When I joined Pitchfork a couple months ago as its new editor, we got to work on what you’re reading now, the Best Songs of the 2020s So Far, our first big list of the year. On the surface ...
This list is updated monthly with new “Best of the Year”–worthy songs. Whoever invented the phrase “dog days of summer” clearly never thought of 2024’s seasonal music onslaught.
The UK’s Official Song of the Summer, Espresso by Sabrina Carpenter (which spent seven non-consecutive weeks at the top) lands at Number 4 on the year-to-date list, while Hozier’s two-week ...