Summer is not over yet. Contrary to popular (British) belief, summer does not end when carnival is done. It ends with the autumn equinox, which falls on 22 September.
However, we have had a number of songs of the summer. Some entries came in fall, earlier in the summer, and we had a few trickle in more recently. For me, a song of the summer is one that you can hear in years to come and associate it with the summer of that year. Like Controlla or Work or One Dance in 2016. A song that transports you back to that moment in time.
So here are my entries for this year:
- TGIF by Glorilla
At 7PM every Friday I can feel my ears itching to listen to this song. One of three summer bangers Glorilla dropped this year, this song has an undeniably catchy chorus. For me, I don’t think I can ever forget Victoria Monet’s choreography to this at All Points East, performed at 7PM on a Friday.
- KEHLANI by Jordan Adetunji
This song was so popular on TikTok that Kehlani herself jumped on the remix. If you’re on the video sharing app, there’s no way you haven’t heard this song before. My favourite thing about the song is the sample, especially because Over It is my favourite Summer Walker album.
- Get It Sexyy by Sexyy Red
There wasn’t a day party that did not play this song at least once this summer. Sexyy Red has been blessing us with fun & ratchet music for months and this is the song I associate the most with Summer 2024.
- Not Like Us by Kendrick Lamar
Arguably the best thing to come from the Kendrick-Drake beef of 2024 is this song. It’s almost like Kendrick knew that the best way to annoy Drake is to make the hottest song of the summer – something that’s usually Drake’s lane. To make it worse, the video was fantastic too. A phenomenal move from Kendrick.
- MILLION DOLLAR BABY by Tommy Richman
Another TikTok banger but this time with a simple and catchy choreography. Tommy Richman’s high pitched singing mixed with the old school beat and style made this song so catchy. Like, it’s been on my Spotify ‘On Repeat’ playlist for two months – that kind of catchy.
- Soh-Soh by Odeal
Odeal has been dropping R&B masterpieces for years but this song, which infuses Afrobeats elements, might be my favourite from him. The song sounds like something you’d play on the beach on vacation. When I saw the simple TikTok choreo, I just had to learn it and make a video of my own.
- Favourite Girl (Remix) by Darkoo & Rema
The original song was already hitting the airwaves like crack in the 80s. You could not escape it. But this remix?! I heard it for the first time at Wireless Festival when Rema brought Darkoo out and I was obsessed since then. As always, Rema delivered. Darkoo’s second verse was also fantastic. I definitely prefer the remix to the original.
If you’d like to hear some more of my songs of the summer, listen to my ‘summer twenty four’ playlist on Spotify.
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