An abundance of my favourites appearing today. And, happily for me, all in different groups.

Local café trying to influence my Frank Ocean #TheTenx5 choice this morning

high drama #CoOpPlays (SZA - Saturn) as a middle-aged guy sprints out of the store with a bottle of stolen alcohol in each hand and the store staff in pursuit [he got away]

Post a pic of the venue where you saw your first concert and a picture of the band or artist

Starting an occasional thread to record the songs being played out and about by my fellow SE6-ers. Today, from a car waiting for the lights to change opposite the bus stop ( #THETENX5 edition) Wizkid ft Akon - For You youtu.be/JSfWlUwr22I?...

Listening to Geese by Goose (🇵🇹 original) in anticipation of #PeoplesPop25 🪿discourse youtu.be/WTH4xKMXDME?...

Starting the year strong with Marty - and Masina an absolute delight as always (Quinn was great too in La Strada). Bridget - of course I cried multiple times. #LastFourWatched #LetterboxdFriday

#2025FavSingles McKinley Dixon - Magic, Alive! ... and the obligatory jazz-rap from McKinley - what better way to see out the year than with a blast of 🎷🎷 youtu.be/uU3899rOJ60?...

#2025FavSingles Mei Semones - Dumb Feeling Ending with two artists that have prompted me to consider if 2025 saw me entering my 'jazz phase' (bossa-indie-jazz in the case of Mei). youtu.be/wsdFtAyWP80?...

#2025FavSingles Raye - WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! This played roughly once an hour on the radio over Christmas, and was a delight each time youtu.be/rK5TyISxZ_M?...

#2025FavSingles JENNIE & Dua Lipa - Handlebars So many fun songs from this album - but maybe this is the most joyful. youtu.be/seARsMwjbEU?...

#2025FavSingles Fred Again..., Skepta, Plaqueboymax - Victory Lap I cannot explain why 'Black swan, Darren Aronofsky' is my line of the year, but it is. youtu.be/mKy6HWc9AnI?...

Re-visited my favourite building [Ermida da Memória, Cabo Espichel]

#2025FavSingles Lady Gaga - Abracadabra The best way to celebrate your canon, is to add to your canon. youtu.be/vBynw9Isr28?...

Rudolph tree

#2025FavSingles Water From Your Eyes - Life Signs May go face the Christmas Eve shops in Lisbon, and this is probably the best soundtrack to see me through ... youtu.be/1reSpJWbuYE?...

#2025FavSingles Carminho - Balada do país que dói Also very beautiful on her appearance on Lux, but I've been particularly enjoying this track - which is very fado by way of sinister Portishead movie score. youtu.be/4abRGjLSrtU?...

#2025FavSingles Lily Allen - Pussy Palace My main earworm for the past two months. youtu.be/p9Ad-4c5ZGc?...

#2025FavSingles Jim Legxacy - father Highlighting my last Peoples Pop Polls choices, starting with one of my absolute favourites of 2025 - a fabulous mix of vulnerability, chipmunked samples, and Mitski references. youtu.be/klPD-stNou0?...

Happy face pepper stir fry

#2025FavSingles Armand Hammer & The Alchemist feat. Earl Sweatshirt - California Games Premier flute-hop (The whole Alchemist, AH, billy, Freddie, Earl, Anderson extended universe has been reliably fabulous this year) youtu.be/rn7Kx92UAnc?...

#PeoplesPop25 #2025FavSingles Addison Rae - Headphones On Continuing my now annual tradition of boosting Addison Rae in the polls. (It was tough to choose from the tracks with two votes - one of which I am planning to MAIN tomorrow, so that can wait :) ) youtu.be/XdFpzaM07i0?...

#PeoplesPop25 #2025FavSingles Blood Orange ft. Caroline Polachek, Lorde, Mustafa - Mind Loaded Taking the tempo down a bit (although there's a mid-track semi-bop) for this song, which is one of the most beautiful and heart wrenching of '25. youtu.be/a_0DYKvcjCE?...

#PeoplesPop25 #2025FavSingles EMJAY - boss I was hoping someone would pick this so I could boost the bop that's been soundtracking my '25 - thanks @danthecritic.bsky.social youtu.be/miKiycbBMpI?...

#PeoplesPop25 #2025FavSingles Zuchu - Amanda I'm boosting - and getting on board the Amanda train. youtu.be/R9f4GST2yQQ?...

#PeoplesPop25 #2025FavSingles Tyler, The Creator - Ring Ring Ring The most perfect 1982 slinky disco bop (and, of course ☎️🪩☎️) youtu.be/U85bOgG7DWM?...

#PeoplesPop25 #2025FavSingles Danny Brown, underscores - Copycats The catchiest, dancy-est song on my list - DB + hyperpop is a lot of fun. youtu.be/F7h3PTMioAU?...

