Usually, I compile a list of the worst so far, but, that didn’t happen this year. Worst Rap Songs of 2019 Follow. Other songs, like Maroon 5's "Memories," gave the year a bad reputation. The most overrated songs of 2019 are listed below, ranked in order of ascending popularity. Erin Bromhead - April 30, 2019. DISHONORABLE MENTIONS I. “How’s it going I’m a cow / You drink milk from my tits,” exclaims Zac Brown, at one point. Instead we got a bland song which you couldn't even tap along to, yet alone sing to. After years of singing about love stories based in fantasy and embellishing the details of failed courtships, "Lover" sees Swift grow into herself. "Earfquake" introduced us to Tyler's newest alter-ego and, after 2017's "Flower Boy" was hailed as his most mature album yet, proved that he's nowhere near done evolving. One of my biggest regrets last year was not putting Now Or Never by Halsey on my Worst of ’17 list. This page is dedicated to determining the worst Christmas song with a single elimination 16 song bracket. 2019 has been another great year for music. This song is so generic, bland, and cringey as all hell. She writes with striking maturity but maintains her characteristic flair for drama, beautifully capturing the atmosphere within a lasting love — a place of security and frustration and comfort and understanding and persistent, abiding, I'll-run-away-with-you-if-you-ask passion. The thoughts expressed are those of the author(s). pulls out lyrics that are nonsensical, scornful, gramatically incorrect, or written with forced rhymes and made-up words. Visit Insider's homepage for more stories. Comments. Insider picked the eight worst songs from Spotify's 100 most-streamed tracks this year (through October). "Hot Girl Bummer" isn't just a transparent attempt to ride the coattails of Megan Thee Stallion's motto-turned-anthem, "Hot Girl Summer" (giving something a name that's similar to an already-popular search phrase is an easy way to get extra eyeballs — or, in this case, ears — on it). Aside from being a baseline bad song, "Both Ways" — the 10th track on Liam Payne's new solo album — is a pretty gross depiction of women being attracted to other women. A list by BoyCash. No one can accuse Adam Levine of lacking brazenness. He also brags that he "won't judge" and that his girl's sexuality makes every day feel like his birthday. Get it now on Libro.fm using the button below. This list consists of albums or songs that have been considered the worst music ever made by various combinations of music critics, television broadcasters (such as MTV and VH1), radio stations, composers, and public polls. A recurring criticism he has given is when a real word is used, but with a made-up definition. As with many albums that, in the words of Pitchfork's Matthew Strauss, "succeed in communicating mood as their own sense of logic," the song elevates and is elevated by the songs that surround it. "'Cherry' is an instant classic that elevated Styles' artistry to new heights. — her most poetic, consistent, and critically acclaimed to date. Courteney Larocca gave it an immediate 10/10 after one listen, while Paige DiFiore and I both ignored the 1-10 rule to come up with a 100/10 and 11/10, respectively. A later section reminds us that “everybody hurts sometimes,” but “everything’s gon’ be alright,” managing within the space of a few lines to crib lazily from two different ubiquitous no-brainer songs, both of which are flush with the sort of magisterial wistfulness that Maroon 5 are trying and failing to summon here. I never liked this group and by this time, I’m sick of them. As Dani Blum wrote for Pitchfork, the song "offers only a garish caricature" of rap music: "'They call me racist / Only thing I like is green and blue faces,' she sneers, managing to corrode and embarrass herself in one line.". As such, it is this writer's civic duty to compile a list of the very worst songs … Year in Review 2018 Year in Review 2018 We made it through another weird year. [text briefly appears: We're … That said, every year brings fresh crimes against music. 