Pop Music Tracker

Name: Pop Music Tracker
Creator: The Illus Caden

Every day, the Rising Compass reads the lyrics of the songs topping four music charts and gives each song a charge for the message it carries. This page counts how many of those songs carry positive messages and how many carry negative ones, day by day.

See today's songs How the charge works

Songs on the chart today, by message: 0% positive

0% negative

The other 100% are Decent, the neutral band. Shares of the 0 songs the Compass could read, out of 57 on the chart.
Today's charge: +100 Decent The Compass's reading of the whole chart, from −100 to +100.
Ascended songs: 0 of 0 Charge of +75 or higher.
Corrupted songs: 0 of 0 Charge of −75 or lower.
Songs the Compass could not read: 57 of 57 Instrumentals, missing lyrics, pre-orders and skits carry no charge.

The Rising Compass Unified Charge Chart for October 26, 2026, combining 4 music charts.

Today's songs on the Unified Charge Chart

Rank	Song	Artist	Tier	Charge	Charts it is on
1	Housewife Self-made-money fantasy	Tate McRae	Not read	–	4 of 4
2	BbY WOW Unresolved longing for an ex	KAROL G, Judeline & rusowsky	Not read	–	2 of 4
3	Tarantino Self-cast action-film swagger	LISA	Not read	–	1 of 4
4	Nicole Kidman Glamour-armored control flex	ADÉLA	Not read	–	2 of 4
5	Seminole Wind Wetland-elegy wind invocation	John Anderson	Not read	–	1 of 4
6	Choosin' Texas Losing a cowboy to another state	Ella Langley	Not read	–	3 of 4
7	Ángel Caído Scorched-earth diss at a former friend	Estilo Fino, Tornillo	Not read	–	1 of 4
8	expectations Post-breakup standards-raising flex	Olivia Rodrigo	Not read	–	2 of 4
9	Angel Of My Dreams Love-hate fame lament	JADE	Not read	–	1 of 4
10	Butterfly Broken-family metamorphosis pep talk	Zac Brown Band & Dolly Parton	Not read	–	1 of 4
11	Flower In A Hurricane [from GTAVI] Storm-tossed devotion vow	Justice, Tame Impala, SZA & King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	Not read	–	2 of 4
12	Patient Zero Ex's warning to the next partner	Taylor Swift	Not read	–	2 of 4
13	Bulin 47 X Kevin Wai - Dame Hombro (Video Oficial) Barrio-pride shoulder-shimmy boast	Bulin 47	Not read	–	2 of 4
14	Lies (feat. Lana Del Rey) Plea for comforting falsehoods	Zach Bryan, Lana Del Rey	Not read	–	3 of 4
15	Drip Crew wealth-and-rank boast	ATEEZ	Not read	–	1 of 4
16	Boston Avoidant narrator stays on the train	STELLA LEFTY	Not read	–	3 of 4
17	So Good (feat. Kendrick Lamar) Mutual body appraisal with money on top	Jhené Aiko, Kendrick Lamar	Not read	–	1 of 4
18	Loser Confession of failure to a needed lover	Tame Impala	Not read	–	2 of 4
19	Tom and Jerry Open-door pursuit of attached lover	John Mayer	Not read	–	1 of 4
20	Dear JT Estranged-friend reconciliation plea	Yung Miami	Not read	–	1 of 4
21	Thriller Campy horror-movie flirtation romp	Michael Jackson	Not read	–	2 of 4
22	Earrings Frozen-crush confession loop	Malcolm Todd	Not read	–	1 of 4
23	May God Bless America Culture-war prayer for the nation	Jason Bellard, Steve Gruber and the Freedom Project & Real America's Music	Not read	–	1 of 4
24	Mr. Brightside Jealousy spiral imagined in real time	The Killers	Not read	–	1 of 4
25	Straight Tequila Night Barroom warning about a heartbroken regular	John Anderson	Not read	–	1 of 4
26	BAD TIMES (Long Version) Naysayer-answering self-worth chant	Imael Angel	Not read	–	2 of 4
27	Conversation Lean-soaked outlaw excess	FattMack	Not read	–	1 of 4
28	stupid song All-consuming infatuation song	Olivia Rodrigo	Not read	–	1 of 4
29	BAD TIMES Self-worth answer to doubters	Imael Angel	Not read	–	2 of 4
30	WTF Goin	21 Savage, Belly Gang Kushington	Not read	–	1 of 4
31	Broken Window Serenade Witness's lament for a meth-lost woman	Whiskey Myers	Not read	–	1 of 4
32	custom MADE. Feat Tink Explicit loyalty pact duet	YFN Lucci	Not read	–	1 of 4
33	The Greatest Show On Earth Love-as-spectacle elegy	U2	Not read	–	1 of 4
34	GEORGIA WATA Multi-city roster and jewelry flex	Boston Richey, DDG, BenDaDonnn	Not read	–	1 of 4
35	the cure Love-can't-fix-me lament	Olivia Rodrigo	Not read	–	1 of 4
36	Street Of Dreams Prayer widening into a shared justice dream	U2	Not read	–	1 of 4
37	Still With Me (My Girl) Grief-numbed dealer boast	BloodHound Q50	Not read	–	1 of 4
38	Thin Ice Body-and-wealth self-coronation	Megan Thee Stallion	Not read	–	1 of 4
39	Ain't In LA Encouragement that worth needs no big city	ADÉLA	Not read	–	1 of 4
40	The Wheels On The Bus Bus-ride motion chant	The Wiggles	Not read	–	1 of 4
41	Stop The Wedding! Telling the bride to run	Ashe	Not read	–	1 of 4
42	Swingin' Porch-swing sweetheart reverie	John Anderson	Not read	–	1 of 4
43	Man I Need Flirty demand for a partner to show up	Olivia Dean	Not read	–	1 of 4
44	My Years With You Late-life devotion vow	RUSTIC DRIFTER	Not read	–	1 of 4
45	Fox BD - The Gov’t Paid-hit crew dominance boast	BD628	Not read	–	1 of 4
46	Raindance Friends-to-lovers proposal	Dave & Tems	Not read	–	1 of 4
47	Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd Sealed-away plea to be remembered	Lana Del Rey	Not read	–	1 of 4
48	Paciencia Mother-taught perseverance creed	LOS DOS DE TAMAULIPAS	Not read	–	1 of 4
49	Sweater Weather Sensual closeness of lovers against the cold	The Neighbourhood	Not read	–	1 of 4
50	Monster Mash Undead dance-craze novelty tale	Bobby "Boris" Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers	Not read	–	1 of 4
51	Que Te Vas Y Te Vas Shrugging kiss-off to a departing lover	Fito Olivares	Not read	–	1 of 4
52	No Favors Drug-trade fortune and rank boast	Styles P, Jadakiss, Dave East, Millyz	Not read	–	1 of 4
53	Babydoll signing up for the heartbreak in advance	Jamie Miller	Not read	–	1 of 4
54	DANCE... Defiant party brush-off	Slayyyter	Not read	–	1 of 4
55	Apocalypse Doomsday devotion plea	Cigarettes After Sex	Not read	–	1 of 4
56	Be Her Envy-soaked idealization of another	Ella Langley	Not read	–	1 of 4
57	In My Soul Appetite for consuming fire	Bob Dominator	Not read	–	1 of 4

