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#PeoplesPop25 Round 2 Match 22

1 BLOOD ORANGE ft DURUTTI COLUMN! www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTaz...
2 DRUGDEALER ft WEYES BLOOD! www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3Qe...
3 SAINT ETIENNE! www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5fW...
4 WET LEG! www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Kjz...

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“this is a fabulous song. Feels like it should be a massive US country hit” “If this was released in 1973, this would’ve gone to the top of the charts.” “If we would still live in a time where things like POP-HITS existed, this would be number one!” “This song and vid would have been a hit in any of the four past decades.”
January 30, 2026 at 3:41 PM
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#PeoplesPop25 R2 M21

1 CHARLI XCX/JOHN CALE www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xgp7...
2 CONFIDENCE MAN/JADE www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xid-...
3 HUNTR/X www.youtube.com/watch?v=yebN...
4 LADY GAGA www.youtube.com/watch?v=vByn...
5 ROSALIA www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPaS...

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“hold on Charlie this song is kinda creepy, backstory?? Explanation?? Bc usually the songs are party songs” “JADE FOR THE NEXT TARANTINO MOVIE PLEASE THANK YOU!” “As an almost 40 year old dude I didn’t see a K-pop arc coming but my wife made me watch this movie and now here we are I guess ️” “i know she is really vulnerable and brave for releasing this after she admitted to be scared of returning to this type of music” “She might’ve sung in 13 different languages, but I’d like to add the 14th one, the universal language, MUSIC”
January 30, 2026 at 3:25 PM
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#PeoplesPop25 ROUND 2 Results Start Here!

The winner of each group and the remaining track with the highest total across the whole day go through automatically ✔️, the losers go out 💀, the rest wait for the play offs❓
January 30, 2026 at 12:08 PM
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#PeoplesPop25 R2 Match 20

1 ALE HOP & TITI BAKORA! www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZm0...
2 ETHMEBB! www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPSG...
3 GOON FLAVOUR &c! www.youtube.com/watch?v=756Y...
4 YASMINE HAMDAN! www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjMX...

Vote! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

YouTube!
“This album pulls the rug out from under all of those smug coffee shop "world beat" records out there. Superb guitar playing paired with many sonic surprises and Frank Zappa playfulnes” “Ultra Hobbit” “South African good music keeps getting nicer generation after generation.” “Salaam ya Yasmine, ya shaatra. On adore votre musique et votre message.”
January 29, 2026 at 9:07 PM
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#PeoplesPop25 R2 Match 19

1 DANNY BROWN ft UNDERSCORES! www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7h3...
2 MOLIY &c! www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjBh...
3 STURDYYOUNGIN &C! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xy_L...
4 YAYA BEY ft FATHER PHILIS! www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RJm...

Vote! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

YouTube!
“Danny Brown is making pop but it somehow isn't braindead sellout garbage” “I don’t care what anyone says this tune is bigger I mean I saw my grandma dancing to it with her hands covering her face” “Fergie listen girl nobody cares about the US national anthem stuff, you can comeback for good, we need you mama.” “now we get bop”
January 29, 2026 at 8:52 PM
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#PeoplesPop25 R2 Match 18

1 EEV FRANCES! www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIAc...
2 KIM PETRAS! www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7hp...
3 LSDXOXO! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixlL...
4 SUDAN ARCHIVES! www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vho...

Vote! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

YouTube!
“Love this. So many of my favorite sounds in one place.” “Oh my God, this song is so artistic, it sounds like something from Jersey Shore.” “i never listened to prince… what is it about this song that reminds you of him?” “crazy house pop or something”
January 29, 2026 at 8:37 PM
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#PeoplesPop25 R2 Match 17

1 DEBBII DAWSON! www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFLh...
2 LEXIE LIU! www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5aF...
3 MARINA! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Id_0...
4 YVES! www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuBE...