1. Of the six songs on Miley Cyrus' eclectic EP, as Idolator's Mike Nied wrote, "Cattitude" is her "most glaring stumble." From stellar releases to emerging new artists and bands that will see a future for themselves and veterans putting out the most surprising records. It’s around that time of the year again when everyone decides to make unnecessary lists about the best and/or worst things to come out that year, and I’ve always been a sucker for a good list, especially one that rips into shitty, low-effort music. Lilflexy. Even aside from the song's central references to fried chicken and lemonade, there's nothing here of interest. Let’s put this song and Lil Baby behind going into 2019 because this is just a waste of time. Probably several others. Top 10 Worst Hit Songs Of 2019. "Lipa reunited with the team behind her formidable, catchy breakthrough hit 'New Rules,' but 'Don't Start Now' takes her sound to a higher level," Rolling Stone's Brittany Spanos wrote. Chick-fil-A is a fast food joint that's best known worldwide for being owned by a homophobe. Erin Bromhead - December 18, 2019. From Lizzo to Lil Nas X, a goth-pop princess to the Queen of Pop, here are the 10 songs from 2019 that ended the decade on the best notes. The latter is echoed by pouts and wails in the background ("I don't need anyone! Maroon 5’s sparse and saccharine hit “Memories” consists of the eight Canon chords and very little else, with Levine spinning cliches about bygone better days atop a plinking keyboard and some vinyl noise, piped in to remind you that this song is supposed to be nostalgic. 12/19/18 2:00PM. I know there’s already a lot of negativity in the world. It clocks in at under three minutes, and yet manages to synthesize a veritable feast of emotions: longing, guilt, resentment, desire, quiet dread. "Earfquake" is best heard within the context of "Igor," Tyler, the Creator's best and most cohesive album to date. I don't need anyone! At least "Girls Like You" was catchy and featured a Cardi B verse. The beat rises higher but the emotional payoff never comes, as a stream of vaguely spiritual one-liners are thrown against the wall without sticking. This is an opinion column. Say what you will about the quality of Ed Sheeran’s No. This year and its music will always hold weight to me, for 2019 was the year that I graduated high school and transitioned into another phase of my life. First of all, there's already a dance track from a DJ called "Light It Up" and it's way better. The sparkling, synth-laden ballad is the tender heart of "Thank U, Next," Grande's best and most personal album to date. —WILL GOTTSEGEN. Here’s a choice cut: “All these shootings, pollution, we under attack on ourselves / Like let’s all just chill, respect what we built / Like look at the internet! I heard “Freaky Friday”—the song in which Lil Dicky is Chris Brown, and Chris Brown is Lil Dicky—and I thought it couldn’t get any worse. is a sugary, too-sweet outlier fit for the 'Frozen' demographic — and not much else.". Worst of 2019 Die hässlichsten Deutschrap-Cover. 'Turn up your gratitude, turn down your attitude / I love my pussy, that means I got cattitude' packs the energy of a self-help slogan and a rejected Lizzo track," Pitchfork's Anna Gaca wrote. With biting sass, she tells a lover who has left her scorned that she has happily moved on. Insider previously ranked it as the 41st best song of the 2010s decade. Not in this case. There's just nothing to it; no meat, no intrigue. Ah, the moment you’ve all been waiting for, you negative noodles! If there's a "worst song" on Iggy Azalea's terrible album "In My Defense," "Clap Back" comes pretty close. among Taylor Swift's worst songs ever. As explained by Cosmo UK's sex and relationships editor, Paisley Gilmour: "Bisexual women and femme-presenting people are so often subjected to this kind of fetishization — the idea that their sexuality exists to arouse straight, cis dudes. Instead, they returned with a delightfully weird, tropical pop-rock banger and triumphantly asserted their dominant role in 2019 as more than a nostalgic fluke. "Sucker" was the perfect comeback song for this century's most beloved trio. 1 on the chart in 2019, Other songs, however, marred the year's reputation — like. Keep reading for Insider's roundup of the highs and lows from the past year in chronological order, starting with the very best. It's extraordinarily difficult to pick a "best" song from Lana Del Rey's enchanting album "Norman F---ing Rockwell!" It’s cracking as hell.” The world is on fire, but at least we have the internet. "'Cattitude' is proudly unserious, but it's also