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Doja Cat has gone punk rock
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Saweetie's new single that has the very early 2020's sound (like Doja Cat's "Say So")
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Here is Cold Cold Heart (PNAU Remix) by Elton John and Dua Lipa.  It is technically a song from 2021, but it peaked at #1 in Canada the first week of January 2022 (and still holding strong at the top in it's 7th week) and peaked at #7 in the US the 2nd week of January 2022.  I love this one so much!

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Here is Cold Cold Heart (PNAU Remix) by Elton John and Dua Lipa.  It is technically a song from 2021, but it peaked at #1 in Canada the first week of January 2022 (and still holding strong at the top in it's 7th week) and peaked at #7 in the US the 2nd week of January 2022.  I love this one so much!

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It's good but I consider it a 2021 song. I remember hearing it play on the radio always in Fall of 2021.

I don't think this thread has been started yet so here it is.

Doja Cat has gone punk rock
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Saweetie's new single that has the very early 2020's sound (like Doja Cat's "Say So")
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The fact that Doja is switching to punk rock with that song is a sign that the mid 2020s are nearing.

Here is another song with that classic early 2020s sound:

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Hey, wanna see something super uncanny? Check this out, just dropped a few minutes ago:

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I really, really want them to hit it big. They could be the kick in the pants 2020s music needs to get out of its creativity rut.

Hey, wanna see something super uncanny? Check this out, just dropped a few minutes ago:

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I really, really want them to hit it big. They could be the kick in the pants 2020s music needs to get out of its creativity rut.


My faith in mainstream music is officially revived if this ends up topping the charts

Kanye West attacks Pete Davidson (Kim Kardashian boyfriend) on his new song “Eazy”

My faith in mainstream music is officially revived if this ends up topping the charts


Yeah, that song sounds very unique and ambient.

Yeah, that song sounds very unique and ambient.


What’s funny is I actually consider Dreamcatching one of their weakest songs. They have way more incredible stuff. They absolutely blew me away when I first learned about them, and I know their debut LP was hailed as AOTY by plenty of commentators and critics. Even the Melon loved it!

I'm just trying not to get in to new music, not that there's a lot of good music out there anyways. Even if I hear a song I like, it might trigger bad memories of this current time if I listen to it in the future.

My faith in mainstream music is officially revived if this ends up topping the charts

Same. It sounds unique and futuristic. But I doubt it will be mainstream. Mainstream radio is too afraid to put something new out there.

Actually the music's not that bad afterall:


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Actually the music's not that bad afterall:


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I like this one. I'll add it to my playlist.

Hey, wanna see something super uncanny? Check this out, just dropped a few minutes ago:

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I really, really want them to hit it big. They could be the kick in the pants 2020s music needs to get out of its creativity rut.


I haven't bern this intrigued by a Pop song since "Paper Planes" by M.I.A.

I haven't bern this intrigued by a Pop song since "Paper Planes" by M.I.A.

It's not a pop song though.

Hey, wanna see something super uncanny? Check this out, just dropped a few minutes ago:

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I really, really want them to hit it big. They could be the kick in the pants 2020s music needs to get out of its creativity rut.

Can you guys imagine if this would be the sound of the 2020s???...

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With how big 2000s throwbacks have been getting, I could see this gaining traction if they got more popular on YouTube. All they really need is to be seen. They're on an indie label and have released their first full-length album; they just need to be found by one of the bigger labels.

It's not a pop song though.


What genre would this fall under?

BTW, I just heard "Killshot" a couple of days ago and can't get it out of my head.

What genre would this fall under?

BTW, I just heard "Killshot" a couple of days ago and can't get it out of my head.


Wikipedia says synthpop, indie pop, alt pop, and electro pop.

Here are 2 that I am enjoying so far ...

Sophie Simmons - Love Turns Lonely
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Charli XCX and Rina Sawayama - Beg For You
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There's much more where that came from:

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With how big 2000s throwbacks have been getting, I could see this gaining traction if they got more popular on YouTube. All they really need is to be seen. They're on an indie label and have released their first full-length album; they just need to be found by one of the bigger labels.


I finally added the Dreamcatcher song to my Spotify as well as the entire album. It actually is my favorite album of the year so far. It has a very calming effect. It's very unique yet at the same time reminds me of something I may have listen to in the past. I can't quite make out what but maybe a mash-up of Jamiroquai, Kylie Minogue (Fever album), a little The Cardigans and Cocteau Twins.


Here are 2 that I am enjoying so far ...

Sophie Simmons - Love Turns Lonely
Charli XCX and Rina Sawayama - Beg For You


I wasn't quite feeling these two, but here's a recent one:

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Reminds me of the Wiz Khalifa song from the first movie

This one has been an earworm lately:

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This particular song reminds me of Zedd, best known for the "Clarity" song back in 2013.

Harry Style's new song is kinda generic and not that Interesting.

This one has been an earworm lately:

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This particular song reminds me of Zedd, best known for the "Clarity" song back in 2013.


Yeah, that one and Hysterical Us are my favorites from the album. Man, I really hope these guys can hit it big(ger). They would seriously change the face of popular music if they did.

Yeah, that one and Hysterical Us are my favorites from the album. Man, I really hope these guys can hit it big(ger). They would seriously change the face of popular music if they did.


Hysterical Us is a good one as well. Technically this album was released in 2021 so it's more of a 2021 holdover if it doesn't belong with that year.

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2022's music isn't looking bad!

Also Harry Styles new song isn't terrible. It's just generic and a little boring. But not bad.


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High by the Chainsmokers isn't terrible either. You still have that early '20s feel in the air in 2022 which is partly defined by good music.

Another good one by The Weeknd.


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2022 ain't half bad for music! In fact if it continues this way, it may even beat 2021!

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2022 ain't half bad for music! In fact if it continues this way, it may even beat 2021!


I dunno. Some of these songs are ok enough to be added to my Spotify playlist, but they mostly sound generic and mediocre at best. Overall 2021 was much better. 2022 reminds me of 2006 in that way, which many people liked the music of that year compared to the years prior since it was less rap and R&B based and more emo rock, adult contemporary, and of course the Timbaland produced electro pop of JT and Nelly Furtado. It depends on what type of music you're into.

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I dunno. Some of these songs are ok enough to be added to my Spotify playlist, but they mostly sound generic and mediocre at best. Overall 2021 was much better. 2022 reminds me of 2006 in that way, which many people liked the music of that year compared to the years prior since it was less rap and R&B based and more emo rock, adult contemporary, and of course the Timbaland produced electro pop of JT and Nelly Furtado. It depends on what type of music you're into.

