The debate over whether a musician’s legacy lies in an album or a single is more contentious than ever as music shortens and singles dominate the internet. While both clearly play a role (like all good things), I lean toward the single. The album is too rare for me. I’ll take it a step further, it’s not just the single, but more specifically a moment within the song that defines the musician. Ideally more than one moment. It’s what makes a good beat a great song. The highs and lows.
This year we started a playlist of Daily Goodies to highlight that moment and match it to a video for Instagram and TikTok. Our 2024 Music of the Year playlist features over 200 defining moments. Yes, that’s too much, but we tried too hard this year and distillation is harder.