On this week’s Hot 100 Show, we break down why KPop Demon Hunters has slipped a few spots and discuss whether the hype for the film might be dying down. Special guest Ink joins us to share how she wrote the Hot 100 No. 1 song “Luther” for Kendrick Lamar and SZA, talks about her Big Buskin EP, and Billboard staff weighs in on whether Audrey Nuna, EJAE and REI AMI should continue making music as a trio and more!
Tetris Kelly: This is the Billboard Hot 100 top 10 for the week, dated Sept. 27. “How It’s Done” falls to 10.
Audrey Nuna: I watched it three times.
EJAE: Let’s go. Let’s go.
Audrey Nuna: I’ll go watch it after this.
REI AMI: When we get in to break …
Audrey Nuna: I watched it three times. I was like emotionally moved every single time.
Tetris Kelly: As Teddy Swims returns to the top 10.
Teddy Swims: It’s such an honor. And I don’t know that. You know, I knew the song is special, but I mean, to see it’s just will not leave that top 10.
Tetris Kelly: Justin’s “Daisies” is up to eight.
Sekou: I think he was, like, my first concert ever.
Eddie Benjamin: Yeah, Justin’s flow state is the most powerful I’ve seen.
Tetris Kelly: So there are numbers 10 through eight, and that’s one of the first time I feel like we’ve seen a KPop Demon Hunters song slip. What’s going on with the chart this week?
Trevor Anderson: Is the time over? Oh no, no. I’m just a little shuffling around. I mean, obviously KPop Demon Hunters has been such phenomenon for the past several months on the Hot 100 you know, we could cut them a little slack. They could, you know, sort of, you know, bobble around the top 10 for a little bit, but certainly not the last song we’re going to talk about from KPop Demon Hunters to, you know, surprise, surprise, about the Hot 100 there, but just down a little bit. So, you know, obviously, no, no need to send the panic alarm up. Just one of those weeks where, you know, hey, just keep, gotta keep it interesting some way. So the songs decided to take a one or two spot little jumper, or fall for us.
Tetris Kelly: And I mean, one song that has a hold on the top 10, it left, but he’s back like he never left, Teddy Swims in the top 10.
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