GL.24.02: ISABEL VERMAAK
GL.24.03: Megan Swidler
Isabel’s Top 17 Songs of 2024
In no importance of order, here are my top 17 songs of 2024.
My criteria are as follows; only songs released in 2024 & have to be in heavy rotation in my playlists. There are some familiar names in here from last year (shout out to Kevin), and some newer names (I have high hopes for Kybba), but I am very much looking forward to discovering some new artists through other folks’ lists.
Last year’s list focused on high BPM dance/techno and was all about speed and intensity. This year is similar but with a chiller vibe. A quick debrief under each title - happy listening!
1. “Ter Zake” - Kevin
“Als ik ga dan is het bovenaan de trap daar net als Tony
Waar zij mee bezig zijn, ze doen maar wat, ik snap het ook niet
Ik kan niet al die mannen coachen net als Trapattoni”
A Tony Soprano AND Giovanni Trapattoni reference in one verse?! Kevin, you’ve outdone yourself.
2. “i like the way you kiss me” - Artemas
I only had the opportunity to spend 1 year in the 80’s and had basically no consciousness at that point, so it was cool to feel like there was a mini revival of the vibe from that decade with some distorted vocals and raunchy lyrics.
3. “Samurai” - Lupe Fiasco
The Cool by Lupe Fiasco is one of my favorite albums ever and I really feel like there’s a lack of ‘conscious’ hip hop that speaks to my taste specifically, so I was thrilled when Lupe dropped a new album this year that had the same feel from Food & Liquor II (2012). Overall this song is super smooth and a great listen.
4. “Too Sweet” - Hozier
I know this song has been played to death already, but it’s really good! I knew when I heard it play at the grocery store in Tampa this summer, that it had hit its max plays for me, but I’ll pick it up again in a year or two and probably enjoy it just as much.
5. “I Want You” - Versatile Verse, WESTSIDE BOOGIE
For some reason the beat reminds of a low-key version of “Blueberry Yum Yum” by Ludacris. WESTSIDE BOOGIE just has a great voice. It’s weird and I love it.
6. “Addicted - Zerb Acid VIP” - Zerb, The Chainsmokers, Ink
The perfect pool party song, or getting ready in the bathroom for a wild night out when you have a new mascara that you are dying to test out.
7. “GLIMMER.” - Snakehips, Earthgang
Snakehips + Earthgang = SNAKEGANG. Cool house-y beat with great lyrical interjections.
8. “NOD YA HEAD!” - Terror Reid
If Cypress Hill and Eminem had a baby and then made it work at a gas station for its formative years.
9. “Birds of a feather x I Remember” - Lewis Hanton
I listened to this on repeat for multiple 60km bike rides through the French Pyrenees mountains, so I’m not sure if this is the best song ever created or that so many chemicals were released in my brain while listening to this, that I tricked myself into thinking that.
10. “I Only Smoke When I Drink” - nimino
So when I added this song to this list and copied and pasted the Spotify link, I saw the lyrics for the song and thought, god is this actually a good song…? And yes, it is.
11. “Nasty” - Tinashe
Tinashe has been hitting the two-step since 2014, and then to come out 10 years later with a very very sexy, culturally resonating song, is motivating. Way to go, girl.
12. “Wervelwind” - Kevin
I felt so cool when Kevin gave a shout out to Giraffe Coffee in this song, the only coffee worth drinking and so Rotterdam coded. Kevin, he’s just like us.
13. “Ba Ba Bad” - Kybba, Sean Paul, Busy Signal
Kybba (Amsterdam based DJ - of course) has really taken over the Dancehall scene in 2024. And this one really makes me want to drop it and slap the floor.
14. “Kickdown” - DODO
I know I’m just a white girl from Connecticut, but when I’m bumping this track going 130 kmph in my ‘instap-model’ BMW 1-series on the A4, I feel like a motherfucking G.
15. “Did i tell u that i miss u” - adore
Okay, so imagine if you were transported into the Pokemon Gameboy game (yellow edition) and got to skip through the Cerulean gardens catching lil Weedles, this would be the soundtrack.
16. “Younger Me” - CJ.
What would younger me tell me right now? Probably something along the lines of “you never ended up getting that belly-button piercing we so desperately wanted?!”
17. “Like a Freak” - Megan Thee Stallion
When I was a sophomore in college, “Like a G6” was the anthem to get shitfaced to, and 4Loko was the drink of choice. So when Megan The Stallion used the beat to spit some hot girl shit, I fucking lost it. Just a great song to round out the list.
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