Camila Cabello (1) – Week Of May 5, 2018

Hey guys! So I've got good news and bad news. The bad news is that this post is gonna be shorter than normal due to timing and how late this is. But the good news is that I'm done with school and I'm now entering summer break. So everything can go back to normal and posts will start coming out at reasonable times again. Before we get to this week's Fresh 45, here are the songs we're saying goodbye to this week.

• Justin Timberlake/Chris Stapleton – Say Something (#40)

Last Week's #1 Song: Bebe Rexha/Florida Georgia Line – Meant To Be

The Countdown

45. Portugal. The Man – Feel It Still (#45)

44. Macklemore/Kesha – Good Old Days (#39) [1 Week At #1]
43. Charlie Puth – How Long (#42) [2 Weeks At #1]
42. NF – Let You Down (#44)
41. Taylor Swift/Ed Sheeran/Future – End Game (#43) [1 Week At #1]
40. Camila Cabello – Havana (#37) [1 Week At #1]
39. P!nk – Beautiful Trauma (#38)
38. Halsey – Bad At Love (#30) [2 Weeks At #1]
37. Alice Merton – No Roots (#35)
36. Drake – God's Plan (#28)
35. Noah Kahan/Julia Michaels – Hurt Somebody (#29)
34. Bruno Mars/Cardi B – Finesse (#24)
33. Ed Sheeran – Perfect (#27) [2 Weeks At #1]
32. Post Malone/Ty Dolla $ign – Psycho (#34)
31. AJR/Rivers Cuomo – Sober Up (#31)
30. Selena Gomez/Marshmello – Wolves (#41)
29. Lauv – I Like Me Better (#15)
28. Portugal. The Man – Live In The Moment (#33)
27. Halsey – Alone (#22)
26. MAX/Gnash – Lights Down Low (#36)
25. NOTD/Bea Miller – I Wanna Know (#32)
24. Walk The Moon – One Foot (#21)
23. Zayn – Let Me (#26)
22. Bad Wolves – Zombie (#14)
21. Ariana Grande – No Tears Left To Cry (DEBUT)
20. Charlie Puth/Kehlani – Done For Me (#23)
19. Imagine Dragons – Thunder (#12) [5 Weeks At #1]
18. Bazzi – Mine (#20)
17. Hailee Steinfeld & Alesso/Florida Georgia Line/watt – Let Me Go (#25) [1 Week At #1]
16. Maroon 5 – Wait (#6)
15. G-Eazy/Halsey – Him & I (#7)
14. Shawn Mendes – In My Blood (#17)
13. Rudimental/Jess Glynne/Macklemore/Dan Caplen – These Days (#13)
12. Niall Horan – On The Loose (#10)
11. Marshmello/Anne-Marie – Friends (#18)
10. Taylor Swift – Delicate (#7)
  9. Demi Lovato – Tell Me You Love Me (#11)
  8. Panic! At The Disco – Say Amen (Saturday Night) (#19)
  7. Meghan Trainor – No Excuses (#16)
  6. Bebe Rexha/Florida Georgia Line – Meant To Be (#1) [1 Week At #1]
  5. The Weeknd/Kendrick Lamar – Pray For Me (#9)
  4. Imagine Dragons – Whatever It Takes (#4)
  3. Zedd/Maren Morris/Grey – The Middle (#3) [7 Weeks At #1]
  2. 5 Seconds of Summer – Want You Back (#2)
  1. Camila Cabello – Never Be The Same (#5) [1^st Week At #1]

#1 Song This Week One Year Ago: Zedd/Alessia Cara – Stay (1)

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: Lauv – I Like Me Better (–14)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Tie Between Panic! At The Disco – Say Amen and Selena Gomez/Marshmello – Wolves (+11)

New Entrants
~ We have one new entrant this week coming from Ariana Grande with No Tears Left To Cry. I don't really have much to say about this. I don't think the song lives up to all the hype. I like the beginning, but I'm not exactly huge on the rest of the song. Her vocals are good when she's singing. But I still think her speak-rapping is awkward and it just doesn't fit very well in my opinion. It has grown on me since I last reviewed it and I think it'll keep growing on me. But for now, this song really isn't anything special. I think Ariana has done better.