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Bars above the line are songs with positive messaging and bars below it are songs with negative messaging, each as a share of the songs the Compass read that day. Decent songs sit between the two and stay out of the bars; the table has every count.

The Unified Charge Chart begins on June 8, 2026. Until June 11, 2026 it combined fewer than four music charts.

Still counting past days, a few at a time so the Compass is never rushed: 131 of 141 so far. Days not yet counted show as empty columns.

Every day as a table

Date	Positive	Decent	Negative	Not read	Day charge	Charts combined
October 26, 2026	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	57	+100	4
October 25, 2026	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	59	+100	4
October 24, 2026	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	61	+100	4
October 23, 2026	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	60	+100	4
October 22, 2026	9 (15%)	33 (55%)	18 (30%)	0	+100	4
October 21, 2026	7 (12%)	31 (53%)	20 (34%)	0	+100	4
October 20, 2026	6 (10%)	35 (59%)	18 (31%)	0	+100	4
October 19, 2026	6 (11%)	34 (60%)	17 (30%)	0	+100	4
October 18, 2026	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	58	+100	4
October 17, 2026	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	61	+100	4
October 16, 2026	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	64	+100	4
October 15, 2026	9 (14%)	31 (47%)	26 (39%)	0	+100	4
October 14, 2026	10 (15%)	31 (46%)	26 (39%)	0	+100	4
October 13, 2026	9 (13%)	32 (48%)	26 (39%)	0	+100	4
October 12, 2026	11 (17%)	29 (45%)	25 (38%)	0	+100	4
October 11, 2026	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	65	+100	4
October 10, 2026	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	63	+100	4
October 9, 2026	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	64	+100	4
October 8, 2026	9 (16%)	29 (50%)	20 (34%)	0	+100	4
October 7, 2026	10 (17%)	29 (50%)	19 (33%)	0	+100	4
October 6, 2026	9 (16%)	28 (50%)	19 (34%)	0	+100	4
October 5, 2026	6 (11%)	31 (56%)	18 (33%)	0	+100	4
October 4, 2026	6 (11%)	28 (51%)	21 (38%)	0	+100	4
October 3, 2026	5 (8%)	32 (53%)	23 (38%)	0	+100	4
October 2, 2026	6 (10%)	32 (53%)	22 (37%)	0	+100	4
October 1, 2026	6 (10%)	32 (53%)	22 (37%)	0	+100	4
September 30, 2026	6 (10%)	30 (50%)	24 (40%)	0	+100	4
September 29, 2026	6 (10%)	30 (49%)	25 (41%)	0	+100	4
September 28, 2026	6 (10%)	29 (48%)	25 (42%)	0	+100	4
September 27, 2026	8 (14%)	26 (44%)	25 (42%)	0	+100	4
September 26, 2026	8 (12%)	30 (46%)	27 (42%)	0	+100	4
September 25, 2026	6 (9%)	33 (49%)	28 (42%)	0	+100	4
September 24, 2026	3 (5%)	34 (52%)	28 (43%)	0	+100	4
