"Brat," along with viral hits like Sabrina Carpenter's "Espresso" and Tinashe's "Nasty," have ushered in a season of pleasure and levity — what my friends and I have been calling a "smooth brain summer."
The primary lure of pop music has always been escapism.
Indeed, we've lived in a pop world dominated by Taylor Swift and refashioned in her likeness for several years.
These peculiar bops form the perfect foundation for a "smooth brain summer" soundtrack — though please note that doesn't mean they're devoid of value or meaning.
An appetite (and a need) still exists for complex metaphors, history lessons, and personal revelations in pop music — but now is not the time.
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