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It’s only been summer for less than a week at press time, but some psychos on my timeline were starting up the Song of the Summer dialog as early as late April. (Looking at you, Lowkey.) To be fair, by this point we usually are much closer to a consensus pick and right now, the lane is still distressingly wide open. The greatest season has no score, no theme music yet this year. But there are a couple of contenders starting to power the rooftop functions, cookouts and day parties. Let’s assess where we stand.
Note: This column is my dominion, where my taste and preference reign over objectivity… therefore artists and songs I simply do not care about will not be represented. Thanks —Management.
Drake, “Nokia”
The basic, easy, safe and early pick because beef Ls notwithstanding, Drake is Drake and we all love Drake with the melodies. But maybe he tipped his hand too early with this one. Released initially as a solo track on his Valentine’s Day collab album with PartyNextDoor and given the official single treatment complete with music video about a month later, “Nokia” might already be out of gas at this point. The people are still turning up to it outside, but it hardly feels exciting to hear anymore. Drake himself is seemingly acknowledging as much, having already moved on to slowly ramping up hype for his next album, Iceman, disseminating word amongst his crew of loyal podcasters and streamers to drop vague teases like it having “a bomb.” (This would be a downgrade in weapons ranking from the “nuke” that “Family Matters” was promised to be, but I digress.) Can “Nokia” stay the course or will Drake eat his own tail with more new music?
Sabrina Carpenter, “Manchild”
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