My top pics of The GWIM Project for the past decade (2016-2025)

Originally posted Sept 2025 Jade Thirlwall. The Geordie from Little Mix who astounded me with her debut solo single “Angel Of My Dreams”. So much so I declared it my favourite singles of 2024. She has continued to impress me every since. https://youtu.be/ZP3XMEayaVo?si=nWaz45_zv-3gxvqM I think her outstanding talent was solidified with me when I saw/heard her version of “Backbone”. Wow! Chase & Status, and Stormzy “Backbone” https://youtu.be/Qtogm_mo1AQ?si=XpndgRxrS3_qXLWy Ja

Originally posted April 2025 INTRO Some of the biggest hits of 2025 so far have been residuals from 2024. Rose & Bruno Mars, Lola Young, Chrystal, Gracie Abrams, Myles Smith, Teddy Swims, Kendrick Lamar etc. Although it was less apparent to me last year because everything was brand new to me, this was very much the case then too. Nonetheless, when we take the residual tracks away, 2025 has-been a little disappointing to me thus far. SINGLES Doechii “Denial Is A River”...

THE START OF THE GWIM PROJECT I think its an idea to recount my ‘day 1 experience’ – listening to the very 1 st playlist of top ten singles. I had an idea in my head, probably the same idea many older people have, of what I expected to hear. I pressed play ........... and that expectation was immediately shattered with Noah Kahan's “Stick Season”..... which was #1 that week!! https://youtu.be/JKrDdsgXuso?si=ENyqSqtc9DmvbJTm It continued to be shattered with Teddy Swims “Los

Country Music Country music's popularity has been on an upward trajectory for a decade and spiked in 2024. This article discusses this https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/this-aint-texas-country-music-renaissance-in-uk-as-genre-surges-67-in-2024/ Despite paying almost no attention, I HAD also noticed an upward trend in folk, drinking songs, sea shanties and the like. This is great for fans of country music, right?........... or wrong? I turn here to my friend Simon Ore

THE SINGLES – JAN-SEPT 2024 : Noah Kahan “Stick Season” (#1 for 7 weeks) https://youtu.be/JKrDdsgXuso?si=eVFGPGyYIstXJzNG So this was it! Day 1. Track 1 of my 1 st playlist. I had an expectation in my head of ‘today’s pop music’ – hit play.... and that expectation was immediately shattered. This was #1 in the charts that week. A nice bit of folk-pop complete with banjos and mandolins. Not a bad little number either. Jack Harlow “Lovin On Me” (#1 for 3 weeks in 2023)...