September 23, 2026	4 (6%)	33 (53%)	25 (40%)	0	+100	4
September 22, 2026	3 (5%)	35 (55%)	26 (41%)	0	+100	4
September 21, 2026	3 (5%)	33 (53%)	26 (42%)	0	+100	4
September 20, 2026	3 (5%)	30 (52%)	25 (43%)	0	+100	4
September 19, 2026	3 (5%)	29 (50%)	26 (45%)	0	+100	4
September 18, 2026	4 (7%)	27 (44%)	30 (49%)	0	+100	4
September 17, 2026	4 (7%)	29 (48%)	28 (46%)	0	+100	4
September 16, 2026	5 (8%)	32 (50%)	27 (42%)	0	+100	4
September 15, 2026	6 (9%)	32 (48%)	28 (42%)	0	+100	4
September 14, 2026	6 (10%)	31 (49%)	26 (41%)	0	+100	4
September 13, 2026	6 (9%)	30 (46%)	29 (45%)	0	+100	4
September 12, 2026	6 (9%)	29 (45%)	29 (45%)	0	+100	4
September 11, 2026	6 (9%)	35 (54%)	24 (37%)	0	+100	4
September 10, 2026	9 (14%)	29 (45%)	26 (41%)	0	+100	4
September 9, 2026	8 (13%)	30 (48%)	25 (40%)	0	+100	4
September 8, 2026	9 (14%)	30 (48%)	24 (38%)	0	+100	4
September 7, 2026	8 (13%)	30 (48%)	25 (40%)	0	+100	4
September 6, 2026	11 (17%)	29 (46%)	23 (37%)	0	+100	4
September 5, 2026	9 (14%)	29 (46%)	25 (40%)	0	+100	4
September 4, 2026	11 (18%)	26 (42%)	25 (40%)	0	+100	4
September 3, 2026	10 (16%)	27 (42%)	27 (42%)	0	+100	4
September 2, 2026	10 (15%)	30 (45%)	27 (40%)	0	+100	4
September 1, 2026	8 (12%)	31 (48%)	26 (40%)	0	+100	4
August 31, 2026	8 (13%)	30 (47%)	26 (41%)	0	+100	4
August 30, 2026	8 (13%)	29 (45%)	27 (42%)	0	+100	4
August 29, 2026	8 (13%)	28 (45%)	26 (42%)	0	+100	4
August 28, 2026	9 (15%)	26 (43%)	26 (43%)	0	+100	4
August 27, 2026	10 (16%)	26 (43%)	25 (41%)	0	+100	4
August 26, 2026	10 (19%)	26 (50%)	16 (31%)	0	+100	3
August 25, 2026	5 (8%)	29 (47%)	28 (45%)	0	+100	4
August 24, 2026	4 (6%)	30 (46%)	31 (48%)	0	+100	4
August 23, 2026	3 (5%)	31 (48%)	31 (48%)	0	+100	4
August 22, 2026	3 (5%)	32 (49%)	30 (46%)	0	+100	4
August 21, 2026	3 (5%)	31 (49%)	29 (46%)	0	+100	4
August 20, 2026	4 (6%)	30 (48%)	28 (45%)	0	+100	4
August 19, 2026	5 (8%)	30 (46%)	30 (46%)	0	+100	4
August 18, 2026	3 (5%)	31 (49%)	29 (46%)	0	+100	4
August 17, 2026	3 (5%)	30 (48%)	29 (47%)	0	+100	4
August 16, 2026	2 (3%)	29 (48%)	30 (49%)	0	+100	4
August 15, 2026	3 (5%)	34 (52%)	28 (43%)	0	+100	4
August 14, 2026	3 (5%)	29 (45%)	32 (50%)	0	+100	4
August 13, 2026	3 (5%)	31 (47%)	32 (48%)	0	+100	4
August 12, 2026	4 (6%)	29 (45%)	31 (48%)	0	+100	4
August 11, 2026	3 (5%)	27 (42%)	34 (53%)	0	+100	4
August 10, 2026	2 (3%)	29 (45%)	34 (52%)	0	+100	4
August 9, 2026	3 (5%)	27 (42%)	35 (54%)	0	+100	4
August 8, 2026	3 (5%)	30 (45%)	33 (50%)	0	+100	4
August 7, 2026	2 (3%)	27 (46%)	30 (51%)	0	+100	4
August 6, 2026	2 (3%)	27 (46%)	30 (51%)	0	+100	4
August 5, 2026	3 (5%)	26 (43%)	32 (52%)	0	+100	4
August 4, 2026	3 (5%)	29 (48%)	29 (48%)	0	+100	4
August 3, 2026	4 (8%)	26 (54%)	18 (38%)	0	+100	3