We'll have to wait until the summer until I can officially declare 2022 as the second best year of the 2020s for music so far. It won't beat 2020 for sure though. But the early 2020s have proven to be an awesome era for pop music.

We'll have to wait until the summer until I can officially declare 2022 as the second best year of the 2020s for music so far. It won't beat 2020 for sure though. But the early 2020s have proven to be an awesome era for pop music.


Eh, they’re okay if you’re into alternative and underground. Billboard stuff is totally forgettable.

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I just keep finding all these random songs released recently on YouTube.

I just keep finding all these random songs released recently on YouTube.


I wouldn't have known about them if you haven't shared them on here. Meanwhile on the Billboard charts the Harry Styles song is #1. #2 is "Heat Waves" by Glass Animals which sounded dry and bland. Overall the songs of this year are slower, or at least start off slow but the main hook has an EDM sound.

I wouldn't have known about them if you haven't shared them on here. Meanwhile on the Billboard charts the Harry Styles song is #1. #2 is "Heat Waves" by Glass Animals which sounded dry and bland. Overall the songs of this year are slower, or at least start off slow but the main hook has an EDM sound.

I don't understand why Heat Waves is number 2 and suddenly so popular. That song was popular in fall 2021. I was hearing it on the radio then, why is it still popular now and even more popular? Makes no sense. I still think of that song as a 2021 song.

As it was isn't bad it's just a little bland and boring. Not horrible but not great either.

I don't understand why Heat Waves is number 2 and suddenly so popular. That song was popular in fall 2021. I was hearing it on the radio then, why is it still popular now and even more popular? Makes no sense. I still think of that song as a 2021 song.

As it was isn't bad it's just a little bland and boring. Not horrible but not great either.


There's plenty of 2021 holdovers in the charts, and some even from 2020 like Save Your Tears by the Weekend and Ariana Grande which is from his After Hours album.

I do like the instrumental synth solo of As It Was, which kind of reminds me of "Take On Me" by A-ha only with a different melody but similar pattern.

I am really enjoying the new single from Mabel.  She performs it with Jax Jones and Galantis, all three artists I've been a fan of for quite sometime ...

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I am really enjoying the new single from Mabel.  She performs it with Joel Corry and Galantis, all three artists I've been a fan of for quite sometime ...

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Yes, that reminds me of something from the early 90's.

Kendrick Lamar finally crawled from under his rock, so......that's good  :)

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This song screams 2020s...

Best popular song of the year? Or maybe second best next to The Weeknd's Sacrifice.

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OK THIS may actually be the best popular song of 2022... It sounds unique, futuristic, and original. The Chainsmokers are very talented musicians.

Dang 2022 is a really good year for music. I won't even wait for the summer, I'm declaring 2022 as the second best year for music this decade so far. It already beat 2021.

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This song screams 2020s...

Best popular song of the year? Or maybe second best next to The Weeknd's Sacrifice.


This song screams 2022. The song and video is about the war in Ukraine, and it reminds me of songs about the pandemic in 2020 like "Stuck with U" by Ariana Grande w/Justin Bieber, "Level of Concern" by Twenty One Pilots, or "Tootsie Slide" by Drake.



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OK THIS may actually be the best popular song of 2022... It sounds unique, futuristic, and original. The Chainsmokers are very talented musicians.

Dang 2022 is a really good year for music. I won't even wait for the summer, I'm declaring 2022 as the second best year for music this decade so far. It already beat 2021.


I added this one to my playlist as well. Their iPad song was good too. It's pretty close but I'm not sure if it's better than 2021 in quality. It may have it beat in quantity though. There are a lot of good/decent songs that are worthy of being added to my playlist, but not too many songs I really love, and probably nothing that will want to take me back to this horrific year.

I say it's still on par with 2006, which also released most of its good songs in the first 4 months while the summer just had JT, Fergie, and a few others but declined overall.

Here's a recent one that's more of my type:

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This is from a few months ago but should get a mention. Also one of my favorite songs of the year, maybe because it has the Weekend.

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This song really sucks


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Eh, sorry, none of these are doing it for me.

Eh, sorry, none of these are doing it for me.


Yeah, other than Magdalena Bay, I haven't been impressed by anything else in this thread. Most of it is just ok to me.  :-\\

I am really enjoying the new hit single Headphones by a singer named Reve.  She performs it with a production duo called Banx & Ranx.

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Already this year, she previously had a hit called CTRL + ALT + DEL which I also enjoyed

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Yeah it does. His "Stay" song from last year was so much better.


Yeah, other than Magdalena Bay, I haven't been impressed by anything else in this thread. Most of it is just ok to me.  :-\\


Yeah, and I'm not even sure if Magdalena Bay is considering 2022 since her album released in October 2021. If their songs were on the charts this year than that would be one thing.

But so far just a handful of songs that I really enjoy, like "Closer" by Saweetie, the 2 Chainsmokers songs, The Weekend, "Moth to a Flame" by Swedish House Mafia w/The Weekend, and just a few others. Most of these songs are mediocre at best.

Yeah it does. His "Stay" song from last year was so much better.

I agree, though for Stay I prefer the version with the late Juice Wrld in it (you can find it on YouTube).

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I hate Ctrl alt del. I always hear that on the radio and switch the station when I do.

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This song is pretty decent and at least Spotify playlist worthy, though I liked his 2019 song "Talk" a lot more.


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Not this. He should have just stuck with Gangnam Style as that's all he'll ever be remembered for.

Here is Hallucination by Regard featuring Years & Years.  It's been out for a while this year already, but I realized I've not mentioned it yet.  It samples the 2015 hit Don't Be So Shy by Imany, which was one of my favourite songs of 2015, and being a fan of Years & Years, naturally I am quite enjoying this song!

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What I'm noticing is a lack of full length albums being released, just mostly singles and EP's. That's why I keep listening to the same old music from last year as I can only listen to my playlist of singles so many times before I grow tired of those songs, which are mostly mediocre anyways.

