#songsof2022 — Public Fediverse posts
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#Songsof2022 #19: The Weeknd - Sacrifice (Remix) (feat. Swedish House Mafia)
The DJ trio step in with a few production tweaks that turn a soggy throwback single into a club banger.
The song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lu7lJ5okjyo
My Spotify #BestOf2022 playlist: https://bit.ly/BestSongsOf2022
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#Songsof2022 #20 - Wet Leg - Ur Mom
If indie music blogs still existed this U.K. band would be all over them with their bratty snub of small-town life and teenage angst.
The song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGg-hitVZKQ
My Spotify #BestOf2022 playlist: https://bit.ly/BestSongsOf2022
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#Songsof2022 #21 - MaggieRogers - That's Where I Am
Maggie blows the doors off the place with a self-assured anthem that demands to be shouted from the rooftops.
The song: https://youtube.com/watch?v=WdrNXRdkuG4
My Spotify #BestOf2022 playlist: https://bit.ly/BestSongsOf2022
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#Songsof2022 #22 - Sampa The Great - Bona
Flavours of her upbringing in Botswana crash against rap verses and a lone piano percolating with intensity. It demands attention.
The song: https://youtube.com/watch?v=WYmCWEx6x8M
My Spotify #BestOf2022 playlist: https://bit.ly/BestSongsOf2022
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#Songsof2022 #23 - Zach Bryan - Something in the Orange
One of the year's most beautifully poetic songs about lost love and so many other final moments.
The song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lA8F9sIhGdg
My Spotify #BestOf2022 playlist: https://bit.ly/BestSongsOf2022
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#Songsof2022 #24 - @MarenMorris - Circles Around This Town
A pedal to the metal, lively reflection on how far she's come...and how she still has places to go.
The song: https://youtube.com/watch?v=_EmOYuzBP1I
My Spotify #BestOf2022 playlist: https://bit.ly/BestSongsOf2022
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#Songsof2022 #25: The Dare - Girls
A scuzzy electroclash revival that raises the bar on Calvin Harris' The Girls, paying tribute to women getting rowdy rather than treating them as conquests.
The song: https://youtube.com/watch?v=YXXbck3y5C8
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#Songsof2022 #26:
Kendrick Lamar - Mother I SoberKendrick lays down his lyrical armour to reflect on intergenerational trauma. Beth Gibbons of Portishead grounds the pain with a sense of calm.
The song: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Vo89NfFYKKI
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#Songsof2022 #27: Tom Aspaul - Listen 2 Nicole
Tom reflects on his relationship tendencies with "Don't Cha" Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger as the good conscience. That itself is delicious.
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#Songsof2022 #28: Eliza Rose & the Interplanetary Criminal - B.O.T.A. (Baddest of Them All)
Inspired by a Pam Grier poster, this underground track broke through the TikTok noise with a killer hook.
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#Songsof2022 #29: The Beths -When You Know You Know
A warm hug of turn-of-the-millennium nostalgia that recalls a time when a song could assure you everything was going to be OK...
The song: https://youtube.com/watch?v=57gscL5bTUs
My Spotify #BestOf2022 playlist: https://bit.ly/BestSongsOf2022
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#Songsof2022 #30: Blondshell - Sepsis
Sabrina Teitelbaum struggles with self-respect in an honest, angry and cathartic reflection on relationships.
The song: https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZE20gz-0XEI
My Spotify #BestOf2022 playlist: https://bit.ly/BestSongsOf2022
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#Songsof2022 #31 - Plains
- Problem With ItIn a year of great breakup songs, Jess Williamson and Waxahatchee wrote a clear-eyed country-pop song that already rings like a classic.
The song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPNFSXjVH_o
My Spotify #BestOf2022 playlist: https://bit.ly/BestSongsOf2022
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#Songsof2022 #32 - Beabadoobee - The Perfect Pair
A bossa nova beat clouds the reality of a relationship that was tattered from the start.
The song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwtEBQiuX-c
My Spotify #BestOf2022 playlist: https://bit.ly/BestSongsOf2022 @beabad00bee
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#Songsof2022 #33 - Tanya Tagaq - Colonizer
Like a bear rattling in her cage, Tagaq growls and thrashes through the year's most potent punk song.
The song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LbWNiej8J8
My Spotify #BestOf2022 playlist: https://bit.ly/BestSongsOf2022
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#Songsof2022 #34 - Shervin Hajipour - Baraye
The unofficial anthem to the protests of Mahsa Amini's death. Simple, direct and deeply effective.
