#MayBeNot Day 2: I Don't Feel Like Dancin' - Scissor Sisters Celebrations for the start of the bank holiday weekend (and working on streamlining my #TheN0ughtie5 picks < Scissor Sisters will be there, but possibly not this one ...)

Eeks it's May! #MayBeNot Day 1: Don't You Want Me - The Human League Starting with a classic, and because last week some people on the train were talking about a colleague they'd met who was working in a cocktail bar

TPC: would have liked more death chariot adventures (will now be seeking out more Victor Sjöström) Gilda: Gilda is too good for every single man in this film, apart from Uncle Pio The Drama: the memes are right, Alana Haim is iconic in this film #LastFourWatched #LetterboxdFriday

Keeping on my 🇵🇹 trip for #ClassicAlbumThursday < Cantigas do Maio, apparently one of the best Portuguese albums ever, cool cover, and I just realised made by the guy whose lifesize cardboard cutout I see on the way to Lisbon's best ice-cream shop (Nannarella) ...

Gail's spotted in SE13 (there is no Gail's in SE13)

The fox has returned and is keeping an eye on our (his?) garden. (yes, those plant pots are in disarray)

I strongly endorse marscapone + tiramisu ice cream

I somehow find myself enjoying My New Band Believe, and I really shouldn't be.

PDL: Emily Watson - run away from the Sandler. KMD: belatedly found out this is super influential. Absolutely ridiculous in the best way. PHM: also ridiculous in the best way 🪨👎 #LastFourWatched #LetterboxdFriday

BACK from holiday, three loads of washing in, putting my #PWC26 Portuguese squad through their paces. General D probably won't make my guaranteed pick but is my favourite discovery so far: www.youtube.com/watch?v=77g-...

#THETENX5 Day 50 💫🎷 12 points 🎷💫 #1 M83 - Midnight City (2011) (FRA) NKC❌ The saxophone at the end is the sound of my heart exploding with happiness. Thank you Arron and tenx5ers for a fabulous challenge, I've really enjoyed revisiting and discovering the music of the 2010s.

#THETENX5 Day 49 ⭐ 11 points #2 Kendrick Lamar (1/3) - HUMBLE. (2017) (USA) A call for self-reflection, meditation, and contrition ... *and* also those beats and the whoomph of 'sit down, be humble'.

🔥 NEW LEGXACY 🔥

#THETENX5 Day 48 ⭐ 11 points #3 Stormzy (1/2) - Vossi Bop (2019) (UK) Commuting into work, looking round the train (trying not to bop too much at this undeniable bop) ... 'this is London City, we the hottest in the world ...'

#THETENX5 Day 47 ⭐ 11 points #4 Solange - Losing You (2012) (USA) Sounds like the whole of the True Blue album being squashed together and then bursting gloriously free.

#THETENX5 Day 46 ⭐ 11 points #5 Kendrick Lamar (2/3) - Alright (2015) (USA) What more is there to say about Alright? It's great (and as essential as when it came out). (Not, though, my topmost Kendrick of the 2010s...)

#THETENX5 Day 45 #6 Paramore - Hard Times (2017) (USA) A song that saves the day in Henry Danger, and is generally a burst of joy.

#THETENX5 Day 44 #7 Arctic Monkeys - Do I Wanna Know? (2013) (UK) (NKC❌) I'm always surprised to hear Alex being so straightforward in this song (it's all the better for it). Did he ever know? Did the feeling flow both ways? (Obviously I enjoy singing along with the high bits.)

#THETENX5 Day 43 #8 Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe (2011) (CAN) I can listen just to the synthy strings on this and be happy.

#THETENX5 Day 42 #9 Metronomy - The Look (2011) (UK) This, [redacted, it's higher on my list], and Best Youth (👀 #PWC26 🤔 ) were on the radio all the time when I was on maternity leave in Lisbon, and so get an extra sheen of happy (and sun-filled) nostalgia.

#THETENX5 Day 41 #10 Beyoncé (1/2) - All Night (2016) (USA) Simultaneously steely and warm - I find this song incredibly moving (also, great blasts of brass).

#THETENX5 Day 40 #11 The Weeknd (1/2) ft. Daft Punk (1/2) - I Feel It Coming (2016) (CAN/FRA) (Poppy ❌) If I think about it too much this song gives me the ick, but let's focus on the naa-na-na-nas and Daft Punk's backing vocals (which are fabulous enough to bulldoze any ick).

#THETENX5 Day 39 #12 Dua Lipa - New Rules (2017) (UK/ALB) Makes sense.

#THETENX5 Day 38 #13 Frank Ocean - Chanel (2017) (USA) Adding another Frank to the mix. I love the swing and movement in his voice on this one.

#THETENX5 Day 37 #14 Ariana Grande - thank u, next (2018) (USA) Shimmers, glitters, contains a highly transferable life philosophy.

#THETENX5 Day 36 #15 Stormzy (2/2) - Big For Your Boots (2017) (UK) *You* *are* *never* *too* *big* *for* *Adele*

#THETENX5 Day 35 #16 Michael Kiwanuka - You Ain't The Problem (2019) (UK) I also cannot resist a bongo-breakdown; the whole of YATP is joyfully funky.

