Summer is pretty much here (at least in the northern hemisphere), and you know what that means. It means firing up the old grill, cracking some beers on the porch, and diving headlong into the nearest large body of water to protect you from the blistering heat of the sun.
But friends, what are you gonna be listening to during all of that? You need a song of the summer. We all need a song of the summer.
The contenders so far:
DJ Khaled invited all of his best friends over to his house to record a song and shoot a video. He just wants to shout his name and have a good time. He loves his friends so much. Also mostly naked women, so uh, use caution watching this one at work.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weeI1G46q0o
Carly Rae Jepsen is back with a hot single, and she knows everything there is to know about feel good pop music. It's easy and breezy, and what we've come to expect from her.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qlsu7RhOnsQ
But even more surprising that Carly Rae being back, we've got Hanson. Yes, that Hanson. Out of nowhere they have returned and dropped a sweet new pop song infused with some riffs of, "Oh, Hanson is probably all dads now, aren't they?"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8IkOMrxcHs
So what do y'all think? What are we gonna be hearing from every radio this summer?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OqrcUvrbRY
song of slience cover from disturbed is currently winning
The song of the summer only cares for the present
tops - petals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lguSVD7piyo
j hus - did you see
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rk6_Ax0mQo
waxahatchee - silver
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBpMXuzHR3I
Sony will win every Tuesday. But lose the final countdown.
Counterpoint: Los Angeles is basically eternally summer, so I can have a summer song for as long as I want
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2FDPgvm2l0
Truly real choice(technically the best from summer 2016 if you ask me)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3YZTYXftzg
.. then I turned it off because I was at work and I didn't want to risk anything.
I guess that would be a fair recompense for living in L.A.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=effZUjig794
I don't love the rest of the album, but that one's rad
So have Kpop's song of the summer from 5 years go
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-rftpZ7kCY
A song about the small battle to keep breathing
In case folk want to dance to punk pop this summer
and uh song of the summer is Slide
I don't even know
For me it was Patrick Klepek posting about the horns in the opening to Emotion.
Call Me Maybe is the best
3DS: 2981-5304-3227
Heels DOWN, god-damnit!
(This one definitely counts because it came out yesterday)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzJGWAfmBco
(And here's the most summer of the tracks off their new album)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSivlaSVk1k
I liked this one a lot!
https://youtu.be/kU4uhbjG8R0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6znQrUTkcs
25 year anniversary song/music/makeout video is really something else.
I also liked this one. They felt like the band that would show up in the middle of a B movie for absolutely no reason.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6srTkdaM5rs
Last summer my asshole best friends made my listen to this song four million times in a single long weekend
Thusly my perpetual summer playlist:
"Sandra has a good solid anti-murderer vibe. My skin felt very secure and sufficiently attached to my body when I met her. Also my organs." HAIL SATAN
https://youtu.be/TwjMiWgCi8E
https://youtu.be/WFtFKrFlIYw
https://youtu.be/fA3PKsMOffU
https://youtu.be/pBkHHoOIIn8
https://youtu.be/SjDHqdcvv-A
It's a thing that lets your refrigerator talk to amazon.com and order more food to be delivered when you get low.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=il9nqWw9W3Y
As far as this year goes, I kicked off the summer with a Ninja Sex Party concert, and I've been on a real NSP and Tupper Ware Remix Party kick ever since.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOWWaRbZucE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RE6EuHyjU8