Jennifer Lopez went from J.Lo to J.Low, Katy Perry was a fallen idol, and Justin Timberlake couldn’t carry his horny again.
Listed here are the 5 worst songs of 2024, from a tragic sequel to a hip-hop flop and a cringe collaboration.
1. Jennifer Lopez, “Dear Ben, Pt. II”
What a distinction a yr makes. J.Lo gushed throughout then-husband Ben Affleck on “This Is Me … Now,” the disastrous sequel to 2002’s “This Is Me … Then,” which was additionally all about her “Gigli” co-star. There was even this sequel to “Dear Ben” that no person however the former Mrs. Affleck wished. It was extra like “Dear God” — a tragic signal that their marriage was doomed.
2. Ice Spice, “Think U the S—t (Fart)”
“Think you the s—t, bitch?/You not even the fart,” raps Ice Spice on this single — from the Bronx MC’s debut album “Y2K!” — that attempted so exhausting to be intelligent, however simply ended up being crass. A complete stinker, this turd of a tune goes straight down the bathroom.
3. Katy Perry, “Woman’s World”
After leaving “American Idol,” Perry appeared decided to remind us why she grew to become a pop idol, however her “143” LP was nothing to “Roar” about. And he or she did herself no favors by releasing “Woman’s World” as the primary single in July. What was meant to be a female-empowerment anthem turned out to be a problematic misfire co-written and co-produced by Dr. Luke — the identical hitmaker who Kesha claimed had sexually and emotionally abused her. Speak about tone-deaf.
4. Jason Derulo & Michael Bublé, “Spicy Margarita”
Derulo had gone 9 lengthy years with out releasing an album earlier than 2024’s “Nu King.” And the “Whatcha Say” singer collaborated with everybody from Nicki Minaj and French Montana to Adam Levine and Meghan Trainor in random desperation. However this duet with Bublé might be the oddest of couplings: an EDM-pop interpolation of the Dean Martin basic “Sway” that has the entire taste sucked out of it.
5. Justin Timberlake, “Drown”
After his comeback single “Selfish” barely cracked the Prime 20, “Drown” was a failed rescue try for “Everything I Thought It Was,” Timberlake’s first album since 2018. It needs to be one other “Cry Me a River” or “What Goes Around … Comes Around,” but it surely’s a drained retread that couldn’t cease the sinking feeling for the once-surefire singer, whose LP flop was adopted by a DWI arrest.