Vote! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

YouTube!
“Debbii's accomplished something many never do, she found her own sound” “it sounds like a fun world of its own, but it critiques our very real world of digital enslavement” “Marina, Kesha and Lady Gaga going back to their roots means tumultuous economic and political future ahead” “I need her to be more than K-pop like she’s literally an indie girl ready to go superstar”
January 29, 2026 at 8:23 PM
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#PeoplesPop25 R2 Match 16

1 BLOOD ORANGE! www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_0D...
2 DESTROYER! www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGWM...
3 THE BETHS! www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-YW...
4 WOLF ALICE! www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBGc...

Vote! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

YouTube!
“IS IT JUST ME OR DOES CAROLINE NOT HAVE ENOUGH LINES” “a real poet, love him more than t.s.eliott.” “reminds me of the 90s where bands were allowed to develop their own unique style and feel” “Y'all reading this track wrong. It's a parody. The whole tone and the "dance" routine - they're taking the p*ss out of the pop genre, not trying to enter it.”
January 29, 2026 at 8:08 PM
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#PeoplesPop25 R2 M15

1 KATSEYE! www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2-y...
2 PINKPANTHERESS! www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFWX...
3 RENEE RAPP! www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiPW...
4 MARINA! www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHS1...
5 TYLER THE CREATOR! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljHd...

Vote! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

YT!
“I love how all the comments from a month ago are hating in this song and all the comments now are like “IM OBSESSEDDD”” “The way this song is about weed and not an artist idolizing it for once, but actually showing the dark side” “"My manager callеd me, said "Where's thе single?" " shout out to your manager coz we've been waiting!!” “It reminds me Hermit The Frog” “All my life my foo fighters is also a banger about oral”
January 29, 2026 at 7:46 PM
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Is this illegal? NOT YET *gives finger to The Man*

THE WORLD CUP OF 2025 Round 2 Part 3! #PeoplesPop25

You know what's up - 6 matches and your all important BONUS need votes

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#PeoplesPop25 ROUND 2 Part 3
Welcome to THE WORLD CUP OF 2025! Throughout January and into February we'll be polling the best tracks of 2025 until we reach an ultimate winner. Vote in each of the 7 groups and then choose one tra...
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January 29, 2026 at 7:20 PM
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#PeoplesPop25 R2 Match 14

1 DIVORCE! www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwnM...
2 HENS BENS! www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCPU...
3 NEGGY GEMMY! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihqs...
4 SACRED PAWS! www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFLY...

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YouTube!
“Sounds like radioheads grumpy daughter” [BLOCKED] “i was thinking: why dont malls sound like what i think they should sound like? all the music doesnt fit. i enter the H&M though and some worker mustve liked this song enough to play it” “Memorable melodies. Intricate rhythms. And you can dance to it!”
January 28, 2026 at 9:57 PM
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#PeoplesPop25 R2 Match 13

1 DAVE CLARKSON! cavendishhouse.bandcamp.com/track/mechan...
2 DISINIBLUD! www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2vB...
3 DJ TRAVELLA! www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZ90...
4 PLANTA INDUSTRIAL! www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSMG...

Vote! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

YouTube!
“Amazing record, Christmassy, but from ah oblique, melancholic angle” “Often, I sense an effort to keep the music from sounding too holy or choral, but there are hints of the sacred that peek out” “I never heard a sound this fun before ” “Me recuerda a Gorillaz”
January 28, 2026 at 9:48 PM
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#PeoplesPop25 R2 Match 12

1 AYA! www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vgD...
2 BROKEN BY THE SCREAM! www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PzH...
3 CULTURIST! www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUbs...
4 DIE SPITZ! www.youtube.com/watch?v=VB01...

Vote! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

YouTube!
“Has to be the Brockley Esso” “There are quite a few prog blockbusters that are over 10 minutes long, but this one is packed with the pop element of idols” “dvde this is cvrsed” “Encountered them at Grocery Store after they finished the video. Got a compliment from Ellie for my Gollum badge”
January 28, 2026 at 9:36 PM
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#PeoplesPop25 R2 Match 11

1 ELLIE DIXON! www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjNe...
2 GWENNO! www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ycb...
3 LUCRECIA DALT ft DAVID SYLVIAN! www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6_b...
4 SNOCAPS! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrBL...

