In Erin's 9/26/19 hooked.evd, "SummerCoolDown," she asked what tracks we hoped would have risen higher on the charts this summer.
I took her question and tried to apply the same premise of a Summer Cool Down. This list pairs some of my favorite songs from the summer, and ones that I hope blow up this fall. I also tried to feature strong female vocal performances, and kicked off the list with three strong female performers: Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus, and Lana Del Rey.
Erin went with Ariana Grande's "Boyfriend," but I went with "Don't Call Me Angel." In a conversation I had with Erin, she said that "DCMA" gave her Ariana-Fatigue but "Boyfriend" felt fresh to her. I feel the opposite. To me, "BF" is just a continuation of the lightweight, disposable, self-important navel-gazing she's kind of trademarked over her past two albums. "DCMA" is a return to high energy, glossy, hard-working pop music that won me over on her Dangerous Woman album.
I'm rooting for Saweetie, and even though "My Type" isn't my favorite track off her latest album, I thought it was a great simple summer song. So much so I'm bookending the body of the playlist with two remixes of it. A bombastic instrumental, all these guest flows pop over it.
I follow that up doubling-down on Erin's lament of "Motivation" not making a bigger splash. What I said before about a pop track working hard, this one does that. A lot going on in a tight little piece of pop euphoria. Maybe they are making it look too easy?
IMO, Lizzo for sure won the summer with "Truth Hurts" and she's winning the fall with "Good As Hell," which Erin put on her list. We can only imagine what could have happened with "TH" if it hadn't been for "Old Town Road."
The list concludes with "Hot Girl Summer" which definitely has an end-of-summer vibe. Unlike on "Megatron," Nicki sounds relevant on this track. I loved her album Queen, but it does play more like a victory lap instead a contemporary player on the scene. Which is fine! She's earned it!
I took her question and tried to apply the same premise of a Summer Cool Down. This list pairs some of my favorite songs from the summer, and ones that I hope blow up this fall. I also tried to feature strong female vocal performances, and kicked off the list with three strong female performers: Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus, and Lana Del Rey.
Erin went with Ariana Grande's "Boyfriend," but I went with "Don't Call Me Angel." In a conversation I had with Erin, she said that "DCMA" gave her Ariana-Fatigue but "Boyfriend" felt fresh to her. I feel the opposite. To me, "BF" is just a continuation of the lightweight, disposable, self-important navel-gazing she's kind of trademarked over her past two albums. "DCMA" is a return to high energy, glossy, hard-working pop music that won me over on her Dangerous Woman album.
I'm rooting for Saweetie, and even though "My Type" isn't my favorite track off her latest album, I thought it was a great simple summer song. So much so I'm bookending the body of the playlist with two remixes of it. A bombastic instrumental, all these guest flows pop over it.
I follow that up doubling-down on Erin's lament of "Motivation" not making a bigger splash. What I said before about a pop track working hard, this one does that. A lot going on in a tight little piece of pop euphoria. Maybe they are making it look too easy?
IMO, Lizzo for sure won the summer with "Truth Hurts" and she's winning the fall with "Good As Hell," which Erin put on her list. We can only imagine what could have happened with "TH" if it hadn't been for "Old Town Road."
The list concludes with "Hot Girl Summer" which definitely has an end-of-summer vibe. Unlike on "Megatron," Nicki sounds relevant on this track. I loved her album Queen, but it does play more like a victory lap instead a contemporary player on the scene. Which is fine! She's earned it!
- Matt
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