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Who Will Have 2024’s Song of the Summer? Sabrina Carpenter, Post Malone and Billie Eilish Are All in the Running
Who will have 2024's Song of the Summer? Sabrina Carpenter, Post Malone, Billie Eilish and more lead our top 10 (OK, top 11) predictions...
It even opens with a tinny-sounding intro, as if it were already coming out of a tiny speaker, but make no mistake, this is a very sophisticated pop song: It’s like an espresso shot of lyric memes, from summer imagery like “My ‘give a fucks’ are on vacation” and “Honey bee, come and get this pollen” to newly created verbs like “I dream-came-true’d it/ Mountain Dew’ed it/ brand-new’ed it for ya.” Julian Bunetta’s production contributes to the radio/phone-ready vibe as well, with the instruments blended together like an old mono recording, creating a big, fizzy sound that’s designed to burst out of little speakers. It’s why “Not Like Us” stood out from the rest: After dropping the scathing “Meet the Grahams” and “Euphoria,” Lamar cleverly set his sights on both his lyrical foe and the club, couching sinister accusations of pedophilia and colonization among some of the hookiest chants in his discography. “Birds” seems like the cut that’s getting the biggest organic fan boost heading into June, and, counterintuitively, it may be because it’s the song on Eilish’s album that is least identifiable as her The groove is tending toward light R&B, and the sentiment toward pure love — neither one of those things Billie’s most obvious hallmark.
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