Well, here it is. My first completely negative post. I do not like to think about it, but I want to point out this year's bad songs because I like attention. And this was an above-average year for pop music. So this list is coming from the 100 songs that made Billboard's 2020 Year-end list.
Dishonorable Mentions:
One Margarita by Luke Bryan (#70)- If this song was performed by Jimmy Buffet, it would be a chill party song about drinking. But with Luke Bryan, it sounds fake and unconvincing, like most songs by Luke Bryan.
Savage Love (Laxed- Siren Beat) by Jason Derulo and Jawsh 685 (#35)- This song makes me mad at Derulo. He stole some unknown producer's beat and referring to it as "going rogue." And I don't know why he stole it. The beat is terrible.
Stuck With U by Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber (#80)- Let's profit off the pandemic by telling other people to donate by buying this song. And let's make it as lame as possible.
Juicy by Doja Cat feat. Tyga (#87)- Lazy R&B/rap song about sex. Doja says "back" too many times in the chorus. Listen to the Biggie song "Juicy" instead.
Intentions by Justin Bieber feat. Quavo (#17)- This is boring. Good thing Justin's pop music career is almost over.
Now for the list proper:
10. Popstar by DJ Khaled feat. Drake (#66)
Drake is still here and is still mostly underwhelming. I like the guy he can make some good songs when he tries. Look at "Laugh Now, Cry Later." He just likes to slack off at his job a lot. The public does not penalize him enough for his laziness. I wish this song was lazy. He is trying really hard. Too bad he is trying to be a dick. It kind of goes with the aesthetic of a pop star, but it is still very annoying. He talks about his expensive stuff because there aren't enough rap songs that do that. Then he talks about how his manager is Scooter Braun, the guy that bought the masters to Taylor Swift's first six albums and refused to let her use her own music. This could be a lot more interesting if they went over-the-top to make Drake look like a total villain, but Drake does the same monotone rapping he always does and the beat is a generic trap beat, even though it is one of the few beats that Khaled has actually made.
9. Memories by Maroon 5 (#8)
Maroon 5 is still around. They have been performing hits since 2004. That's astounding. I looked at the Year-end list for 2004 and no one else from that year still charts regularly. However, the quality has dipped since that time. The band has not made anything "good" in over a decade and has not made anything "interesting" in over five years. They know how to work the system to make a song safe enough that it gets regular radio play and is loved by middle-aged moms everywhere. This song is a boring song with not much to say about it.
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8. Yummy by Justin Bieber (#58)
This ridiculous song is about how yummy his wife's lady parts are. There was no way this was missing this list. I will give him credit. He tries to go over-the-top. The concept is just way too stupid to be good by anyone. The production is not noticeable and Bieber does not have the presence or personality for all the attention to be on him. Now his pop career is in dire straits. The album underperformed due to a lack of interesting songs. He is releasing singles to get his fans to forget about the last album like Eminem did with Kamikaze a couple years ago. But I think it is too late for him. Being obnoxious in 2010 didn't kill his career. And being a felon in 2013 didn't kill it either. But being boring will kill his career in 2020.
7. We Paid by Lil Baby and 42 Dugg (#57)
42 Dugg has no future in rap. This song is on the list mainly because of him. He doesn't mumble his bars like many rappers do, but I still do not know what he is saying. It is a weird mix of Southern hip-hop accent, even though he is from Detroit. I checked Genius and most of Dugg's lyrics are him flexing his brand names and drinking cough syrup. Lil Baby, on the other hand, is better but still does not stand out much. This is the type of bad that is boring and played out, but hip-hop will not get past these cliches.
6. If the World Was Ending by JP Saxe feat. Julia Michaels (#56)
This song is ridiculous and the two artists have zero chemistry. Saxe is a wimpy, weak non-presence, and Julia Michaels still does not have any personality to justify her bad singing. Most of my criticism goes to the lyrics. There was a disaster, an earthquake, that recently hit where they live. For some reason, these two people's first thought is to bone their ex. Not to spend time with your family and friends, but have sex with your ex one last time. This is a very immature and unrealistic way to worry about the end of the world.
5. Party Girl by StaySolidRocky (#64)
Overall, TikTok has brought some good music to the charts. It gave Brockhampton their first (and only) taste of chart success. Sadly, it has also popularized stuff like this. This song is about a party girl that Rocky is simping over. He has a terrible rap voice. He tries to seem laid back and relaxed, but it is very unconvincing. The lyrics make him sound very delusional. He says he is in love with her, but it appears the poor girl has zero interest in him. Yet he still acts like he still has a chance with her. The beat is too minimalistic. If you are writing a song about a party girl, make it sound like something she can party to.
4. Falling by Trevor Daniel (#22)
As annoying as rappers are at talking about the expensive stuff they own, emo rap is still much worse. It is all the whining that emo music has always had without any of the rage or anger it had when I was in middle school. Trevor here has gone through a breakup and he wants you to know how sad he is. Too bad he still needs to use trap beats that add nothing to the song. This is just a boring, basic song that makes me grateful musicians do not want to make songs over three minutes long anymore.
3. Hard To Forget by Sam Hunt (#69)
This is here mostly because of that sample. Country music can stop stealing ideas for hip-hop now. But there is still a market of rap fans who are afraid of black people, so they come to country music to fix it all. It shows that country music has no clue what it is doing. The sample just distracts from the rest of the song it was badly pasted into. Meanwhile, Sam Hunt uses his modern country production (i.e. no real instruments) to tell his ex off/proclaim his love to her and sounds pathetic in a way that does not match the production at all.
2. Toosie Slide by Drake (#32)
Like I said earlier, Drake can do so much better, but he knows his fans will stream to death anything his name is slapped on. This is a boring dance song no one can actually dance to. He does not even sound interested. He just wanted to make money off TikTok and knew he could get it off a dance challenge. He sounds disinterested and really cares about that paycheck.
Other bad songs that charted:
- Bang! by AJR
- Ice Cream by Blackpink feat. Selena Gomez
- Gooba by 6ix9ine
- Trollz by 6ix9ine feat. Nicki Minaj
- Money Over Fallouts by Torey Lanez
- Put Your Records On by Ritt Momney
Now for Number One.
1. hot girl bummer by blackbear (#26)
This guy is immature and whiny. It is all spite without any proof that he should be spiteful. Normally, the artist will talk about how the world has wronged him and justify this anger. Not for blackbear. He is just going to tell everyone to f*** off and take emotional advantage of an emo girl. And with a lot of modern emo, he does not want to show any actual rage or anger, just be pissed at everything without any theatrics. Can we let him become irrelevant? We can find a better one-dimensional emo whiner than this guy.
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