a couple of friends because it sounded like a lot of fun. I woke up at 4:00 AM and we got there at 5:00 and there were already over a hundred people there. It was pretty crazy how many people actually showed up. But overall, it was fun. It did start raining at some point, but honestly no one really cared. That went on until 7:00 AM, which left us 40 minutes until we had to start getting to our first period class. So that was the first of two assemblies, the second one was during the day where they announced the homecoming king and queen and all that stuff. Then the homecoming football game took place in the evening. Because none of my friends actually went to the game, I didn't go either. I was really tired after waking up at 4 in the morning and I just wanted to go home and relax. I don't even know if we won or not.

Saturday: Homecoming Dance - Because it's my senior year and I've gone to the homecoming dance all three of my previous years in high school, I felt there was simply no choice but to go this year as well, making it my fourth and final year attending. I went with a couple of friends and we had an amazing time. One of the reasons I love homecoming and other dances is because I can easily just let loose and I really don't have to worry about how my dancing looks. This is why I always encourage to just go to these kinds of dances with their friends and stuff. If you have a date, that's great. But otherwise, going with friends is always fun. I was with my friends the entire time. I even saw my crush, who happened to have noticed me and he even gave me a high-five, probably for just showing up to the dance. As far as the playlist goes, in alphabetical order, here are the songs I remember hearing:

• Avicii/Dan Tyminski – Hey Brother
• Bastille – Pompeii
• The Black Eyed Peas – Boom Boom Pow
• Calvin Harris – My Way
• Calvin Harris/Rihanna – This Is What You Came For
• The Chainsmokers/Halsey – Closer
• Charlie Puth – One Call Away
• Daya – Hide Away
• Desiigner – Panda
• Dillon Francis/DJ Snake – Get Low
• DJ Snake/Lil Jon – Turn Down For What
• Drake/Future – Jumpman
• Drake/WizKid/Kyla – One Dance
• Fall Out Boy – Uma Thurman
• Fergie – Fergalicious
• Fetty Wap – Trap Queen
• Hot Chelle Rae – Tonight Tonight
• Imagine Dragons – Radioactive
• Jason Derulo/2 Chainz – Talk Dirty
• Jay-Z/Kanye West – Ni**as in Paris
• Jessie J/Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj – Bang Bang
• Justin Bieber – Love Yourself
• Justin Bieber/Nicki Minaj – Beauty and a Beat
• Kent Jones – Don't Mind
• Macklemore & Ryan Lewis/Ray Dalton – Can't Hold Us
• Magic! – Rude
• Major Lazer/Justin Bieber/MØ – Cold Water
• Mark Ronson/Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk
• Meghan Trainor – All About That Bass
• Meghan Trainor – No
• Miley Cyrus – The Climb
• Miley Cyrus – Party In The U.S.A.
• Omi – Cheerleader
• Pitbull/John Ryan – Fireball
• Selena Gomez – Hands To Myself
• Selena Gomez – Same Old Love
• Sia/Sean Paul – Cheap Thrills
• Shawn Mendes – Stitches
• Taylor Swift – Shake It Off
• Walk The Moon – Shut Up and Dance
• will.i.am/Justin Bieber – #thatPOWER
• + more that I don't remember/don't know

So that's kind of what the playlist looked like. But overall, I enjoyed the dance. I thought it was really fun. My criticism is that it wasn't long enough. I think I'd be happy if it went on just a little longer. But aside from that, I had a really good time. I danced enough to the point where I could barely walk after it ended. Now I can officially say that I've gone to homecoming all four years of high school. And I had a blast each and every year. Alright guys! That was my homecoming experience for my senior year. That is all I have for you today and I hope you all have a great week! :)