SZA’s first unaccompanied top 10 hit on the Hot 100 wouldn’t have been anyone’s guess for a conventional crossover. Lil Nas X & Jack Harlow, "Industry Baby".
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At the end of last year, during her Billboard Women in Music interview, Lipa told us of her strategy around her March 2020 album release, “We love to milk it.” Now, a full year and a half later, she’s still milking this unstoppable single… all the way to the Milky Way. It all comes back to what a fun repeat listen it is, with its slinky, Studio 54-inspired production from longtime collaborator Koz alongside Stuart Price (who also shepherded Madonna’s disco revival for 2005’s Confessions on a Dance Floor), as well as those sweetly cheeky lyrics (looking at you, “sugarboo”). J.G.Įverything about this Future Nostalgia gem is encapsulated in its effervescent title, from the written-in-the-stars lyrical love story floating straight to the galaxies, to the handclapping beat begging you to get up and dance, to its relentless rise up the charts – even ending 2021 as the year’s biggest Hot 100 hit despite never topping the chart. 1 bows on the chart - and proving that, contrary to the song’s opening lyrics, it was in fact Rodrigo who excelled at moving on really easily. Oh yeah, and “Good 4 U” also arrived atop the Hot 100, making Sour the first debut album ever to score two No. (Rodrigo would later give writing credits to Hayley Williams and Josh Farro for similarities to Paramore’s 2007 single “Misery Business.”) Her songwriting is clever without being congested, and her vocal glides just as effortlessly on top of raucous guitars as it does over a serene piano. How do you get out from under the shadow of a record-breaking, Hot 100-topping debut single that yielded its own Saturday Night Live skit and one of the best bridges in recent memory? If you’re Olivia Rodrigo, you change just about everything: “Good 4 U” smashes “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” to pieces, flipping the distraught, heartfelt balladry of “Drivers License” for a middle-fingers-up anthem spiked with tongue-in-cheek lyrics and 2000s pop-punk angst. Though An Evening With Silk Sonic took another eight months to materialize and the pair haven’t announced tour plans, the duo’s debut single was such a winner that it guaranteed that the door would still be open whenever they decided to return.
1 on the Hot 100 in just five weeks and earned Grammy nominations for record and song of the year.
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Silk Sonic make their predecessors proud both with the detail of the production and the investment of their performances - most notably, Bruno’s series of high notes at the song’s conclusion. In hopes of fulfilling their bedroom conquests on the swoon-worthy ballad, Bruno and Anderson aim to please: Not only do they cajole their lady with “straight from the heart” wordplay, but they offer extra incentives to get the party started (“If you smoke, I got the haze/ And if you’re hungry, girl, I got filets”). Paak - grooved their way back into the ’70s with their exuberantly sleek seduction anthem “ Leave the Door Open.” Dripping with both humor and sex appeal, “Door” is an instant slam dunk by the R&B super-duo, as they lovingly recreated the lush sounds of ’70s soul, but with enough modern finesse to still conquer audiences not even born until decades later.
Instead of leaning into today’s R&B sound, Silk Sonic - comprised of famed retro heads Bruno Mars and Anderson.
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