August 2, 2026	4 (8%)	27 (56%)	17 (35%)	0	+100	3
August 1, 2026	5 (10%)	25 (51%)	19 (39%)	0	+100	3
July 31, 2026	7 (11%)	26 (43%)	28 (46%)	0	+100	4
July 30, 2026	6 (10%)	26 (42%)	30 (48%)	0	+100	4
July 29, 2026	4 (7%)	29 (48%)	27 (45%)	0	+100	4
July 28, 2026	6 (10%)	28 (46%)	27 (44%)	0	+100	4
July 27, 2026	6 (10%)	28 (45%)	28 (45%)	0	+100	4
July 26, 2026	6 (10%)	28 (47%)	26 (43%)	0	+100	4
July 25, 2026	5 (8%)	30 (48%)	27 (44%)	0	+100	4
July 24, 2026	5 (8%)	33 (53%)	24 (39%)	0	+100	4
July 23, 2026	2 (3%)	35 (57%)	24 (39%)	0	+100	4
July 22, 2026	4 (7%)	31 (51%)	26 (43%)	0	+100	4
July 21, 2026	5 (8%)	29 (48%)	26 (43%)	0	+100	4
July 20, 2026	7 (11%)	29 (48%)	25 (41%)	0	+100	4
July 19, 2026	5 (11%)	23 (51%)	17 (38%)	0	+100	3
July 18, 2026	8 (13%)	26 (42%)	28 (45%)	0	+100	4
July 17, 2026	5 (8%)	28 (45%)	29 (47%)	0	+100	4
July 16, 2026	3 (5%)	27 (46%)	29 (49%)	0	+100	4
July 15, 2026	4 (7%)	28 (47%)	28 (47%)	0	+100	4
July 14, 2026	4 (7%)	30 (49%)	27 (44%)	0	+100	4
July 13, 2026	4 (7%)	29 (48%)	28 (46%)	0	+100	4
July 12, 2026	2 (3%)	26 (44%)	31 (53%)	0	+100	4
July 11, 2026	5 (8%)	30 (48%)	28 (44%)	0	+100	4
July 10, 2026	7 (11%)	28 (44%)	28 (44%)	0	+100	4
July 9, 2026	3 (5%)	26 (41%)	35 (55%)	0	+100	4
July 8, 2026	3 (5%)	28 (44%)	33 (52%)	0	+100	4
July 7, 2026	5 (8%)	29 (47%)	28 (45%)	0	+100	4
July 6, 2026	7 (11%)	32 (51%)	24 (38%)	0	+100	4
July 5, 2026	4 (6%)	33 (49%)	30 (45%)	0	+100	4
July 4, 2026	2 (3%)	33 (51%)	30 (46%)	0	+100	4
July 3, 2026	3 (5%)	31 (49%)	29 (46%)	0	+100	4
July 2, 2026	1 (2%)	35 (53%)	30 (45%)	0	+100	4
July 1, 2026	1 (1%)	36 (54%)	30 (45%)	0	+100	4
June 30, 2026	2 (3%)	35 (53%)	29 (44%)	0	+100	4
June 29, 2026	3 (5%)	37 (56%)	26 (39%)	0	+100	4
June 28, 2026	2 (3%)	36 (54%)	29 (43%)	0	+100	4
June 27, 2026	2 (3%)	33 (50%)	31 (47%)	0	+100	4
June 26, 2026	2 (3%)	33 (49%)	32 (48%)	0	+100	4
June 25, 2026	5 (8%)	28 (44%)	31 (48%)	0	+100	4
June 24, 2026	5 (8%)	26 (42%)	31 (50%)	0	+100	4
June 23, 2026	4 (6%)	27 (44%)	31 (50%)	0	+100	4
June 22, 2026	3 (5%)	29 (45%)	32 (50%)	0	+100	4
June 21, 2026	2 (3%)	27 (44%)	33 (53%)	0	+100	4
June 20, 2026	2 (3%)	25 (42%)	33 (55%)	0	+100	4
June 19, 2026	2 (3%)	28 (47%)	29 (49%)	0	+100	4
June 18, 2026	5 (8%)	27 (45%)	28 (47%)	0	+100	4
June 17, 2026	3 (5%)	27 (45%)	30 (50%)	0	+100	4
June 16, 2026	5 (8%)	27 (45%)	28 (47%)	0	+100	4
June 15, 2026	3 (5%)	29 (49%)	27 (46%)	0	+100	4
June 14, 2026	4 (7%)	28 (47%)	27 (46%)	0	+100	4
June 13, 2026	4 (7%)	26 (46%)	26 (46%)	0	+100	4
June 12, 2026	3 (5%)	30 (51%)	26 (44%)	0	+100	4
June 11, 2026	4 (7%)	28 (46%)	29 (48%)	0	+100	4
June 10, 2026	2 (5%)	22 (51%)	19 (44%)	0	+100	3
June 9, 2026	4 (12%)	18 (53%)	12 (35%)	0	+100	2
June 8, 2026	3 (9%)	19 (56%)	12 (35%)	0	+100	2

