Song of Summer 2020: TikTok Jams, Protest Anthems, Breezy Bops & Bummer Bangers

Switched on Pop

Vox Media Podcast Network

Music Interviews, Music History, Music, Music Commentary

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2020

⏱️ 43 minutes

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The 2020 song of summer competition is underway. We asked you for your favorite songs and put them in a head-to-head tournament. Find out which is the song for this very unusual summer. ROUND 1 - TikTok Jams SAINt JHN - "Roses" Imanbek Remix Megan Thee Stallion - Savage Remix (Feat. Beyoncé) The Weeknd - Blinding Lights ROUND 2 - Protest Anthems Beyoncé - Black Parade Anderson .Paak - Lockdown YG - FTP ROUND 3 - Breezy Bops Dua Lipa - Physical Chloe x Halle - Do It Harry Styles - Watermelon Sugar ROUND 4 - Bummer Bangers Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer Lana Del Rey - Summertime Sadness HAIM - Up From A Dream Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:47.9	Genesis, keep beginning.
0:56.0	Welcome to Switched On Pop.
1:06.8	I'm Songwriter Charlie Harding.
1:08.4	And I'm musicologist Nate Sloan.
1:10.4	It's a strange summer, Nate.
1:12.8	Yeah.
1:13.8	Typically around this time, we would be doing a show about the song of summer.
1:18.2	Right.
1:19.2	We would maybe have some sort of contest where each of us offered a contestant, and then
1:24.9	I would win.
1:25.9	That's usually what happens.
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