But on May 13 there are three albums dropping to look forward to: The Chainsmokers, Craig David, and Kendrick Lamar.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_2022_albums

So far this year, I've bought 8 albums:

Vinyl
Bastille - Give Me The Future
Charli XCX - Crash
Ghost - Impera
Placebo - Never Let Me Go
Tears For Fears - The Tipping Point
Years & Years - Night Call

CD
Lights - Pep
Avril Lavigne - Love Sux

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So far this year, I've bought 8 albums:

Vinyl
Bastille - Give Me The Future
Charli XCX - Crash
Ghost - Impera
Placebo - Never Let Me Go
Tears For Fears - The Tipping Point
Years & Years - Night Call

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Lights - Pep
Avril Lavigne - Love Sux


I don't buy albums anymore, I just add them on Spotify. So far I've only added these albums this year (not counting old ones):

The Weekend - DawnFM
Christina Aguilera - La Fuerza
Snoop Dogg - BODR
Magdalena Bay - Mercurial World
Jeremy Camp - When You Speak
Ed Sheeran - =

Kendrick Lamar's new album is pretty good, except for the "We Cry Together" song, that one can be skipped.

The new Chainsmokers album is good as well. Some of the songs remind me of Owl City, and one of them reminds me a bit of their 2016 song Closer.

There was a British Trip Hop group called N-Dubz that were popular in Europe in the mid-late 00s into 2011 and they just reformed and released a new single called Charmer.  I am really enjoying this

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Two recent additions to my playlist:

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This is #1 in the charts now, and it samples "Glamorous" by Fergie
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I added that song and the album, Harry's House to my Spotify. It has some other good songs on there like "Grapejuice" and "Daydreaming".

I can't believe Fefe Dobson is back.. She's so washed up now... She literally makes a comeback every 10 years...


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Music is so good in 2022. Almost as good as 2020..

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I can't believe Fefe Dobson is back.. She's so washed up now... She literally makes a comeback every 10 years...


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I haven't heard that name since 2004 during the pop punk era. I remember Skye Sweetnam mentioning her or being associated with her somehow.


I don't like this song..


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I like this song

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For me it's the opposite. I liked the Post Malone song a lot more. The Ali Gatie song sounds too dry and generic for me.

I haven't heard that name since 2004 during the pop punk era. I remember Skye Sweetnam mentioning her or being associated with her somehow.

She made a comeback in 2011 and her music turned into pop. But now with pop punk making a comeback she is back again with her old stuff that she did in 2003.

The Weeknd's Sacrifice is the best song of the year so far I think.

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In fact, this is actually my recent favorite song and one of my top favorites of this year so far. I've always liked Post Malone and anything with Doja Cat, and it has the dreamy early 2020's sound.

Harry's House is great, this one's my favorite

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Harry's House is great, this one's my favorite

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Yeah, that's one of my favorite songs on that album as well. It samples a late 70's song "Ain't We Funkin' Now" by the Brothers Johnson.

Harry's one of my favorite albums of the year along with Post Malone's Twelve Carat Toothache, Kendrick Lamar's Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers, and The Chainsmokers So Far So Good.

I got rid of my car due to the high gas prices so I haven't been keeping up with popular music as of recently since I only listened to the mainstream radio when driving in my car. What songs are charting now?

I got rid of my car due to the high gas prices so I haven't been keeping up with popular music as of recently since I only listened to the mainstream radio when driving in my car. What songs are charting now?


Apparently the old Kate Bush song from 1985 because of Stranger Things, and "As It Was" by Harry Styles is still holding up there.

Drakes new album, Honestly Nevermind is not impressive. Every song sounds the same. Probably his worst album besides the one from 2014.

Drakes new album, Honestly Nevermind is not impressive. Every song sounds the same. Probably his worst album besides the one from 2014.


I think it's his worst album.by a good margin

I think it's his worst album.by a good margin


What if that's the new sound for the second half of 2022, and the end of retro pop? Lol

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Honestly, Nevermind is pretty bad, but I appreciate Drake for doing something different. I'm hoping this is a sign music is gonna start moving in a new, more dancey direction

This is a new entry to the Billboard charts at #10. The song sounds depressing and the video is a reflection of the reality of the early 2020's, not as upbeat as what's been popular.

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Honestly, Nevermind is pretty bad, but I appreciate Drake for doing something different. I'm hoping this is a sign music is gonna start moving in a new, more dancey direction


Although I wasn't impressed with Honestly, Nevermind; I do like Beyonce's new single Break My Soul that has the similar style. It has more of a groove to it that I liked in the early 90's dance/house.

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Just listened to Lizzo's new album and honestly the only good song on there is the hit single (About Damn Time).

I hope music gets more original next year.

Finally, the first good song in about a month. Just happen to come across it on YT. It has JT in it so you it's good. Also a good combo with Pharrell and Halsey.

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Finally, the first good song in about a month. Just happen to come across it on YT. It has JT in it so you it's good. Also a good combo with Pharrell and Halsey.

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Is there just nothing new to create? Have we reached the end of originals sounds?

Frankly, I'm tired of hearing diet versions of the music I heard when I was in elementary school.

Is there just nothing new to create? Have we reached the end of originals sounds?

Frankly, I'm tired of hearing diet versions of the music I heard when I was in elementary school.

I hope we get some new original music soon.

Justin Timberlake being back may be a sign of a pop culture shift. Whenever he makes a comeback, pop culture and music always changes. Probably a coincidence, but it's something I've noticed.

Is there just nothing new to create? Have we reached the end of originals sounds?

Frankly, I'm tired of hearing diet versions of the music I heard when I was in elementary school.


our society's too lame to give new styles a chance. Hyperpop SHOULD be the next big thing

I hope we get some new original music soon.

Justin Timberlake being back may be a sign of a pop culture shift. Whenever he makes a comeback, pop culture and music always changes. Probably a coincidence, but it's something I've noticed.


Nope. Sorry. Justin Timberlake has been around for 25 years or more. Someone who has been around so long that they have to "make a comeback" does not change culture. They are the culture that needs to be changed. You dig?

Is there just nothing new to create? Have we reached the end of originals sounds?

Frankly, I'm tired of hearing diet versions of the music I heard when I was in elementary school.


Why hasn’t pop music changed more? Lyrics, chord progressions, and production have been stagnant for such a long time. Why is everything going backwards? When I was growing up in the 60s this was unheard of. If you told me six months ago that Kate Bush would be the breakout artist of 2022 I would have kicked you. Why is music still verse-chorus-verse-chorus and 3.5 minutes long? Why haven’t teens and early 20s invented new styles? In the 60s, young musicians in this demographic were coming up with new styles a mile a minute. So much going on in the world and we still only get songs about relationships. Has there been one hit about the pandemic?  Seems to me Tik Tok is ripe to get people to start making 1 minute long songs. I would detest that, mind you, but the issue is why things haven't changed.  Not whether or not we would LIKE the change.

Is there just nothing new to create? Have we reached the end of originals sounds?

Frankly, I'm tired of hearing diet versions of the music I heard when I was in elementary school.


