Welcome back, it always seems like
in pop culture there's usually a big
song or two that really sticks out
each summer and the new day staff
has some strong feelings on that
here on the couch with me is new
day digital producer Yasmin Wafai.
We call her the Queen of Karaoke,
Yasmin and executive.
Queen yes, Queen Carrie and executive
producer Joseph Suttner Soning,
first of all, is the song of summer.
It seems like this is a phenomenon that's
happened like in the last few years.
We have to pick a song now for the summer.
It's
real. I just was reading on
Rolling Stone this morning.
They did like a roundup of like
20 or more than 20 like some of
his songs and they were going
back to like the 70s the 60s.
So I think it's been going on for
more than just a couple of years.
Yeah, yeah. Seals and Croft.
Summer Breeze makes me feel.
Fine, I think we'll see you.
This was four generations before,
maybe a little before my time,
five before he asked me was born.
Yeah, I know that song.
So is it real you think this summer?
This summer? Song phenomenon.
Absolutely. I think it's fun.
I think people love to have something
that they can go to and drive with
their windows down when the sun
is shining and you'll remember it forever.
Yeah, years back, years on you
have the sense of the time that we're in
this that guy start over that word, yeah,
and it's usually what
makes a great summer song.
I mean, usually it's it's upbeat.
Right, it's not gonna be
something morbid and down,
and it's usually a pop song. It's catchy,
it has a good hook. Yeah, you know,
I, I think it has to check 3 boxes for me.
OK, it's You Can Dance to it.
OK, yeah, write this down.
Like I mentioned earlier,
it's a song you wanna drive with the
windows down to very good and it just
makes you feel good yeah so is it?
Is it singable? Is it hummable?
Does it have to be a song that everyone
can sing in the comical at least.
Yeah, I think that helps.
Yeah, OK, and are you likely to hear it?
If you go to a beach where there
are lots of towels laid out,
I guess it depends which beach
you're going to be sure?
OK, yeah, just trying to define the
parameters of the ultimate summer song now.
Hard to describe. Yeah, it now.
OK, here's another thing.
Music is so siloed now in
different every type of genre.
Every people don't even
listen to current music.
Some people will say like
my playlist is on 1970.
Yeah yeah so does it have
to be a current song?
I kind of feel like it doesn't
have to necessarily be occurrence.
I'm it has to be. Trending in the summer.
Yeah, so it could be an old song that has
OK. I have something to say
about that in a minute,
but Joseph we talked about ABBA the
other way we did. Swedish Swedish
musicians having something to do
with like really good pop music,
yes. And literally like yours, there's no.
So my main pick is Beyoncé's break my soul.
But I feel like that is so obvious.
I mean that is just such an
amazing song so I wanted to dig a
little deeper and so like the day
after we were talking about ABBA,
I discovered a new song by Swedish
artist Tove Lo and her song. It's about
well, here it is. There you go. It's
called no one dies from love.
But it it's just a really.
I'd say it's like Sad Girl summer and it
is just it's about knowing he's getting in.
This feeling is tearing up.
No one dies from love.
I guess I'll be the first.
So she's saying maybe I will be the first,
but it's a really interesting videos about,
you know she falls in love with a
robot that is so sad you have to
watch the end to see how it ends.
It's OK. Karaoke,
Queen Yas Queen Yasmeen. What is your pick?
My pick is about damn time by
Lizzo and you guys like you said.
It's on television, yeah damn,
well, like a damn that holds water.
Yes yes here it is. It's just so fun.
It checks all those boxes that
I was talking about earlier.
And I mean it's charting.
She's just absolutely amazing doing
her thing and she looks fabulous
and she looks fabulous as always.
That's great and I'm surprised
you didn't pick Harry Styles.
He was up there like any song on his
new album, Harrys House, absolutely.
And I'm so glad that you picked it because
that would be mine.
I think Jim yeah,
late night talk in the video.
Just just dropped and.
It's just it's got and we
haven't had time to look
at it, so maybe we should shouldn't
be on the screen too long.
No, it's fine, it's fine.
No, it's fine OK and and you know,
my second choice would be running
up that hill by Kate Bush. It's
a 30 year old song 1985.
It popped up it. It popped up in
stranger things and now everybody's
everybody's down yeah it's #4 on
the Billboard charts this week.
It's crazy. It is well,
thank you, thank you.
First of all, I'm done with you.
And I'm going to them.