Currently on Billboard’s hot 100 there is an unexpected UK Garage / Jersey House mashup, a disgraced country star making a questionable comeback, and an out of nowhere fifties ballad all jockeying for their moment on the charts. This week, we take a listen to the FEBRUARY 25, 2023 Hot 100, looking for triumphs, fumbles, and oddities.
Songs Discussed
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The 1980s jam that gave Latto and Mariah Carey Big D*** Energy
Kendrick Lamar and the big samples
Modern Classics: PJ Morton made Nas’s Stevie Wonder dream come true
Will Ukraine win Eurovision 2022?
Belle and Sebastian on the value of staying "young and stupid"
The New Alternative
Jump-starting the creative process with Allison Ponthier
A Higher Power Ballad
How sound becomes hearing
Listening 2 Britney: Gimme More
Listening 2 Britney: Toxic
Listening 2 Britney: I'm a Slave 4 U
Listening 2 Britney: ...Baby One More Time
Chartbreakers (ft. Megan Thee Stallion and the Red Hot Chili Peppers)
Leon Bridges and Khruangbin Sing a Song of Texas
Shaking Out the Numb with Sylvan Esso
We *do* talk about Bruno
32 Albums in, Elvis Costello is Just Getting Started
Accidental K-pop star Eric Nam risks it all to go his own way
The Weeknd drives through purgatory (with a little help from Jim Carrey)
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