#thetwen2ie5 day 50
Finishing with an absolute banger than I first heard on this challenge
(And resisting the temptation to go for one that I first heard today!)
Awesome East African/Jamaican crossover
Zuchu, Amanda (ft Spice) (2025, 🇹🇿 ft 🇯🇲)
Thanks for organising, Arron!
Finishing with an absolute banger than I first heard on this challenge
(And resisting the temptation to go for one that I first heard today!)
Awesome East African/Jamaican crossover
Zuchu, Amanda (ft Spice) (2025, 🇹🇿 ft 🇯🇲)
Thanks for organising, Arron!
November 25, 2025 at 9:05 PM
#thetwen2ie5 day 50
Finishing with an absolute banger than I first heard on this challenge
(And resisting the temptation to go for one that I first heard today!)
Awesome East African/Jamaican crossover
Zuchu, Amanda (ft Spice) (2025, 🇹🇿 ft 🇯🇲)
Thanks for organising, Arron!
Finishing with an absolute banger than I first heard on this challenge
(And resisting the temptation to go for one that I first heard today!)
Awesome East African/Jamaican crossover
Zuchu, Amanda (ft Spice) (2025, 🇹🇿 ft 🇯🇲)
Thanks for organising, Arron!
#thetwen2ie5 day 49
More glorious amapiano fun (or other genre tbc by lokpokpo)
Blaq Major leading a cast of 1000s. I was concerned about splitting his vote, but don’t think anyone chose his other efforts either!
Blaq Major & B Yember (ft Mzamo Ngcobo & Sphiwe), Faki Beer (2025, 🇿🇦🇸🇿)
More glorious amapiano fun (or other genre tbc by lokpokpo)
Blaq Major leading a cast of 1000s. I was concerned about splitting his vote, but don’t think anyone chose his other efforts either!
Blaq Major & B Yember (ft Mzamo Ngcobo & Sphiwe), Faki Beer (2025, 🇿🇦🇸🇿)
November 24, 2025 at 8:57 PM
#thetwen2ie5 day 49
More glorious amapiano fun (or other genre tbc by lokpokpo)
Blaq Major leading a cast of 1000s. I was concerned about splitting his vote, but don’t think anyone chose his other efforts either!
Blaq Major & B Yember (ft Mzamo Ngcobo & Sphiwe), Faki Beer (2025, 🇿🇦🇸🇿)
More glorious amapiano fun (or other genre tbc by lokpokpo)
Blaq Major leading a cast of 1000s. I was concerned about splitting his vote, but don’t think anyone chose his other efforts either!
Blaq Major & B Yember (ft Mzamo Ngcobo & Sphiwe), Faki Beer (2025, 🇿🇦🇸🇿)
#thetwen2ie5 day 48
My favourite of this year so far - 11 point BONUS! (Remix in particular)
Emjay, Boss (2025, 🇲🇽)
My favourite of this year so far - 11 point BONUS! (Remix in particular)
Emjay, Boss (2025, 🇲🇽)
November 23, 2025 at 8:08 PM
#thetwen2ie5 day 48
My favourite of this year so far - 11 point BONUS! (Remix in particular)
Emjay, Boss (2025, 🇲🇽)
My favourite of this year so far - 11 point BONUS! (Remix in particular)
Emjay, Boss (2025, 🇲🇽)
#thetwen2ie5 day 47
Don’t have too many from this year. Most haven’t reached a fixed place for me yet. But this one feels like it’s going to stick
Théa, Qui Fera Taire Les Kidz Fucked Up? (2025, 🇫🇷)
Don’t have too many from this year. Most haven’t reached a fixed place for me yet. But this one feels like it’s going to stick
Théa, Qui Fera Taire Les Kidz Fucked Up? (2025, 🇫🇷)
November 22, 2025 at 10:41 PM
#thetwen2ie5 day 47
Don’t have too many from this year. Most haven’t reached a fixed place for me yet. But this one feels like it’s going to stick
Théa, Qui Fera Taire Les Kidz Fucked Up? (2025, 🇫🇷)
Don’t have too many from this year. Most haven’t reached a fixed place for me yet. But this one feels like it’s going to stick
Théa, Qui Fera Taire Les Kidz Fucked Up? (2025, 🇫🇷)
#thetwen2ie5 day 46
Seen a few of theirs come up, but not this one. Oh well, it’s fun anyway
Confidence Man, Home Again (2025, 🇦🇺)
Seen a few of theirs come up, but not this one. Oh well, it’s fun anyway
Confidence Man, Home Again (2025, 🇦🇺)
November 21, 2025 at 8:03 PM
#thetwen2ie5 day 46
Seen a few of theirs come up, but not this one. Oh well, it’s fun anyway
Confidence Man, Home Again (2025, 🇦🇺)
Seen a few of theirs come up, but not this one. Oh well, it’s fun anyway
Confidence Man, Home Again (2025, 🇦🇺)
#thetwen2ie5 day 45
Into this year at last! Rianne Downey has a Stevie Nicksesque quality to her voice, more people should hear her own stuff as well as the Beautiful South bits