I'm sick of it too, I think US/Western pop culture has completely run it's course, maybe the developing countries can produce something with freshness and vitality.

Is there just nothing new to create? Have we reached the end of originals sounds?

Frankly, I'm tired of hearing diet versions of the music I heard when I was in elementary school.



I'm sick of it too, I think US/Western pop culture has completely run it's course, maybe the developing countries can produce something with freshness and vitality.


I see we have people here who subscribe to the "end of history" theory.

The end of history is a political and philosophical concept that supposes that a particular political, economic, or social system may develop that would constitute the end-point of humanity's sociocultural evolution and the final form of human government. A variety of authors have argued that a particular system is the "end of history" including Thomas More in Utopia, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Karl Marx, Vladimir Solovyov, Alexandre Kojève, and Francis Fukuyama in the 1992 book, The End of History and the Last Man.
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And specifically, the postmodern interpretation:

A postmodern understanding of the term differs in that the idea of an "end of history" does not imply that nothing more will ever happen. Rather, what the postmodern sense of an end of history tends to signify is, in the words of contemporary historian Keith Jenkins, the idea that "the peculiar ways in which the past was historicized (was conceptualized in modernist, linear and essentially metanarrative forms) has now come to an end of its productive life; the all-encompassing 'experiment of modernity' ... is passing away into our postmodern condition".

The concept of an end of history differs from ideas of an end of the world as expressed in various religions, which may forecast a complete destruction of the Earth or of life on Earth, and the end of the human race. The end of history instead proposes a state in which human life continues indefinitely into the future without any further major changes in society, system of governance, or economics.
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Why hasn’t pop music changed more? Lyrics, chord progressions, and production have been stagnant for such a long time. Why is everything going backwards? When I was growing up in the 60s this was unheard of. If you told me six months ago that Kate Bush would be the breakout artist of 2022 I would have kicked you. Why is music still verse-chorus-verse-chorus and 3.5 minutes long? Why haven’t teens and early 20s invented new styles? In the 60s, young musicians in this demographic were coming up with new styles a mile a minute. So much going on in the world and we still only get songs about relationships. Has there been one hit about the pandemic?  Seems to me Tik Tok is ripe to get people to start making 1 minute long songs. I would detest that, mind you, but the issue is why things haven't changed.  Not whether or not we would LIKE the change.


there are songs and artists changing things this decade, the problem is they're staying underground because the general public wants to stick to the same old crap instead of giving new things a chance

I see we have people here who subscribe to the "end of history" theory.


Here's an interesting quote from Fukuyama's 1989 article:

The end of history will be a very sad time. The struggle for recognition, the willingness to risk one’s life for a purely abstract goal, the worldwide ideological struggle that called forth daring, courage, imagination, and idealism, will be replaced by economic calculation, the endless solving of technical problems, environmental concerns, and the satisfaction of sophisticated consumer demands. In the post-historical period there will be neither art nor philosophy, just the perpetual caretaking of the museum of human history. I can feel in myself, and see in others around me, a powerful nostalgia for the time when history existed. Such nostalgia, in fact, will continue to fuel competition and conflict even in the post-historical world for some time to come. Even though I recognize its inevitability, I have the most ambivalent feelings for the civilization that has been created in Europe since 1945, with its north Atlantic and Asian offshoots. Perhaps this very prospect of centuries of boredom at the end of history will serve to get history started once again.

You know it's bad when there hasn't been any songs added to this thread, only discussions about the lack of new/original music. The Calvin Harris w/JT, Halsey, and Pharrell seems to be the only one in over a month.


there are songs and artists changing things this decade, the problem is they're staying underground because the general public wants to stick to the same old crap instead of giving new things a chance


A lot of the songs on my playlist are underground or from random finds. I would have never heard of Magdalena Bay if it had not been for this thread.

Nope. Sorry. Justin Timberlake has been around for 25 years or more. Someone who has been around so long that they have to "make a comeback" does not change culture. They are the culture that needs to be changed. You dig?

2006, 2013, 2016, 2018, and 2020 were all shift years for music. Justin Timberlake came back in each of those years only. Not to mention, he came back with a futuristic sound each time.

You know it's bad when there hasn't been any songs added to this thread, only discussions about the lack of new/original music. The Calvin Harris w/JT, Halsey, and Pharrell seems to be the only one in over a month.

A lot of the songs on my playlist are underground or from random finds. I would have never heard of Magdalena Bay if it had not been for this thread.

Music is just not original anymore. Maybe Justin Timberlake will change that.

I'm still enjoying Afraid To Feel by LF System.  It topped the UK chart a couple of weeks ago and it now has a music video. 

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That's not a bad song, but I noticed it has the typical "2022 sound" with the likes of Harry Styles and Chainsmokers with the similar rhythmic patterns.

Beyonce released her highly anticipated seventh album "Renaissance". I've been really enjoying it! It's gonna be played in gay clubs and the ballroom scene for yeeeeaarrrsss.

2006, 2013, 2016, 2018, and 2020 were all shift years for music. Justin Timberlake came back in each of those years only. Not to mention, he came back with a futuristic sound each time.


no. You're correct about the very first year and that's it. And it wasn't JT, it was Timbaland's forward thinking production that sparked interest among other producers to go electro. Timbaland also produced most of his 2013 album (I think) and by that point his style was outdated actually. Can't Stop The Feeling is only timeless because it's so friccin generic. Filthy's the only song you could be referring to for 2018, that flopped, but that song did have a new sound. For 2020 I'm assuming you're talking about Other Side. It's a good song but did nothing new

Despite music barely evolving at all this year, for the first time I think I'm finally picking up the emerging style right now: Dreamy alternative, distorted guitars

The Gorillaz have always been one of my favorite bands of all time.

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no. You're correct about the very first year and that's it. And it wasn't JT, it was Timbaland's forward thinking production that sparked interest among other producers to go electro. Timbaland also produced most of his 2013 album (I think) and by that point his style was outdated actually. Can't Stop The Feeling is only timeless because it's so friccin generic. Filthy's the only song you could be referring to for 2018, that flopped, but that song did have a new sound. For 2020 I'm assuming you're talking about Other Side. It's a good song but did nothing new


Actually 2013 was a very changeful year, not necessarily just because of JT's 20/20 Experience album but it was the end of the early 10's electropop/EDM era. Also that year the disco revival was big with songs like "Get Lucky" by Daft Punk. Also Macklemore was everywhere that year.

no. You're correct about the very first year and that's it. And it wasn't JT, it was Timbaland's forward thinking production that sparked interest among other producers to go electro. Timbaland also produced most of his 2013 album (I think) and by that point his style was outdated actually. Can't Stop The Feeling is only timeless because it's so friccin generic. Filthy's the only song you could be referring to for 2018, that flopped, but that song did have a new sound. For 2020 I'm assuming you're talking about Other Side. It's a good song but did nothing new

2006 was the big one for sure. But it was also changeful in 2013. 2016, 2018, and 2020 were also shift years. It could be a coincidence. But still.

