We have another repeat in Billboard’s #11 spot — Rihanna’s ‘Needed Me.’ Good song, and one my 10-year-old daughter plays every morning on the way to school, which probably doesn’t win me any parenting awards.
But as inappropriate as ‘Needed Me’ is, it’s got nothing on D.R.A.M.’s ‘Broccoli,’ which sits at #12. This is a moronic collection of horrible stereotypes, rapped by a couple of talentless potheads.
Rounding out Billboard’s top ten this week is ‘Send My Love (To Your New Lover),’ the latest single from Adele’s smash hit 25.
Though Adele destroyed every album sales record with the release of 25, it doesn’t seem like that record has permeated the culture. Compare it to Beyoncé’s Lemonade, which sold far fewer copies but dominated the conversation for months.
Twenty one pilots have their second top ten song of the week with ‘Ride,’ sitting at #9. According to Wikipedia, this makes them the first alternative artist to have two songs in Billboard’s top ten at the same time. I wonder how they define alternative?
‘Ride’ is my favorite of the three twenty one pilots songs I’ve featured on the blog to date (the other two being ‘Stressed Out‘ and ‘Heathens‘).
I’ve already featured Billboard’s #7 track, Calvin Harris and Rihanna’s ‘This is What You Came For‘ (which Taylor Swift apparently co-wrote under a pseudonym), so I’m jumping ahead to #8.
Shawn Mendes has had a big year. The Canadian singer-songwriter turned 18 this summer and just released his second full-length album, titled Illuminate. Its first single, ‘Treat You Better,’ is climbing the charts. And here he has his second Meet Me In Montauk Song of the Day. Lucky kid.
I never found Michael Jackson’s Bad phase convincing, and I can’t imagine anybody else did either. Just the sight of the slight, pretty Jackson in leather-and-chains garb makes me chuckle.
And I’m pretty sure Jackson never had a run-in with the sort of predatory groupie he describes in ‘Dirty Diana.’ I’m sure women threw themselves at him — he was the biggest star in the world, after all — but I doubt he was even mildly tempted.
