Jonas Brothers (11) – Week Of June 8, 2019

Hey guys! So I just got back from spending a week in Florida. I am going to skip last week's countdown because I don't want to have to be behind again. So we're just going to do this week and you can check out any of the other Hits 1 blogs for last week's countdown. So here are the songs we said goodbye to last week.

• Bebe Rexha – Last Hurrah (#42)
• Ally Brooke/Tyga – Low Key (#44)

Now before we get to this week's Fresh 45, here are the songs we're saying goodbye to this week.

• Lizzo – Juice (#32)
• SZA/The Weeknd/Travis Scott – Power Is Power (#34)
• Jennifer Lopez/French Montana – Medicine (#36)
• Lil Peep/iLoveMakonnen/Fall Out Boy – I've Been Waiting (#41)
• Khalid – Better (#42)
• Lady Gaga/Bradley Cooper – Shallow (#45) [x2]

Last Week's #1 Song: Jonas Brothers – Sucker

The Countdown

45. Dan + Shay – Tequila (#43)

44. Ariana Grande – 7 Rings (#44)

43. Billie Eilish – When The Party's Over (#40)

42. Post Malone – Wow (#39)

41. NOTD/Felix Jaehn/Captain Cuts/Georgia Ku – So Close (#30)

40. Dean Lewis – Be Alright (#33)

39. Ellie Goulding/Diplo – Close To Me (#28)

38. Alessia Cara – Out Of Love (#38)

37. BTS/Halsey – Boy With Luv (#22)

36. Alec Benjamin – If We Have Each Other (DEBUT)

35. Martin Garrix/Macklemore/Patrick Stump – Summer Days (DEBUT)

34. Andy Grammer – Don't Give Up On Me (DEBUT)

33. The Chainsmokers/Kelsea Ballerini – This Feeling (#20) [7 Weeks At #1]

32. Billie Eilish – Bury A Friend (#31)

31. Jordan McGraw – Flexible (#37)

30. Ava Max – So Am I (DEBUT)

29. Panic! At The Disco – High Hopes (#17) [8 Weeks At #1]

28. Khalid – Talk (DEBUT)

27. MAX/Quinn XCII – Love Me Less (#29)

26. Twenty One Pilots – Chlorine (#35)

25. Alec Benjamin – Let Me Down Slowly (#15)

24. Ciara – Thinkin Bout You (#26)

23. Lewis Capaldi – Someone You Loved (#27)

22. Lil Nas X/Billy Ray Cyrus – Old Town Road (#24)

21. Lauv/Troye Sivan – I'm So Tired (#12)

20. Panic! At The Disco – Dancing's Not A Crime (#25)

19. Katy Perry – Never Really Over (DEBUT)

18. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Easier (#19)

17. P!nk – Walk Me Home (#3)

16. Marshmello/Bastille – Happier (#13) [2 Weeks At #1]

15. Ed Sheeran/Justin Bieber – I Don't Care (#10)

14. Sam Smith/Normani – Dancing With A Stranger (#16)

13. Billie Eilish – Bad Guy (#23)

12. Dan + Shay – Speechless (#21)

11. Ariana Grande – Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored (#18)

10. Panic! At The Disco – Hey Look Ma, I Made It (#5) [3 Weeks At #1]

  9. Ava Max – Sweet But Psycho (#8)

  8. Imagine Dragons – Bad Liar (#11)

  7. Marshmello/CHVRCHES – Here With Me (#7)

  6. Halsey – Nightmare (#14)

  5. Shawn Mendes – If I Can't Have You (#4)

  4. Halsey – Without Me (#6) [5 Weeks At #1]

  3. The Chainsmokers/5 Seconds Of Summer – Who Do You Love (#9)

  2. Taylor Swift/Brendon Urie – ME! (#2)

  1. Jonas Brothers – Sucker (#1) [11^th Week At #1]

#1 Song This Week One Year Ago: Panic! At The Disco – Say Amen (Saturday Night) (1)

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: BTS/Halsey – Boy With Luv (–15)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Billie Eilish – Bad Guy (+10)

New Entrants
~ So I'll start with last week's debuts kicking it off with Power Is Power by SZA, The Weeknd, and Travis Scott from the soundtrack for the latest season of Game of Thrones. I kind of knew this would have a very shitty run, so I was surprised it actually debuted last week. Now it's gone after one week, which doesn't surprise me. It's a great song even though it's Starboy rehashed for the third or fourth time. But I liked all the artists on it. So yeah. I don't have much else to say since it's already out.

