It can be quite derivative at points but I think there Are some fantastically crafted pop songs on this that utilize modern techniques to create an interesting retro/present blend and I find the lyricism to be quite interesting in today’s landscape

I think that there is something to be said for including works which capture a moment in your life - for example, I might still include an album that I listened to non-stop in 2011/12 (like XXX) even if I would rarely listen to it anymore. It seems to make the list more personal and less "critic-y" (by which I suppose I mean psuedo-authoritative in tone).

i get what you're saying but it's also a mentality i've tried to shed over the years. while there are some albums that are set in stone for me emotionally, i also try to judge things Marie Kondo style of "is this important to me right now?". embracing the current is more healthy than holding onto things you loved in the past.

Cancelling my songs list!!!! way too hard to figure it out, working on an albums list instead!!!

Anyways, here's my top 50 songs... the hardest part was trying to order everything beyond that. Albums much easier tbh

1. Julia Holter - I Shall Love 2
2. Kanye West - Gorgeous (ft. Kid Cudi & Raekwon)
3. The Knife - A Tooth for an Eye
4. Joanna Newsom - Baby Birch
5. Kanye West - Power
6. Grimes - Kill V. Maim
7. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Mladic
8. Janelle Monae - Come Alive (War of the Roses)
9. Julianna Barwick - The Harbinger
10. Oranssi Pazuzu - Valveavaruus
11. Danny Brown - Monopoly
12. Pusha T - Numbers on the Boards
13. The Soft Moon - When It's Over
14. Vince Staples - 3230
15. Joanna Newsom - Have One on Me
16. Kanye West - Runaway (ft. Pusha T)
17. Sun Kil Moon - Carissa
18. Jlin - Guantanamo
19. Cloud Nothings - Wasted Days
20. Giles Corey - Blackest Bile
21. Fiona Apple - Every Single Night
22. The Knife - Full of Fire
23. Julianna Barwick - White Flag
24. Kids See Ghosts - Reborn
25. Midwife - Song for an Unborn Sun
26. Grouper - Vapor Trails
27. Organ Tapes - Di Qiu
28. Titus Andronicus - The Battle of Hampton Roads
29. Sylvan Esso - Coffee
30. Future - Sorry
31. Charli XCX - I Got It (ft. Brooke Candy, Cupcakke and Pabllo Vittar)
32. Julia Holter - The Falling Age
33. Viet Cong (Preoccupations) - Continental Shelf
34. Grouper - Holding
35. Them Are Us Too - Floor
36. Lady Lamb - Crane Your Neck
37. Midwife - Forever
38. St. Vincent - Northern Lights
39. Janelle Monae - Babopbye Ya
40. Maarja Nuut & Ruum - Haned kadunud
41. Stabscotch - Nick of Time
42. Deerhunter - Desire Lines
43. Vince Staples - Jump off the Roof
44. Danny Brown - Ain't It Funny
45. Low - Poor Sucker
46. Xiu Xiu - Falling
47. Sleigh Bells - Straight A's
48. Swans - Oxygen
49. Japandroids - The House That Heaven Built
50. The Soft Moon - Circles

I can't figure out when any of my favourites from this year would fit into a decade list

Not even Twigs? I think that’s the only one I’d include and maybe Bandana.

Solange and Fewtch too

I'm sure if I did a decade list a year from now I'd have a few in there, but it just feels weird chucking stuff that's just come out alongside some of my faves from 5-10 years ago.

Nathrakh kicked ass this decade you should check them out

They're from Birmingham

Yeah I get you, it’s only with albums which blow me away instantly on first few listens that I tend to include which is rare.

Which Future project?

Yeah I can't do it

That Burna boy is so amazing man

Been bumping all year tbh

There’s not one song he’s released which I haven’t f***ed with.

Man can do no wrong.

plug tonight

Fanny and Alexander

Had to go with a heavy weapon to take down De Nameless King that Cinder guy didnt stand a chance after that. Gonna start the DLC's

Sure if I'm not busy

"If we go by connections made / I can still climb ladders when complexions fade" might be the hardest line this decade.

Nameless King

Yeah the DLCs are badass

Welp looks like I probably won't be joining

Save Me

Deserves a spot for sure.

Still no words for our country's Uncut Gems theatre schedule.

sad