Bruno Mars ft. Cardi B – Finesse (Remix)
This one's for you, James! (Spoiler: the next two are also for you)
Eminem ft. Ed Sheeran – River
We're done with Sound of 2018! Now we can start liking things again!
Nilufer Yanya – Baby Luv
"She grew up listening to Nina Simone, Amy Winehouse and Pixies and, unusually, you can hear traces of all three in her guitar-driven soul." Unusual! Almost as unusual as this score for this week...
Rex Orange County – Loving Is Easy
Not for us it isn't...
Jade Bird – Cathedral
To be fair, as has been pointed out, we covered most of the better Sound Of artists already...
Lewis Capaldi – Mercy
And the crankiness continues...
Tom Walker – Leave a Light On
That's wasting electricity, Tom...
IAMDDB – Trophy
Boy, did we wake up in 2018 cranky or what?
Sam Fender – Greasy Spoon
A young man sings of a woman's plight; that's sure to go down well with us, right?
Superorganism – Something for Your M.I.N.D.
As is our tradition, we open 2018 with artists from the the BBC Sound Of 2018 list. Often by not liking them very much.