The team of professional surprise-spoilers at triple j Hottest 100 prediction website 100 Warm Tunas have unveiled their predictions for the songs most likely to crack this year’s countdown.
The brainchild of Sydney-based software engineer Nick Whyte, 100 Warm Tunas uses a specially formulated algorithm to trawl social media and tally all the votes shared for each eligible track. According to the ABC, since launching in 2016, 100 Warm Tunas has been right about the countdown’s number one song around 67% of the time. And with just a few short hours left til voting closes, here is the tune it has currently tipped to top the Hottest 100 of 2024:
Chappell Roan – ‘Good Luck, Babe!’ (Official Lyric Video)
According to the site, American singer-songwriter and LGBTQ pop icon Chappell Roan is at pole position, with their 2024 single ‘Good Luck, Babe!’ racking up a 3% share of the 27,000 votes sampled thus far.
Rounding out the predicted top 5, we have Australian indie rock act Royel Otis‘s viral triple j ‘Like A Version’ cover of Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s ‘Murder On The Dancefloor’ tipped to come in at #2, Kendrick Lamar‘s Drake diss track ‘Not Like Us’ at #3, Billie Eilish‘s romantic pop hit ‘BIRDS OF A FEATHER’ in fourth and the same artist’s collab with Charli XCX ‘Guess’ at #5.
If you’ve yet to cast your vote, there’s still a few hours left to make a difference in the countdown. Vote here before 5pm today, or peep 100 Warm Tunas’ predictions for triple j’s Hottest 100 of 2024 right here.
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