Rianne Downey, Lost In Blue (2025, 🏴)
Into this year at last! Rianne Downey has a Stevie Nicksesque quality to her voice, more people should hear her own stuff as well as the Beautiful South bits
Rianne Downey, Lost In Blue (2025, 🏴)
November 20, 2025 at 10:00 PM
#thetwen2ie5 day 45
Into this year at last! Rianne Downey has a Stevie Nicksesque quality to her voice, more people should hear her own stuff as well as the Beautiful South bits
Rianne Downey, Lost In Blue (2025, 🏴)
Into this year at last! Rianne Downey has a Stevie Nicksesque quality to her voice, more people should hear her own stuff as well as the Beautiful South bits
Rianne Downey, Lost In Blue (2025, 🏴)
#thetwen2ie5 day 44
This song was very close to a bonus: un chanson enorme
And it’s a nice warm-up for a PPP World Cup, as Théodora could almost be a group on her own
Théodora, Kongolese Sous BBL (2024, 🇨🇩🇨🇭🇬🇷🇫🇷(🇷🇪))
This song was very close to a bonus: un chanson enorme
And it’s a nice warm-up for a PPP World Cup, as Théodora could almost be a group on her own
Théodora, Kongolese Sous BBL (2024, 🇨🇩🇨🇭🇬🇷🇫🇷(🇷🇪))
November 19, 2025 at 8:36 PM
#thetwen2ie5 day 44
This song was very close to a bonus: un chanson enorme
And it’s a nice warm-up for a PPP World Cup, as Théodora could almost be a group on her own
Théodora, Kongolese Sous BBL (2024, 🇨🇩🇨🇭🇬🇷🇫🇷(🇷🇪))
This song was very close to a bonus: un chanson enorme
And it’s a nice warm-up for a PPP World Cup, as Théodora could almost be a group on her own
Théodora, Kongolese Sous BBL (2024, 🇨🇩🇨🇭🇬🇷🇫🇷(🇷🇪))
#thetwen2ie5 day 43
Not sure I’ve seen this one yet, but it’s a sweet little song
Bea And Her Business, Safety Net (2024, 🇬🇧)
Not sure I’ve seen this one yet, but it’s a sweet little song
Bea And Her Business, Safety Net (2024, 🇬🇧)
November 18, 2025 at 9:13 PM
#thetwen2ie5 day 43
Not sure I’ve seen this one yet, but it’s a sweet little song
Bea And Her Business, Safety Net (2024, 🇬🇧)
Not sure I’ve seen this one yet, but it’s a sweet little song
Bea And Her Business, Safety Net (2024, 🇬🇧)
#thetwen2ie5 day 42
Google wouldn’t let me see the proper video of this, so here’s the safe search description:
“a mid-size sedan known for its comfortable ride, available all-wheel drive, and fuel efficiency”
11Point Bonus for the motherf*cking princess
Doechii, Nissan Altima (2024, 🇺🇸)
Google wouldn’t let me see the proper video of this, so here’s the safe search description:
“a mid-size sedan known for its comfortable ride, available all-wheel drive, and fuel efficiency”
11Point Bonus for the motherf*cking princess
Doechii, Nissan Altima (2024, 🇺🇸)
November 17, 2025 at 8:17 PM
#thetwen2ie5 day 42
Google wouldn’t let me see the proper video of this, so here’s the safe search description:
“a mid-size sedan known for its comfortable ride, available all-wheel drive, and fuel efficiency”
11Point Bonus for the motherf*cking princess
Doechii, Nissan Altima (2024, 🇺🇸)
Google wouldn’t let me see the proper video of this, so here’s the safe search description:
“a mid-size sedan known for its comfortable ride, available all-wheel drive, and fuel efficiency”
11Point Bonus for the motherf*cking princess
Doechii, Nissan Altima (2024, 🇺🇸)
#thetwen2ie5 day 41
Don’t think the song is quite the masterpiece that the video is but they work brilliantly together and it’s definitely my favourite post-talent show winner’s solo project debut
Jade, Angel of My Dreams (2024, 🇬🇧)
Don’t think the song is quite the masterpiece that the video is but they work brilliantly together and it’s definitely my favourite post-talent show winner’s solo project debut
Jade, Angel of My Dreams (2024, 🇬🇧)
November 16, 2025 at 8:38 PM
#thetwen2ie5 day 41
Don’t think the song is quite the masterpiece that the video is but they work brilliantly together and it’s definitely my favourite post-talent show winner’s solo project debut
Jade, Angel of My Dreams (2024, 🇬🇧)
Don’t think the song is quite the masterpiece that the video is but they work brilliantly together and it’s definitely my favourite post-talent show winner’s solo project debut
Jade, Angel of My Dreams (2024, 🇬🇧)
#thetwen2ie5 day 40
J-Pop!