~ The other debut was Easier by 5 Seconds Of Summer. These guys are talented, but this song does not show that because there really is no band here. Maybe if this were credited as a solo artist, I wouldn't have much of a problem with it. But because this is by a band, I have to be real and say that this is not that good. I have higher expectations for these guys and they did not come through here.

~ Moving on to this week, we kick things off with more Alec Benjamin, this time with If We Have Each Other. It's better than Let Me Down Slowly, but it's still really boring and his voice kind of sucks. I don't know why Hits 1 all of a sudden become such big fans of him. His music is forgettable and mediocre at best. We don't need to be making him any bigger than he deserves to be.

~ Next is the only good debut this week. It's Summer Days by Martin Garrix featuring Macklemore and Patrick Stump. This is obviously only here because of Patrick Stump, which is the same reason why I've Been Waiting spent some time here. Martin Garrix has done a lot better, but this is still good. It's not that memorable, but it's one of the better songs on the countdown, so I'll take it.

~ Immediately following that, we have Andy Grammer with Don't Give Up On Me. I like what he was going for here. I think it's a nice song and we could definitely use more nice songs like this. I just don't think it was executed as well as it could've been. His voice is not up to par here, which makes the song not very memorable. And I like a handful of Andy Grammer's songs from the earlier Keep Your Head Up and Fine By Me to 2014's Back Home. He's talented, but I just don't think this song is as good as it should've been. A for effort though.

~ Next is Sweet But Psycho So Am I by Ava Max. I've noticed that when people dislike an artist, they sometimes use the reasoning "all their music sounds the same" and a lot of times, I don't think it does. It's not very often that I actually think an artist's songs all sound the same. But now we have Ava Max and this new song is literally Sweet But Psycho with different lyrics. It's the same beat and production. And you know how I feel about Sweet But Psycho. So yeah. This is a generic ripoff of her own song. Ava Max, you need to start being more original because Sweet But Psycho was not a very original song to begin with.

~ Next we have Talk by Khalid. At first, I thought this was mediocre and now I just don't like it at all and it kind of bugs me that this is his highest peaking song on the Billboard Hot 100. It's very bland, flavorless, and generic. It was Disclosure who have made some great songs in the past. But this just doesn't work for Khalid in my opinion. He has the kind of voice that is perfect for R&B, which is why I really like Better. But this weird electronic production just doesn't suit his voice and it's not as pleasant of a listen. So yeah. Not a fan of this.

~ Finally, we have Katy Perry with her first lead single since Chained To The Rhythm. It's called Never Really Over. For some reason I wasn't really expecting to like this and sure enough, I was right. This is one of the most generic songs she has ever released. I could tell this was produced by Zedd without even looking it up because it has his new signature generic sound and production. The song is very cluttered and messy. I think her voice sounds good in the pre-chorus, but the chorus with that terrible drop is hard to listen to and I've had it with mediocre Zedd. After how hard 365 flopped, I don't know why Katy Perry would work with him again. But here we are and yeah, this is not good. Katy Perry was at her peak during her Teenage Dream era in the early 2010s. But this isn't working for her anymore. I doubt this will be a hit and I think she should just stick to judging on American Idol because she just doesn't have it in her anymore. This song is pretty bad.


