The best songs of 2024 (so far)

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🗓️ 18 June 2024

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Summary

With the first half of the year almost behind us, we hit pause to reflect on some of the best tracks we've gotten so far, from Chappell Roan, Brittany Howard, Pedro The Lion and more.

Featured songs:
• Chappell Roan: "Good Luck, Babe!" (single)
• Pedro the Lion: "Modesto," from 'Santa Cruz'
• Tyla: "Safer," from 'TYLA'
• Blondshell: "Docket (feat. Bully)" (single)
• Helado Negro: "Colores Del Mar," from 'Phasor'
• Jessica Pratt: "World on a String," from 'Here In The Pitch'
• Mk.gee: "I Want," from 'Two Star & The Dream Police'
• Madi Diaz: "God Person," from 'Weird Faith'
• Brittany Howard: "Power to Undo," from 'What Now'

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0:00.0	On the Ted Radio Hour, linguist Anne Curzan says she gets a lot of complaints about people using the pronoun they to refer to one person.
0:11.0	I sometimes get into arguments with people where they will say to me, but it can't be singular, and I will say,
0:16.9	but it is.
0:17.9	The history behind words causing a lot of debate.
0:22.1	That's on the Ted Radio Hour from NPR.
0:24.5	Well, congratulations.
0:25.9	You've managed to claw and scrape your way
0:28.3	to the halfway point of 2024.
0:31.4	It feels like it's been blazing by to me.
0:33.7	Yeah.
0:34.7	You definitely?
0:35.7	Yeah, I have no idea what month it is.
0:37.6	If you told me it was January.
0:39.0	Yeah, there was no spring this year.
0:41.2	Yeah.
0:42.2	So, um, the Hazel Sills, Sheldon Pierce, and Pierre Music Editors.
0:46.6	Everyone just gather around.
0:47.9	We're going to take a moment to stop down here and, you know, look at the best songs that we've gotten so far this
0:54.7	year and you know this isn't going to be what I would call a you know a
0:58.6	massively comprehensive all Boozi is having a moment right now. There's this inescapable espresso single from
1:14.8	Sabrina Carpenter. That's what's playing underneath us right now.
1:18.0	Do you all like this song? You know it doesn't really move me personally. I get it there is a certain
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