Top 10 best song 2022

You must got me fucked up/I think I had enough, Chloe sings on the hook of Forgive Me after learning the person shes been loving has been dishonest. But dont expect to find Chloe or Halle teary-eyed and broken over a dying relationship. If Forgive Me teaches listeners anything, its to live unabashedly, because best believe [youll] move onto better things. The kids are all rightand more mature than ever.

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Taylor Swifts Exile is as emotive and warm as the monotone Willow Instagram filter. Like sipping on a cup of hot cocoa at a bonfire, throaty vocals from Bon Ivers Justin Vernon add warmth to the rather mellow track, as Swift's softer tone meets his midway through the song. BRB, crying.

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The shortest song on the album follows a braggadocious skit from the Hot Girl herself, Megan Thee Stallion, which serves as a preview to the kind of song you should expect: SEX, SEX, SEX. Water is a two-minute guide on the many ways the Pisces singer wants to be pleased, so if youre eyeing a water sign, act accordingly.

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While we wont be able to indulge in the excitement of a local carnival or amusement park, we can live vicariously through the neon-hued video of electronic duo Sylvan Essos Ferris Wheel. What makes the cheery song as bright as the lights throughout the park is lead singer Amealias dancing.

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Peppy synths, a funky guitar line, and a breakup helped craft this unofficial quarantine anthem. I don't mind to live all on my own/And I don't care to feel like I belong, Shamir sings on the disco-inflected song. Try not to dance, I dare you.

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SWVs classic Weak gets flipped from a classic lovestruck ballad to a players anthem about Flo Milli yearning for a man with cash and not the boring ones who've become a nuisance in her life.

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Un Dia is basically summer bottled up in a four-minute track. For the first time ever, Dua Lipa lends her soulful rasp to a breezy, upbeat melody that has become synonymous with her co-stars' signature sounds. Lipa, J Balvin, and Bad Bunny are no strangers to song-of-the-summer hits, and Un Dia is just another bullet in their lengthy hits catalog.

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An intoxicating love is hard to come by, and harder to shake off. Lianne La Havas is wallowing in her sadness following a breakup as she sings, So lonely now/Love is the only way down/Courage, save me somehow. Whether shes singing about loss, heartbreak, or love, Havass voice always feels like snuggling with a cozy weighted blanket on a Sunday morning.

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Jidennas music always brings with it heartfelt storytelling. On Black Magic Hour, Jidenna seeks to educate the Black community about the tools they already possess to enact social and economic change. If we spend the bread, we can do it on our own, he reminds listeners.

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Last summer, Koffees Toast was the hit song you couldnt escape anywhere. But even quarantine couldnt stop her from adding a little more light and positivity to a rather dull year. Koffee packages all of our current thoughts about quarantine in Lockdown by asking all the right questions: Where will we go? When di quarantine ting done and everybody touch road?

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Twerking is an art form, so Missy Elliott, the queen of all things dance, put it in a museum.

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Evanescence has an amazing new song and yes, we're still in 2020. *cries in black converse, skinny jeans, and Tumblr*

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Kali Uchis has reached her wits' end in a relationship and regrets the time she wasted going "crazy" over her old lover. Though she wants to start a war, she has a new man who treats her better and brings her peace.

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Valentine's Day is long gone but James Blake's "You're Too Precious" is hauntingly beautiful song you can sing to your loved ones year-round.

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From the Aaliyah sample to the booming bass, Ilham's newest song is a bop in every sense of the word. My only qualm is that the song is entirely too short.

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Apple told ELLE the delayed angst of childhood defines the songs on her masterful new album Fetch the Bolt Cutters. But the bouncy, joyful Shameika celebrates a creative milestone in young Fionas lifethe time a classmate told her she had potential. Julie Kosin

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Marling describes her new album as a triumph over trauma, and her soothing vocals and defiant lyrics offer unexpected solace in this time of crisis. The title track, Song for Our Daughter, faces down the thorny bullshit of coming of age as a young woman, imagining a world where Marlings hypothetical daughter knows enough to shun it. JK

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Lady Gaga is back, y'allbut she never really left. Though 2016's Joanne saw her dip into a rootsy country sound, her first single of 2020, "Stupid Love," took her Little Monsters back to the place they first fell in love with herthe dance floor.

