With summer coming to an end soon, Spotify has wrapped up the season by totaling the top five tracks that were constantly played on the radio. From Billie Eilish’s mellow vocals to Sabrina Carpenter’s catchy tunes, the list features some of the hottest artists at the moment. News47.us has a recap of Spotify’s ‘2024 Songs of Summer’:
The track featuring the lyrics “Birds of a feather, we should stick together, I know / I said I’d never think I wasn’t better alone / Can’t change the weather, might not be forever / But if it’s forever, it’s even better” is part of the top five tracks from the 22-year-old’s latest album, HIT ME HARD AND SOFT. With its use in Instagram reels and over 855 million streams on the platform, Billie Eilish has been trending throughout the summer. She revealed in a TikTok clip that the song, originally about relationships, evolved into a track about dying.
Chappell Roan has had a breakout summer with her song “HOT TO GO!” from her 2023 debut album, The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess, along with “Good Luck, Babe!” Although the 26-year-old is an emerging artist, she has made a significant impact with the song that features the lyrics: “H-O-T-T-O-G-O / Snap and clap and touch your toes / Raise your hands, now body roll / Dance it out, you’re hot to go.”
Chappell, who previously opened for Olivia Rodrigo, recently performed the hit song with the 21-year-old singer. Per Variety, Chappell expressed, “I’ve known this next artist for about four years now… I absolutely adore her. I think she is one of the most singular, inspiring, powerful artists I’ve ever had the pleasure of meeting, and I’m so excited because she’s gonna sing one of my favorite songs of all time with me tonight.”
Kendrick Lamar, a veteran in the industry, secured a spot on the top five songs of the summer with “Not Like Us.” The track, which name-drops Drake and includes the lyrics “They not like us, they not like us, they not like us,” is a single released two years after his album Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers in 2022.
25-year-old Sabrina Carpenter has made a splash this summer with two hits from her recent album Short n’ Sweet. From “Please Please Please” to “Espresso,” the latter has been particularly popular. The catchy song features the lyrics: “Now he’s thinkin’ ’bout me every night, oh / Is it that sweet? I guess so / Say you can’t sleep, baby, I know / That’s that me espresso.” Sabrina mentioned that she was initially alone in wanting to release “Espresso.” Speaking to Variety, she said, “I was completely alone in wanting to release ‘Espresso.’ Not so much from my immediate team, but when it came to ‘the powers above,’ there was a lot of questioning about whether it made sense.”
