Songs of the Summer 2019

yeah 'anybody' is as good as anything burna has done

I am unreasonably excited for his new album

He also has a (solo!) track on the Beyoncé/Lion King album that’s coming out tomorrow.

oh and rob, I added Jamila’s “MILES” to the playlist.

ha nice, I do like acknowledging that summer can also mean hot/humid/pissed off

There's a lot of potential in that Lion King tracklist, but I listened to most of "Spirit" this morning and uh, it sucks, no? I never like Beyonce in that mode though

miles is good but my jamila song of the summer is basquiat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XezEKGO7Tys

“Spirit” is from the movie soundtrack itself and doubles on the *other* album, the one that she has “curated”, so it will hopefully be an outlier there.

xp of course

Someone sent me this on Twitter, quite enjoying even tho its not much of an alteration from the original sample:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5T8c250kPVQ

thread needs more videos shot in Chicago apartment kitchens

― alpine static, Thursday, July 18, 2019 9:47 AM (four hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

true of every thread

sizzling is great, so is the rest of that EP

i just wanna luh u
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bM50ahgsRMc

can't stand anything on that Daphni EP, personally.

Beyoncé in summery afropop mode:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8IadO0O2nw

“Find Your Way Back”

Not sure what there is to dislike about “sizzling”

xp
it's pretty damn flawless imo

Très chaud: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kHnFYzYC-0
Sidiki Diabaté ft. Safarel Obiang • BKO-ABJ

Another one from the Afropop thread:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBWdmypdkYI
Diamond Platnumz • Kanyaga

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vVhHD-_IzM

Biig Piig - Sunny

Jenny Hval - High Alice

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxvnQGY4wPI

this random Willow song from 3-4 years ago blew up on TikTok in June and I feel like a couple million kids will strongly associate it with this summer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pC4RRPY32RY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2j3x0VYnehg

Rosalía x Ozuna • Yo x Ti, Tu x Mi

For all the sleepwalking panenka scorers, Lizz - Rise Again

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_76mN6BZdM

oops thats the wrong one, keeper saved it!

retake!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN8Aq0SH99g

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqBV_QDDPUk
LIBERATO - OI MARÌ (CAPRI RDV Ep.02)

That's a damn good find!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBioIsLoXoE

Swae Lee ft. Drake • Won’t Be Late

Summer, fall, winter and spring:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hywcq4KTJAQ

Busy Signal • Balloon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJdMgYIELMM
Alina Pash - Slukhay

Been listening to her recent album a lot this summer - there's a lot more traditional instrumentation in there than you'd expect.

At tonight’s VMAs:

SONG OF SUMMER PRESENTED BY SAMSUNG:
Ariana Grande & Social House – "boyfriend" -- WINNER
Billie Eilish – “bad guy”
DaBaby – “Suge”
Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber – “I Don't Care”
Jonas Brothers – “Sucker”
Khalid – “Talk”
Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus – “Old Town Road (Remix)”
Lil Tecca – “Ransom”
Lizzo – “Truth Hurts”
Miley Cyrus- “Mother’s Daughter”
Post Malone ft. Young Thug – “Goodbyes”
ROSALÍA & J Balvin ft. El Guincho – “Con Altura”
Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello – “Señorita”
Taylor Swift – “You Need To Calm Down”
The Chainsmokers & Bebe Rexha – “Call You Mine”
Young Thug ft. J. Cole & Travis Scott – “The London”

In honor of its big win:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SRxBTtspYM

I love Ariana, and I wish I could say deserved winner, but in what climate / timezone / hemisphere is “Boyfriend” the Song of Summer?

(added it to the playlist of course)

Those noms are garbage.

Too right, so let’s forget about those SamSungs and continue to focus on our own Songs of Zimmer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnO3wxDfJXw
Lulu James • Zim Zimmer

Little known fact: she has her own thread.

Lovely reggaeton:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a76lWh5yJCU
Ceasese ft. Polimá Westcoast & Young Cister • Te quiero ver

I love Ariana, and I wish I could say deserved winner, but in what climate / timezone / hemisphere is “Boyfriend” the Song of Summer?

It was a fairly big hit in a lot of countries, and has a fresh, summery vibe. Doesn’t seem like a crazy choice!

Don’t get me wrong, it’s nice and it totally fits on this thread, but it’s not even a big hit by Ariana’s standards, let alone the kind of dominant song that defines a summer for lots of people, which is the point of this type of award afaict.

Turns out it’s a social media award, so it really reflects online mobilization.