Voting for Triple J's The Hottest 100 is open now guys! And every man and his dog is getting their votes in and telling the world about it. So I guess its my turn now.
I feel a bit like I'm behind on the times though. I still haven't narrowed down my Top 10 yet whilst all my friends have put up their votes and are relaxing and waiting for the big countdown. I've spent the last few weeks deliberating, and choosing and shuffling my lists around. In fewer words: stressed out! In all honesty, I am surrounded by little scraps of paper with different short lists for tracks that I've jotted down whilst at work, eating dinner, out with friends etc. It's been music central over here, my car has become a sounding board for my thoughts on what should be on my Hottest 100 list, with my passengers the official voting panel of judges. I've been desperately trying to relive and remember which songs I LOVED and which songs I kinda liked in 2015. Luckily this blog has been useful, and in my official Hottest 100 list you'll definitely see some of these songs that I've written about.
So let's talk about the songs I haven't written about.
This week's post is going to feature the songs I won't be voting for, not because they were especially bad, but just because they weren't good enough to make the cut.
So here's my Lukewarm 100
- Of Monsters and Men - Empire
- Vance Joy - Red Eye
- The Wombats - Your Body is a Weapon
- Halsey - Hold Me Down
- Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian at Best
- The Weeknd - Losers (feat. Labrinth)
- Jarryd James - Do You Remember
- Elliphant - Love Me Badder
- Troye Sivan - EASE (feat. Broods)
- Last Dinosaurs - Apollo
Shout out to Justin Bieber, One Direction, and all the stupid mainstream pop songs and artists that I loved this year but couldn't vote for.
And because nobody has time to listen/watch ten YouTube videos, I've made a little Spotify playlist for you to check out.
Stay tuned for Part 2 when I actually make up my mind and decide on my real Hottest 100 playlist. Until then, I hope you enjoy!
Kristen
