By Peter Tuskan of RCS Media Monitors
Chart Highlights –– 8 May 2025
📈 Top Debut: Lorde’s ‘What Was That’ notches up 329 spins
🔥 Heating Up: Shaboozey & Myles Smith blaze in at #28 with ‘Blink Twice’
❄️ Cooling Down: ‘Carry You Home’ by Alex Warren slides to #32
Lorde makes her long-awaited return to Australian radio this week, with her latest single ‘What Was That’ debuting at #27 on the RCS Media Monitors National Radio Airplay Chart.
Sydney’s 2DayFM, triple j and Hit101.3 led the charge on spins, while Nova Network held back slightly, contributing just 10 plays nationally.
Landing one spot below at #28, ‘Blink Twice’ by Shaboozey & Myles Smith makes a strong entry, powered largely by Nova, which averaged 25.2 spins per metro station to push the collab into the chart.
Both acts are no strangers to Top 40 success: Shaboozey recently topped the chart with ‘A Bar Song (Tipsy)’, while Myles Smith peaked at #2 with ‘Stargazing’.
Meanwhile, Alex Warren’s ‘Carry You Home’ featuring Ella Henderson takes a tumble, dropping down the chart after shedding 103 spins this week (–27.4%). The track previously peaked at #3 in December 2024.