What’s Your Song of the Summer?

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4.2 • 726 Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Bad Bunny’s “Un Verano Sin Ti” has topped the Billboard albums chart for five weeks this summer, with his Latin trap and reggaetón beats on heavy rotation at beach days and house parties alike. The latest releases of Drake and Beyoncé are signaling for some a revival of house music, its uptempo beats symbolizing joy amidst struggle. And after 27 years, Netflix and TikTok returned Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill” to the charts —winning fans not yet born at its release. This summer’s most popular music is eclectic, but there just may be a unifying energy to it all. We’ll discuss the sounds of Summer 2022 and hear your song of the summer. Guests: Pendarvis "Pen" Harshaw, columnist, KQED Arts - host, KQED's "Rightnowish" podcast. Kelefa Sanneh, author, Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres - staff writer, The New Yorker; former music critic, The New York Times. Reanna Cruz, producer, Switched on Pop. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Support for Forum comes from Rancho LaPuerta, a health resort with 85 years of wellness experience,
0:05.9	providing summer vacations centered on well-being. Special rates on three-and-four-night- August
0:11.1	vacations include sunrise hikes, water classes, yoga, and spa therapies, all set in a backdrop of a dreamy summer sky.
0:19.6	A six-acre organic garden provides fresh fruits and
0:22.7	vegetables daily. Learn more at Ranchoer Tuerta.com. Support for forum comes from Broadway
0:28.3	S.F, presenting Parade, the musical revival based on a true story. From three-time Tony-winning
0:35.1	composer Jason Robert Brown comes the story of Leo and Lucille Frank,
0:40.3	a newlywed Jewish couple struggling to make a life in Georgia. When Leo is accused of an
0:46.0	unspeakable crime, it propels them into an unimaginable test of faith, humanity, justice, and devotion.
1:01.8	The riveting and gloriously hopeful parade plays the Orpheum Theater for three weeks only, May 20th through June 8th.
1:06.1	Tickets on sale now at Broadway, sF.com.
1:08.7	From KQED.
1:20.1	From KQED in San Francisco, I'm Ariana Prail in Fermina Kim.
1:25.8	Today we're talking about the songs of summer 2020, the ones making it on our personal playlists and the ones making whole crowds move at a party.
1:29.3	Maybe it's a little 80s synth like this Harry style song we're hearing now, as it was.
1:33.3	Maybe it's the Latin trap and reggae tone beats a bad bunny whose summer album is topping the charts.
1:38.3	The house music vibes Beyonce and Drake are bringing with their new projects, or an unexpected return of an old hit thanks to Netflix and TikTok.
1:46.2	You know the one.
1:47.0	Kate Bush is running up that hill.
1:49.0	There's no particular rhyme or reason,
1:51.0	but there is an energy.
1:52.9	We'll get into it and hear your song picks.
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