Best Debut of the Week: Martin Garrix/Macklemore/Patrick Stump – Summer Days


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

• Lizzo – Truth Hurts (DEBUT)
• Asher Angel – One Thought Away (DEBUT)
• Push Baby – Mama's House
• Public – Make You Mine (DEBUT)
• Kygo/Rita Ora – Carry On
• Ed Sheeran/Chance The Rapper/PnB Rock – Cross Me
• Miley Cyrus – Mother's Daughter (DEBUT)
• In Real Life – Crazy AF
• Mark Ronson/Camila Cabello – Find U Again (DEBUT)
• OneRepublic – Rescue Me (DEBUT)
• The Chainsmokers/Bebe Rexha – Call You Mine
• Jonas Brothers – Cool
• P!nk – Hustle
• Bazzi – Paradise
• AJR – 100 Bad Days (DEBUT)

~ Lizzo is back again with Truth Hurts and I don't really like this. I get the appeal to Lizzo but her music is just not for me. I don't think this song is very interesting at all and I don't like her voice. I doubt it will grow on me.

~ One Thought Away is okay. I was expecting this to be a lot worse when I learned that this guy is another kid like Austin Brown. But this song is fine and it's somewhat enjoyable.

~ Make You Mine has been around a few years now, so I'm not sure why it's just debuting on Hit-Bound this week. On first listen, I thought it was good but I doubt I'll remember anything about it in a little while.

~ I like Ed Sheeran, but Cross Me is just not what I think he should be doing. This just doesn't feel like him. I prefer his slower, nicer songs like his earlier work (The A Team, Lego House, etc.). This isn't that bad, but I just can't get into it personally. And Chance The Rapper kind of sucks now and it's no different here.

~ Mother's Daughter is good but it kind of shrunk on me a little bit since I first listened to it. I don't think it's as great now. But I still like it and I think Miley sounds good. She's done a lot better in the past, but she's also done worse and this is solid.

~ Find U Again has grown on me somewhat since my first time listening to it. It's not as great as Nothing Breaks Like A Heart and I find this song kind of underwhelming in some parts. I also don't love how auto tuned Camila's voice is. But I think the song is interesting enough and the production is solid for the most part. This could very well continue to be a grower.

~ Rescue Me is okay, but OneRepublic has done a lot better during their Dreaming Out Loud and Waking Up eras. The singles from those albums like Apologize, Stop and Stare, Come Home, and Good Life are some of their best work. This is kind of underwhelming, but catchy at the same time. It's definitely better than Connection from last year, which sucked. But they can do better.

~ I really like Bebe Rexha on Call You Mine, but I hate how The Chainsmokers were trying to remake Closer when they made that drop. It sucks and brings the song down. But other than that, it's really good. Shout out to Bebe Rexha for being the song's saving grace.

~ I will never understand why these people at Hits 1 are fans of AJR. Their music is garbage and that includes 100 Bad Days. It's not quite as bad as Burn The House Down, but it's still AJR. Therefore, it sucks.

~ It looks like we lost Don't Call Me Up by Mabel. I won't be surprised if it never debuts on the countdown.

Top 5 Hit-Bound Picks

1. Kygo/Rita Ora – Carry On

2. The Chainsmokers/Bebe Rexha – Call You Mine

3. P!nk – Hustle

4. Mark Ronson/Camila Cabello – Find U Again

5. Miley Cyrus – Mother's Daughter

Summer Blurbs

~ Nightmare by Halsey is already in the Top 10 because of course it is. The people at Hits 1 are Halsey stans even though her latest singles after Alone have sucked. Nightmare is no different and I really don't want this to be a #1 song, but it probably will.

~ Bad Liar by Imagine Dragons is having some good success here despite flopping everywhere else. I do quite like the song, so I'm happy about it. I think it should be acknowledged since it's the best song and one of the only good songs on Origins.

~ Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored by Ariana Grande should not be right outside of the Top 10. The song sucks and it really should start dropping at this point.

~ Bad Guy by Billie Eilish jumped into the Top 20 this week. While it's easily the best of the three songs she has here, it's still not very good and I'd prefer if this was not a Top 10 hit.

