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The DaBaby controversy offered an accidental experiment in what so-called cancellation would do to a very popular song.
America Spent 2020 Retreating Into the Sounds of the Past Slate 12/19/2020 Chris Molanphy © Provided by Slate The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights,“ a synth-pop throwback, was the biggest hit of 2020. Photo illustration by Slate. Screengrab from Vevo/YouTube. In Slate’s annual Damn, was this the Tekashi 6ix9ine of years, or what? Only in a year as appalling as this one could the rainbow-haired, rainbow-toothed, should-be Henry Hill actually score a No. 1 hit, seemingly just to troll Billboard magazine. The actual best song of 2020 might be “WAP” or “Shameika” o...
Damn, was this the Tekashi 6ix9ine of years, or what? Only in a year as appalling as this one could the rainbow-haired, rainbow-toothed, should-be Henry Hill actually score a No. 1 hit, seemingly just to troll Billboard magazine. The actual best song of 2020 might be “WAP” or “Shameika” or “Don’t Start Now” or “Blinding Lights” or, my pick, “Savage (Remix),” but the song that encapsulates 2020 is definitely “Trollz”: a sickening spectacle we should have seen coming, made worse by people who should have known better. At least “Trollz” was gone mercifully quickly...