The Contract (feat. Wesley Morris and Switched On Pop)

Love it or hate it, every summer has a song you just can’t escape from. It’s playing out of every car window, at every bodega, in every club and in your head on repeat. “We are all unknowingly entering into a contract to declare one song as a song of the summer” says Hanif. But in a time when there’s less communal listening than ever before, will there be just one song that defines these months of 2021? This week on the show, we’re analyzing the song of the summer from all angles with writer Wesley Morris and the Switched on Pop co-hosts Nate Sloan and Charlie Harding. For the playlist of songs curated for this episode, visit https://bit.ly/oos-contract/Music In This Week's Episode/Right Back, KhalidWarm Blood, Carly Rae JepsenBrat Pack, The Rocket SummerHeart Skipped a Beat, The xxHow Will I know, Whitney HoustonGet In The Sun, Joan Armatrading1 Thing, Amerie/Show Notes/ Nate Sloan and Charlie Harding are the hosts of the Switched on Pop podcast. Listen to Hanif’s extended playlist of 68 ‘songs for summer nights’ here. Wesley Morris is the host of the podcast Still Processing. Nate and Charlie are the hosts of the podcast Switched on Pop.Hanif says the emblematic songs of summer of 2016 are One Dance by Drake feat. Wiz Kid and Kyla, Work From Home by Fifth Harmony, and This is What You Came For by Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris Wesley says Blue by Joni Mitchell and Spinnin’ by Jerry Jam and Terry Lewis feat. Mary J. Blige, are the nostalgic songs people are listening to today. Standout songs of summer according to Wesley and Hanif include Bootylicious by Destiny's Child, Call Me Maybe by Carly Rae Jepsen, Trap Queen by Fetty Wap, Despacito by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber, De Museo by Bad Bunny, Need To Know by Doja Cat and Bad Habits by Ed Sheeran. Charlie and Nate argue that Sympathy For The Devil by The Rolling Stones was a precedent for Lorde’s Solar Power./Credits/ This show is produced by work by work: Scott Newman, Jemma Rose Brown, Babette Thomas, Mayari Sherina Ong and by Hanif Abdurraqib. The show is mixed by Sam Bair.