Every year since 2007, DJ Cummerbund gives us an artful mashup of the most popular pop songs of the previous year. For the year 2024, there's a distinct theme among the 25 biggest hits, and it's more than just a steady dance beat (with a bit of a country twang this time). These songs, or at least the lyrical clips used, all appear to reference regret, blame, and most of all, alcohol. Was it the current zeitgeist that inspired songwriters to go in that direction, or was it the mood of the nation that propelled these kinds of songs to the top? Or was it DJ Earworm's selective editing that brought out that theme?
Many commenters likened this video to the United States of Pop in 2009, titled Blame It On The Pop. Taylor Swift, Beyonce, and Lady Gaga all appeared in that video, and are back 15 years later, still making the hits. You can hear all the United States of Pop videos from 2007 to 2024 in this playlist.
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