2nd of May 2021. The day I decided to open up the charts playlist for the first time all year, probably, and wow, what a trip. I’ve felt detached from pop music this year – I deleted TikTok (too addictive), stopped listening to the radio (too samey), and became a bedroom recluse, devoting my earsContinue reading “I listened to Spotify’s ‘Top Songs – United Kingdom’, here’s what happened…”
Author Archives: Tom Swindles
The 30-Day Song Challenge in One Day – Revisited (2021)
It’s almost one year to the day since I published my take on the ’30-day song challenge’ which, if you’ll recall, was one of MANY trends people kept themselves occupied with back when lockdown was still an interesting novelty. However, now that we find ourselves in the restrictive purgatory that is 2021, it’s only fittingContinue reading “The 30-Day Song Challenge in One Day – Revisited (2021)”
Summer Sunset Playlist (contemporary edition)
Over the past few weeks I’ve been in search for the perfect ‘vibe’. A playlist to be played from golden hour until dark that soundtracks the evening like something out of a cult-classic indie film. With the compiled songs on this 25-track playlist, I think I’ve got pretty close to achieving the sacred ‘vibe’. ItContinue reading “Summer Sunset Playlist (contemporary edition)”
Pop Smoke’s bitter sweet debut album ‘Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon’
It’s been a while since I’ve posted a blog, but while I’ve been gone some pretty significant things have happened in the music world. Kanye’s been doing Kanye things, Drake’s back to his best with a little help from DJ Khaled of all people, and we saw two posthumous albums drop in two weeks. JuiceContinue reading “Pop Smoke’s bitter sweet debut album ‘Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon’”
Ranking the 50 Most Popular TikTok Songs From Worst to Best (part two)
Just to recap, we left off with places 50 – 26 decided in the search for the best TikTok songs money can buy. However, most of the songs in the previous list were pretty awful and only really became listenable the lower down they came in the rankings. In part two, you can expect aContinue reading “Ranking the 50 Most Popular TikTok Songs From Worst to Best (part two)”
Ranking the 50 Most Popular TikTok Songs From Worst to Best (Part One)
He’s only gone and done it. Spending the last week religiously listening to some of TikTok’s most popular songs was not something I ever thought I’d be doing but boy oh boy do I need the clicks. Following up to my previous post about TikTok songs, I’ve decided that I’m not quite done exploring theContinue reading “Ranking the 50 Most Popular TikTok Songs From Worst to Best (Part One)”
Put Some Respect on Headie One’s ‘GANG’
Go into the comments section of Headie One’s latest music video ‘Rose Gold’ and you might find comments such as: “Fred Again crying into his almond yoghurt somewhere…”, “One day I went to Fred, Now I don’t go back to Fred Again”, and “This is the Headie we missed not that one from that gangContinue reading “Put Some Respect on Headie One’s ‘GANG’”
Album Review: Charli XCX – ‘how i’m feeling now’
Coming to us from the ambiguity of lockdown, Charli XCX follows up 2019’s ‘Charli’ with her fourth studio album, ‘how i’m feeling now’. It’s a big ask for a project put together in five and a half weeks to follow such a spectacle as ‘Charli’, but this latest effort feels like the perfect sequel toContinue reading “Album Review: Charli XCX – ‘how i’m feeling now’”
The Strange Phenomenon of TikTok Music
Over the past two years, TikTok has been gaining momentum at a rate never before seen for a social media app. With 800 million active users and 1.5 billion downloads on the App Store alone, TikTok has pretty much taken over popular culture in this era of uncertainty. With the world in lockdown, more andContinue reading “The Strange Phenomenon of TikTok Music”
The 30-Day Song Challenge in One Day
I am incredibly inconsistent. This decision reaches you from the inevitable quarantine bedroom where my plan to post weekly blogs has, also inevitably, faltered. Amid postponed essays and a Tiger King binge, I’ve been tempted to take part in the 30-day song challenge, but knew I’d forget to do a day and then try toContinue reading “The 30-Day Song Challenge in One Day”
The Turntable 