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#13. Herald of Darkness
Artist: Old Gods of Asgard
Nominator: Murphiroth (1/5)
Time: 9:34
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxs_HYw_mLk
Initial Rankings: Batch 7 - 5/15 (B-) & Rubric 9
Weighted Ranking: Purple 7/16
FLUX: Up 10 Spots

"Poet & The Muse was a brilliant surprise. This feels... too tryhard. Gets a bit better realizing it's multiple parts over the course of the game, and chorus is great" - First listen note

I need to watch Supergirl someday when I have the time maybe. Martian Manhunter is a favorite in the comics, and between him, Melissa Benoist, Chyler Leigh, Dreamer, the use of Brainiac 5, Jon Cryer's surprisingly good Lex Luthor in the crossovers, Lois and Clark... someday. But yeah, that's J'onn J'onnz interviewing Alan Wake and it gives me a tickle.

The Old Gods of Asgard absolutely KILL IT. The song grows and grows as it goes along and is absolutely great without knowing a single thing that is happening in the video or clues or references to the game. I listened to the 13-minute Spotify version, but I like the snappier finish with Alan singing about bringing the song to its end a single time, pause, and then giant finale rolls in immediately. Thank you for enlightening me with this song's existence, and thank you for the points in Tarvould's Video Game Music Trivia!
@wg64Z

*NEW* 10th Place. Murphiroth
#119. Nekrogoblin, "This Is It"
#31. HANABIE., "Be the GAL~Early Summer ver."
#29. Bloodywood, "Dana Dan (Indian Folk Metal)"
#22. Maximum the Hormone, " / Koi No America"
#13. Old Gods of Asgard, "Herald of Darkness"
Average Score: 42.8
Total Score: 214

ECLECTIC! J-Pop! Indian Folk Metal! J-Rock! Finnish Epic! Terrible Goblin Management! A huge, huge divide between four songs and your worst, but still easily making top ten thanks to repeated listens and growing appreciation for everything (again, except you Nekrogoblin: this is my list, this is not your list, this is my list). Absolute love for these nominations and deep gratitude to introducing me to them. Thank you!

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#12. drivers license
Artist: Olivia Rodrigo
Nominator: Player_0 (2/5)
Time: 4:02
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNJhkrpLGT8
Initial Rankings: Batch 4 - 1/15 (B+) & Rubric 3
FLUX: Even

Let me get the annoying out of the way first. "I guess you didn't mean what you wrote in that song about me" removes me temporarily from the song every time. It's not a lyric meant for me, but this is my ranking, and in a batch of eliminations where I've ascribed my personal meanings and feelings to the lyrics, there's just this involuntary dissonance that keeps me from launching it into the top ten.

It's a fantastic song, and I'm kind of surprised I never knowingly heard it when it was released and huge everywhere. I probably did, but paid it no heed. It is absolutely powerful, resonant, beautiful, heartwrenching, questioning, paranoid, lonely, evocative, charged. It is a piece of art that pulls you into your own mind, your own personal journey through those people in your past that you no longer see, the places you can no longer go to or avoid, the pains of lost loves. And I had no idea until this write-up that this was her debut single. WTF. That is insane. Just an incredible, incredible song.

@Murphiroth
@Player_0

I could post one more tonight, but I'm going to give another listen-through to be sure of my top ten. Without any changes, next tier is for top eight.