#PeoplesPop25 #2025FavSingles Rema - KELEBU The perfect high octane song to start the crossover - or as Rema says 'another banger'. [starting with a few songs I'd definitely like in the pot, and then will boost] youtu.be/NNBpEVsvCcA?...

Main take aways: the nightclub Joaquin ran in WOTN looked a bit rubbish, and the Frankenstein sets were super-cool. #LastFourWatched #LetterboxdFriday

#2025FavSingles Skepsis, Jhelisa, Kairo Keyz - Friendly Pressure (I Wanna Be With You) A favourite because the bass makes me feel like I'm driving around in a ridiculously vibrating car (when usually I am standing on a train platform). www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFEA...

#2025FavSingles Nourished by Time - BABY BABY Sounds like three different songs stitched together, all fab. I especially enjoy NbT sounding like he's running to catch up with the first one. youtu.be/K8Gie2MjRMk?...

#2025FavSingles Obongjayar - Not In Surrender Love all the maximalist beats and bops and, of course, the airplane guitar sounds. Exhilarating. youtu.be/vMm8naokMSY?...

#2025FavSingles Clipse ft Tyler, The Creator - P.O.V. Starts as it means to go on - epic and gleaming (with a dollop of disdain) youtu.be/UwaLVkil-ss?...

#2025FavSingles PinkPantheress - Stateside Excellent use of the 'shutting the song down and then bursting back to life' thing. youtu.be/vQ-a4VkeMZE?...

#2025FavSingles Gelli Haha - Pluto is not a planet it's a restaurant Like a hypnotic sugar high (complimentary) youtu.be/EDKEugjWJOc?...

Everyone on my platform is having a pre-evening snack (me included). Well done us.

#2025FavSingles Bad Bunny - BAILE INoLVIDABLE The brass and band vocal hooks are glorious - *and* the jazzy piano interlude. Looking forward to the Super Bowl show. www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1Fe...

Going to see* Super Furry Animals for the first time! (How is this the first time??) * in seven months

#2025FavSingles Dave, Tems - Raindance Every year needs a big, earnest, mushy track to vibe to (all good things). Extra points for using 'looking like you come from the 90s' as a compliment. Shimmy-shimmy, yay, shimmy, shimmy-shimmy, yah. youtu.be/1qmrq6I_jHI?...

#2025FavSingles Addison Rae - Fame is a Gun Addison's 2025 singles have all been excellent, but I like the unexpected droney-ness amongst the sparkly synths here. youtu.be/TkwZ2uQu2hE?...

#2025FavSingles Disclosure, Anderson .Paak - NO CAP As A .P says: "'No Cap’ is the ideal dancefloor banger you don’t have to think about” youtu.be/-Q4kCS4u9b8?...

#2025FavSingles HUNTR/X - What It Sounds Like Perfect final boss track. Does it bring a tear to my eye and a lump to my throat (still, on the bazillionth viewing)? Of course it does. youtu.be/TbMEMCvFbZk?...

Bringing another stack of records back from Sheffield - this time's "have I heard it since 91?" LP is Emotion Lotion by Top: (Interesting Wiki definition of 'hit': "The album spawned two hit singles... "She's Got All the World", which peaked at #80, and "Number One Dominator", which reached #67.)

#2025FavSingles Jim Legxacy - '06 wayne rooney Jim in Kelly Clarkson mode (aka 'it bops') + Wayne Rooney endorsed video. youtu.be/RhjZgIk9oCs?...

? I may have become the street binfluencer ?

#TheTwen2ie5 My remaining HMs to complete the 100. I think they all have at least one pick, apart from Clipse P.O.V. which was my song #51 so I'm very attached to it (and it's a 2025 track so you never know ... :) )

#TheTwen2ie5 Day 50 1 💫🌟 12 points 🌟💫 Doechii - NISSAN ALTIMA (2024) (USA) Still a whirlwind, still makes me grin - my favourite of the 2020s (and with what sounds like a mic drop at the end to send the 50 off in glorious style). youtu.be/iGbeZNqklic?...

#TheTwen2ie5 Day 49 #2 🌟 12 points 🌟 Kendrick Lamar (1/2) - The Heart Part 5 (2022) (USA) A song that demands my attention every time I hear it - Kendrick's on fire, the poignancy alongside the critique, and an all-time interpolation of my favourite Marvin Gaye song. youtu.be/ygUiCCUc4j8?...

#TheTwen2ie5 Day 48 #3 ⭐ 11 points ⭐ Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club (2020) (USA) Of course there's a Chappell! I've chosen PPC for the iconic "God, what have you done?', blissful guitar, and the kids in their Pink Pony tees on my train last year. youtu.be/GR3Liudev18?...

#TheTwen2ie5 Day 47 #4 ⭐ 11 points ⭐ Charli xcx (1/2) feat. lorde - Girl, so confusing (2024) (UK/ NZ) About the most vulnerable/ heart warming song on my list (also a banger). youtu.be/0q3K6FPzY18?...