Vote! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

YouTube!
“I lowkey feel like a hare running through the woods as a wolf chases me through a dense forest I can’t even lie to you” “Still the best Pipette” “Never heard Dave Sylvians speaking voice ” “It’s such a silly song but it’s been stuck in my head for weeks!?!”
January 28, 2026 at 9:20 PM
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#PeoplesPop25 R2 Match 10

1 CUPCAKKE! www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Iuc...
2 KAE TEMPEST! www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTDO...
3 PRINCESS NOKIA! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cfas...
4 ROCHELLE JORDAN! www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJDn...

Vote! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

YouTube!
“Shakespeare fucking WISHES” “Banging track discovered on Glastonbury so educated myself on this individual what an amazing journey mate respect brother” “I love this!!!! ️‍It's giving Slipknot with a dash of ICP” “This song can fit in the funky jazz category”
January 28, 2026 at 8:55 PM
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#PeoplesPop25 R2 Match 9

1 CHAPPELL ROAN! www.youtube.com/watch?v=woLf...
2 SHARON VON ETTEN! www.youtube.com/watch?v=hu3a...
3 THE BETHS! www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrVE...
4 WATER FROM YOUR EYES! www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6QU...

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YouTube!
“For a different take on the subject of seeing your soulmate on public transportation and becoming infatuated, please see "Jackson Park Express" by Weird Al.” “Reminds me at 50 year old that my relationship and life is fucked” “Damn, Obamas got good taste. Reminding me of Belle & Sebastian and C86 bands” “The piano really sound like a Mario Kart race summary, so jazzy !”
January 28, 2026 at 8:42 PM
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#PeoplesPop25 R2 Match 8

1 BLACKPINK! www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgCV...
2 LITTLE SIMZ! www.youtube.com/watch?v=s07g...
3 MILEY CYRUS! www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXBF...
4 SABRINA CARPENTER! www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSug...

Vote! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

YouTube!
“they expose how people stay talking about them, thinking about them, and still streaming their music like fans. they hate them so bad but can’t stop watching” “Ground floor perfumery, stationary and leather goods, wigs and haberdashery, kitchenware and food GOING UP” “Miley is same age as myself she's done alright. It's hard being born into money..... Trust me” “at the beginning of the video, the tortoise is carrying a seagull (basic bird) on its back but at the end of the video the tortoise is now carried by a hawk (strong bird)”
January 28, 2026 at 8:23 PM
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You know I got that shit that you like (more pop polls)

THE WORLD CUP OF 2025 ROUND 2 Part 2 #PeoplesPop25

It's another 7-match day (the rest will be 6-match days) and the vote totals will be important for yr faves' survival

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#PeoplesPop25 ROUND 2 Part 2
Welcome to THE WORLD CUP OF 2025! Throughout January and into February we'll be polling the best tracks of 2025 until we reach an ultimate winner. Vote in each of the 7 groups and then choose one tra...
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January 28, 2026 at 8:03 PM
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#PeoplesPop25 R2 Match 7

1 ANO! www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OUT...
2 BOSA! www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCmu...
3 PULCIPERLA! www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4Os...
4 TSHEGUE! www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8Fx...

Vote! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

YouTube!
“I had a weird prejudice that she was a girl with a weird voice, so I couldn't like her for a long time, but then I listened to her late-night radio show and it completely changed my mind.” [TOO CHILL FOR COMMENTS] “Mola ” “Bouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuum”
January 27, 2026 at 8:55 PM
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#PeoplesPop25 R2 Match 6

1 EMMA-JEAN THACKRAY! www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cXp...
2 GENESIS OWUSU! www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFT7...
3 GREENTEA PENG! www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4fB...
4 BLOODY BEETROOTS ft BOB VYLAN! www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWwA...