#THETENX5 Day 34 #17 Lykke Li - I Follow Rivers (The Magician Remix) (2011) (SWE/ BEL) I cannot resist a remix with big house pianos. Apparently I saw Lykke Li in the 2010s, I can't remember it*, I'm sure this song was great. (*old age, not over indulgence)

Currently scouting new-age fado (is this likely to contain bangers?), Gothic Metal, some very vibey rap, and - of course - kuduro ...

#THETENX5 Day 33 #18 Skepta ft. Jme - That's Not Me (2014) (UK) Gets the nod due to a) Mark Morrison reference and b) inclusion of cigarette smoke to the Gucci and LV 'not me' pile.

#THETENX5 Day 32 #19 Sampa The Great - Final Form (2019) (ZMB) Starts with a blast of joy, and the rest of the song is just as energising as Sampa steps up and takes her place.

Not the most exciting four, although Dead of Night was a delight (such fun spookiness). I'd forgotten everything about Adaptation (it was fine) - and did not get Millennium Mambo at all (sorry all the people who love it on LB'D). #LastFourWatched #LetterboxdFriday

#THETENX5 Day 31 #20 Beyoncé (2/2) feat. Kendrick Lamar (3/3) - Freedom (2016) (USA) Following up two forces of nature, with Beyoncé being a literal force of nature. Rousing, defiant, and it rocks.

#THETENX5 Day 30 #21 Vince Staples- BagBak (2017) (USA) It was hard to choose a track from Big Fish Theory. There are such good beats throughout, but I've gone for these slightly sinister (in a good way) post industrial ones, and Vince crushing it (we on now...).

#THETENX5 Day 29 #22 Danny Brown - Pac Blood (2011) (USA) (Single❌) So rude (sorry), so funny, and such a joyful celebration of creativity. Also, Fleet Foxes sound on fire 🔥🔥

#THETENX5 Day 28 #23 Rosalía - Malamente (Cap.1: Augurio) (2018) (ESP) It always surprises me how sparse the claps and synths are - it sounds fresh and compelling every time I listen.

#THETENX5 Day 27 #24 Icona Pop feat. Charli xcx - I Love It (2012) (SWE/ UK) Delightfully shouty and vrooooomy.

#THETENX5 Day 26 #25 PZ - Croquetes (2012) (POR) (NKC ❌) This is *the* 2010s song at home - including the disrespect for, and swearing at, the codfish 🙃 Aside from that, it's a squelchy laid back vibe. (PZ was my last gig of the 2010s and this was the highlight.)

#THETENX5 HM1 The Comet Is Coming - Summon The Fire (2019) (UK) My HMs are tracks other people have chosen that should have/ nearly were on my list. Starting off with a sax banger.

#THETENX5 Day 25 #26 Gorillaz ft Bobby Womack & Mos Def - Stylo (2010) (UK/ USA) (Poppy ❌) Is there a bigger (apparent) effort gap between Damon's laconic delivery and Bobby sounding as if he will explode at any moment?

#THETENX5 Day 24 #27 Rihanna - Only Girl (In The World ) (2010) (BRB) My trickiest choice was my Rihanna pick (sorry Calvin, you were super close) - but I've gone for the joyous eurodance vibes that Rihanna absolutely dominates.

#THETENX5 Day 23 #28 Tyler, The Creator (1/2) - EARFQUAKE (2019) (USA) Another Tyler song that was meant for someone else (it would have been a great Bieber track) - I enjoy the meandering sweet sadness here.

#THETENX5 Day 22 #29 Javiera Men - Otra Era (2014) (CHL) So many delights in this track - the hooky synths, the bursts of house piano - the final build of distorted 'eras' is my favourite though.

okay going to give femtanyl's MAN BITES DOG a whirl - this will apparently be a thrilling electro-hardcore ride, or pure exhaustion...

You’re stuck in the last movie you watched… (Answer with a GIF) 🖤 (yikes)

#THETENX5 Day 21 #30 Daft Punk (2/2) ft. Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers - Get Lucky (2013) (FRA/ USA) (Poppy❌) Another banger - although a much more laid back, vibin' one.

#THETENX5 Day 20 #31 Britney Spears - Work Bitch (2013) (USA) A banger. So joyous, plus at any point I can imagine Britney bursting into 'back once again for the renegade mast-ah'.

#THETENX5 Day 19 #32 MadGibbs (Freddie Gibbs/ Madlib) - Thuggin' (2011) (USA) The most hypnotic, sun drenched beats - whilst Freddie manages to be ridiculously charismatic whilst telling hair-raising tales of thuggin'.

#THETENX5 Day 18 #33 Robyn - Dancing On My Own (2010) (SWE) I don't think I've ever danced to this, which seems very wrong (not even an impromptu home disco like Hannah and Marnie).

#THETENX5 Day 17 #34 The Weeknd (2/2) - Can't Feel My Face (2015) (CAN) The Weeknd's retro, shiny, sleezy, electropop always sounds quintessentially 2010s.