A catchy tribute to the hectic nature of the Tokyo commuting experience, by a band that is somehow a spin-off from the Sailor Moon manga (think something got lost in translation)
F5ve, Underground (2024, 🇯🇵)
J-Pop!
A catchy tribute to the hectic nature of the Tokyo commuting experience, by a band that is somehow a spin-off from the Sailor Moon manga (think something got lost in translation)
F5ve, Underground (2024, 🇯🇵)
November 15, 2025 at 5:24 PM
#thetwen2ie5 day 40
J-Pop!
A catchy tribute to the hectic nature of the Tokyo commuting experience, by a band that is somehow a spin-off from the Sailor Moon manga (think something got lost in translation)
F5ve, Underground (2024, 🇯🇵)
J-Pop!
A catchy tribute to the hectic nature of the Tokyo commuting experience, by a band that is somehow a spin-off from the Sailor Moon manga (think something got lost in translation)
F5ve, Underground (2024, 🇯🇵)
#thetwen2ie5 day 39
Back to South Africa: ampiano? gqom? Not sure I can answer that and still have enough characters for the cast list
Dlala Thukzin, Funky Qla, Zee Nxumalo ft MK Productions, Ama Gear (2024, 🇿🇦)
Back to South Africa: ampiano? gqom? Not sure I can answer that and still have enough characters for the cast list
Dlala Thukzin, Funky Qla, Zee Nxumalo ft MK Productions, Ama Gear (2024, 🇿🇦)
November 14, 2025 at 10:18 PM
#thetwen2ie5 day 39
Back to South Africa: ampiano? gqom? Not sure I can answer that and still have enough characters for the cast list
Dlala Thukzin, Funky Qla, Zee Nxumalo ft MK Productions, Ama Gear (2024, 🇿🇦)
Back to South Africa: ampiano? gqom? Not sure I can answer that and still have enough characters for the cast list
Dlala Thukzin, Funky Qla, Zee Nxumalo ft MK Productions, Ama Gear (2024, 🇿🇦)
#thetwen2ie5 day 38
The Babs Windsor of pop!
Shame she couldn’t get Dolly to join in the swearing but it’s a great couplet either way
“Heartbreak is one thing, my ego's another
I beg you, don't embarrass me, motherfucker”
Sabrina Carpenter, Please, Please, Please (2024, 🇺🇸)
The Babs Windsor of pop!
Shame she couldn’t get Dolly to join in the swearing but it’s a great couplet either way
“Heartbreak is one thing, my ego's another
I beg you, don't embarrass me, motherfucker”
Sabrina Carpenter, Please, Please, Please (2024, 🇺🇸)
November 13, 2025 at 10:10 PM
#thetwen2ie5 day 38
The Babs Windsor of pop!
Shame she couldn’t get Dolly to join in the swearing but it’s a great couplet either way
“Heartbreak is one thing, my ego's another
I beg you, don't embarrass me, motherfucker”
Sabrina Carpenter, Please, Please, Please (2024, 🇺🇸)
The Babs Windsor of pop!
