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the best songs of 2024 2024 has been a
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great year for popular music like most
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people I am a depending on the year type
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of listener of pop music meaning I
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listen to everything of course I have to
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but if I don't like the releases I will
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Retreat and go listen to the classics
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and just let the specific year of pop
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music Fade to the back of my mind that
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was not the case for 2024 why I enjoyed
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so much of what was released and was
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really excited to see so many new or
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well-deserved faces get their shine I
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thought about making this a singles only
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list but I feel like it's the streaming
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era singles don't really matter to that
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degree anymore especially when most
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tracks are hitting the charts but all
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songs included I am keeping to popular
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music though and it's not a numbered
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list because there are so many songs in
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this list that I do enjoy equally also I
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want to say I feel like women carried
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music in 2024 all the way through and
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it's not even closed lunch by Billy ish
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in 2021 Billy is said the world of Blaze
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when she said this one little thing I
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love girls for some reason people were
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angry as hell and tried to take Billy
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out over this it's only in 2024 that she
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confronted the haters headon by fully
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embracing her sexuality with the song
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lunch everyone clung to birds of a
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feather and birds is a great song but it
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was lunch that kept me coming back this
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'90s lesbian rock is something I just
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kept eating up I love the synth
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breakdown I love Billy's delivery some
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aspects reminds me of '90s erotica era
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Madonna all the people that dunked on
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Billy for saying she loves girls can
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suck it but I think they are also in
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part why this song exists so I won't say
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thank you but I will say it is what it
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is and we got some good music out of it
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16 carriages by Beyonce one of the lead
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singles from Beyonce's Watershed release
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Cowboy Carter it was instantly the most
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gratifying release out of the two
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singles it was of course released
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alongside Texas holdom which was a big
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hit but to me Texas holdom sounded like
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a car commercial in the lumir I
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understand this position as the big
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single but it did nothing for me 16
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carriages is Beautiful Beyonce talks
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about her work life and how she's had to
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pay for it at the expense of her
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childhood I think 16 carriages is a
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perfect meeting of Beyonce's country and
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soulside apple Charlie XCX Charlie XCX
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has had a wonderful year and her
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receiving this attention is long overdue
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what I love about brat is the dichotomy
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of being a party girl having fun but
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also being disfunctional and very messy
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Apple best encompasses that and it talks
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about something we don't hear a lot
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about and pop music today familial
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trauma the album might be riding right
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to the core but this song is as ripe as
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can be girl so confusing remix Charlie
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XCX and Lord few songs ignited such a
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conversation on social media as much as
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girls so confusing initial responses
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were mixed as fan theories hit the web
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but we were in for a treat the moment it
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was confirmed by the artists themselves
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jealousy and insecurity is a normal part
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of human life but rarely is it embraced
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in such an authentic way life for women
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is not just screaming girl power into
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the abyss and being perfect happy
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agreeable human beings at every turn I
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like that this song kind of gave depth
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to the corporate feminism that has
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infiltrated pop since the mid-20s and
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talks about what it's really like the
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throbbing Bas Lord's Immaculate lyrical
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contribution and the contrast it has
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with Charlie adds a real sense of
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complexity to the subject matter it is
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hands down one of the best moments in
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pop culture for this year and such a
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great song like that Kendrick future and
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Metro boomman the Kendrick and Drake
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beef is a bit tiring at this point and
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it has seemed to go on and on and on
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what has come out of this beef is some
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good music and we have Kindred to thank
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for that not like us has been the golden
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standard for the entire year but for me
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the song I Can't Get Enough of is like
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that I love the extremely dark
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hard-hitting Southern rat beat future
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plays a pretty competent hook singer but
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of course Kendrick is the star of the
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show his verse is one of the best most
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turned of the year is just magnetic at
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this point Kendrick has the mest touch
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he can Elevate anything he touches good
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luck babe chapone honestly I was not
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initially on the chaperon train and I
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can't even say I've loved everything
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she's done when I listened to her I
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mostly heard a mix of different current
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artists ranging from Olivia Rodrigo
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Taylor Swift to Lana Del I kept seeing
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Lady Gaga comparisons but I don't not
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hear or see it at all but one thing's
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for sure chaperon is a true Talent when
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I first heard goodlook babe I was
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stopped in my tracks it sounded like a
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very normal Breakup Song albeit a very
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good one but the more you pay attention
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to the lyrics There's an undeniable gay
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overtone to them you'd have to stop the
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world just to stop the feeling is one of
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my favorite lyrics of the year I think
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it just perfectly encapsulates what
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Chapel is expressing in the song her
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vocal performance is absolutely gorgeous
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and this song just sounds like a long
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lost Cindy Lopper classic run Willow
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after years of Transformations Will
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Smith hit a new career high with her
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album and pathogen she is not just
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coting off of name recognition she is
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really talented and she's only gotten
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better with time one of my favorite
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songs she's released happens to be Ron a
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fiery Rock track that descends into
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somewhat of a midtempo perfectly
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exemplifying the highs and lows of
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mental struggles out of all the willow
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songs to get picked up on Tik Tok I was
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certainly hoping that something from
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this record would because it's just too
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damn great to go unnoticed but
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regardless Willow remains an artist to
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watch ratata Tyler the Creator Tyler the
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Creator has been on a pretty impeccable
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run ever since 2017's Flower Boy proving
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that he not only has the talent but the
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consistency his growth has really been
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rewarding to witness his most recent
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released chromopyrrolic
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Alter Ego DOI and JT DOI has been making
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her wave known for quite some time she
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is a talent and I'm excited to see where
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she's headed Alter Ego is an insane
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slice of hip house that sounds instantly
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classic it's definitely a song that
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sounds like it would make a '90s house
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music playlist proud JT delivers a nice
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charismatic verse but doi's presence on
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this song is just so strong it feels
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like the beginning of a star and we can
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only hope that that's true with time
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espresso Sabrina Carpenter in early 2024
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Sabrina made a post en captioning it
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with just wanted to put out a little
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song before Coachella little did she
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know that little song Would changed the
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trajectory of her career forever and
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give her the Breakthrough that she's
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been working toward for a decade
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espresso is immaculate disco pop it
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sounds Beyond effortless it's catchy as
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hell but it also has a provocative hook
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that's that me espresso it's so silly
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that it's easy to scoff at but in a
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world of super serious pop Sabrina's
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unabashed fun was a warm welcome to
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listeners it's simply a damn good pop
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song and I totally understand why it was
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her
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breakthrough Genesis Ray Ry is so
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incredibly talented she is definitely
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one of the best singers from this crop
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of emerging artists she's a very
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absorbant artist so you hear traces of
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the past and present in her music before
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she broke out as a pop star she was a
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prolific songwriter for artists like
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Beyonce Rihanna and Little Mix I liked
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her breakout hit escapism released in
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2022 but it's only when she released
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Genesis where I really became seated it
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is a genuinely ambitious and left field
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pop song but it's good and has replay
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value and it is very lengthy it's a very
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bold move to make after a career
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breakthrough that's for sure the song
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starts off as a dark arresting R&B and
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hip-hop song with some gospel influence
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before transitioning into a legit Jazz
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Record lyrically She covers so much but
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it's mostly about her personal stress
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ranging from anxiety to depression to
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self-esteem and Body Image it's quite an
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interesting song in music video and I
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hope that Ray continues to be just as
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ambitious moving forward
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but that about concludes my best songs
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of 2024 let me know your favorite songs
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down below I thank all of you beautiful
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