Vote! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

YouTube!
“Public school indie mockers want in to JAZZ without doing the work. They are confused by her being so sick at everything” “Bloc party and tv on the radio spirit in this. Blur park life era too” “I'd sell our fridge just to see you perform ma'am” “What is the with these so called punks who obviously don't understand what punks about. I'm not going to go on to explain punk.”
January 27, 2026 at 8:39 PM
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#PeoplesPop25 R2 Match 5

1 ELECTRIC RIME! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xxrr...
2 GAZELLA! www.youtube.com/watch?v=0m9m...
3 POT-POT! www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gCb...
4 TROPICAL FUCK STORM! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4fW...

Vote! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

YouTube!
“I'm writing a comment of support because I like it” [TOO TINY FOR COMMENTS!] “Micropower relations, hyperreality, semiology. I'm probably a cunt, but it also just sounds really good.” “am i stupid for being reminded of Vampire Weekend?”
January 27, 2026 at 8:01 PM
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#PeoplesPop25 R2 Match 4

1 ARCA! www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXUo...
2 CIZA ft JAZZWORX & THUKUTHELA! www.youtube.com/watch?v=sel1...
3 GOAT & MC YALLAH! www.youtube.com/watch?v=msjL...
4 SNOW THA PRODUCT! www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtcP...

Vote! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

YouTube!
“OH MY GOD THE EXPERIMENTAL NEO PERREO INDUSTRY HAS BEEN REBORN” “Guys, I think South Africa really has a shot at conquering the music world with Amapiano. It will put a vibe into the world that's just too chill” “Goat are the goat!” “PLAYING THIS AT MY NEXT FAMILY PARTY LMAOOOOO SO MANY THINGS YOU SANG ABOUT THAT ARE "UNSPOKEN" IN OUR FAMILY BUT HEYYY MUSIC BRINGS US TOGETHER AND THE DRUNK UNCLES WONT REMEMBER HAHAHA”
January 27, 2026 at 7:47 PM
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#PeoplesPop25 R2 Match 3

1 AMAARAE! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ngee...
2 FRED AGAIN.. x SKEPTA! www.youtube.com/watch?v=08C9...
3 OBONGJAYAR! www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMm8...
4 WESTSIDE GUNN ft DOECHII! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ss1U...

Vote! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

YouTube!
“Amaarae is experimenting with techno rave and afrobeats here, You write like a ~sad & poorly cultured white christian USA citizen~. Sorry about your life.” “This is classic UK tunes right here, glad Plaqueboymax can experience it too” “Michael Jackson, Pharrell and Kravitz had a baby....” “Doechii is a glitch in the matrix. She's way too real, way too raw for mainstream. That's where all the hate come from”
January 27, 2026 at 7:25 PM
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#PeoplesPop25 R2 Match 2

1 JENNIE ft DOECHII!
2 LOLA YOUNG! www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-k2...
3 PINKPANTHERESS ft ZARA LARSSON! www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEQw...
4 ROBYN! www.youtube.com/watch?v=viti...

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YouTube!
“I’m seeing a lot of insecurities and cattiness coming out in the comments of each girls releases, and if they weren’t going to reunite as BP I’m not so sure this fandom would hold together.” “Someone needs to invent an emoji with hearts where the ears should be.” “Pop serves so good and ate so well its 2008 recession indicator era again ️” “EDM took over and suddenly this sound is in some "indie sleaze" time capsule. BRING IT BACK”
January 27, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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#PeoplesPop25 R2 Match 1

1 CMAT! www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTWg...
2 HAYLEY WILLIAMS! www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMrh...
3 MODEL/ACTRIZ! www.youtube.com/watch?v=37pt...
4 WOLF ALICE! www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXOg...

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YouTube!
“In Jamie's early shows, he used to pretend that young people used to go into petrol stations at 2 in the morning to knock up a Green and Blacks chocolate pudding. As someone who got the munchies at 4 in the morning and mixed together sage and onion stuffing and tuna fish, something about the Jamie Oliver fake life really got to me more than seemed reasonable.” “MIRTAZAPINE TAKERS RISE UP!! BEST UNDERRATED ANTIDEPRESSANT EVER” “Generational talent, INXS vibes to me for some reason” “DFS rubbing their hands to get this in their double discount sale adverts after Christmas”
January 27, 2026 at 6:37 PM