Shame she couldn’t get Dolly to join in the swearing but it’s a great couplet either way
“Heartbreak is one thing, my ego's another
I beg you, don't embarrass me, motherfucker”
Sabrina Carpenter, Please, Please, Please (2024, 🇺🇸)
#thetwen2ie5 day 37
The last song had Billie exploring her sexuality. This one has Mica being dumped by an alien. Tale as old as time
Magdalena Bay, Death & Romance (2024, 🇺🇸)
The last song had Billie exploring her sexuality. This one has Mica being dumped by an alien. Tale as old as time
Magdalena Bay, Death & Romance (2024, 🇺🇸)
November 12, 2025 at 9:38 PM
#thetwen2ie5 day 37
The last song had Billie exploring her sexuality. This one has Mica being dumped by an alien. Tale as old as time
Magdalena Bay, Death & Romance (2024, 🇺🇸)
The last song had Billie exploring her sexuality. This one has Mica being dumped by an alien. Tale as old as time
Magdalena Bay, Death & Romance (2024, 🇺🇸)
#thetwen2ie5 day 36
I like the way the bass line feels as lewd as the lyrics
Billie Eilish, Lunch (2024, 🇺🇸)
I like the way the bass line feels as lewd as the lyrics
Billie Eilish, Lunch (2024, 🇺🇸)
November 11, 2025 at 9:18 PM
#thetwen2ie5 day 36
I like the way the bass line feels as lewd as the lyrics
Billie Eilish, Lunch (2024, 🇺🇸)
I like the way the bass line feels as lewd as the lyrics
Billie Eilish, Lunch (2024, 🇺🇸)
November 10, 2025 at 8:32 PM
#thetwen2ie5 day 34
Another from the extended MJ Lenderverse. Gorgeous tune and harmonies. It can be tricky to tell which new songs will stick with you but it feels like this will be around for a long time
Waxahatchee ft MJ Lenderman, Right Back to It (2024, 🇺🇸)
Another from the extended MJ Lenderverse. Gorgeous tune and harmonies. It can be tricky to tell which new songs will stick with you but it feels like this will be around for a long time
Waxahatchee ft MJ Lenderman, Right Back to It (2024, 🇺🇸)
November 9, 2025 at 10:00 PM
#thetwen2ie5 day 34
Another from the extended MJ Lenderverse. Gorgeous tune and harmonies. It can be tricky to tell which new songs will stick with you but it feels like this will be around for a long time
Waxahatchee ft MJ Lenderman, Right Back to It (2024, 🇺🇸)
Another from the extended MJ Lenderverse. Gorgeous tune and harmonies. It can be tricky to tell which new songs will stick with you but it feels like this will be around for a long time
Waxahatchee ft MJ Lenderman, Right Back to It (2024, 🇺🇸)
#thetwen2ie5 day 33
Really appreciated the pop polls for many things, one of them already knowing who Chappell Roan was when she suddenly became famous
This was my favourite: good clean, dirty, camp fun, and a perfect riff off the Oasis song
Chappell Roan, Red Wine Supernova (2023, 🇺🇸)
Really appreciated the pop polls for many things, one of them already knowing who Chappell Roan was when she suddenly became famous
This was my favourite: good clean, dirty, camp fun, and a perfect riff off the Oasis song
Chappell Roan, Red Wine Supernova (2023, 🇺🇸)
November 8, 2025 at 9:32 PM
#thetwen2ie5 day 33
Really appreciated the pop polls for many things, one of them already knowing who Chappell Roan was when she suddenly became famous
This was my favourite: good clean, dirty, camp fun, and a perfect riff off the Oasis song
Chappell Roan, Red Wine Supernova (2023, 🇺🇸)
Really appreciated the pop polls for many things, one of them already knowing who Chappell Roan was when she suddenly became famous
This was my favourite: good clean, dirty, camp fun, and a perfect riff off the Oasis song
Chappell Roan, Red Wine Supernova (2023, 🇺🇸)
#thetwen2ie5 day 32
A Taylor Swift support act, channelling Low? Lovely
Mitski, Bug Like An Angel (2023, 🇺🇸)
A Taylor Swift support act, channelling Low? Lovely
Mitski, Bug Like An Angel (2023, 🇺🇸)
November 7, 2025 at 8:47 PM
#thetwen2ie5 day 32
A Taylor Swift support act, channelling Low? Lovely
Mitski, Bug Like An Angel (2023, 🇺🇸)
A Taylor Swift support act, channelling Low? Lovely
Mitski, Bug Like An Angel (2023, 🇺🇸)
#thetwen2ie5 day 31
My CMAT choice. Not the same as everyone else’s but epitomises her appeal for me - a fun sound and witty too
CMAT, Stay For Something (2023, 🇮🇪)
