What is it, exactly, that makes a song worthy of song-of-the-summer status? Instant earworm-iness? A thumping, club-ready beat? A screamable chorus? Some secret fourth thing? The criteria feel so ...
As the temperature outside heats up, so does the chatter around the “song of the summer” — the unofficial name for the track that becomes inescapable between Memorial Day and Labor Day. The song of ...