~ Walk Me Home by P!nk kind of collapsed after hitting a new peak of #3 last week. I never saw this as a Top 5 hit, so I'm not too shocked by this drop. It's a fine song but Top 5 is a bit much for it.

~ We got some drops this week from High Hopes by Panic! At The Disco and This Feeling by The Chainsmokers and Kelsea Ballerini. I know I complained about both of them recently. But I listened to This Feeling the other day for the first time in a little while and I really enjoyed it. So I'll be nice to that one.

~ I'd appreciate just getting rid of BTS/Halsey – Boy With Luv as opposed to letting it jump and drop every week. It's hilarious how overpromoted this was on Hits 1's social media and it's doing this poorly.

~ And Out Of Love by Alessia Cara is still here after having such minimal movement these past several weeks. Like I said, the song bores me, but it is a lot better than a lot of what's on the countdown. I don't see it lasting much longer though because how long can you really just sit around in the #36-38 range?

~ So Close by NOTD and friends dropped pretty quickly as it went from Top 20 to Bottom 5 within two weeks. I do not care for this song at all. It's mediocre for a song with this many producers and the vocals are not very good. I'm glad this wasn't as big as NOTD's previous hit and I'd appreciate it leaving soon.

~ As far as last week's exits go, Low Key sucked and should've never been here. Last Hurrah flopping is not much of a surprise. With this week, I already talked about Power Is Power. I never cared much about Juice and I've Been Waiting is decent. I'm glad Better lasted as long as it did since it's one of Khalid's best songs. It will always be much better than its successor. Medicine should've been a hit. Rarely does Jennifer Lopez make a song that I love, especially after last year's Dinero. Medicine is a highlight in her discography and it deserved much better. And finally, Shallow is incredible and deserved a better second run. At least one week in the Top 10 would've been nice. But it's fine. It may not be one of Hits 1's favorites, but it's definitely one of the best songs they've played in 2019, whether or not they treated it as such.


Top 20 Review
0 – Crap:
20. Halsey – Without Me
19. Halsey – Nightmare
18. Ariana Grande – Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored

1 – Bad:
17. Billie Eilish – Bad Guy
16. Katy Perry – Never Really Over
15. Ava Max – Sweet But Psycho

2 – Mediocre:
14. Jonas Brothers – Sucker
13. Panic! At The Disco – Hey Look Ma, I Made It

3 – Decent:
12. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Easier
11. Ed Sheeran/Justin Bieber – I Don't Care
10. Marshmello/Bastille – Happier
9. Shawn Mendes – If I Can't Have You
8. P!nk – Walk Me Home

4 – Good:
7. The Chainsmokers/5 Seconds Of Summer – Who Do You Love
6. Panic! At The Disco – Dancing's Not A Crime

5 – Great:
5. Dan + Shay – Speechless
4. Taylor Swift/Brendon Urie – ME!
3. Marshmello/CHVRCHES – Here With Me
2. Imagine Dragons – Bad Liar

BONUS: 6 – Best Song On The Countdown:
1. Sam Smith/Normani – Dancing With A Stranger

Overall Score: 56/100 = 56% (C)


Throwback Pick Of The Week: The Fray – Over My Head (Cable Car)

Most Missed Countdown Song: Hailee Steinfeld & Alesso/Florida Georgia Line/watt – Let Me Go

#1 Recommendation For Hits 1: Avicii/Chris Martin – Heaven

Favorite Countdown Song This Week One Year Ago: Tie Between Panic! At The Disco – Say Amen (#1), Bad Wolves – Zombie (#13), and Foster The People – Sit Next To Me (#17)


My Top 5 Picks
1. Sam Smith/Normani – Dancing With A Stranger
2. Dean Lewis – Be Alright
3. Imagine Dragons – Bad Liar
4. Marshmello/CHVRCHES – Here With Me
5. Dan + Shay – Tequila