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Los Angeles is the place everyone runs to, be it for a head start on their careers or to enjoy the fruits of their labor. But my favorite #SadBoy is fed up with the city and its effect on his relationship, especially the temptation lurking at every corner. He has everything he could ever want"Got the money, got the cars, got the ceiling with the stars"but he realizes material things don't compare to the love he has for...Bella a special someone?

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On "Between Us," DVSN's Daniel Daley is ready to skip the small talk and get straight to business. Never one to shy away from broadcasting his sexual desires, Daley sings that even though he and his partner have issues to work out, "I don't want nothing in between us/Nothing there to stop the feeling." Snoh, on the other hand, knows this fling probably won't last forever, but asks that they "keep it honest."

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Hayley Williams reminds us that everyone has their own path and grows at their own speed. We just have to be as gentle with ourselves as we would be with a flower.

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The best six minutes of your life begin the moment the bright drums of Tame Impalas Breathe Deeper roll in. Fusing R&B smoothness with jazzy, dreamy melodies reminiscent of the '70s, Breathe Deeper feels like the kind of song that soundtracks a scene depicting a characters dizzying acid trip, which makes sense since the beginning of the song was created when Kevin Parker was .

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If Olivia Newton-John's classic "Let's Get Physical" is the quintessential Zumba workout jam, then Dua Lipa's "Physical" is the darker, sultrier tune suited for an intense Barry's Bootcamp session. Like the '80s hit, Dua's song is about the other form of physical fitnessno resistance bands or dumbbells needed.

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With all the senseless acts of violence happening daily, Brent Faiyaz's "Let Me Know" is a reminder that to love someone else means to love yourself first.

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Doja Cat can make just about any type of music; last years Hot Pink was proof. But if you need further convincing, Boss Bitch, her contribution to the all-female Birds of Prey soundtrack, will surely do the trick. Knowing her critics try to cancel her out, Doja hits back with a sharp bite, a reminder shell keep eating up her competition: "Big up yourself 'cause you know they don't/I chew, chew, chew, 'cause they hope I choke."

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The late Mac Millers pensive Good News is like the old saying, Theres a light at the end of the tunnel. Miller works through his dark thoughts in the beginning of the song, singing, Why can't it just be easy?/Why does everybody need me to stay? But by the end of the track, hes optimistic that that there's a whole lot more for me waiting.

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After a turnt-up summer dropping twerk-inducing tracks like Realer, Cash Shit, and Simon Says, Megan Thee Stallion returned to her Tina Snow roots with the lusty slow-burner B.I.T.C.H It makes you want to send a toxic textor three.

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Being the bigger person after a breakup requires growth, but sometimes you just want to be a little petty and get some things off your chest. Enter Halseys country-ish single, You Should Be Sad from her new album Manic. Why is this pop princess dabbling in the country sound? The most petty and heartbreaking songs all come from country, she explained on Twitter. So she grabbed her guitar and created her own version of Before He Cheats, she tweeted, but instead about after he does haha.

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In the midst of an emotional Grammys ceremony, H.E.R. blessed the stage with a reminder that sometimes things dont always pan out, but we have to accept life's ups and downs.

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This is a cute song with even cuter lyrics. I'm not tryin' to be your part-time lover/Sign me up for the full-time, Im yours, Nick Jonas sings. What's even cuter is their wives appearing in the video, paying homage to classic movies like Grease and Risky Business.

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A drunk mind speaks sober thoughts, right? Hiding behind a few drinks, Selena Gomez sends a final kiss-off to a former lover after finally realizing the love she thought they once shared wasnt love at all.

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This Is Us keeps us perpetually teary-eyed with its heart-wrenching storylines, and in the season 4 premiere, Kevin meets a girl with whom he instantly clicksonly to find out shes in town for a limited time. After learning of her love for John Legend, he uses his celebrity power to whisk Legend to a park to serenade his new boo with what is sure to be the wedding song of 2020.

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Real fans know Jhene Aiko's sexually explicit lyrics are nothing newafter all, she's the one behind that "groceries" lyric. But "Pu$$y Fairy" goes much deeper than its steamy lyrics; the song was made using Aiko's crystal sound bowl in the key of D, which is the sacral chakraalso known as the sexual organs.

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Justin Bieber said the return of "R&Bieber" was imminent, then released the bubbly, trap-inspired"Yummy"and had me worried about what the rest of his forthcoming album would sound like. But with "Get Me," featuring R&B princess Kehlani, my faith in JB has been restored.

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