The Top 10 Worst Hit Songs of 2022

## List in Order

#10.) **"Sweetest Pie"- Megan Thee Stallion & Dua Lipa**

#9a.) **"I Ain't Worried"- OneRepublic** / #9b.) **"Light Switch" - Charlie Puth**

#8.) **"Hold Me Closer"- Elton John & Britney Spears**

#7.) **"Romantic Homicide"- d4vd**

#6.) **"Rich Flex"- Drake & 21 Savage**

#5.) **"You Proof" - Morgan Wallen**

#4.) **"Broadway Girls" - Lil Durk ft. Morgan Wallen**

#3.) **"Truth About You" - Mitchell Tenpenny**

#2.) **"She Likes It"- Russell Dickerson ft. Jake Scott**

#1.) **"One Right Now"- Post Malone & The Weeknd**

## Dishonorable Mentions

* "Staying Alive" - DJ Khaled ft. Drake & Lil Baby
* "23" - Sam Hunt
* "Fingers Crossed"- Lauren Spencer-Smith
* "Under the Influence"- Chris Brown
* "Unstoppable"- Sia
* "Circo Loco"- Drake & 21 Savage
* "Buy Dirt" - Jordan Davis ft. Luke Bryan
* "First Class"- Jack Harlow
* "I Like You (A Happier Song)"- Post Malone ft. Doja Cat
* "Party"- Bad Bunny ft. Rauw Alejandro
* "The Kind of Love We Make"- Luke Combs
* "Heat Waves"- Glass Animals

**Part 2:**

* "Enemy" - Imagine Dragons x JID
* "Super Gremlin" - Kodak Black
* "Don't Think Jesus"- Morgan Wallen
* "Take My Name" - Parmalee
* "Dua Lipa"- Jack Harlow
* "Big Energy" - Latto
* "Trouble with a Heartbreak"- Jason Aldean
* Russ ("Handsomer", "Remember, "Last Night", "Home", "Real", "Are You Entertained?")
* "Super Freaky Girl"- Nicki Minaj
* "Made You Look"- Meghan Trainor
* "True Love"- XXXTentacion & Kanye West
* "Juice WRLD Did"- DJ Khaled feat. Juice WRLD
* "ABCDEFU"- GAYLE

## Synopsis

**#10:** Sean criticizes the single, for having a weak and sleazy hook. With Dua Lipa sounds bored, and Megan Thee Stallion's verse being too vulgar for what is essentially a "crossover hit." With the song being an example of "frustratingly competent songs", that don't try to do anything fresh and new with their sound or structure.

**#9a:** Sean noticed how Portugal. The Man's 2017 single "Feel It Still" influenced pop-rock for the worst, with "I Ain't Worried" being a prime example. He then criticizes the song for having stilted composition, with no intrigue.

**#9b:** Sean describes the song as Charlie Puth's ploy to gain TikTok sobriety and influence; despite the song having too much of a locomotive beat, with little to no resolution.

**#8:** Sean sees this song as a "piece of junk", due to how lazy and jarring the composition and arranging of the remix is. Where he praises Elton John's "Tiny Dancer" as his masterpiece, and hates how it was remixed so sloppily and criticizes how hypocritical Elton John is for how he blasted modern music; while in turn he remixes his classics for a modern house-bass appeal. Sean does give levity to Britney's part, although he does recognize it doesn't save the song; similar to Kesha's remix verse on "Fancy Like" didn't improve the song.

**#7:** Sean said that this song sounds like the main singer sounds like he is "experiencing heartbreak for the first time and fails to convey the required emotion". He also notes that d4vd was a Fortnite streamer and went into music to create his own background music.

**#6:** Sean sees the single, in a similar vain to Girls Want Girls", where Drake is baked on making whatever music will get him more dominance on the charts. Due to his former commercial success with 21 Savage before, Sean sees Drake as using his friend 21 Savage as a marketing ploy, for his *Her Loss* album. With also, criticizing 21 Savage's unusually lackluster bars.

**DM#1:** Sean states that "Staying Alive" would've been on the list until "Rich Flex" was dropped and he felt like that song represented Drake's lows as an artist more.

**DM#2:** Sean replies to just saying "No."

**DM#3:** Sean replies to the song by yelling "Silence, egg!" As it is a reference to Shakespeare's MacBeth, where Lady McDuff's son is told the same phrase from the criminal who is interrogating Lady McDuff and then kills the kid. The slang term for "egg" is meant to describe an annoying kid being obnoxious.

