The One  -  Like You
Channel: Nicholas
Date: 19/01/2021

How do you follow up a song that goes viral in the middle of a pandemic?

That was the dilemma facing US pop band Avenue Beat, who landed an unexpected hit last year when a half-finished, throwaway song exploded on TikTok.

Called F2020 (you don't need to guess what the F stands for), the laid-back pop anthem summed up perfectly the crushing mixture of anxiety, misery, loneliness and boredom that accompanied the last 12 months.

More than 50 million streams later, it was named song of the year by the New York Times, giving the band both a huge opportunity and a massive headache.

"Our team was putting a lot of pressure on us to figure out the follow-up," says singer-songwriter Sami Bearden. "And we were like, 'We don't even know what to write about! There's not exactly a lot going on right now.'"

"It was always in the back of our minds: if you don't write anything that works ever again, you're a legit one hit wonder," adds the band's lead singer, Savana Santos.
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