As always, the announcement of another triple j Hottest 100 has brought with it a selection of crafty individuals who reckon they can accurately predict the countdown, including the always highly anticipated number one.
In the past, we’ve seen supposed forecasts like The Warmest 100 and The Social 100. Most recently, triple j commenter and Hottest 100 obsessive Patrick Avenell unveiled his own list of predictions for the 2015 Hottest 100.
Occasionally, the predictions of these lists can actually be pretty accurate. Back in 2013, the Warmest 100 managed to correctly predict that Vance Joy’s ubiquitous ukelele banger ‘Riptide’ would dominate the countdown.
Now, another Hottest 100 enthusiast has thrown his hat into the ring with The Tepid 100, which is certainly a deviation from what you may have thought you knew about what this year’s Hottest 100 will look like.
Uni student Ed Pitt calculated his list by tracking the hashtag #Hottest100 on Instagram and entering the more than 20,000 Hottest 100 votes shared by triple j listeners into a spreadsheet – you can’t say he’s not committed.
“Sadly, triple j has cracked down on sharing votes via social media,” says Pitt in his FAQ. “But thankfully, thousands have taken to instagram, sharing their votes (as pictures) there. While automated solutions were sought, optical character recognition software remains in it’s early stages and still has a way to go.”
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Pitt used some 2,064 ballots to compile his predictions, which as FasterLouder notes, is about 300 more than the Warmest 100 used to correctly predict the 2013 winner, and Pitt says the predictions become more accurate as the countdown approaches the end.
According to Pitt’s list, Major Lazer and DJ Snake’s supposed shoo-in, ‘Lean On’, is not quite the foregone conclusion we all thought it was and we’ve all apparently been sleeping on Kendrick Lamar and his funky anthem ‘King Kunta’.
The Tepid 100 Top 25
1. Kendrick Lamar – ‘King Kunta’
2. The Rubens – ‘Hoops’
3. Tame Impala – ‘The Less I Know The Better’
4. Violent Soho – ‘Like Soda’
5. Tame Impala – ‘Let It Happen’
6. Major Lazer & DJ Snake feat. MØ – ‘Lean On’
7. Hermitude ft. Mataya and Young Tapz – ‘The Buzz’
8. Marcus Marr and Chet Faker – ‘The Trouble With Us’
9. Disclosure feat. Lorde – ‘Magnets’
10. Meg Mac – ‘Never Be’
11. Gang Of Youths – ‘Magnolia’
12. Duke Dumont – ‘Ocean Drive’
13. Jarryd James – ‘Do You Remember’
14. The Weeknd – ‘The Hills’
15. Vallis Alps – ‘Young’
16. The Weeknd – ‘Can’t Feel My Face’
17. RÜFÜS – ‘You Were Right’
18. Foals – ‘Mountain At My Gates’
19. Drake – ‘Hotline Bling’
20. DJ Snake feat. Bipolar Sunshine – ‘Middle’
21. Jamie xx feat. Romy – ‘Loud Places’
22. Jamie xx feat. Young Thud & Popcaan – ‘I Know There’s Gonna Be (Good Times)’
23. Vance Joy – ‘Fire and the Flood’
24. The Wombats – ‘Greek Tragedy’
25. SAFIA – ‘Embracing Me’
