At #9 on this week’s Billboard Hot 100 is Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘vampire,’ her latest #1 hit and a glorious leadoff single for her upcoming album, Guts. I’m very excited by everything Rodrigo is doing, including newly released second single ‘bad idea right?’ (which will no doubt be climbing this chart in short order).

Rounding out the top ten is another single from the Barbie soundtrack. Dua Lipa’s fabulous disco jam ‘Dance the Night’ is the unofficial theme song of the film’s Barbieland, where Barbies and Kens gather nightly to have highly choreographed dance parties.

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