**DM#4:** Although, this song is on the list, Sean yells "Silence, egg!" to prove his point.

**DM#5:** Sean puts the song in DM list for the sake of Chris Brown. Although, Sean does admit to having the beat and melody growing on him.

**DM#6:** Sean criticizes the song's lyrics as generic and as a "nun trying to be hip with the kids".

**DM#7:** Sean criticized a line where Drake accused rapper Megan Thee Stallion of lying about getting shot by R&B singer & rapper Tory Lanez. Saying it would have been #1, if it lasted longer on the charts.

**DM#8:** Sean brings up the news on why many adults (millennials) wish they were able to buy dirt for unaffordable housing.

**DM#9:** Sean sees the song, as Jack Harlow buying into his own hype, without bringing anything new to the table.

**DM#10:** Sean criticizes how Doja Cat and Post Malone barely have much chemistry together as a duo.

**DM#11:** Sean doesn't like the hook, which consists of a woman repeating "party" on loop.

**DM#12:** Sean criticizes Luke Comb's "rough football linebacker" delivery to what is meant to be a love song.

**DM#13:** Sean explains how depressing it is for the song to become the #1 song, according to Billboard 2022; when it already was one of the biggest singles of 2021.

**#5:** Sean criticizing the single for its' tacky production of a sparse guitar accompanied with a warped melody, that feels like a dower hangover. Along with Morgan Wallen's scratchy vocal performance, and the pathetic lyrics, of him drinking in a stupor to get over feelings of an ex.

**#4:** Sean explains that this song was the most popular single on Billboard in the Us to could be counted as "drill". As well, as criticizing Morgan's vocal deliveries, the artificial country-trap production and the lyrics that are put into question.

**#3:** Sean lambasted the song for it's lyrics, of how the main singer is presented as a man facing "rumors" or "lies". Sean says that he comes across as a domineering man trying to antagonize the women spreading rumors; where the song faces no context of both sides to make the listener choose his side.

**#2:** Sean explains how the song manages to skeeve him out, due to Russell Dickerson's vocal delivery and the production being so sparse to where the melody is on constant loop, the bass is put in the forefront and the guitar having little usage. As well as giving as estimate on the success of this song being credible to forced Amazon playlisting, where the song found the most success.

**DM#14:** Sean points to how this song being the theme music for Arcane, isn't the worst thing to happen to animated shows and media in 2022.

**DM#15:** Sean does mention that the beat clicked for him during late 2021, though it wasn't enough for him to shake off Kodak Black's performance.

**DM#16:** Sean does admit the song is technically fantastic, except for the chorus line.

**DM#17:** Sean describes "boyfriend country" feels like finding salt water in the desert, when you're parched.

**DM#18:** Sean uses this opportunity to show that Jack Harlow is dating Dua Lipa, in real life; despite her reaction to the song being ambivalent.

**DM#19:** Sean reminds everyone that this lazily-sampled song is what we got for keeping Dr. Luke in the industry.

**DM#20:** Sean gives this time to lambast Jason Aldean.

**DM#21 - DM#26:** Sean uses this time to criticizing Russ's songs, after his lyric in "Handsomer".

**DM#27:** Sean states how Rick James actually made "Super Freak" for a more bridged success.

**DM#28:** Sean states that the ONLY reason as to why this song didn't make the list is because he wrote "Rich Flex" at the last minute.

**DM#29:** Sean lambasts the song for everything it is and represents.

**DM#30:** Sean says DJ Khaled give the worst lyric of 2022. Being, *"They ain't believe in us, Juice WRLD did!"*

**DM#31:** Sean admits he was too harsh on the song, and that it sucks that the main singer had to face the blowback from the public, and not the executives and managers from Atlantic Records who told her to follow through with the push. He then blames himself for buying into the hype of Tiktok, not realizing how corporatized it was going to become and smashes the egg on himself.

## Trivia

* The song "Revolting Children" from Netflix's *Matilda the Musical* is used for the transition.
* During the end of Part 1, Sean invites a bunch of content creators in the music reviewing community to talk about what happened when Heat Waves first entered the Billboard Hot 100 to emphasize how long it stuck around.