kind of embarrassing. He defended Bill Cosby, and visited Donald Trump at the White House, but more importantly, the music he’s released during this period has been lifeless and hollow, void of both the lucid ambition of his early career and the complex depictions of fame of the early 2010s. These are the worst songs of 2019. The vocal melody that opens the verse cops clearly from Pachelbel’s string line. –TOSTEN BURKS. One thing we can agree on is that we didn’t need an updated version with revised lyrics recorded by John Legend and Kelly Clarkson. (Kim Kardashian West is an effective prison reform advocate and business mogul who's changed the fabric of fame as we know it. Cool made my 20 worst songs of 2019 list and this will at least be a dishonorable mention. His new fatherhood and renewed interest in Christianity seemed to energize him in his personal life over the last few years, but the resulting album—October’s Jesus Is King—doesn’t reflect that spark. The spare production allows Halsey's theatrical charisma to take center stage: "When my hair stands on ends it's saluting you" is a standout line, as well as the song's central refrain: "I don't need anyone, I just need everyone and then some." I know, we’re still two months shy of the halfway mark, but the first four months of 2019 have really put on a show. That being said: "Godd--- manchild, you f---ed me so good that I almost said, 'I love you.'" Second of all, has Tyga's voice always sounded so nasally and weird? and Billie Eilish's "Wish You Were Gay" also made the list. Earlier this year, Insider's own Courteney Larocca listed "Me!" And then out of nowhere came “Earth,” an aggravating posse cut that ditched the whole suburban dweeb schtick for what appeared to be a genuine plea to save the trees; Chris Brown was gone, but now here was Lil Jon, pretending to be a clam. From an artist who once invented new styles with every track, “Closed on Sunday”’s greatest sin is that it does exactly what you expect it to. Top 25 Worst Songs of 2019 Hello guys and today I'll be going over the worst-hit songs of 2019! Like a slick chain restaurant, “Memories” is instantly familiar. When Insider's entertainment team ranked every solo song Harry Styles has released, rating each song on a scale from 1-10 and then averaging the scores, we near-unanimously decided that "Cherry" is his best song yet. They appear 5 times in the 2017 Year End charts (plus, Quavious made an extra 3 appearances on featured songs). Every year, I publish a ‘worst songs of 2019’ list. Put next to some of Cyrus' most enticingly edgy music in years ("Mother's Daugher," "Unholy"), it's even more cringey. Spot the disparity?). From an artist who once invented new styles with every track, “Closed on Sunday”’s greatest sin is that it does exactly what you expect it to. By. A leading-edge research firm focused on digital transformation. among Taylor Swift's worst songs ever, Iggy Azalea's terrible album "In My Defense,", an easy way to get extra eyeballs — or, in this case, ears — on it, lyrical masterpieces like "Black Skinhead" and "Runaway", explained by Cosmo UK's sex and relationships editor, Paisley Gilmour, The 113 best songs of the past decade, ranked, The 8 best and 8 worst songs of the decade, Every song that hit No. The album’s fourth track, “Closed On Sunday,” might be the most forgettable Kanye West song to date if not for the sheer inescapability of one line: “Closed on Sunday, you’re my Chick-fil-A.” Chanted over and over and over again, the words meld so many aspects of the rapper’s current-day identity—sloganeering narcissist, increasingly conservative Christian, musician who values branding and entrepreneurship above music—into a single structure eclipsing any last hope for thoughtful songwriting. Marshmello's is empty and colorless. (One of those songs even contains a few of Pachelbel’s chords itself.) To make up for that, I’m going to mention Bad At Love here, which is just as bad. I refuse to believe the emo queen of my childhood, the punk-rock genius who brought us "Complicated" and "My Happy Ending," also brought us "Dumb Blonde.". Yikes. Now that he year is closing off, here are my least favorite rap songs of 2019. But this is list is not about good music. 