The song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGesf7QcREk
My Spotify #BestOf2022 playlist: https://bit.ly/BestSongsOf2022
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#Songsof2022 #35 - Grace Ives- On the Ground
"Hold it," she commands before bounding into one of the riskiest vocal performances of the year. I'm still holding tight.
The song: https://youtube.com/watch?v=x347f7auCwk
My Spotify #BestOf2022 playlist: https://bit.ly/BestSongsOf2022
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#Songsof2022 #36: Orville Peck - The Curse of the Blackened Eye
Lost love or lingering trauma? The masked country singer aches through the mystery of a song fit for a Hollywood cowboy.
The song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JyHptBtKW8
My Spotify #BestOf2022 playlist: https://bit.ly/BestSongsOf2022
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#Songsof2022 #37: Margo Price - Been to the Mountain
A bubbling intensity runs through Price's psychedelic journey about past strife and lingering uncertainty.
The song: https://youtube.com/watch?v=OoxGsS4PMd8
My Spotify #BestOf2022 playlist: https://bit.ly/BestSongsOf2022
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#Songsof2022 #38: Spoon - Wild
Britt Daniel uses every pause to great effect in a fresh yet familiar, foot stomper that reminds you why Spoon is one of the greats.
The song: https://youtube.com/watch?v=eDPhsByCL_o
My Spotify #BestOf2022 playlist: https://bit.ly/BestSongsOf2022
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#Songsof2022 #39: BamBam -Slow Mo
The Thai member of K-pop boy band Got7 turns a sleepy pop song into a delicious treat with its sugary chorus.
The song: https://youtube.com/watch?v=1WEnhRMuvC8
My Spotify #BestOf2022: https://bit.ly/BestSongsOf2022
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#Songsof2022 #40: Griff & Sigrid - Head on Fire
A powerhouse collaboration between two young European pop singers that screams for an encore. Perhaps a full album?
The song: https://youtube.com/watch?v=paBBNBlffR4
My Spotify #BestOf2022: https://bit.ly/BestSongsOf2022
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#Songsof2022 #41: Metric - Formentera
On their album, the title song releases tension ratcheted in the first half. On its own, synth/strings epic carries the weight of a troubling future.
The song: https://youtube.com/watch?v=01rfm5Hs8vc
My Spotify #BestOf2022: https://bit.ly/BestSongsOf2022
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#Songsof2022 #42: Artemas - Hello Again
A distorted acoustic guitar and cloudy sound effects encapsulate a teenage breakup. Pop sullenness rarely feels this good.
The song: https://youtube.com/watch?v=5fU1uVvBVbE
My Spotify #BestOf2022 playlist: https://bit.ly/BestSongsOf2022
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#Songsof2022 #43: @Drake - Down Hill
Drake considers failed romance in a stripped-down song that barely takes shape before it suddenly stops.
The song: https://youtube.com/watch?v=oezuRcSv4i8
My Spotify #BestOf2022 playlist: https://bit.ly/BestSongsOf2022
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#Songsof2022 #44: Flo
- Cardboard BoxNot since Destiny's Child has being kicked to the curb felt this vibeacious.
The song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuUzZ7yz6AI
My Spotify #BestOf2022 playlist: https://bit.ly/BestSongsOf2022
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#Songsof2022 #45: Sigrid - It Gets Dark
The Scandinavian teen pop star adds an unexpected layer to her persona that suggests deeper introspection to come.
The song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4j7LGMc9ZGU
My Spotify #BestOf2022 playlist: https://bit.ly/BestSongsOf2022
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#Songsof2022 #46: CharliePuth
- LoserWritten off by some critics who said he lost his knack for great pop songs, Puth proves them all wrong with some of his best delivery and wordplay.
The song: https://youtube.com/watch?v=0NXUj7dJ6tM
My Spotify #BestOf2022 playlist: https://bit.ly/BestSongsOf2022
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#Songsof2022 #47: Jake Wesley Rogers - Dark Bird
Unabashedly theatrical, JWR is in a tug-of-war with his own vocal prowess. Even when he goes a bit too far, it's thrilling.
The song: https://youtube.com/watch?v=OD3bNZErBeU
My Spotify #BestOf2022 playlist: https://bit.ly/BestSongsOf2022
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#Songsof2022 #49: #JohnSummit - La Danza
A propulsive beat set against a looping Latin vocal. After two years of on/off lockdowns, this was the taste of freedom dancefloors needed.
The song: https://youtube.com/watch?v=93wq4L3Wgbk
My Spotify #BestOf2022 playlist: https://bit.ly/BestSongsOf2022