In many ways, 2024 provided a course correction for this narrative: Taylor Swift continued to dominate in the charts and in the culture; Charli XCX was transformed into a global superstar by way of "BRAT."
There were albums that grabbed me—Sabrina Carpenter's "Short n' Sweet," for one—but during a year when my attention was especially fractured, I consumed new music one song at a time.
Camila Cabello's latest album, "C, XOXO" was an underappreciated highlight. The centerpiece of the record is "I LUV IT," a strange and ecstatic track that lives somewhere in the long tail of the hyperpop wave.
The song features a clever interpolation of Gucci Mane's "Lemonade," a warbly, incomprehensible guest appearance from Playboi Carti, and an abrupt beat shift suited for a night at Berghain.
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