6 Collaborations Project, but it offers an unusually unfettered look at the piles of generically trendy leftovers that a pop singer can compile between album cycles with an unchecked budget and incoherent vision. Dua Lipa's disco-infused single "Don't Start Now" maximizes everything the pop star does best. Most artists don't achieve momentary, transcendental brilliance like that ever, let alone within the first 45 seconds of track one. "But on what has been described as Swift's most indie-leaning record to date, 'Me!' Worst Christmas Songs 2019. Whether the song is a depiction of sexual coercion or simply of two people trying to reconcile their mutual desire with the repressive sexual mores of the era is unlikely to be settled anytime soon. Juice Wrld's "Robbery" took the top spot with 138 million streams. "), giving the song a weird, slightly unhinged quality that makes it all the more brilliant. This list is about the wretched, the disposable, the lazy—the music that comes on and makes the bad times worse. Made at the end of the year they correspond to, The Ten Worst Songs videos all follow a similar premise. By Pitchfor k. February 7, 2019. I was expecting another nice and groovy song for their new album (like 'Sucker'). Um, right! You get the sense that Dicky thinks of the song as a sort of update on “We Are the World,” though the one-line cameos from Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande, Halsey, Brendon Urie, Katy Perry, Wiz Khalifa, Snoop Dogg, Adam Levine, Shawn Mendes, and more are impressive more for logistical reasons than musical ones. It's a misconception that contributes to bisexual erasure (when bisexual people's sexuality is repeatedly ignored, denied existence or just plain questioned).". The Worst Songs of 2019. The dreamy, Mazzy Star-esque ballad, written entirely by Swift herself, has been nominated for song of the year at the 2020 Grammys and was ranked by Insider as one of the best songs of the 2010s decade. 1. The Worst Songs of 2018. Read our countdown of the 50 best songs of 2019, from Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road" to Vampire Weekend's "Harmony Hall" and beyond. In this sense, “Remember the Name” stands out. Gif: Elena Scotti (Photos: Getty, Shutterstock) Jezebel Staff. Thirdly and most importantly, as I've noted before, nobody benefits from Chris Brown's continued presence in the music industry. Every holiday season, we can look forward to relitigating the sexual politics of “Baby It’s Cold Outside,” the 1944 duet that has found eternal life as a Christmas standard. 1 Introduction 2 #10 3 #9 4 #8 5 #7 6 #6 7 #5 8 #4 9 #3 10 #2 11 Honorable mentions 12 #1 13 Footnotes Todd plays Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello - "Señorita"1 on piano THE TOP TEN WORST HIT SONGS OF 2019 A year-end review Todd: Hey everyone. "Closed on Sunday, you my Chick-fil-A / Hold the selfies, put the 'gram away / Get your family, y'all, hold hands and pray," West recites lazily, sounding like he's even boring himself. The 10 worst songs of 2019 10) Hobo Johnson, “Typical Story” Somewhere inside “Typical Story” is a fairly clever inversion of various cliche rags-to-riches stories. As a bookend to Jezebel’s list of life-saving music, here are the songs of 2019 that came mired in mediocrity and which we would like to catapult off the surface of the moon. That's your life-changing insight, Ye? It is a songwriting truism that Johann Pachelbel’s Canon in D, a simple but indelible piece of Baroque-era chamber music, is regularly and shamelessly ripped off by contemporary pop musicians. This list is about the wretched, the disposable, the lazy—the music that comes on and makes the bad times worse. one of the most arresting and moving songs, Grande's best and most personal album to date, as the 41st best song of the 2010s decade, in the words of Pitchfork's Matthew Strauss, he's the sole producer and only one of two writers on the song, the harmonies sound "like a cloud melting", nominated for song of the year at the 2020 Grammys, ranked by Insider as one of the best songs of the 2010s decade, a way to ensure that people listen to her words, that started off as a poem about having a black eye, ranked every solo song Harry Styles has released, the "Avril Lavigne was replaced with a body double" conspiracy theory, a dance track from a DJ called "Light It Up", listed "Me!" Instead of cramming a new premise into an old song, trying to make it into something it’s not, maybe they should have just written a new one. Other songs, however, marred the year's reputation. "Lover" already feels like an indispensable addition to Taylor Swift's discography. Over a knockoff “Next Episode” melody played on tinny acoustic guitar, Sheeran calls out haters with lines that prove them right: “I never was a sick kid, always dismissed quick / ‘Stick to singin’, stop rappin’ like it’s Christmas.’” Eminem continues his search for the world’s most tortured metaphor: “If rap was skinny jeans, I couldn’t do anything in ‘em / I’d be splittin’ seams of demin when I’m spittin’ schemes.” 