![]() The slick single off the collective’s stellar After Dinner We Talk Dreams album queues “the fog machine to run real slow,” and would sync perfectly over a montage of poses from the underground ballroom documentary Paris is Burning, showcasing the New York group’s appreciation for queer culture. From there, MICHELLE’s track thumps like a quickening heartbeat. The first moments of the beat on “POSE” climb in decibels, drawing in the listener like they’re opening the door to a party and making their way to the dancefloor. The beyond-catchy song, which reached the top five on the Billboard Hot 100, has a modern pop sheen, but really could have been a hit at any point in the last 50+ years. Sunshine pop lives! This song about a new crush doubles as an ode to the timeless youthful joy of cruising around your neighborhood in a convertible – or as close as you can come to one – with your favorite music at full blast. Teitelbaum has released high-quality music before, first as the feminist indie-pop artist BAUM, but now, as Blondshell, Teitelbaum’s identity as a songwriter has never been mightier. ![]() Like her singles that proceeded it, “Olympus” is brazen and cutting – depicting the collision of love and addiction - and full of lyrical barbs that will stick with you long after the song is over. Blondshell, in the opening of her debut single “Olympus.” It’s a telling introduction to one of the industry’s most talked-about new indie rock talents, and received instant-enough acclaim to lead to her inking a deal with Partisan Records. “I’d still kill for you / I’d die to spend the night at your belonging,” sings Sabrina Teitelbaum, a.k.a. Plus, you add lyrics that are fun to sing along to because of their play on words (staying true to Camilo and songwriting partner Edgar Barrera’s style), and Camilo and Grupo Firme struck gold with “Alaska.” - GRISELDA FLORES Both are important in making the song so effective and catchy, but in the end it’s the fact that it’s a huapango (Mexican music style) that just makes you want to get on your feet and dance. It’s hard to tell what’s more winning about “Alaska”: its witty lyrics or its upbeat sound. There may be many hits on this list that are forgotten as time rolls by, but years from now the refrain from this track will still pop into your head from out of nowhere and bring a smile to your face. But then he openly declared his love of corn to YouTuber Julian Shapiro-Barnum, and his squeaky-voiced ode to the grain was flipped into one of the catchiest hooks in recent memory by Michael Gregory, and the most wholesome meme song of the year was born.
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