{"id":315719,"date":"2025-11-24T13:56:35","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T13:56:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/the-top-25-most-poptastic-singles-of-2024-this-must-be-pop\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T13:56:35","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T13:56:35","slug":"the-top-25-most-poptastic-singles-of-2024-this-must-be-pop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=315719","title":{"rendered":"The Top 25 Most Poptastic Singles of 2024 \u2013 This Must Be Pop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>I think any pop fan would agree, 2024 has been a great year for our favourite kind of music. After a few years of feeling nothing quite deserved the top spot in my ranking of poptasticness, it\u2019s been brilliant to have the opposite problem, with too many singles deserving the accolade.<\/p>\n<p>I found myself in step with popular opinion far more than normal this year. When people say it\u2019s been the year of Charli, Sabrina and Chappell, I have to agree\u2026 though of course, like any self-respecting pop geek, I had Chappell\u2019s 2023 singles in my 2023 chart and I can\u2019t justify including Good Luck Babe over better songs, so she doesn\u2019t feature here.<\/p>\n<p>While she didn\u2019t quite reach the top, Charli makes the most appearances in my top 25, with Girl So Confusing, 360 and Apple all making the cut. While 360 and Apple were growers for me, that earned their place as much for the fun memories they\u2019re associated with as musical reasons, I was instantly obsessed with Girl So Confusing as soon as I heard the version with Lorde. Has any song ever captured the feeling of negotiating female friendship more perfectly and viscerally? Not only is it a sentiment you never hear expressed in music, but the fact Charli got the person she was writing about to feature, and that Lorde\u2019s verse was so personal and exposing, turned up the emotional impact by 100%. Anyone who actually listened to Brat already knew it was more than just a party album, but that release made it absolutely clear.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Charli xcx - Girl, so confusing featuring lorde (official audio)\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0q3K6FPzY18?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>One of the narratives of the year has been how the albums from major artists underperformed while new stars rose, but it wouldn\u2019t be fair to say the established pop girls didn\u2019t serve up any gems. Ariana gave us two unoriginal but totally poptastic singles with the help of Max Martin, and unpopular opinion alert: I enjoyed Taylor\u2019s Tortured Poets Society more than anything she\u2019s done since Lover. As someone whose fave eras were Fearless to 1989, this album felt like a return to the sound and songwriting style that originally made me a fan.<\/p>\n<p>Another artist who makes multiple appearances in my top 25, and one of my best gigs of the year, is Zara Larsson. While I always felt her music in the 2010s didn\u2019t quite deliver on her potential, she\u2019s still plugging away making some of the best pure pop music around. And on a similarly Swedish note, this year\u2019s Melodifestivalen produced some brilliant dance-pop songs from Maria Sur, Chelsea Muco and Jacqline. However, the Koreans are giving the Swedes a run for their money these days, with two K-pop artists (girlband ILLIT and Blackpink member Ros\u00e9) in the top 10. Both songs were late entries into the chart, released in late Nov and Dec, but proof that you should never declare your songs of the year too early!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Beaches - Takes One To Know One\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RNVI--FI18o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>My final honourable mention before we get to no.1 goes to Canadian indie-pop girlband The Beaches, whose album I unfortunately didn\u2019t listen to until this year (or they might have had more songs in my 2023 chart), but was one of my faves. They\u2019ve released a couple of singles this year, including the brilliantly fun and funny Takes One To Know One, which has to be a good indicator for their next album.<\/p>\n<p>And now, to my no.1. As much as there were many great contenders, ultimately the prize goes to the song that I knew at heart was going to take it as soon as I heard it\u2026 Espresso. A song that sounds original yet instantly classic. A brilliantly nonsensical hook that follows Max Martin\u2019s book of songwriting (it\u2019s about how the words sound and feel, not what they actually mean). An anthem for girls who know their worth, but without a female empowerment clich\u00e9 in sight. I know it\u2019s cooler to say Taste is the best song from this album, but that\u2019s just cos you\u2019ve heard it less. We all know Espresso is the one that\u2019ll be on every \u2018songs of the 2020s\u2019 playlist in 20 years\u2019 time (if playlists still exist\u2026 probably unlikely!).<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eVli-tstM5E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>So while playlists are still a thing, here\u2019s my top 25 for your enjoyment:<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/playlist\/4JrrhD8HB3BlYYmkMYjDpT?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I think any pop fan would agree, 2024 has been a great year for our favourite kind of music. 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