50 Cent understands there’s no use trying. This is one of the rare times that an artist's song — one that wasn't even released as a lead single for her album, one that she actually thought people would hate — has eclipsed the one that made her famous. "Needy" is one of the most arresting and moving songs in Ariana Grande's catalogue. Smug and self-satisfied, as on the rest of Jesus Is King, he seems to be operating on the assumption that a Christian album is an interesting and worthy enough gambit in itself, and the songs needn’t do anything to challenge or move the listener beyond that initial premise. It's inevitable, yet no less harrowing. ", "The song is the peak of pop catharsis: it unfolds into one of the year's most glamorous new tunes. Halsey is as much a writer, if not more so, than a singer or hitmaker. Although it's very touching that Adam Levine dedicated the music video to Jordan Feldstein, the band's manager who died in 2017, the actual song doesn't contain any touching details or any specificity at all, preferring to parrot tiresome clichés. The Best and Worst Songs Nominated for a Grammy This Year. seems to be operating on the assumption that a Christian album is an interesting and worthy enough gambit in itself, and the songs needn’t do anything to challenge or move the listener beyond that initial premise. Before we begin, here are the first 5 dishonorable mentions. If that isn't an ingenious way to open an album, then I don't know what is. ", This soulless, phoned-in pop song tries so hard to be a female empowerment anthem, but mostly just feels like fodder for the "Avril Lavigne was replaced with a body double" conspiracy theory. Recording a song about the importance of consent is a worthy endeavor, but the new version misses the mark, especially when Legend sings “it’s your body and your choice” in response to Clarkson’s query about whether to have another drink. However, as the album's lead single, "Earfquake" also stood on its own before it existed within the context of "Igor" — and it clearly succeeded, having become Tyler's best-selling and highest-charting song to date. The lyrics have drawn heavy criticism from the LGBTQ community. As Larocca wrote, "There's a tenderness in Styles' vocals on 'Cherry' that, along with the Camille Rowe voice note at the end, helps drive home the beautifully melancholic tone. So it's time to reflect back on some of the crappiest songs. The intimate song evokes the impending doom of a failing relationship: apologies sent via text, going to bed without saying goodnight, the lonely echo of an empty apartment. It’s not us. These are the 15 songs I hated the most in 2019. It's nice that Kanye West feels like he's found his purpose, but did that mean he had to become such a mediocre songwriter? Released just before we head into the next decade, "Bad Guy" already feels like something we'll remember as the inspiration behind many copycats, as a song that paved the way for a new kind of radio hit — and perhaps as more than Eilish's defining anthem, but a generation's. From anthems about bad guys to late night summer jams, the best songs of 2019 have one thing in common—they've made us tune out the world and take a listen.From Ariana Grande's quickly-iconic breakup track to Bruce Springsteen's big return, these are the best songs of 2019—so far. You wish you could see Bianca Jagger ride into the club on a white horse as this song plays in the distance.". Subscriber The contours are there, but the content is little more than a collection of West’s worst impulses. By. 56. Why didn’t I think of that? “Memories” is a replica of a replica of a replica, sticky with the residue of borrowed emotion but hollow of anything resembling its own—not so much a Pachelbel