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Hello everyone! Welcome to a new episode of Weekly Boost!

Nicki might not have had a good year in 2018, but at least something decent did come out of all the hustle. "Bed" is such a good song because, unlike Nicki's other sex songs, it is actually really slick and sensual, and letting Ariana drive the chorus was a stroke of genius. It's a shame that Nicki had to ruin the whole thing with some terrible punchlines ("I'm the GOAT, the billy on you", huh?) but, aside from that, there isn't much I can complain about.

It's a real shame that I haven't managed to gather enough spare time to complete my monthly Best Of series last year, because there were several cool songs I would have loved to talk about. Oh well, I guess I'll make up for all the lost opportunities with this series. In the meanwhile, enjoy this incredibly touching pathos-fest from none other than the little brothers of the world's #1 K-Pop group. The fact that the current worldwide representers of K-Pop never made anything approaching this level of quality since "Fake Love" is absolutely baffling to me.

Another rare example of a Latin-K-Pop fusion done right, because it takes inspiration from flamenco instead of retreading the usual reggaeton bore that every other producer is going crazy for right now. Of course the moody ambiance and cool melodies (especially in the verses) help it a whole lot, but it's just icing on the cake, the fact that it completely deviates from the trends is already enough for me to like it.

A lot of above-average country music has come out in the latest months, and Little Big Town are the new contributors to this greatly-appreciated wave of quality. "Over Drinking" is easily the best song on their new album (from what I've heard, since I don't have time to listen to entire albums), thanks to a very well-delivered subject matter whose confidence is also reflected into the music. Country is one of my favorite music genres, so let's hope things stay this way!

Recommendation of the week #5 goes to this metal band I've never heard of, who delivered a really cool song full of epicness and theatricality about fighting against your own psyche (even though I admit the lyrics are a bit vague). Bonus points are awarded because this band is Italian just like me, proving that good music in Italy exists, even though radio stations try to make you believe the exact opposite is the truth.

Definitely didn't expect a ballad to come out from the girl who did "Crazy Dog", "Cider" and "Anck Su Namum" - and, most of all, I didn't expect this ballad to be this good! Seriously, 99% of Korean rappers trying to make sad songs fail so miserably that it's almost ridiculous, so you have no idea how happy I am to see an exception to the rule.

I usually don't feature songs whose lyrics translation cannot be found anywhere, but I had to make an exception for this one because it's fantastic. I love how it goes harder and harder until it explodes into one hell of a climax, and the harmonies between the two singers are just delicious; plus, the music video has a super cute cat that increases the already-high quality bar so much that it goes through the roof.

I've always been fine with the idea of Kesha making a country record, but the cuts I've stumbled across so far left me more than disappointed, as they're either a lot of squandered potential or just plain mediocre. This one is pretty good though, Kesha fits the melancholic delivery like a glove and the backing crowd emphasises that atmosphere even more. Still, it's sad that Kesha's music downgraded in quality all of a sudden - I mean, it's not on the level of "Blah Blah Blah", but I was expecting more, given how promising the "Praying" era was.

On the other hand, I'm not familiar with this band at all, but the only thing I need to know is that this song absolutely rocks, and it reminds me a lot of Sweetune's better stuff (such as KARA's "Pandora" and Snuper's "Platonic Love") with its blatant 80's synthpop influences.

We close this episode with one of those K-Pop songs I hadn't heard in a really long while, a delicious piano ballad sundae with one hell of a chorus as the icing and those thudding chords as the chocolate crunchies on top. Have a sweet weekend, everyone! (Damn, why do I always feel so hungry lately? Ah yeah, it's because I'm avoiding junk food as much as possible and so I'm always "hungry", now that makes sense...)  