Historical trajectory

Today's charge on each music chart

Spotify Top 50 - USA +100 Decent 20 of its top 20 songs read
iTunes Download Chart - USA +100 Decent 20 of its top 20 songs read
Shazam Top 200 - USA +100 Decent 19 of its top 20 songs read
YouTube Trending - USA +100 Degraded 17 of its top 20 songs read

Each bar runs left of center for a negative charge and right of it for a positive one, on the same −100 to +100 scale. The Unified Charge Chart combines these music charts into the single chart counted above.

How the Pop Music Tracker works

The Rising Compass describes itself as a tool that analyzes and tracks the messages found in popular music. It reads the lyrics of each song on the charts it follows and gives the song a charge from −100 to +100, which places the song in one of five tiers. This page sorts those tiers by the direction of the message and counts them.

Tier	Charge	Counted here as
Ascended	+75 to +100	Positive messaging
Elevated	+25 to +74	Positive messaging
Decent	−24 to +24	Neutral (Decent)
Degraded	−25 to −74	Negative messaging
Corrupted	−75 to −100	Negative messaging

Every share on this page is a share of the songs the Compass could read that day. Instrumentals, songs without published lyrics, pre-orders and skits carry no charge, so they are counted as not read and left out of the shares.

The Unified Charge Chart is the Compass's combination of four daily US music charts: the Spotify Top 50, the iTunes download chart, the Shazam Top 200 and YouTube Trending. A song that appears on several of them is listed once.

Every charge here is the Compass's, read from it once a day at noon Eastern, so a song the Compass recalibrates updates here on its own, within a week at most. The Illus Caden only counts. The Rising Compass methodology explains how a charge is made.

Changelog

v1.0.1 October 7, 2026

Reads the Rising Compass once a day, at noon Eastern, instead of whenever the page loads.
v1.0.0 October 3, 2026

First version: positive and negative messaging on the Rising Compass Unified Charge Chart by day, the Compass's day charge, each source chart's charge today, and today's songs.