ripoff as a two-bit remake of “Graduation Song.” —ANDY CUSH. "Lovin' the way that she's turning you on / Switching the lanes like a Bugatti Sport / Nothing but luck that she got me involved, yeah / Flipping that body, go head, I go tails," Payne sings in the song's refrain. He ends the list at number one, the worst position on the list. 11 of the Absolute Worst Songs of 2019 features songs courtesy of Blueface, Kanye West, Katy Perry, Liam Payne, and Lil Dicky. She often describes her onstage career as a way to ensure that people listen to her words and understand her emotions — a drive that's never been more apparent than on "Clementine," an intimate, glittering ode to self-awareness that started off as a poem about having a black eye. His new fatherhood and renewed interest in Christianity seemed to energize him in his personal life over the last few years, but the resulting album—October’s, The beat rises higher but the emotional payoff never comes, as a stream of vaguely spiritual one-liners are thrown against the wall without sticking. That’s not quite as true as the many internet lists and YouTube videos devoted to the subject would have you believe: Plenty of songs tagged as Canon copies swap a new chord or two into his famous progression, or use only the first few chords before departing in a different direction. Foo Fighters Swing for the Stadium (Again) on. Images in Illustration from Shutterstock Which is fair: The sultry call-and-response lyrics between male and female vocalists certainly suggest that the guy is pressing the woman hard into doing something she doesn’t want to do, and the “Say, what’s in this drink?” line does not help. Some of West's best songs ("Jesus Walks," "Ultralight Beam") are gospel-heavy records, directly inspired by his religious devotion, so I'm not sure what his excuse is for such a weak and, honestly, offensively deficient metaphor. And in the sense that nostalgia dooms flatten our complex real feelings into simple banalities as we ceaselessly repeat the past, it is. "Longtime fans know Swift's lead singles tend to be red herrings, and 'Me!' The Worst Songs of 2019. Put simply, "Needy" is mesmerizing, acting as both confession and catharsis. Updated 11mo ago. 2019 had many musical highlights from artists like Billie Eilish and Halsey. 2019 was an incredible year for music — especially for women, as it was peppered by career highlights from artists like Ariana Grande, Billie Eilish, Taylor Swift, Lana Del Rey, Halsey, and Dua Lipa (honorable mentions include Selena Gomez's comeback ballad "Lose You to Love Me," Rosalía's eclectic stream of singles, and excellent albums from Charli XCX, Maggie Rogers, and FKA Twigs). "Above one of the year's strongest bass lines, Lipa vocally struts her way through a Studio 54 fantasy. It's hard to believe the man behind lyrical masterpieces like "Black Skinhead" and "Runaway" actually wrote and released a song that's all about comparing his iconic wife to... Chick-fil-A. The contours are there, but the content is little more than a collection of West’s worst impulses. It has come down to this, so I get out my scum bucket and now pick the worst of the worst in songs for 2019 From Justin Timberlake's 'The Hard Stuff' to Eminem's 'Fall,' here are TIME's top 10 worst songs of 2018. might be the best example of a leading track expertly masking the overall feel of the album it's meant to promote," she wrote. So let’s pop the swelling, pus-filled boils that are the worst hit songs of 2017. Starting at number ten, Buckley slowly progresses down a list of songs of the year he believes to be the worst on the charts. Taylor Swift's "Me!" But Maroon 5's newest single "Memories" is desperately generic. Styles leans into his jealous side, crafting the most powerful moment on 'Fine Line,'" she wrote. Eventually, the animal celebrities cede the floor to Dicky, who gestures wildly toward an apocalypse he doesn’t seem to understand. Respected artists like Miley Cyrus, Kanye West, and Maroon 5 had some major missteps. Account active Below are our staff's 100 favorite songs of 2019 -- a mix of cultural events, personal favorites and everything else that tattooed itself inside our brains in the last 12 months. "'Cattitude' is entertaining, sure, but who's being entertained?". "Bad Guy" has become Billie Eilish's defining anthem, illustrating the unconventional spooky pop that has made her so beloved. From the perfection of “Shallow” to, well, Greta Van Fleet . ", "With lyrics like, 'I, I confess I can tell that you are at your best / I'm selfish so I'm hating it,' and 'Does he take you walking 'round his parents' gallery?' —ROB ARCAND. —MAGGIE SEROTA, the once-in-a-generation superstar has abandoned nearly all of the goodwill he’d built up over the previous decade to focus on … what, exactly? 