My CMAT choice. Not the same as everyone else’s but epitomises her appeal for me - a fun sound and witty too
CMAT, Stay For Something (2023, 🇮🇪)
November 6, 2025 at 9:48 PM
#thetwen2ie5 day 31
My CMAT choice. Not the same as everyone else’s but epitomises her appeal for me - a fun sound and witty too
CMAT, Stay For Something (2023, 🇮🇪)
My CMAT choice. Not the same as everyone else’s but epitomises her appeal for me - a fun sound and witty too
CMAT, Stay For Something (2023, 🇮🇪)
#thetwen2ie5 day 30
Another slice of yearning Americana. Apparently about bad dating experiences, which makes me grateful for being old - a lovely sound though
Jess Williamson, Hunter (2023, 🇺🇸)
Another slice of yearning Americana. Apparently about bad dating experiences, which makes me grateful for being old - a lovely sound though
Jess Williamson, Hunter (2023, 🇺🇸)
November 5, 2025 at 7:51 PM
#thetwen2ie5 day 30
Another slice of yearning Americana. Apparently about bad dating experiences, which makes me grateful for being old - a lovely sound though
Jess Williamson, Hunter (2023, 🇺🇸)
Another slice of yearning Americana. Apparently about bad dating experiences, which makes me grateful for being old - a lovely sound though
Jess Williamson, Hunter (2023, 🇺🇸)
#thetwen2ie5 day 29
Afrobeat/hip hop poppy crossover? Yeah, I’m easily pleased tbf
Ladipoe & Bella Shurma, Guy Man (2023, 🇳🇬)
Afrobeat/hip hop poppy crossover? Yeah, I’m easily pleased tbf
Ladipoe & Bella Shurma, Guy Man (2023, 🇳🇬)
November 4, 2025 at 11:09 PM
#thetwen2ie5 day 29
Afrobeat/hip hop poppy crossover? Yeah, I’m easily pleased tbf
Ladipoe & Bella Shurma, Guy Man (2023, 🇳🇬)
Afrobeat/hip hop poppy crossover? Yeah, I’m easily pleased tbf
Ladipoe & Bella Shurma, Guy Man (2023, 🇳🇬)
#thetwen2ie5 day 28
Perhaps the least streamed song on my list
A lovely old-sounding reggae number written by the guy behind 90s punk band, Rancid, but it is from this decade!
Rockstone Rockstars, Orange Street (2023, 🇯🇲)
Perhaps the least streamed song on my list
A lovely old-sounding reggae number written by the guy behind 90s punk band, Rancid, but it is from this decade!
Rockstone Rockstars, Orange Street (2023, 🇯🇲)
November 3, 2025 at 11:09 PM
#thetwen2ie5 day 28
Perhaps the least streamed song on my list
A lovely old-sounding reggae number written by the guy behind 90s punk band, Rancid, but it is from this decade!
Rockstone Rockstars, Orange Street (2023, 🇯🇲)
Perhaps the least streamed song on my list
A lovely old-sounding reggae number written by the guy behind 90s punk band, Rancid, but it is from this decade!
Rockstone Rockstars, Orange Street (2023, 🇯🇲)
#thetwen2ie5 day 27
Nice little slice of Americana this, and reminiscing about the stupid things you do when growing up in a small town
Wednesday, Chosen to Deserve (2023, 🇺🇸)
Nice little slice of Americana this, and reminiscing about the stupid things you do when growing up in a small town
Wednesday, Chosen to Deserve (2023, 🇺🇸)
November 2, 2025 at 9:07 PM
#thetwen2ie5 day 27
Nice little slice of Americana this, and reminiscing about the stupid things you do when growing up in a small town
Wednesday, Chosen to Deserve (2023, 🇺🇸)
Nice little slice of Americana this, and reminiscing about the stupid things you do when growing up in a small town
Wednesday, Chosen to Deserve (2023, 🇺🇸)
#thetwen2ie5 day 26
Back to the main list. As mentioned before, her French is so clear I almost believe I can understand it. And repurposed nicely as an anti- Front National number
Zaho de Sagazan, Tristesse (2023, 🇫🇷)
Back to the main list. As mentioned before, her French is so clear I almost believe I can understand it. And repurposed nicely as an anti- Front National number
Zaho de Sagazan, Tristesse (2023, 🇫🇷)
November 1, 2025 at 6:24 PM
#thetwen2ie5 day 26
Back to the main list. As mentioned before, her French is so clear I almost believe I can understand it. And repurposed nicely as an anti- Front National number
Zaho de Sagazan, Tristesse (2023, 🇫🇷)
Back to the main list. As mentioned before, her French is so clear I almost believe I can understand it. And repurposed nicely as an anti- Front National number
Zaho de Sagazan, Tristesse (2023, 🇫🇷)