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The Weeknd’s ‘Blinding Lights’ Has Broken Post Malone’s Historic Hot 100 Chart Longevity Record

Getty Image ‘Blinding Lights’ has been in the top 10 of the Hot 100 for many, many weeks. …

In April, Post Malone set an impressive chart record. “Circles” spent its 34th week in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100, which was the most time any song had spent in the top 10. A few weeks after that, “Circles” left the top 10 after spending 39 total weeks there. While Malone was setting that record, though, he was being chased by The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights,” which was also in the midst of a huge top-10 run. Now, The Weeknd has taken over the top spot: On the Hot 100 chart dated November 28, “Blinding Lights” is No. 7, giving the single its 40th total week in the top 10.

This comes just weeks after “Blinding Lights” set the record for the most weeks spent in the top five spots of the Hot 100. It was also revealed not long ago that The Weeknd will perform at halftime of next year’s Super Bowl.

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Malone talked about his prolonged chart success in a recent interview with Uproxx, saying, “I can’t believe this many people still want to hear my sh*tty songs. It’s crazy with all the talented artists and all the massive records out over the past year or so. For me to have a song on the charts that long is just unbelievable.”

Check out our recent interview with Malone here.

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WONDERLOST makes waves with latest single “Bully Man”

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WONDERLOST’s newest single, “Bully Man,” is a genre-blurring ride that cruises like a sailboat across sunlit waters. Direct from the heart of St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands, this is an invitation to slow down, take a deep breath, and have the rhythm carry you home. “Bully Man” is a potent mix of roots reggae, jam band alchemy, and dreamlike electronic haze. It’s a melodic cocktail that goes down easy, with deep basslines throb like the heartbeat of the island, as hypnotic delays and dub textures radiate outward like heat from the Caribbean Sea.

Jared’s voice is warm, inviting, and effortlessly soulful, leading listeners through a story in homage to the life-rich culture of his island home. The song’s message is cloaked in sunny positivity, “Bully Man” is reflective, genuine, and pounding with authenticity. There’s something transgendant about this track. It’s the sort of song that requires nothing, just your time and your ears. It’s best tasted with salt on your skin and the horizon wide open, like a soundtrack for golden-hour escape.

And while its island roots are deep, the song doesn’t remain tethered. WONDERLOST slipped in occasional electronic swells and moments of improvisational flair, suggesting something more exploratory and open to evolution. It’s that mix of tradition and innovation that gives “Bully Man” its appeal. WONDERLOST is trying to ride the wave. And with “Bully Man,” they’ve released a sun-soaked track that invites you to slow down, tune in, and drift a little with nothing but rhythm, a little soul, and a ton of heart.

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Evalyn’s “Boys Girls” is a daydream in rewind

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If you’ve ever found yourself plopped down in your bedroom, staring at a dusty old shoebox full of polaroids, desperately wishing you could hit rewind on life, then Evalyn’s latest single “Boys Girls” may just be your new favorite escape hatch. Infused with dreamy melody, “Boys Girls” is a love letter to those rose-tinted memories that we carry around in our back pockets. With a rich cinematic quality that evokes riffling through a scrapbook of summers long gone, Evalyn manages to capture that universal longing for the past and compress it into three minutes of pure, exuberant memories.

“Boys Girls” welcomes you into its soft-focus realm, a sort of alternate universe where time moves just a bit slower and the feeling hits just a bit harder. Evalyn’s vocal sails in a manner that’s so close to touch, wistful and bright, like seeing yourself in an old car window that’s parked outside a high school party. It’s that kind of song that immediately sends you back through time, to when your life felt simpler and messier at the same time. There is a striking tension in “Boys Girls,” it pines away for what was, and enjoys the way we remember it. It is not about reliving the past so much as reclaiming the way it made us feel. The freedom. The chaos. Not knowing what will happen next.

It surrenders to that emotional pull with polished production that harkens back to the days of retro pop classics, while still sounding fresh. It’s the sort of track you want blasting out of the car stereo on a night drive with the windows down and heart swelling. “Boys Girls” is a mirror for anyone who’s ever glanced over their shoulder and smiled, even despite the sting. It’s vulnerable, and it’s entirely unforgettable. With this release, Evalyn not only takes us down memory lane, she makes us fall in love with it all over again.

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