ILM’s Top 77 Tracks of 2018

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3: Ella Mai – “Boo’d Up” – 704 points – 22 votes – 1 first place vote
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ELLA MAI - ELLA MAI

boo’d up • i like it • OTW

Every time I've heard "Boo'd Up" in public has been an absolute still-unexpected joy.– Katherine

"Boo'd Up" gets me high. – Eazy

plot twist of the year is when ella mai reveals herself to be british at the end of “boo’d up”

— jord (@jordansarge) June 8, 2018

http://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/?p=25541

I can hear the affinities: honesty, precision, an appreciation of space. I don’t hear a false note. – Alfred Soto

At one point Wale was attached; at another point if Chris Brown had chosen not to hop on “Scream” it would have been a Kevin Hart (?!) song. Those averted potential futures make Ella Mai’s final version sound like even more of a miracle. Joy is precious, kids. Get it where you can. – Jonathan Bogart

tweet of the year

yeah i feel like i'm gonna be allowed back on ilm after this poll finishes

polling controversial things just for the hell of it

Nice

Too low!

I failed to vote for this, but def my favorite big pop song from last year

the other big boo'd up plot twist is that it's mustard on the beat

how smooth and romantic. a veritable jam

haven't heard this before

this getting to no. 1 would've been a nice rhyme with the year "2 on" topped the list

that Jessie Ware song is considerably better than I thought it was based on a past listen

I missed the KKB version discussion--which is the one on Spotify?

she is singing 'buddha' in the chorus fyi

too low

god what a fucking perfect song

if it was number 1 it would still be too low

the chorus quasi scatting is the cilantro of pop this year, making the whole song unpalatable to a select group (including me)

I'd nominate Richard Dawson as someone who has a similar level of love/hate divide on here as The 1975.

I don't see them having two songs still to come, yet at the same time it would be odd if Give Yourself A Try was the second most popular song from the album.

Yeah, I would like this but for the central pun(s?) of the chorus - it's too distracting.

Just to backtrack for a second, 'hollowness' and 'ennui' are the last words I'd use to describe Astral Weeks (except for 'Slim Slow Slider', maybe). VM's possessed utterances have nothing in common with LDR's smooth nihilism. Unless it was meant as a commentary on millennial disaffection, which may or may not be an actual thing.

Boo'd Up what a vibe. Well-deserved.

why is she singing 'hen fap' in the chorus

damn, I regret not voting for Ella and I'm also about to regret not waiting to vote in Simon's poll

Peggy Gou has to show surely?

Based on my first encounter with this song, I think I too am a member of that select group, Simon. Coriander rules though.

if peggy gou got 78'd there'll be hell to pay ilm

hell to pay

itgehane/han jan double bill to finish up

god. I think boo'd up was my #1. song was a huge part of my year.

"Boo'd Up"!

can someone explain j0rd's tweet :X

I regret not pitching an essay on her album; we'll still be talking about it in a few years.

how can you be fresh out of fucks forever?

can someone explain j0rd's tweet :X

― diamonddave85​​ (diamonddave85), Thursday, January 31, 2019 4:48 PM (eight seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

the brit one?

cos she sounds american until the spoken word at the end of the song?

the video version omits that, you gotta listen on a streaming service or find audio elsewhere to hear it

“Boo’d Up” is sounding pretty good right now, but I never got past “nice vibe” with this one. Still don’t get it, it’s too retro to feel really special to me, I guess.

ah

Also she's gorgeous in that clip

Thinking my #1 & #2 are going to place #2 and #1

https://youtu.be/IWhNSfeNeoU?t=242 - here ya go

what's cool about Boo'd Up is that it's a song about being boo'd up

otm

that probably also helps explain why idc about it tbh

i sitll ahve never even watched the video i guess i shd correct this

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sorry boo

my boo and i have been united by our apathy towards the song tbf

boot up

save us forks

take us home

I've heard Boo'd Up on the radio a lot. I didn't know credible people think it's a great song. The beat compares unfavorably to like every R&B DJ Khaled beat