Here lies Jesse Jester - lover of two separate pop songs in the same year.
Look, I'm not gonna beat around the bush here. Am I a fan of pop-stars like Bebe Rexha? No, absolutely not. A quick look at the "related artists" tab next to her name shows a graveyard of formulated popstars who all use the same hooks, same beats, and "sing" about essentially the same thing. Heck, some of them are almost as goofy looking as the flag-bearer, Iggy Azalea. You can blame Rihanna, you can blame Fergie, but the blame falls squarely on record label execs who have taken the "stuff that sells to teenage girls" genre and blown it horrifically out of proportion. A true sign of the end came when Danielle Bregoli, aka the "cassh me outside girl" from Dr Phil, was signed to a major record deal under the name "Bhad Bhabie".
It was essentially announcing the end. Labels have stopped signing acts for their ability to make music - more for their ability to quickly make money and be easily pushed away. More and more, the popular music charts are littered with collaborations between multiple artists who honestly aren't strong enough to make their own good music. As an avid discoverer of new music, I spent many days and nights this year scouring the charts to try and find some hope amongst the popular music avenues, only to find it overstuffed with bad mumbly rap, awful autotune and overly-breathy pop starlettes. And Ed Sheeran. He's alright.
All the same, here's #9. Literally all of Bebe Rexha's hits feature some sort of goofy rap collaboration, as her own voice is all too annoying to make an entirely good song. Don't worry, I'm almost off my soapbox. As it stands, The Way I Are is actually catchy and, when avoid the addition of Lil Wayne's dopey pitch-shifting 2nd verse, you actually find a song worth a dance. Fortunately, Rexha released the non-Wayne version as it's own single, cutting out the "lighting up a blunt" sound effect at the beginning as well. UNFORTUNATELY in trying to find a video version without the rapping, I once again found another of my biggest pet peeves - people who put the wrong lyrics into "lyric" videos.
Don't let them bury me too close to the ground - I don't want zombie Jester to have to hear any of this garbage.
Title: The Way I Are (Dance With Somebody)
Artist: Bebe Rexha
Album: The Way I Are (Dance With Somebody) Single
Previous #9s
2016: Bleached - Wednesday Night Melody
2015: TV On The Radio - Careful You
2014: Aurelio Voltaire - Captains All
2013: Deadlock - The Arsonist
2012: Of Monsters and Men - Little Talks
2011: The Limousines - Internet Killed The Video Star
2010: Dan Black - Symphonies
2009: The Killer and the Star - Living With Musicians
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