Some people, including Jezebel, have put forward suggestions about what the “song of the summer” is or should be. I know I have contributed to that conversation. But we were wrong. We were all wrong.

Panda. Panda. Panda. By this time in the summer, most of the seasonal hits are a foregone conclusion, so we can all bank our beach bods on hearing Desiigner, Drake, Rihanna and, unfortunately, “Toothbrush” fifty-eleven times before we have to pack away our bikinis.

I’m two months behind on Fifth Harmony’s “Work From Home,” off their forthcoming album 7/27, but better late than never, I’d say. This gem is both an homage to music videos past, and a testament to where the genre should be headed going forward.

A bright spot on an otherwise bleak album, Kendrick Lamar’s “Alright” instantly feels necessary. Besides being the most celebratory jam on To Pimp a Butterfly, it’s a modern-day liberation anthem. It’s that first salvational gasp after nearly drowning. Yet, for such a happy song, “Alright” is innately sad. By design,…

Fetty Wap performed his Song of the Summer contender “Trap Queen” last night on Jimmy Kimmel with the help of Phony Ppl. The performance itself is a bit drowsy and his crooning pitch is cringingly off, but well it’s a good look for the artist behind the No. 3 song in the country.

The song I reluctantly predicted for Song of the Summer now has an accompanying video starring Adam Levine’s bare ass in the sauna. Look at it.

If you live on the Internet, it probably feels like Britney Spears and Iggy Azalea have been teasing their “Pretty Girls” collaboration for like 10 years now. Here it is, finally, and it’s clearly elbowing to be the song of the summer.