triple J Hottest 100 of 2022

[TubbsFarquhar]

This song is absolutely horrendous.

 

[Dancing Potato]

Going from Goal of the Century to ****ing Emo Girl was an awful feeling.

 

[JT_the_Man]

I’d say this bodes well for Kendrick’s hopes tomorrow.

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

Weirder and Weirder is another slider at #165.

 

[JT_the_Man]

And what does this mean for Stars In My Eyes?

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

And what does this mean for Stars In My Eyes?

At this stage, not much, given Goal of the Century finished way lower than expected too.

 

[JT_the_Man]

At this stage, not much, given Goal of the Century finished way lower than expected too.

Worth noting both angel of 8th ave and Sunscreen underperformed as well last year.

 

[Dancing Potato]

And what does this mean for Stars In My Eyes?

At this stage, not much, given Goal of the Century finished way lower than expected too.

Worth noting both angel of 8th ave and Sunscreen underperformed as well last year.

Yeah, don't think it means much. BPM have been pushing Stars in my Eyes all over socials.

All GoY and BPM fans will have voted for the big tracks to win it.

 

[DaRenegade]

surprised about Weirder and Weirder, Telenova also and The Buoys all seemed like 100 locks to me, very interesting start so far

 

[DaRenegade]

Seems like Tunas is way more off than usual this year.

which is weird because they’ve had a bigger collection of votes sent to them than they have the last two years, so you’d think it’s be slightly more accurate if anything

 

[JT_the_Man]

I’m thinking that while they have more votes, it’s possibly even more skewed as a result. Mainly due to having to put in your votes to view the site early on.

 

[JT_the_Man]

Terrible falls outside the 100 as well. 40 on WT.

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

In the end, Warm Tunas only has a sample size of roughly 2%. You can sort of get a gist of some trends, but it's always going to be a bit off as it's a very small sample size they're working with.

 

[NotAMagpieBogan]

Another GOY track not making the 100, wonder if that’s good for their chance of a win or worse.

 

[Dancing Potato]

The Kingdom is Within You missing is disgraceful. What the actual ****.

 

[GroggSquad]

So after some discussion by us old fogies in previous years whether the Hottest 100 is getting worse compared to our glory days, I've been on a mission the last 18 months or so to listen to every Hottest 100 ever on Spotify, and keep track of how many songs I deemed 'like-worthy'.

The results:

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Some notes:

- I had these playing during my gym time so I literally listened to every minute of every song. I wasn't just sitting down at the computer listening to the first 30 seconds then quickly moving on. Every song got a fair trial.

- Unsurprisingly, music happened to coincidentally peak with my teenage/early 20's years.

- But seriously, I'd be very interested in one of the teenage/early 20 somethings on here repeating this experiment and seeing their results from those early years before they were even born.

- It felt like there was much more variety and 'alternative' stuff in the earlier years. I wasn't keeping notes as I went but I remember feeling like somewhere in that mid 2000s to mid 2010s period it became a really dull homogenous repetition of soft ballad stuff plus Parkway Drive. Then it started to get a bit more varied again in the last 5 years or so.

It is interesting the different perceptions you get from different generations.

I'm in my early 30s (so was teenage/early 20 something in the late 00s/early 10s) and have listened to all the countdowns as well.

I notice you rate 1999 quite highly (third best on your chart with 32 songs), but personally I don't find that year to be anything special. Bands like Limp Bizkit, Korn, Green Day, Bush, Sugar Ray, The Offspring, Blink-182, Bloodhound Gang, Bodyjar, The Living End, Machine Gun Fellatio, Area-7, Pennywise, Frenzal Rhomb etc. seem to dominate that countdown and these acts are just not that good when you don't have any "teenage nostalgia" attached to them IMO.

On the contrary, I thought 2013 was a great year (one you rate quite poorly with only 12 songs) with plenty of good tunes from the likes of Arctic Monkeys, Daft Punk, Queens of the Stone Age, James Blake, Kanye West, Lorde, Disclosure, London Grammar, Haim, Childish Gambino, Arcade Fire, Chvrches etc. making the count that year. But again, maybe this countdown resonates more with my generation.

I'm also interested in what you define to be "alternative stuff" in the earlier years. I actually find the early years to be dominated by songs that get mainstream radio play on stations like Triple M, whereas songs from the mid 2000s to mid 2010s countdown period generally seem to be much more "underground" relatively speaking.

 

[ye olde mole]

which is weird because they’ve had a bigger collection of votes sent to them than they have the last two years, so you’d think it’s be slightly more accurate if anything

I talked about this somewhere. He has changed his methodology with regards to data collection this year (which is why he has a larger sample size). I wondered if this change would be problematic. It's early days, but it's looking less accurate this year.

 

[JT_the_Man]

Flume underperforming is very interesting.

 

[NotAMagpieBogan]

No record breaking for Flume, up to Spacey Jane for the 7. Maybe The Dripping Tap does make it and that’s one of the broken records?

 

[Schulzenfest]

Today was the first time I'd heard Sirens by Flume and I think it might be the worst song I've ever heard in my life.

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

Today was the first time I'd heard Sirens by Flume and I think it might be the worst song I've ever heard in my life.

I wouldn't go that far, but it's very disjointed. The wonky production and the vocals don't mix well at all, which is a shame because Caroline is usually a great singer (listen to her album Pang and I Belong In Your Arms by Chairlift). If anything, my main issue is with Flume who I don't think I'll ever get.

 

[FlowersByIrene]

Oh shit, didn't realise they're doing the 200 today. Thought they usually did it on the Sunday?

 

[NotAMagpieBogan]

Today was the first time I'd heard Sirens by Flume and I think it might be the worst song I've ever heard in my life.

haha I actually quite like it. Much more interesting than Say Nothing and the majority of the album.

 

[DaRenegade]

Oh s**t, didn't realise they're doing the 200 today. Thought they usually did it on the Sunday?

they changed it I think last year and now have the 101-200 the day before, then the 100 on the Saturday and the Sunday has the countdown from twenty years ago now

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Caroline is usually a great singer (listen to her album Pang and I Belong In Your Arms by Chairlift).

The same voice behind 'Bruises?'