The Weekly GELT's TOP - July 18, 2015

Artist of the Week : Demi Lovato

"Like gets weird… Like if Lovato decides to perform her new single, Cool For the Summer, meaning she would be able to serenade thousands of rust-belt baseball fans about the frisson of secret-same-sex-summer-love just two weeks after the Supreme Court ruled in favor of gay marriage, which would be every bit as refreshingly unexpected as Grande’s covert American hate-licks, and more righteous, too.

Released earlier this month, “Cool For the Summer” debuted at No. 36 on this week’s Billboard charts and based on the title alone, it intends to stick around. Lyrically, it’s a three-and-a-half-minute bi-curious pick-up line that transposes the naughty stuff into easily crackable code.

“I could keep a secret,” Lovato sings over the Freon-chilled synths, then asks, “Could you?” By the time the chorus hits — “Take me down into your paradise/Don’t be scared ’cause I’m your body type” — she’s keeping that secret at the top of her lungs.

This feels somewhat apt, considering the long-obliterated barriers between Lovato’s public and private life. She got her start as a kid on television singing in the shadow of a purple dinosaur named Barney, and later graduated to the Disney Channel where she would star alongside the Jonas Brothers in the 2008 summer movie “Camp Rock.”

The transition from kiddie-fame to hyper-fame has been perilous for the likes of Britney Spears, Justin Bieber and many others, but Lovato’s treacherous journey could end up having the happiest ending. After struggling with depression, drugs and an eating disorder, she entered rehab in 2010 and walked out the next year wearing her struggles and her beliefs on her sleeve, eventually becoming an advocate for mental health awareness and gay rights.

And now, singing about a fling on a tightrope, Lovato finally sounds like a true pop expert. This is a fizzy song about a big risk, and the cool tension in her voice couldn’t feel more perfect for the paradox she’s describing: a carefree summer-love with significant social consequences.

Check out how she builds toward the chorus, heightening the anticipation with four quick, whiplashing lines. “Don’t tell your mother.” (She’s establishing the risks and the rules.) “Kiss one another.” (These are the song’s most awkward-sounding syllables, but they add drama, like a cliff-climber grabbing the wrong rock.) “Die for each other.” (She’s punching the gas…) “We’re cool for the summer.” (…and now she’s coasting.)

While plenty of pop hits have cultivated fascinating clashes between content and form, this is an example of the two buzzing along in almost-perfect tandem. Something casual and fleeting feels as urgent as life and death. If that doesn’t describe the powers of a great pop song, what does?"

Chris Richard – The Washington Post, July 9

TW	LW	WO	Artist	Title	PK	CT	VIDEO
1	1	4	Zedd	Beautiful Now ft. Jon Bellion  (3 weeks #1)	1
2	new	-	Demi Lovato	Cool For The Summer	2
3	2	9	Tinie Tempah	Not Letting Go feat. Jess  Glynne (1 week #1)	1
4	3	7	Years & Years	Shine	2
5	4	6	Sage The Gemini	Good Thing ft. Nick Jonas	4
6	6	12	Giorgio Moroder	Deja Vu ft. Sia	3
7	5	9	Maroon 5	This Summer's Gonna  Hurt  Like A Motherf***r  (3 weeks #1)	1
8	15	5	Lost Frequencies	Reality feat. Janieck Devy	8
9	7	12	Grace	You Don't Own Me ft. G-Eazy	7
10	13	10	Flo Rida	I Don't Like It, I Love It feat.  Robin Thicke & Verdine  White	10
11	9	13	Madcon	Don't Worry ft. Ray Dalton	5
12	8	11	Tori Kelly	Unbreakable Smile	3
13	10	8	Brandon Flowers	I Can Change	10
14	12	9	Owl City	Verge ft. Aloe Blacc	12
15	20	7	Olly Murs	Beautiful To Me	15
16	25	3	Foxes	Body Talk	16
17	11	9	Taylor Swift	Bad Blood ft. Kendrick  Lamar	7
18	27	9	Prince Royce	Back It Up feat Jennifer  Lopez  & Pitbull	18
19	14	15	Hilary Duff	Sparks	11
20	16	14	Elina Born & Stig Rästa	Goodbye To Yesterday	13
21	19	8	Aurora	Running With The Wolves	17
22	29	3	Rudimental	Rumour Mill ft. Anne-Marie  & Will Heard	22
23	24	7	John Newman	Come And Get It	23
24	23	7	Jason Derulo	Cheyenne	23
25	18	12	Rihanna	American Oxygen  (4 weeks  #1)	1
26	30	5	Jeremih	Tonight Belongs To  You ft.  Flo Rida	26
27	40	3	Jasmine Thompson	Adore	27
28	21	11	Jessie J	Flashlight	20
29	49	2	Meghan Trainor	Like I'm Gonna Lose You ft.  John Legend	29
30	41	3	Tori Kelly	Should've Been Us	30
31	33	6	Gabrielle Aplin	Light Up The Dark	31
32	35	5	Conrad Sewell	Hold Me Up	32
33	28	12	Adam Lambert	Ghost Town	3
34	31	14	Wiz Khalifa	See You Again feat. Charlie  Puth (3 weeks #1)	1
35	36	4	Zazie	Discold	35
36	38	3	Alexa Goddard	We Broke The Sky	38
37	45	2	Sigma	Glitterball ft. Ella Henderson	37
38	37	5	Alesso	Sweet Escape ft. Sirena	38
39	42	2	Duran Duran	Pressure Off ft. Janell Monae  & Nile Rodgers	39
40	43	4	Janet Jackson	No Sleeep	40
41	26	14	Charles Hamilton	New York Raining ft. Rita  Ora	8
42	44	-	Lady Antebellum	Long Stretch Of Love	42
43	39	6	Jamie XX	Loud Places ft. Romy	32
44	new	-	Elle King	Ex's & Oh's	44
45	32	10	Blonde	All Cried Out ft. Alex Newell	19
46	new	-	U2	Song For Someone	46
47	34	12	Erik Hassle	No Words	13
48	22	17	Charlie Puth	Marvin Gaye ft. Meghan  Trainor	4
49	new	-	Example	Whisky Story	49
50	new	-	Kelsea Ballerini	Love Me Like You Meant It	50

Dropping Off the Chart

Mans Zelmerlöw - Heroes
Jarryd James - Do Uou Remember
Kenny B - Parijs
Major Lazer - Lean On ft. MØ
Imagine Dragons - Shots

Bubbling Under 
Samantha Jade - Shake That ft. Pitbull
Marina Kaye - Dancing With The Devil
Ella Eyre - Good Times
Tove Lo - Timebomb
Mark Ronson - I Can't Lose ft. Keyone Starr
Little Mix - Black Magic
Kendrick Lamar - Alright
DJ Antoine & Akon - Holiday