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Bookended by "All I Want for Christmas Is You" which is a good song, honestly. Just severely overplayed.
"Mood." Ok, I know this, the Kidz Bop version. I searched for these songs manually via Spotify and most #1's have an explicit version and a clean version. This isn't bad. It's overproduced though and just kind of there.
"Drivers License." Talk about 16 year old problems. You want awkward? Try driving over the spot where your ex-girlfriend died in a car accident when her blood is still staining the road.
"What's up?" There's a fine line between rap music and "Sir, this is a Wendy's."
"Up." This probably sounds great in front of a crowd. It's weird on your headphones in an office.
"Peaches." Not to be that guy, but my generation had WAY better songs about peaches (they come in a can).
"Montero." I'm not going to relate to the kids' lyrics. But Lil Nas X has a good sense of rythmn. I can dig this.
"Leave the Door Open." This feels old school. Damn.
"Rapstar." There's the garbage I expected from 2021 music.
"Save Your Tears." The Weeknd and Ariana Grande being as safe and generic as possible.
"Good 4 U." This is a much better breakup song. Kinda slaps.
"Butter." Another one I've heard WAY too often from Kidz Bop. My daughter does not tolerate new things well.
"Permission To Dance." I've already forgotten what this sounds like.
"Stay." Yeah, this sucks.
"Way 2 Sexy." Just what we needed, a rap version of I'm Too Sexy. Not digging Drake.
"My Universe." This is the song that 40 year olds listen to at 9:55pm when we want to show that we party but also acknowledge that we have a curfew.
"Industry Baby." Good hook but this song lost the plot halfway through.
"Easy On Me." I love Adele. But this just doesn't stand out.
"All Too Well." I would need to listen to this again to give it a fair shake. Like I've said before, I don't get the Taylor Swift hate and honestly she's a good choice for a Super Bowl halftime show.