No you were right about those being transition years & that JT just happened to be there, but I don't think JT had anything to do with the transitions other than 2006

Beyonce released her highly anticipated seventh album "Renaissance". I've been really enjoying it! It's gonna be played in gay clubs and the ballroom scene for yeeeeaarrrsss.


It is a good album. Speaking of which, I'm thinking she might cause a shift this year if the early 1990's house/dance revival catches on.

I hope not. I'd rather hear new styles prevail

It is a good album. Speaking of which, I'm thinking she might cause a shift this year if the early 1990's house/dance revival catches on.



I hope not. I'd rather hear new styles prevail


Exactly, Plante. What's the point of a "shift" if it goes backwards? Some people here (symbolic  of the larger culture, perhaps) are stuck in this loop where they think figures from the past like Beyonce and Justin Timberlake (of all people) can move culture forward. Or so I thought. But I now see that those with the "loop" mentality also see a "shift" as going backwards ("revivals", "comebacks").  It is truly the "end" of history" theory, as we have discussed on some threads here recently.

The end of history is a political and philosophical concept that supposes that a particular political, economic, or social system may develop that would constitute the end-point of humanity's sociocultural evolution and the final form of human government. A variety of authors have argued that a particular system is the "end of history" including Thomas More in Utopia, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Karl Marx, Vladimir Solovyov, Alexandre Kojève, and Francis Fukuyama in the 1992 book, The End of History and the Last Man.
-Wikipedia

And specifically, the postmodern interpretation:

A postmodern understanding of the term differs in that the idea of an "end of history" does not imply that nothing more will ever happen. Rather, what the postmodern sense of an end of history tends to signify is, in the words of contemporary historian Keith Jenkins, the idea that "the peculiar ways in which the past was historicized (was conceptualized in modernist, linear and essentially metanarrative forms) has now come to an end of its productive life; the all-encompassing 'experiment of modernity' ... is passing away into our postmodern condition".

The concept of an end of history differs from ideas of an end of the world as expressed in various religions, which may forecast a complete destruction of the Earth or of life on Earth, and the end of the human race. The end of history instead proposes a state in which human life continues indefinitely into the future without any further major changes in society, system of governance, or economics.
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There's a new "Urban Alternative" radio format with 7 stations nationwide so far. My city just got its first one. As a Hip Hop and R&B fan, this along with streaming solves almost every problem I had with the urban music scene over the last 20 years.

Calvin Harris Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 2 album dropped on Friday. It had a few good songs including the single Stay With Me, a song with 21 Savage, one with Busta Rhymes, and one with Snoop Dogg, but other than that most of songs sound generic.


2006 was the big one for sure. But it was also changeful in 2013. 2016, 2018, and 2020 were also shift years. It could be a coincidence. But still.


Also in 2001 when he first went solo and dropped a single, and his debut solo album in 2002. That was a shift in itself.

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Both those songs sound very early 2020s.

Mainstream music is still trash in the early '20s but at least it's less trash than it was in the late '10s. 2020 - 2022 still beats 2017 - 2019 for music.

Here is Doja, the 11th UK Top 40 hit single by British rapper Central Cee.  This is an interesting one as the radio version is less than 2 minutes in length.  It samples the Gwen Stefani and Eve song Let Me Blow Ya Mind and is an ode to American rapper Doja Cat.  It's become his first song to chart this side of the Atlantic, where it debuted at #12 in Canada and while it failed to chart in the US Hot 100, it did peak at #12 on the Bubbling Under Chart (US #112). 

It went viral on TikTok because of it's reference to Doja Cat.  Take her out of the picture, and I bet this wouldn't even have charted over here!  I love British Hip-Hop, UK Drill and Grime music, so I welcome this one! 

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Mainstream music is still trash in the early '20s but at least it's less trash than it was in the late '10s. 2020 - 2022 still beats 2017 - 2019 for music.


2019 was one of the worst years I can remember for music. I can't name 5 hits of any genre from that year

2019 was one of the worst years I can remember for music. I can't name 5 hits of any genre from that year


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Nicki Minaj just released "Super Freaky Girl", and just as you would think when you see the title, it is a sample of the Rick James song.

Lately I've been listening to Beyonce's Renaissance, Calvin Harris's Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 2, and Snoop Dogg Presents Death Row Summer 2022 in a repeating cycle.


2019 was one of the worst years I can remember for music. I can't name 5 hits of any genre from that year


Yeah, that is the one thing about 2019 was the lack of good music. My playlist was pretty short that year and included Lizzo, Post Malone (Sunflower from the early part and Circles in the later part), Billie Eilish, "Talk" by Khalid, and a few others. It did get better toward the end but most of those songs were considered 2020 songs since they were released in November/December such as. "Blinding Lights" by the Weekend and "Don't Start Now" by Dua Lipa).

This song recently has grown on me. It kind of reminds me of the song "Young Folks" by Peter Bjorn and John with the whistling, and it's from the soundtrack of my favorite movie of the year.

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A new one by Black Eyed Peas. This one reminds me a lot of "I Gotta Feeling"

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Funny thing I just noticed, "I Ain't Worried" and "Don't You Worry" in the same post.

This one also has the "2022 sound":

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I like this one. It sounds like it's from the '90s.

Another song that sounds like pretty much every other song from Summer 2022.

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This one also has the "2022 sound":

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Huh ???, that sounds like millions of other "EDM" pop songs we've had for the past 7-8 years at least, like some random Chainsmokers song.

Finally, the first good song in about a month. Just happen to come across it on YT. It has JT in it so you it's good. Also a good combo with Pharrell and Halsey.

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Another mediocre retro disco-funk song, even Madonna did this better in the mid 2000s with her Confessions on the Dancefloor stuff.

Why do these "modern";D singers and producers try to painstakingly replicate the sounds of '70s disco or '80s electropop, and then the results are inferior versions, it's extremely redundant at this point. Even when Daft Punk did their RAM album, they released the single "Get Lucky" and it was mediocre as heck. Prime Chic is far, far better and Daft Punk was capable of twisting retro influences in unique ways as they did with their song "Digital Love".

