The results are in: The No. 1 song on Billboard's all-genre Songs of the Summer chart for 2024 is Post Malone and Morgan Wallen's "I Had Some Help." The song — which is the lead single off Post's F-1 ...

It’s August, which means the Song of the Summer debate has once again descended upon Pitchfork.com. And because it’s another year without a consensus favorite, here are 20 picks for Song of the Summer ...

Crumpton is a music, pop culture, and politics writer from Dallas. Photo-Illustration by Chloe Dowling for TIME (Source Images: Atstock Productions/Getty Images, Deagreez/Getty Images, Xavier ...

On “Illegal,” PinkPantheress’ sugariest hit to date, the singer/producer cleverly compares the time-warping headrush of getting overly fried to navigating a situationship at the height of its passion ...

Ten tastemakers (and two staffers) weigh in on the season’s signature tracks. By Joe Coscarelli and Jon Caramanica Don’t let anyone — even this very newsletter — tell you differently: The last day of ...

What makes a great song of the summer? Is it an up-tempo pop banger? Something with an earworm chorus? Does it need to feature the words “summer,” “sunshine,” or another synonym — “California” — in ...

Each week, we use this column to break down major takeaways from the latest Billboard albums and singles charts. But it seems like a good week to break down a larger question about the charts circa ...

A beach, a barbeque, a car cruising by on a warm night with the windows down and that song blasting — those are all true judges of Songs of Summer. And those of us with long memories can recall a lot ...

Devon Powers says there is one significant data point no one has considered in the debate around 2025’s Song of the Summer, or rather, why there doesn’t really seem to be one this year: Donald Trump.

It’s been almost four years since Taylor Swift released her album Lover, and one particular song from that poppy set has never disappeared entirely from the minds and playlists of her fans. Now, with ...

Four years after its debut, Taylor Swift’s “Cruel Summer” is finally being released as a radio single, much to the delight of Swifties everywhere. According to Billboard, the song will be promoted on ...

The Fourth of July is in the rearview mirror, with all the hot dogs having been consumed and (hopefully, for the sake of my dog) all the fireworks having been launched. That means we are in the throes ...