We're absolutely positive that 'Blurred Lines' is one of the worst songs ever. Same for the current TikTok horror-show 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Bitch.' But is it harder than ever to decide which songs are truly awful?
’s nursery-rhyme-biting, Olivia Rodrigo-aping TikTok irritant “Twinkle Twinkle Little Bitch” is definitely this year’s contribution.
But in 2022, where all canons have been exploded and all taste strictures overturned, it’s hard for anyone to be as confident as, say, the defunct magazinewas when they created a much-discussed worst-songs list in 2004, topped by Starship’s “We Built This City.” Many of those songs, from 4 Non Blondes’ “What’s Up” to Vanilla Ice’s “Ice Ice Baby,” are now near-universally, if at least semi-ironically, beloved.
Still, it’s fairly clear what gives a song a shot at becoming one of the worst ever, instead of being simply bad. A certain level of craft and hookiness is required, and in fact, the harder the artist worked on the song, the more they went for it, the greater the chance at true terribleness. Rachel Platten’s yuppie psych-up anthem “Fight Song” is merely lousy; the Doors’ “Touch Me” has just enough sweaty effort to breach the gates of worst-ness.
And even if it’s hard to decide on a consensus, maybe we need the idea of “worst songs.” “Bad taste is timeless,” Rob Sheffield says on the new episode of. “Terrible songs are a long and proud pop tradition. It wouldn’t be nearly as much fun to be a fan of pop music if there was some kind of quality control that prevented songs like this from happening.” (To hear the whole episode, listen on
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