{"id":3224,"date":"2017-09-21T11:00:09","date_gmt":"2017-09-21T15:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/?p=3224"},"modified":"2017-09-18T23:01:48","modified_gmt":"2017-09-19T03:01:48","slug":"frank-summer-jams-come-and-go-but-please-dont-replay-despacito","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/2017\/09\/21\/frank-summer-jams-come-and-go-but-please-dont-replay-despacito\/","title":{"rendered":"Frank: Summer Jams Come and Go, But Please Don&#8217;t Replay Despacito"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hey what is up guys, Frankthony Hernantano here, and I\u2019m just gonna go ahead and say it: I really did not keep up with songs this summer. Like at all. So, we\u2019re going to fix that right here, right now. With summer winding down and fall just around the corner, I think it\u2019s time to listen to the summer anthems of 2017 one last time before the cold makes us forget. Now, since I personally don\u2019t know which songs were the top summer hits this year, I asked a couple of friends back home to come up with a list. Here are my first impressions on the top 5 summer songs of 2017 (as picked by two pretty cool dudes in Puerto Rico):<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong><span><\/span><\/strong><strong>Calvin Harris feat. Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry, and Big Sean \u2013<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Feels<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ozv4q2ov3Mk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Off to a great start since I\u2019ve actually heard this one before! Calvin Harris\u2019 newest album,<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1<\/em>, is filled with bangers like<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Slide<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>and<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Heatstroke<\/em>, but the only song that really encapsulates the summer is this one,<em><span>\u00a0<\/span>Feels<\/em>. Harris\u2019 funky beat, mixed with Pharrell\u2019s angelic voice, and Katy Perry\u2019s excellent delivery on the chorus almost make me forget how out of place Big Sean feels in this song. Like, the guy takes all the momentum and energy of the song and just ruins it with this deadpanned rapping. Big Sean aside, this is one heck of a summer jam. Hearing it gives me some<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>feels.<\/em><\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><strong><span><\/span><\/strong><strong>Fifth Harmony feat. Gucci Mane \u2013<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Down<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XNWlrawfRAI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Remember when Fifth Harmony was on the X-Factor? How cute and innocent they looked singing their hearts out to<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Miss Movin\u2019 On<\/em>? Well those days are over, say hello to a new Fifth Harmony (now with one less member).<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Down<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>really doesn\u2019t sound good: the obnoxious drums, the nonsensical lyrics, and the incessant finger snapping. The beat gets worse when Gucci Mane starts rapping; it literally just starts over-blasting for no reason. It sounds like your run-of-the-mill pop song that you hear at parties. I\u2019m definitely not<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>down<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>with this song.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li><strong><span><\/span><\/strong><strong>DJ Khaled feat. Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper &amp; Lil Wayne \u2013<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>I\u2019m The One<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/weeI1G46q0o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I was honestly expecting to hate this song but I was pleasantly surprised. It\u2019s a catchy song and the beat ain\u2019t half bad. Unlike<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Down<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>or<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Feels,<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>all the featured artists in the song really add something interesting to the track. Bieber\u2019s chorus is infectious and will get stuck in your head all day. Quavo, Chance, and Wayne\u2019s verses are fresh and smooth; their distinct voices really help give the song form and variety. This is one heck of a banger. In fact, you could say it\u2019s<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>the one.<\/em><\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li><strong><span><\/span><\/strong><strong>The Chainsmokers &amp; Coldplay \u2013<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Something Like This<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FM7MFYoylVs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Now I only have one problem with this song, and it\u2019s that I feel like I\u2019ve heard it before. I swear I remember hearing this song last year or something, but that can\u2019t be true since this track was released this year. It\u2019s a nagging feeling in the back of my head that I just can\u2019t beat. Other than that, the song\u2019s pretty good. Coldplay\u2019s vocals go hand in hand with The Chainsmokers\u2019 instrumentation and the song\u2019s lyrics are pretty sweet and cute. I wish more songs were<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>like this<\/em>.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"5\">\n<li><strong><span><\/span><\/strong><strong>Luis Fonsi feat. Daddy Yankee \u2013<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Despacito<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kJQP7kiw5Fk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Oh, you knew this song was coming. I knew this song was coming.<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Despacito<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>is\u2026 a time. Apart from<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Feels<\/em>, this is the only other song in the list I\u2019ve heard before. This song was so overplayed back home. I\u2019ve heard it so many times that now every time I hear those guitar strings at the beginning I get nausea. Nevertheless, I can\u2019t deny it\u2019s a pretty decent song. It has a pretty catchy tune and great singing. It\u2019s an okay song, if you just hear it once or twice. About the tenth time you hear it, you\u2019ll without a doubt start hating it. (I don\u2019t know how to add<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>despacito<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>into a sentence without it sounding weird, sorry)<\/p>\n<p>And with that our list comes to a close. But the summer of 2017 didn\u2019t just have 5 songs, tweet me at @EfrainIsFrank with any other summer track I didn\u2019t talk about in this blog post, and I\u2019ll give you my first impressions on it! (But please, no more<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Despacito<\/em>. I\u2019m so done with<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Despacito<\/em>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey what is up guys, Frankthony Hernantano here, and I\u2019m just gonna go ahead and say it: I really did not keep up with songs this summer. Like at all. So, we\u2019re going to fix that right here, right now. With summer winding down and fall just around the corner, I think it\u2019s time to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/2017\/09\/21\/frank-summer-jams-come-and-go-but-please-dont-replay-despacito\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Frank: Summer Jams Come and Go, But Please Don&#8217;t Replay Despacito<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2018,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[44437],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3224"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2018"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3224"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3224\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3226,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3224\/revisions\/3226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}