I would rather something be very novel and awful than retro and mediocre, I'm sure many people over 30 at the time thought Jimi Hendrix was just incomprehensible noise but it made an impact and charted a new course in music.

A new one by Black Eyed Peas. This one reminds me a lot of "I Gotta Feeling"

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Funny thing I just noticed, "I Ain't Worried" and "Don't You Worry" in the same post.


The Black Eyed Peas still doing this ???.

Man musical time is literally folding in on itself. ;D

Another mediocre retro disco-funk song, even Madonna did this better in the mid 2000s with her Confessions on the Dancefloor stuff.

Why do these "modern";D singers and producers try to painstakingly replicate the sounds of '70s disco or '80s electropop, and then the results are inferior versions, it's extremely redundant at this point. Even when Daft Punk did their RAM album, they released the single "Get Lucky" and it was mediocre as heck. Prime Chic is far, far better and Daft Punk was capable of twisting retro influences in unique ways as they did with their song "Digital Love".

I would rather something be very novel and awful than retro and mediocre, I'm sure many people over 30 at the time thought Jimi Hendrix was just incomprehensible noise but it made an impact and charted a new course in music.


It's the "end of history" theory again, as I have pointed out here many times. It would be inconceivable for there to be a Jimi Hendrix, or a Beatles, something that new, influential and groundbreaking, in this day and age. The world is just not set up that way anymore. Keep in mind, the people here posting current songs define a modern sound by the fact that it is a "revival" of something else that has already occured. I'm still trying to wrap my head around that, as someone who comes from the always-forward-moving thrust of the 20th Century. Now it is simply an endless loop of recycling with a sort of "curating" or "caretaking" of the past. People on this site say things like "the first part of 2020 had the sound of 2017 which was an 80s electropop sound". They really say things like that!  Fits right in with Fukuyama's " perpetual caretaking of the museum of human history."

"In the post-historical period there will be neither art nor philosophy, just the perpetual caretaking of the museum of human history. I can feel in myself, and see in others around me, a powerful nostalgia for the time when history existed."
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Huh ???, that sounds like millions of other "EDM" pop songs we've had for the past 7-8 years at least, like some random Chainsmokers song.


That style seems more prevalent in 2022 though, all following Harry Styles and the like.

It's the "end of history" theory again, as I have pointed out here many times. It would be inconceivable for there to be a Jimi Hendrix, or a Beatles, something that new, influential and groundbreaking, in this day and age. The world is just not set up that way anymore. Keep in mind, the people here posting current songs define a modern sound by the fact that it is a "revival" of something else that has already occured. I'm still trying to wrap my head around that, as someone who comes from the always-forward-moving thrust of the 20th Century. Now it is simply an endless loop of recycling with a sort of "curating" or "caretaking" of the past. People on this site say things like "the first part of 2020 had the sound of 2017 which was an 80s electropop sound". They really say things like that!  Fits right in with Fukuyama's " perpetual caretaking of the museum of human history."

"In the post-historical period there will be neither art nor philosophy, just the perpetual caretaking of the museum of human history. I can feel in myself, and see in others around me, a powerful nostalgia for the time when history existed."
-Francis Fukuyama


Yo, go out and buy his book, The End of History and the Last Man. Everyone oversimplifies the thesis of his book, it’s not that he literally posited that stuff would stop happening as we moved on to the modern age. Far from it.

Anyway, relevant to this topic, the number one problem is y’all are only listening to top 40s. Yet this banger just came out today:

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John Legend is also joining the retro dance pop craze. His new album drops 9/9. Hopefully it will have better songs than this one (his usual style).

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Yo, go out and buy his book, The End of History and the Last Man. Everyone oversimplifies the thesis of his book, it’s not that he literally posited that stuff would stop happening as we moved on to the modern age. Far from it.

Anyway, relevant to this topic, the number one problem is y’all are only listening to top 40s. Yet this banger just came out today:

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Yes, I like her music which I only learned about from earlier in this thread. This song will be included in her Mercurial World (deluxe edition) album which will be released later next month.

Yes, I like her music which I only learned about from earlier in this thread. This song will be included in her Mercurial World (deluxe edition) album which will be released later next month.


Yep, I’m all about spreading the good word of MagBay here on inthe00s! ;D

Isn't Magdalena Bay a band? Maybe I'm mistaken.

The Black Eyed Peas still doing this ???.

Man musical time is literally folding in on itself. ;D

It sounds retro now though. BEP weren't really around in the '90s (maybe they were but no one really knew about them). But this song sounds like it's from the '90s. The synth sounds like "Better Off Alone"  from 1999.

Isn't Magdalena Bay a band? Maybe I'm mistaken.


Sort of. They’re a musical duo consisting of Mica Tenenbaum (the main vocalist) and multi-instrumentalist Matt Lewin. They have a YouTube channel where they post their music videos but also some weekly livestreams of stuff like Q&A’s, video game let’s plays, and they’ve also written and recorded some of their songs live.

And if they hit it big, they’ll spark a revolution in popular music. As I’m sure you’ve seen, they sound 100x better than anything currently on the radio.

It sounds retro now though. BEP weren't really around in the '90s (maybe they were but no one really knew about them). But this song sounds like it's from the '90s. The synth sounds like "Better Off Alone"  from 1999.


They were around in the late '90s, they were an alternative-ish rap group then, they became pop rap in 2003.

That "new" song sounds like the music they did around 2009-2011 but that music itself was very '90s euro trance/techno influenced.

That late '90s euro sound never completely went away so it's not retro it's a continuation.

Sort of. They’re a musical duo consisting of Mica Tenenbaum (the main vocalist) and multi-instrumentalist Matt Lewin. They have a YouTube channel where they post their music videos but also some weekly livestreams of stuff like Q&A’s, video game let’s plays, and they’ve also written and recorded some of their songs live.

And if they hit it big, they’ll spark a revolution in popular music. As I’m sure you’ve seen, they sound 100x better than anything currently on the radio.


I can see how the name can cause confusion, since Magdalena is a common girls name especially in Slavic countries such as Poland and Czech Republic. That's why I kept associating the name Magdalena Bay with the female vocalist (Mica Tenenbaum).


They were around in the late '90s, they were an alternative-ish rap group then, they became pop rap in 2003.

That "new" song sounds like the music they did around 2009-2011 but that music itself was very '90s euro trance/techno influenced.

That late '90s euro sound never completely went away so it's not retro it's a continuation.



They first became popular around 2003/2004 with their Elephunk album, with songs "Where is the Love?", "Hey Mama", and "Let's Get It Started".

