Hey, I'm Brian Hyatt, and this is Rolling Stone Music Now.

I'm in the studio with Brittany Spanos and Rob Sheffield.

We are going to talk about the best songs of 2019 and that are probably

broaden out to the best music of 2019.

We're going to try not to linger too much over things we've already talked about on the podcast because we've done

various updates throughout last year, but you know if we repeat, we repeat.

It's good to have you both on here, happy new year.

Happy New Year.

Happy New Year.

And Rob, you were saying you're already

looking forward to looking back at 2019.

You're already feeling, the new big thing

is 2019 nostalgia.

Absolutely.

In terms of your work quality of music, like compare sharply to quality of literally

everything else, it's one of those years.

That is a very fair point.

Maybe we could do something hard and try to sum up what 2019 was in songs and music.

Rob, go.

It's super hard. Oh my gosh. I guess if anyone could do it we'd have just anyone out.

On the positive side like the fact that you know a teenager from Atlanta with no job, no prospects, no resume whatsoever, just comes out

of nowhere, finds a nine inch nails banjo sample that he leases for $30 and turns it into the biggest

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