Best Songs of 2015 – #16
‘Cool For the Summer’ – Demi Lovato

The summer of 2015 lacked a clear frontrunner for “Song of the Summer” status. Billboard dissected its own charts and declared OMI the winner for his late-season hit ‘Cheerleader.’ Wiz Khalifa, Taylor Swift, The Weeknd, Fetty Wap and Walk the Moon all had skin in the game as well.

Demi Lovato broke the unofficial rule that no Song of the Summer should contain the word “summer” but, for my money, her ‘Cool For the Summer’ was certainly one of the best.

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Setting the boys aside for a moment, here’s Demi Lovato with a summer anthem that hints at a secret romance between two women.

Lovato has taken some heat not for the song’s subject matter but because some find it a little too close to Katy Perry territory. Indeed, it does sound like something Ms. Perry would record, though the fact that this song (like many of Perry’s) was written by hit-maker Max Martin is likely to blame.

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