At #12 on this week’s Hot 100 is rapper Doechii with ‘Anxiety,’ a 2019 track that she re-recorded after it picked up steam on TikTok.

The track heavily samples Gotye’s 2011 ‘Somebody That I Used to Know’ — so heavily that you’re 20 seconds in before you realize it’s a sample and not the actual song. I’m not a big fan of songs that rely so heavily on samples, especially of well-known tracks, but this one is decent.

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