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

• Foster The People – Sit Next To Me
• Liam Payne/J Balvin – Familiar
• Dua Lipa – IDGAF
• Kendrick Lamar, SZA – All The Stars
• lovelytheband – Broken (DEBUT)
• HRVY – Personal
• Sugarland/Taylor Swift – Babe
• Hundred Handed – Too Good
• Echosmith – Over My Head
• The Wrecks – James Dean (DEBUT)
• Calvin Harris/Dua Lipa – One Kiss (DEBUT)
• In Real Life – Tattoo (How 'Bout You)
• Sam Smith/Logic – Pray
• Dustin Atlas/Erin Bowman – Fake Ass Friends
• Maren Morris – Rich

~ Broken is okay. I'm not really huge on the vocals or the production. This could grow on me, but I don't really think it will. This will probably one of those that I never listen to again because it'll probably never debut on the countdown and I wouldn't be heartbroken if that's what happened.

~ I love when Hits 1 picks up on a good rock song every now and then. James Dean is a good example of that. I think the song is very enjoyable. I'll speak more about it if it debuts. I'm hoping this can make its debut soon.

~ Now we have the return of producer Calvin Harris with Dua Lipa on the track One Kiss. I don't love this song. It's decent and I think this has a better chance of growing on me than Broken. I like the vocals for the most part. But I think Calvin Harris got a little lazy with the production. I get that he's been going for a different vibe lately and it worked very well with Slide and Feels. But One Kiss is missing something and I'm not sure what. But like I said, it'll probably grow on me.

~ We lost Trust Fund Baby by Why Don't We and Everybody Hates Me by The Chainsmokers. I'm not heartbroken about either of them since neither of them appealed to me. So yeah. Good riddance I guess? The latter I didn't hate, but I just found to be very disappointing.

Top 5 Hit-Bound Picks

1. TIE: Foster The People – Sit Next To Me

1. TIE: Kendrick Lamar/SZA – All The Stars

3. The Wrecks – James Dean

4. Liam Payne/J Balvin – Familiar

5. Sugarland/Taylor Swift – Babe

Blurbs

~ No blurbs this week. I know, it's sad. But it's not like there was anything interesting to talk about this week anyway. And they'll definitely be back next week because, like I said in the intro, I'm finished with my spring semester.

Top 20 Review*

0 – Crap:

20. Camila Cabello – Never Be The Same

1 – Bad:

19. Imagine Dragons – Thunder

18. Bazzi – Mine

17. Zedd/Maren Morris/Grey – The Middle

2 – Mediocre:

16. Meghan Trainor – No Excuses

15. Marshmello/Anne-Marie – Friends

3 – Decent:

14. Taylor Swift – Delicate

13. Maroon 5 – Wait

4 – Good:

12. Shawn Mendes – In My Blood

5 – Great:

11. Niall Horan – On The Loose

10. G-Eazy/Halsey – Him & I

9. Hailee Steinfeld & Alesso/F.G.L./watt – Let Me Go

8. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Want You Back

7. The Weeknd/Kendrick Lamar – Pray For Me

6. Bebe Rexha/Florida Georgia Line – Meant To Be

5. Imagine Dragons – Whatever It Takes

4. Rudimental/Jess Glynne/Macklemore/Dan Caplen – These Days

3. Demi Lovato – Tell Me You Love Me

2. Charlie Puth/Kehlani – Done For Me

1. Panic! At The Disco – Say Amen (Saturday Night)

Overall Score: 72/100 = 72% (B)

Throwback Pick Of The Week: B.o.B/Hayley Williams – Airplanes

Most Missed Countdown Song: Justin Timberlake/Chris Stapleton – Say Something

#1 Recommendation For Hits 1: Kygo/Miguel – Remind Me To Forget

Favorite Countdown Song This Week One Year Ago: Tie Between The Chainsmokers/Coldplay – Something Just Like This (#15) and The Weeknd/Daft Punk – I Feel It Coming (#40)

My Top 5 Picks

1. Bad Wolves – Zombie

2. Panic! At The Disco – Say Amen (Saturday Night)

3. Charlie Puth/Kehlani – Done For Me

4. Macklemore/Kesha – Good Old Days

5. Walk The Moon – One Foot

*Those of you who predicted how the Top 20 Review would look, please compare your prediction to this to see how inaccurate it was.