Our staffers answer five burning questions about taylorswift13's No. 2 Hot100 debut for YouNeedToCalmDown
For the second time in as many months, Taylor Swift has landed a song at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in its first full week of tracking. Following the Brendon Urie-featuring "ME!" reaching the runner-up spot in May, this week, Swift's "You Need to Calm Down" is the biggest song in the country not by Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus.
1. "You Need to Calm Down" makes it two consecutive No. 2s for Taylor Swift. Between it and "ME!," which song do you think will ultimately prove the bigger hit for Taylor? : Well, this circles around that impossible-to-agree-upon-but-let’s-try definition of what a ‘hit’ is. In strictly chart terms, it feels open: “ME!” isn’t pulling ‘Shake It Off’ numbers, so it’s not an uphill battle for “You Need to Calm Down.” In terms of cultural tolerance, however, “ME!” has a big edge.
3. Comfortably below Taylor at No. 2, Drake lands two new entries of his own -- "Money in the Grave" at No. 7 and "Omerta" at No. 35. Considering Drake scored three separate No. 1 hits last year -- two of which debuted on top -- are you surprised that he didn't get particularly close with this two-pack? : Nah. I’ll call part of this situation a collective Drake fatigue from his victory in the NBA Finals .
I don’t doubt that Taylor’s support of gay rights is genuine, but many fans are -- understandably -- taking the song and video as a bit performative, given that until the last year or so, she had rarely used her enormous platform for political advocacy in the past. At the end of the day, “Calm Down” is a positive gesture in this terribly imperfect world, but it could be too little, too late to have a surviving impact among the community it hopes to uplift.
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