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. 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. Or ideally more than one moment. It’s what makes a good beat a great song. The feeling in a memorable story.
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 I tried too hard this year and distillation is hard.