Techno/Eurodance tends to come and go in waves. Eras I remember it being popular are the Early 90's, Late 90's/Y2K, Late 00's/Early 10's, and looks like it's coming back again.

I can see how the name can cause confusion, since Magdalena is a common girls name especially in Slavic countries such as Poland and Czech Republic. That's why I kept associating the name Magdalena Bay with the female vocalist (Mica Tenenbaum).

They first became popular around 2003/2004 with their Elephunk album, with songs "Where is the Love?", "Hey Mama", and "Let's Get It Started".

They were around before then though and released albums before Elephunk, just didn't know it was in the '90s. But I know they were around before Fergie joined the group in 2003. They probably just weren't being played on the radio though.

They were around before then though and released albums before Elephunk, just didn't know it was in the '90s. But I know they were around before Fergie joined the group in 2003. They probably just weren't being played on the radio though.


They got a lot of accusations of selling out after Fergie joined, their music before was like The Roots or A Tribe Called Quest.

Elton John & Britney Spears - Hold Me Closer (a sample of "Tiny Dancer")

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Meanwhile Paris Hilton posted a reel in her IG promoting this song while wearing a pink track suit (Juicy Couture?) which looked like the 2000's aesthetic.

Elton John & Britney Spears - Hold Me Closer (a sample of "Tiny Dancer")

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Meanwhile Paris Hilton posted a reel in her IG promoting this song while wearing a pink track suit (Juicy Couture?) which looked like the 2000's aesthetic.

You barely even hear Britney Spears in it lol.

You barely even hear Britney Spears in it lol.


Almost certainly by design. That girl ain’t right.

I like this song.


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That song has a nice beat/melody but after listening to about a minute of it it sounded repetitive, like the chorus and the hook aren't distinguishable from each other.

Britney Spears is free and she's released a single with Elton John.  :(

I have mixed feelings about Britney. On one hand I think she's a great entertainer. On the other, I think she played like 40%+ in why music went down the past 20 years+ years or so!

I have mixed feelings about Britney. On one hand I think she's a great entertainer. On the other, I think she played like 40%+ in why music went down the past 20 years+ years or so!


I disagree. For me, Britney was one of the few artists keeping non-rock music alive. This was a period of time when I pretty much only liked classic rock and pre-2002 (or thereabouts). My musical tastes were experiencing growing pains. But at least music got better in 2011 or so and continues to be so.

That song has a nice beat/melody but after listening to about a minute of it it sounded repetitive, like the chorus and the hook aren't distinguishable from each other.


maybe you should listen to it for more than just a minute? It's one of the best songs out this year!

maybe you should listen to it for more than just a minute? It's one of the best songs out this year!


Ok, I listened to it all the way through and it changed around 2:30, but I still wouldn't say it's one of the best songs of this year. I don't even think I'll add it to my playlist.

Meanwhile Beyonce's Renaissance album gets better every time I listed to it.

Not on the charts or anything but one of my favorite songs off the Snoop Dogg Presents Death Row Summer 22 album. It has the retro soul sound.

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Not on the charts or anything but one of my favorite songs off the Snoop Dogg Presents Death Row Summer 22 album. It has the retro soul sound.

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I like anything with Snoop in it. Snoop Dogg is definitely one of the best rappers of all time.

I like anything with Snoop in it. Snoop Dogg is definitely one of the best rappers of all time.

Just listened to this fully and Snoop's not even in it LOL.

Yeah, 2020, despite it being a horrible year for the world, still has much more memorable hit songs than this year tbh. But I still like some songs this year like "I Ain't Worried", and "Bad Habit". And the Kate Bush song (even though it was from the 80s and only got popular thanks to Stranger Things 4) is an absolute banger.

I like anything with Snoop in it. Snoop Dogg is definitely one of the best rappers of all time.


Agreed. Not much new talent that can compare with him.


Just listened to this fully and Snoop's not even in it LOL.


This is a Snoop Dogg presents album so he's not necessarily in all the songs, and the ones that he's in it's usually just for a few lines/verses.

This song he's in and has a good beat:

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Here's another one that he's in just for the intro, but the lyrics really show the state of mind of 2022/Early 2020's and also has the oldies sound:

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Yeah, 2020, despite it being a horrible year for the world, still has much more memorable hit songs than this year tbh. But I still like some songs this year like "I Ain't Worried", and "Bad Habit". And the Kate Bush song (even though it was from the 80s and only got popular thanks to Stranger Things 4) is an absolute banger.


2022 hasn't been much better for the world, in some ways worse especially in Ukraine, but it's also been a lackluster year for pop culture particularly in the movie/TV series department. My Spotify playlist has 43 songs so far but only about 10 of them I would consider bangers that I really enjoy listening to. The rest are mediocre but listenable. The songs I really enjoyed are:

"Closer" by Saweetie w/H.E.R.
"iPad" and "Riptide" by Chainsmokers (and the rest of the So Far So Good album)
"Sweetest Pie" by Megan Thee Stallion w/Dua Lipa
"Late Night Talking" by Harry Styles (prefer it over "As It Was". Also plenty of other good songs on the Harry's House album)
"I Like You (A Happier Song)" by Post Malone w/Doja Cat
"Break My Soul" by Beyonce (and the rest of the Renaissance album)
"Stay With Me" by Calvin Harris, Justin Timberlake, Halsey, and Pharrell

The mainstream is unbearably stale right now, but there's a good amount of quality coming from the indie/underground scene

Yo, go out and buy his book, The End of History and the Last Man. Everyone oversimplifies the thesis of his book, it’s not that he literally posited that stuff would stop happening as we moved on to the modern age. Far from it.

Anyway, relevant to this topic, the number one problem is y’all are only listening to top 40s. Yet this banger just came out today:

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Wow, thanks for recommending this song, man. It's really catchy.  :)

Am I missing something here? Why is Sia's "Unstoppable" a song that came out in 2016, being repeatedly played on the radio now?  ???

Am I missing something here? Why is Sia's "Unstoppable" a song that came out in 2016, being repeatedly played on the radio now?  ???


TV commercial sync.

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I'm not sure if TikTok has also played a role. It's usually TV/movie/commercial syncs (a la "Running Up That Hill" and Stranger Things) or TikTok ("Dreams") that have been resurrecting old songs.

It's a good song. It's just weird it's more popular this year than it was in 2016. It also goes to show people are running out of ideas and are holding onto past music now.

