Wishbone, the new album from Conan Gray, tops this week’s fan-voted music poll.
Music fans voted in a poll published Friday (Aug. 1) on Billboard, choosing the pop artist’s fresh LP as their favorite new release of the past week.
Wishbone worked its magic with listeners in a week that also saw new releases streaming in from Chance The Rapper, Cardi B and more. An overwhelming majority said Gray’s fourth studio album was their top choice, with the set bringing in nearly 80% of the vote.
“I named it Wishbone because I think relationships remind me a lot of wishbones,” Gray told Billboard in a recent interview. “It’s like the only wishing ritual that requires two people, but a wishbone requires two people, and they essentially make a bet against each other, and they’re like, ‘Hey, I want my wish to come true. So let’s do this. You might win and get your dreams come true, but I also might win, and if I win, then you get nothing.”’
Gray added, “I had so much fun. I was writing lyrics, smiling ear to ear like so happy to get things off my chest. I felt immense freedom. I was literally, I literally have never had a better time writing an album — which is hilarious because the album is truly miserable.”
The 12-track album — which was highlighted as an editor’s pick on Billboard‘s Friday Music Guide — features singles including “Vodka Cranberry,” “a song that encapsulated the entire album,” says Gray, whose voice soars through a chorus of somber late-night rumination: “Speak up, I know you hate me/ Looked at your picture and cried like a baby/ Speak up, don’t leave me waiting/ Got way too drunk off a vodka cranberry/ Called you up in the middle of the night/ Wailing like an imbecile/ If you won’t end things, then I will.”
Among the new releases trailing behind Wishbone on this week’s poll are Chance The Rapper’s Star Line, coming in with 11% of the vote, and Cardi B’s “Imaginary Playerz,” with 3% of the vote. Olivia Dean’s “Man I Need,” Dijon’s Baby, Kaytranada’s Ain’t No Damn Way! and Jordan Davis’ Learn the Hard Way follow.
See the final results of this week’s poll below.
