And in an age where social media and streaming platforms have fragmented the cultural landscape, does the song of the summer even exist anymore?
“It’s not like people were walking around in 1925 and saying, ‘You think that’s the summer song this year?
New York Magazine’s 1995 Summer Fun issue devoted an article to examining the summer song as a unifying force — per the magazine, a summer song should be 1) released in the summer, 2) uncomplicated and 3) unforgettable.
MTV’s Video Music Awards introduced a song of summer category in 2013, with One Direction’s “Best Song Ever” nabbing the inaugural award.
Even as the song of the summer has become increasingly debatable, the idea that a single song could encapsulate a given summer continues to have a hold over our culture.
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