David Guetta and Bebe Rexha bring Eiffel 65 back with the song I'm Good (Blue) and it's really good.  So far, it has peaked at #2 in the UK, #8 in Canada and #81 in the US

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This song samples the Rick Astley hit:

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It's a good song. It's just weird it's more popular this year than it was in 2016. It also goes to show people are running out of ideas and are holding onto past music now.


Unstoppable at least has some trap in it

Craig David's new album titled 22 didn't disappoint, as it sounds like his early work and the Y2K era R&B. The opening track "Teardrops" samples "They Don't Know" by Jon B.

Kid Cudi's new album Entergalactic was ok. It has a few good songs but his previous album Man On The Moon III: The Chosen was better.

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YouTube just sent this to me:

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I dig the concept of the video EP, the choreography is kinda neat, and some of the lyrics are interesting. But the music itself just, sadly, does not stand out to me. Just sounds like more Olivia Rodrigo-style girl pop.

Bedroom pop and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race.

Bedroom pop and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race.


unfortunately you're right. It's almost like Boring has become a genre

Taylor Swift just released her new album titled Midnights which has gotten a lot of hype. I thought it was OK, personally I liked CRJ's album more.

Same. Taylor Swift's new stuff is at least trying but none of it's that captivating to me

Same. Taylor Swift's new stuff is at least trying but none of it's that captivating to me


Tbh I've never really been much of a Taylor Swift fan ("Swiftie" as they are nicknamed). The only song I can say I liked by her is "Cardigan" from 2020. I definitely didn't care for "Shake It Off" and "Blank Space" in 2014 either, but maybe some of her older songs back when she was more country than pop.

Tbh I've never really been much of a Taylor Swift fan ("Swiftie" as they are nicknamed). The only song I can say I liked by her is "Cardigan" from 2020. I definitely didn't care for "Shake It Off" and "Blank Space" in 2014 either, but maybe some of her older songs back when she was more country than pop.


I think her best song was You Belong With Me. I loved all of her stuff from 2012 - 2015 too

I think her best song was You Belong With Me. I loved all of her stuff from 2012 - 2015 too


I forgot about that one. That is a good song. Meanwhile her new album is breaking records, including the first artist to ever have all top 10 spots in the Billboard charts. Anti-Hero is the most popular one as I see it all over social media reels, but I prefer the songs "Snow on the Beach" and "You're On Your Own, Kid".

Edit: I just remembered there was one song from her 2014 album (1989) that I liked, "Welcome to New York".

Rihanna is back, haven't heard anything from her since 2016. Her new single "Lift Me Up" from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.

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Rihanna is back, haven't heard anything from her since 2016. Her new single "Lift Me Up" from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.

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it's a friccin lullaby. Huge disapointment. On a brighter note here's some current hits that I think are great & are pushing music in an exciting new direction: Star Walkin, Romantic Homicide, Bad Habit, Golden Hour

it's a friccin lullaby. Huge disapointment. On a brighter note here's some current hits that I think are great & are pushing music in an exciting new direction: Star Walkin, Romantic Homicide, Bad Habit, Golden Hour


Out of the songs listed here the only one that appealed to me was Romantic Homicide by d4vd. I also have Bad Habit on my playlist but its another one of those songs that I just kind of like but don't really love. Hopefully 2023 will have better sounds.

Drake (w/21 Savage) released the album "Her Loss" and Saweetie just released the EP titled "The Single Life". Both were disappointing. The latter was trying too hard to go for a retro mid-90's hip-hop sound. One of the songs (the title was the "p-word") sampled "Juicy" by Biggy.

They started releasing year end charts including Spotify Wrap and surprise surprise, Harry Styles and Taylor Swift are up there. Also Bad Bunny is named the most streamed artist of the year according to Billboard, and Apple Music has some 2021 holdovers like "Stay" by The Kid LAROI and "Heat Waves" by Glass Animals as the most streamed songs.

They started releasing year end charts including Spotify Wrap and surprise surprise, Harry Styles and Taylor Swift are up there. Also Bad Bunny is named the most streamed artist of the year according to Billboard, and Apple Music has some 2021 holdovers like "Stay" by The Kid LAROI and "Heat Waves" by Glass Animals as the most streamed songs.


the great chart stagnation of 2022 will go down as maybe the slowest period of pop music ever. It was really bad. However there's still a lot of great songs on the year end Hot 100 so it wasn't that bad of a year for music

the great chart stagnation of 2022 will go down as maybe the slowest period of pop music ever. It was really bad. However there's still a lot of great songs on the year end Hot 100 so it wasn't that bad of a year for music


A lot of the Hot 100 songs were 2021 holdovers such as the top 2 already mentioned, plus a lot of songs from Doja Cat's Planet Her album, and of course the one we all know and love from back in the 80's that became popular because of Stranger Things. But that's how the year end charts usually go.

My Spotify playlist has 43 songs so far but only about 10 of them I would consider bangers that I really enjoy listening to. The rest are mediocre but listenable. The songs I really enjoyed are:

"Closer" by Saweetie w/H.E.R.
"iPad" and "Riptide" by Chainsmokers (and the rest of the So Far So Good album)
"Sweetest Pie" by Megan Thee Stallion w/Dua Lipa
"Late Night Talking" by Harry Styles (prefer it over "As It Was". Also plenty of other good songs on the Harry's House album)
"I Like You (A Happier Song)" by Post Malone w/Doja Cat
"Break My Soul" by Beyonce (and the rest of the Renaissance album)
"Stay With Me" by Calvin Harris, Justin Timberlake, Halsey, and Pharrell


I haven't added much since then. My playlist is currently at 50. One of them is Anti-Hero by Taylor Swift since that song kind of grew on me. Another one is Bad Habit by Steve Lacy. Beyonce's album still is the one I enjoyed the most and doesn't get old. Harry's House is the second one, and also Calvin Harris.

Overall this wasn't one of better years for music, especially compared to the previous two years.

Anti-Hero is still holding at #1 of the Billboard Hot 100, and #2 is Mariah Carey's signature Christmas hit, and a lot of other holiday classics in the Top 10. That's pretty much all I'm listening to now. You can never go wrong with the classics like by Dean Martin and Andy Williams.

Anti-Hero is still holding at #1 of the Billboard Hot 100, and #2 is Mariah Carey's signature Christmas hit, and a lot of other holiday classics in the Top 10. That's pretty much all I'm listening to now. You can never go wrong with the classics like by Dean Martin and Andy Williams.

And also Feliz Navidad by Jose Feliciano.

And also Feliz Navidad by Jose Feliciano.


Also Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree by Brenda Lee (I always think of Home Alone when I hear that one), and The Christmas Song by Nat King Cole.