Lorde is giving Justin Bieber his flowers on what she thinks was the track of the summer season in 2025: “Daisies.”
In a New Yorker piece printed Monday (Dec. 1), the New Zealand pop star stated that the Canadian singer’s Swag lead single was the “closest we got here” to having a bonafide SOTS this 12 months. “It ticked all of the containers for me,” she advised the publication. “It needs to be flirty!”
And whereas a lot of her followers would possibly contest that “What Was That” must be awarded the track of the summer season title, Lorde isn’t certain. “I must be so fortunate as to make a track of the summer season,” she added. “I don’t assume I actually make that sort of music, however perhaps I do. I’m pleased to go away that to others.”
This 12 months was one of the complicated battles for track of the summer season in latest reminiscence, with some music followers claiming that — not like most years — there was no clear winner in 2025. Different stars shared their very own SOTS picks with The New Yorker, with Sadie Sink shouting out Woman Gaga’s “How Dangerous Do U Need Me” and Amaya “Papaya” Espinal praising “DtMF” by Dangerous Bunny.
By Billboard‘s chart metrics, the track of the summer season honors belong to Alex Warren for “Unusual,” which spent an eye-popping 10 weeks at No 1 on the Billboard Sizzling 100 in 2025. Morgan Wallen additionally dominated the season with “What I Need” that includes Tate McRae, “Simply in Case” and “I’m the Drawback,” which ranked Nos. 2-4 on the season-end SOTS tally, respectively.
However, as Lorde stated, there’s positively a case to be made for Bieber’s sauntering R&B-pop hit. “Daisies” peaked at No. 2 on the Sizzling 100 and is at the moment up for greatest pop solo efficiency at subsequent 12 months’s Grammys.
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