Welcome to Music Daily’s Trending Tracks, where we highlight the artists and trends occupying the music industry’s attention. Some come out of the woodwork, others have endured a months-long crusade to greatness. Nonetheless, all of them are captivating the short-circuited minds of Gen-Z social media users.
Today, Ariana Grande makes an unexpected guest in Charli XCX’s world of Brat, remixing the alleged Taylor Swift diss track, “Sympathy is a knife.” Ahead, Blackpink’s JENNIE makes her long-awaited solo debut under Columbia Records, female rapstresses GloRilla and Sexy Redd collab for the first time, and more top this week’s Trending Tracks chart!
“Sympathy is a knife featuring ariana grande” by Charli XCX
Ari on a hyperpop track wasn’t on anyone’s 2024 bingo card. But here is one of the world’s biggest artists guesting on pop provocateur Charli XCX’s track “Sympathy is a knife”—the blockbuster off her hotly anticipated remix album. “It’s a knife when you know they’re counting on your mistakes,” Grande whips her naysayers on the electric track. “It’s a knife when you’re so pretty, they think it must be fake.”
Originally, fans thought the collaboration was going to Taylor Swift since XCX is in her enemies-to-lovers era (“Girl, so confusing featuring lorde”). However, the zany entry of “Guess featuring billie eilish” proved that the 365 partygirl threw logic out the door through the making of Brat, especially this track. The culture (and critics) embraced it all with open arms. Stream “Sympathy is a knife featuring ariana grande” by Charli XCX (feat. Ariana Grande) below!
“QKThr” by Aphex Twin
The Irish artist is short with words. Instead, he starts a conversation with his masterful techno and ambient instrumentals that have continuously redefined the pop landscape since 1992. However, it’s doubtful that the 53-year-old expected anyone to call his music “corecore,” pairing depressing visuals with the track on a video-first social media platform. Today, this deep cut from 2001’s esteemed Drukqs album has over 1.1 million TikTok videos created and 103M Spotify streams. Stream “QKThr” by Aphex Twin below!
“WHATCHU KNO ABOUT ME” by GloRilla & Sexy Redd
“B****, I’m from Memphis, what you know about me?” GloRilla spits in her first-ever collaboration with the St. Louis redhead. On “WATCHU KNO ABOUT ME,” the GRAMMY-nominated female emcee reinvents Boosie & Webbie’s “Wipe Me Down” to fit a twerking contest where Redd is the top competitor who’s laced up in fur boots and her signature sexually bodacious entendre.
“Mantra” by JENNIE
With a new partnership between ODDATELIER and Columbia Records, Jennie is the second Blackpink member to release solo music in 2024. “Mantra” is simply that girl… and has an extra spring in her step. Jennie leaves behind the Y.G. sound but recaptures K-pop’s energetic production via an upbeat anthem that celebrates girl power.
“This that pretty-girl mantra, this that flaunt ya, just touched down in L.A.,” Jennie flaunts in a talk rap. “Pretty girls packed in a Defender, know I’m a defend her, never let her catch no stray. This that pretty-girl mantra, she’s that stunna, make you wanna swing both ways.” Fueled by a sassy choreography and Jennie’s natural It girl energy, “Mantra” has already accumulated 21M Spotify streams and 33M YouTube views. Stream “Mantra” by JENNIE below!
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