Decapcito will be the ice ice baby of the 2010s.
Talking about pop:
No need to write the singers, that's how famous they are.
Random Access Memories is such a good album, pretty much every song on there is timeless imo.
Daft punk will be dearly missed. At least until millenials die out.
I wouldn't count them out quite yet. Thomas Bangaltar and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo are still producing stuff each on their own. Sometimes they even collaborate on the same project. I don't think there will be another Daft Punk album or song but I suspect their hands are going to be on a lot of work.
I think by 30 we'll have a new Daft Punk album.. They'll both miss the feeling of working creatively on one big project and it will likely be on the same scale as RAM where they use it as an opportunity to collaborate with people in music that they really admire.
But he literally exploded!
There's a new Tron movie being worked on. I have no idea who's doing the music, but the soundtrack for the most recent Tron was such a big reason it had any success. The movie looked cool, but it sounded amazing. The story was bland as hell, which is a shame. That's one of the few soundtracks for a movie I'll actually listen to outside of the movie, and I can't see whatever the new one does being even half as good.
Rolling and Get Lucky are too old.
your wording was a tad ambiguous. it is possible that the above commenter thought you were asking about the last decade, as in the 2010s, rather than the last decade, as in the ten years immediately preceding today (roughly 2014-2024)
@juliebean@lemm.ee is right, I thought OP was referring to 2010-20! OP: you can edit the text and clarify the year range for the other posters
Who sings blinding lights?
The Weeknd
I only know Blinding lights from those. Looks like I'm pretty out of touch with modern music.
I had to look up Blinding Lights, and I don't recognize it. I know the others from that list (whether they fit the criteria or not).
Anyone over 35 should just not answer this question, very little chance we’ll be right
Also, for anyone over 35, our ability to understand “last decade” means the last 10 years, decreases over time. I read this question and still thought about songs that came out 2009.
I think that is up for interpretation a little bit. "The last decade" I think grammatically it means the last 10 years. In this case 2014-2024. But I am so used to it referring to the years ending in zero that my head immediately goes to 2010-2020 not 2014-2024. Especially in the context of music. Music is historically is reference as the years ending in zero 60s, the 70s the 2000s 2010s etc..
It depends. It can mean either. Technically though, I believe each decade is 1-10, not 0-9, although this mistake is so common I don't think it matters and can mean either.
I think I disagree. Only a very small subset of music from the decade permeated my oblivion of modern music. I expect the songs that managed to do that are the ones that will be remembered. I agree with OP's list, I know those songs.
Add to that:
Taylor Swift probably has at least 5 that will be considered classics.
Just go to her top played songs and you could put any of them on that list. Which is wild
Look at what Weird Al has parodied. Because it's gonna be disproportionately that.
Nothing too niche or topical. Has to have some sort of timeless quality, meaningful lyrics and emotional resonance. Not a "fad" genre, a sea shantey won't do (yes its centuries of tradition but in it's old form it isn't mainstream). Cultural impact which means it will moat likely be from your mainstream artists, taylor swift, kanye west, maybe billie eilish gets there. I also think it's probably going to be more women defining an era of music than ever before.
Added advantages, either something that was early in a musical tradition or helped it peak, we've seen this with classics in the moat recent big genre, rap.
As for the tiktok songs. We don't know how internet virality affects the legacy of these songs. A lot of the earbugs are shallow short bits. I'm going to ignore those, otherwise I think some of the smarter songs will maybe be appreciated a little while later too.
So my list:
I think a couple of these are pre 2014 tho. But are within the last 15 for sure.
Rolling in the deep is too old for sure. I almost included Royals but it was just too old at 11 years.
Unless you consider "the last decade" being 2010-2020 with us in "the current decade" now, 2020-2030
I absolutely interpreted the question as songs from last decade (2010-2020). Turns out I lack a useful attention span to read a title. It is clearly outlined that OP meant 2014-2024.
I think it's better to use the last ten years to indicate the period. People interpreting it as the 2010-2020 period is a reasonable assumption.
Only 1 song is worthy:
WAP
Certified freak!
WAP really is fucking incredible, even for people with no contemporary exposure to the genre. You can come to it fresh as a newborn child and the punchlines still land.
My first thought was indeed Blinding Lights.
Wet Ass-Pussy, by Cardi B
I'm not really in tune with nowadays music, but I think Rag'n'Bone Man's Human goes in there automatically, it's in every playlist.
I guess we'll have to put Imagine Dragons in there somehow, I think both Believer and Bones are a good fit.
Imagine Dragons FTW
I remember an article that used (Spotify?) play trends to project this, and at the time they thought Pompeii by Bastille would be the one with longevity, while a few other hit songs by big names would be forgotten. I can't find it now.
IIRC the basic idea was that genuinely memorable songs peak less hard and only fade very slowly, while trendy songs crash as everyone moves on to the next shiny thing marketers put out.
Baby Shark
Havana Camila Cabello Ed sheeran Shape Of You Olivio Rodrigo Brutal
If I put my old man hat on, I'd say none. I think the idea of "classics" is dead. I also think most modern mainstream music is terrible. But hey what do I know.
Vampire by Olivia Rodrigo
Bad Guy by Billie Eilish
WAP.
Adele's "Send My Love (To Your New Lover)." The 2010s answer to Alanis's "You Oughtta Know." Honestly, the 21st-century answer to Fleetwood Mac's "Dreams."
You Oughta Know isn’t even from the 21st century.
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