47,699. In 2010, this … Augen auf, auch wenn man sie lieber feste zukneifen will: Hier kommen die schauderhaftesten Artworks, die hiesiger Hip Hop 2019 ausgespuckt hat. And I realise making a list like this isn’t really what the Christmas spirit is all about, but I have the flu in summer and somebody has to pay for it. It's also just an inauthentic song with a gimmicky, uber-repetitive hook. My God, was Migos inescapable this year. Good music can brighten even the most terrible times, and many artists did so this year: You can read about our favorite albums of 2019 here and favorite songs here. Not for nothing, it was also a weird choice for Nicki Minaj to cosign a song that prominently features the lyric "I ain't no dumb blonde / I ain't no stupid Barbie doll" when she has spent her entire career creatively reclaiming the Barbie image (her fans literally call themselves "Barbz"). He defended Bill Cosby, and visited Donald Trump at the White House, but more importantly, the music he’s released during this period has been lifeless and hollow, void of both the lucid ambition of his early career and the complex depictions of fame of the early 2010s. Billie Eilish, “Bad Guy” Sometimes it’s nice to remember an A-lister’s roots. Considering his growing list of disturbing accusations over the years — including but not limited to assault, abuse, and rape — it's a mystery and a disgrace that artists continue to insist on collaborating with him. Ed Sheeran ft. Eminem, 50 Cent – … The worst part about it is that it works, inspiring involuntary fits of choked-up sentimentality thanks to years of Pavlovian associations with these sounds. But the song isn't just the worst of the small bunch — it's downright unlistenable. No star in their right mind is making the type of Jason Mraz-core bonfire guitar rap that Sheeran loved in his pre-Grammy days, so there’s something pure in his unfortunate insistence on it here. Upvote +6 Downvote. After an agonizing six-year breakup, the Jonas Brothers could've released any kind of catchy radio hit or "Burnin' Up" knockoff and it would've been embraced by fans. It's Todd in the Shadows, everyone's favorite music critic on YouTube except for the other guy. Dani Dawn Lists December 16, 2019 January 20, 2020 10 Minutes. Upvote +6 Downvote. "Earfquake" illustrates Tyler's talent for innovation and artistic growth, especially as he's the sole producer and only one of two writers on the song. Top 10 Worst Hit Songs of 2019 (So far) 10.Envy Me by Calboy I'll be honest, the only reason this song is here is that I needed something to fill in my number ten slot, I had a hard time picking out songs to put in here, so I decided to go with a generic trap song that sounds like a leftover from 2018. Since around the time of Kanye West’s 2016 album The Life of Pablo, the once-in-a-generation superstar has abandoned nearly all of the goodwill he’d built up over the previous decade to focus on … what, exactly? Smug and self-satisfied, as on the rest of. It sees Azalea addressing "hatin' broke h---" who've accused her of cultural appropriation with super sophisticated insights like, "'Cause I talk like this and my a-- fat / They be saying Iggy tryna act black." since, “No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention”. The Worst Songs of the Year So Far. 148 likes. 30 Worst Songs of 2019 Wannabees 38 Lil Baby "Woah" 37 DaBaby "Bop" 36 NLE Choppa "Shotta Flow" 35 Kanye West/Ty Dolla Sign/Ant Clemons "Everything We Need" 34 Offset/Cardi B "Clout" 33 Ariana Grande/Social House "Boyfriend" 32 Arizona Zervas "Roxanne" 31 Lil Baby/DaBaby "Baby" Top 30 30 Rick Ross/Drake "Gold Roses" 29 Selena Gomez "Lose You To Love Me" 28 Juice Wrld "Robbery" … His pitched-up falsetto, gliding through the song's "mutating, colorful chords," make listening to "Earfquake" feel like a surrealist experience (in Tyler's own words, the harmonies sound "like a cloud melting").