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The 50 Best Songs of 2024
Varety picks the best songs of 2024, including Kendrick Lamar, Charli XCX, Chappell Roan, Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, Beyonce and Sabrina Carpenter.
Taking ownership of the instillment of fear works for her here, even as she throws in hilariously strange and scary asides like “Don’t you worry, folks, we took out all her teeth.” Of course the reference to “I levitate down your street” gave a great license to the Eras Tour’s production team to design a vehicle that created just that illusion on stage. The pair collaborated on a remix of “Von Dutch,” the first single on the latter’s Grammy-nominated “Brat.” Taking inspiration from Lana Del Rey’s early theatrical arrangements, “Diet Pepsi,” with its campy visuals and down-tempo allure, paved the way for Rae’s career-shifting year. The lyrics are deeply personal, and fairly ironic: As a music business veteran who’s flown a bit under the radar for several albums, Rothman describes how industry handlers previously encouraged them to use a sometimes troubled life story as fodder to land press coverage.
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