your song of the summer is MILLION DOLLAR BABY by Tommy Richman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jIUf6ZmPfM

yes this is a tiktok song but i love it. total timbaland vibes, falsetto vocals, cascading backups. like every viral song it's too short (it's basically one verse and two choruses) but otherwise it's perfect

yeah it’s pretty irresistible. been following tommy richman casually since enjoying his appearance on the mixtape survivor’s guilt, by the producer sparkheem (who i think has a credit on this track?). still feels like this blew up extremely fast and kind of behind the scenes of all the taylor and rap beef brouhaha

Nice. I like this wave of post-Internet alt-R&B (by which I guess I mostly mean Steve Lacy and Mk.gee, but I'm sure there's a lot I haven't heard).

i've listened to this like 10 times and have no idea what the lyrics are

This sucks

Heard this today (VHS version) on a Jarren Duran Instagram post, can confirm it rules

i've listened to this like 10 times and have no idea what the lyrics are

obsessed with this song and its borderline unintelligible lyrics

is this "electrosoul" (copyright tynan delong)

don't care for this too much. nope, sure don't.

I rarely enjoy stuff to top the current billboard chart but this is irresistible! The bounce is giving me .. Cameo vibes? Love it

lol is the 'vhs' version just bass boosted to the point of being even more unintelligible

kinda hilarious but it's doing big numbers so can't tell if young people are into that "VHS aesthetic"

i don't think being bass boosted like that is even a vhs thing lol

Washington DC area bouncebeat go-go bands are covering this Tommy Richman song live

Man this song is such a jam. You should my kids in the car when it comes on the radio, it's probably the only thing they both just immediately respond to. Well-earned hit. I also like how short it is, just enough.

Should see I mean.

it's a fun song

thought it screamed one hit wonder and he seems to have next to zero charisma in his music videos but i guess some ppl are listening to the followup as well

he’s had an internet following for a while, and brent faiyaz took him under his wing.

“devil is a lie” is a fun song, very n.e.r.d.

(copyright tynan delong)

saw some of his older song titles from wiki ("chrono trigger," "pepsi namco," "avogadro's number") and was briefly terrified that he had pivoted from 'nerdcore hip hop' or w/e but fortunately not

i'm a huge fan of "devil is a lie" ... both are great summer songs. his music is humid to me -- the vocals and production feel stuck to each other and smeared together. there is a steaminess to his music and i don't mean in the sexy way, i'm talking more like how heat emanates up from sewer grates and envelops you

I do wish the lyrics made sense

pitchfork shit on coyote but I think it's nice -- it really has a very recent-retro feel, like Dam-Funk? vaporwave vibes to me

Vibes for sure. I like it, only a couple of tracks distinguished themselves the first few times, but that could grow. "Thought You Were the One" is a jam.

I had no idea he put out a full length until the p4k review dropped

I guess one way to deflate any hype or awareness or etc of your upcoming album is to not put the giant hit that you're known for on said album

haha yes well. kids have IDEAS