20 Average Songs of 2022

I listened to all tracks of the Guardian’s 20 best songs of 2022, and I’m reminded that pop music generally isn’t for me.

Steve Lacy sounds like a poor man’s Ben Folds. Listening to Beyonce reminds me of Madonna’s Music; desperately trying to sound young. And the rest is just the dullest House for the Ibiza-beach-club generation. Three artists show up more than once on the list—it looks like it wasn’t a good year for new music.

I enjoyed the new Arctic Monkeys record though; they sound different than their earlier recordings; I like it when bands evolve.