[Jacques]: It's a crowded field for Song of the Summer 2019.
From Camila Cabello's ”Senorita,” to Tyler, The Creator's “Earfquake,” we wanted to
find out what the Song of the Summer really is.
So we decided to hit the streets.
All right, so what do you all think is the Song Of The Summer?
[SPEAKER]: “Ransom” by Lil Tecca.
[SPEAKER]: “Binz” by Solange.
[SPEAKER]: “Cash Shit” by Megan Thee Stallion.
[SPEAKER]: I'm going to say “Down Bad.”
[SPEAKER]: Personally for me, I think this summer it's “Coast/Clear” by the Beast
Coast.
[SPEAKER]: City Girls because that's really a summer banger type of song, anyway.
[SPEAKER]: “Suge” by Dababy.
[Jacques]: Can you give me a line from the City Girls' “Act Up” song?
[SPEAKER]: No, not off the top of my head.
I just know it's about getting lit and shit.
[SPEAKER]: Right now I see a lot of people bumping “Earfquake.”
[SPEAKER]: I'm a big fan of Tyler, the Creator, so I think it's “Earfquake.”
[Jacques]: What is your favorite line off of “Earfquake?”
[SPEAKER]: “Earfquake.”
I like the way he says it.
[SPEAKER]: The chorus really bumped.
I feel like the chorus had been a little bit slept on, actually.
[SPEAKER]: Tyler killed it this year.
I think this is the best tape he's put out yet.
[SPEAKER]: I feel like it won't be remembered as much as maybe “Flower Boy” or any of
his older tracks.
I'm not sure why.
Something about the sound, it seems a little bit less tangible.
[Jacques]: Can you decipher Playboi Carti's Baby Voice?
[SPEAKER]: No, I can't.
I don't have auto tune.
[SPEAKER]: Oh no, no, not at all, no.
[Jacques]:‘ Can you try your best?
[SPEAKER]: I'm a need lyrics and everything.
[Jacques]: Genius list had “Earfquake” on it, had Lizzo's “Juice,” Dababy “Suge,”
“Old Town Road.”
[SPEAKER]: Maybe Old Town Road?
Maybe that would be it, yeah.
[SPEAKER: I'm not even a country fan, but I felt it.
I was like, "Okay."
[Jacques]: What is your favorite line off of “Old Town Road?”
[SPEAKER]: Probably, "Gonna take my horse to the old town road.
I'm gonna ride til I can't no more."
Jacques: Do you have a favorite line from “Old Town Road?”
[SPEAKER]: I hate it.
I've heard it way too many times.
[SPEAKER]: I don't know why, I like when he's like, "Lean all in my bladder.
Cheated on my baby, you can go and ask her," because it just doesn't make any sense.
[Jacques]: So there were some other songs that the Genius Community had picked as possible
contenders for Song Of The Summer. Dababy, "Suge."
[SPEAKER]: You're hearing “Suge” on Instagram, Twitter, TikTok.
It's personally not my Song Of The Summer, but I think it's the Song Of The Summer.
[Jacques]: You like Lizzo?
[SPEAKER]: I love her.
I think one of the Songs This Summer is definitely “Truth Hurts”, by Lizzo.
I don't know why she's blowing up now, because these songs came out a while ago, but she
definitely deserves it all.
[Jacques:] So what's your favorite line off of Lizzo's “Truth Hurts?”
[SPEAKER]: Okay.
Well you know what it is.
"I am 100% that B."
[Jacques:] You think ‘Revenge of the Dreamers
III’ is coming in with some Songs Of The Summer?
[SPEAKER]: Yeah, I think so.
There's just a lot of people on it, that everybody's been paying attention to.
It's a lot of big names.
[SPEAKER]: I think “Wells Fargo” is a really good song.
[Jacques]: Any of these songs strike you as Song, or is it just Megan Thee Stallion for
you?
[SPEAKER]: Just Megan Thee Stallion, Hot Girl Summer.
[Jacques]: What do you believe makes a good summer song?
[SPEAKER] I think there is a lot of songs but this year in particular it's pretty tough to tell.
[SPEAKER] Something with like a catchy beat to it.
People like something that's repetitive that kind stays in your head.
[SPEAKER]: Anything that has a Los Angeles, California vibe.
[SPEAKER]: I'm very big on if I can listen to it at the beach, then I think it's a Song
Of The Summer.
[SPEAKER]: If it has like a good beat in the back where I feel like I can dance at any
moment.
[SPEAKER]: I'll be out there, I'm like, "Yeah."
Or driving in the car with the top down.
[SPEAKER] It's enough that when you hear it start and you're like 'O, shit!'
And everybody else is like "O Shit" and they're ready for it to go.
[Jacques]: Well, there you have it.
A fan favorite appears to be Lil Nas X's “Old Town Road,” but Tyler, The Creator's “Earfquake”
and Lizzo's “Juice” snuck in there more than a couple times.
What do you think the Song Of The Summer is?
Let us know in the comments.
[Jacques]: I'm Jacques Morel with Genius News, bringing you the meaning and the knowledge
behind the music.
Peace!
[Jacques]: Should you hit the woah?