Now that we're in the dog days of summer, host Brittany Luse wants to know: Do we have a song of the summer this year? According to NPR Music reporter Sidney Madden and NPR Music host, writer and editor Stephen Thompson, there isn't one song; There are many songs.
"We are more disparate than ever; that's why it's hard to chart a single song right now," Sidney said. "It's more like choose your own adventure."
We're choosing our own adventure today to discuss the many contenders for song of the summer and hear why each song tells us something a little different about our cultural moment.
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