The only consistent thing this year was terrible news and terrific music to get us through it.
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The music industry has no idea how to sit still and slow down.
This was the year the music would not stop.
So, thats what Gaga and Ariana Grande gave us, and it remains exceptional.
It only makes sense that he gets abducted by aliens at the end of the track.
Hes already otherworldly; POP just reminds us.
Lil Baby made $1.5 million off this song and intends todonateevery penny.
Respect where its due.
The lyrics, meanwhile, are quiet revelations from Crutchfields time working through her sobriety and co-dependency.
Motifs like time, potential, and femininity are introduced, only to reappear later.
Bang it, bite it, bruise it!
before reducing her voice to squeaks and yelps by the end.
And central to it all is an insecurity that has long haunted her career, now confronted head-on.
She needed to address it to make the album that followed.
They fit together like a perfect puzzle: Megan sounds audacious and unflinching, while Beyonce is effortlessly smooth.
(Who thought wed hear Beyonce say the word OnlyFans in 2020?)
Beyonce even said it: Im a bad bitch.
You could call it fan service in its most literal form.
It longs for everything 2020 stole.
Frankly, I cant think of a better metaphor for 2020.
