Top 10 Worst Songs of 2022

1. Twinkle Twinkle Little Bitch - Leah Kate

   

   Here comes another Olivia Rodrigo wannabe. The lyrics of this song are extremely offensive, and I think this is even worse than abcdefu. It sounds like she's trying so hard to be like Olivia Rodrigo but falls flat on her face. This is probably mainstream pop punk at its worst.

   Additionally, she ruined a classic nursery rhyme here. I watched Anthony Fantano's review of this song, and he said it's the worst TikTok song of all time. I actually agree with him. He also mentioned that Olivia's influence is not having the best results.

   Just another immature, faux-pop-punk song made by an Olivia Rodrigo wannabe. "10 Things I Hate About You" was already average, immature, and unoriginal enough, but this song just confirms that this singer has no personality whatsoever and is just an opportunist.

   At least "abcdefu" is catchy, but this is not. It's also disturbing to know that Leah Kate is approximately 10 years older than Gayle and still manages to make music that's even more immature than the latter's.

2. 10 Things I Hate About You - Leah Kate

   

   Oh no! Oh hell no! This is basically Leah Kate's first single, and it sounds horrible! Sure, it doesn't sound worse than TTLB per se, but it's still terrible.

   I've listened to this song too many times. It's overplayed and getting worse every hour it plays.

   Okay, first off, Leah Kate sounds like an Olivia Rodrigo wannabe, and that's obviously a bad sign. Her vocals are whiny in this song, and the lyrics are terrible, making it a bad breakup song. The instrumental tries too hard to be considered pop-punk. It's just bad.

   As PieGuyRulz likes to say, this is a Scum song. This song is annoying, stupid, incredibly boring, and a waste of time.

   KelseyPower

3. We the People - Kid Rock

   

   Ranked #3 worst song of 2022 by Anthony Fantano, and it's totally normal because this song sucks so damn hard.

   Another atrocious song made by Kid Rock. Much worse than "Don't Tell Me How To Live."

   He is a die-hard Trump supporter, after all.

4. Betty (Get Money) - Yung Gravy

   

   Get this song above "I'm Good (Blue)" now. Its sample of "Never Gonna Give You Up" is definitely a bigger offender than "I'm Good (Blue)." Plus, Rick Astley sued Yung Gravy for impersonating him.

   Rick Astley just sued Yung Gravy over this song, claiming his voice was "nearly indistinguishable" on "Betty (Get Money)."

   More cringe comedic rap. Not even funny. The rickroll is so outdated and overused, and the song's composition is lazy and non-energizing.

5. Booty Dancer - Tyga

   

   Another awful song from Tyga. The lyrics are pretty bad and repetitive too. Hopefully, Tyga fades into irrelevancy and never makes another hit.

   With a song title like that, you know it's going to suck. Who the hell calls their song "Booty Dancer"? It sounds disgusting.

   How the heck is Tyga still popular?

6. Mona Lisa - Lil Pump

   

   Get this song above "Staying Alive." While the latter may have a lazy sample of the Bee Gees' most iconic hit, it's still a decent listen. "Mona Lisa," on the other hand, is plain awful.

   God, Lil Pump fell off so hard, and this song with Soulja Boy proves it.

   This has the picture of Mona Lisa. Why are you disrespecting this?

7. Smile - RuPaul

   

   So much Auto-Tune it gives me a headache.

   This song doesn't make me smile.

8. Phuckboi Rejects - Royal & the Serpent

   

   Complete garbage. It was promising at the start. I thought I was going to get some decent 2000s pop-punk throwback, but instead, the chorus was cacophonous throw-up.

   This should be No. 1 and higher than any Yung Lambo songs. This song is completely abysmal. It sounds like a dying whale. So whiny and annoying.

   I really hate this song so much that it's at the top of my list. It makes "Iffy" sound like a masterpiece.

9. Gine - 6ix9ine

   

   One question: How is the Skittles man not in jail, and why is he making such terrible, obnoxious, and annoying songs that I want to rip my own ears off and have them for breakfast? (A little too far, but that's what I feel like every time I hear this Skittle-haired pedophile.)

   He sucks at making music and should've just stopped making music in 2019. Just goes to show how bad Snitch9ine, the Skittle Man, is getting over the years.

   - KelseyPower

   Another lifeless song by Snitch9ine. It's just him yelling his guts out and dropping N-bombs over an unremarkable trap beat and a vaguely creepy John Carpenter-esque piano riff.

   I'm really glad a lot of people who were "fans" of his music finally kicked him to the curb last year. This song is tanking, and for good reason.

10. Iffy - Chris Brown

    

    Generic garbage from Chris Brown. By the way, what is wrong with the audio on this track? The vocals and surrounding chords and melody are dulled, but the bass is loud. Horrible production.

    Just another lame song made by Chris Brown. He should just stop making music already because most of his songs from 2014 to the present are bad.

    His pre-2014 stuff (even after he assaulted Rihanna, but that's the worst thing he ever did) was somewhat decent, but this song is just screaming TikTok to me.

    - KelseyPower

    Another uncreative song made by Chris Clown. When will he finally stop urinating on popular music?

The Newcomers
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    Dom Dom Yes Yes - Biser King

    

    What the hell is this atrocious crap? It's so obnoxious that it makes "Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)" sound like a work of creative genius.

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    Forget Me - Lewis Capaldi

    

    Not only is this song generic, but Lewis Capaldi belting out the chorus like a constipated goat surely doesn't help. It takes the song from generic to melodramatic.

    This is yet another example of how falsettos and husky vocals are NOT a good combination, especially when singing songs about love and loss. Luckily, he's already fading into obscurity, much like James Blunt did after "You're Beautiful."

The Contenders

13. Down Bad - Amouranth

    

    This song is so bad that I honestly think it makes Jake Paul's "It's Everyday Bro" look like a masterpiece. The lyrics are horrible, and I don't think Amouranth had any musical experience prior to this.

    The production on this track is terrible, and the rapping sounds like that chick talking on "#Selfie." It's also very sad to read that Amouranth made this song because she had an abusive husband.

    Just your average bad rap song by a big-name YouTuber who has very little to no experience in rapping or making music beforehand. Nothing more to say here. Moving on.

14. Staying Alive - DJ Khaled

    

    Another generic track with Drake on the vocals, talking about how "people wanted him to die" even though he grew up doing Degrassi at 15. DJ Khaled - swing and a miss.

    Say what you will about Betty (Get Money), but at least that was an entertaining and fun song that actually did something with its sample. This is just another below-average DJ Khaled and Drake collab song with a boring and dull beat, and Drake phoning his verse in yet again with a very bad interpolation of the Bee Gees classic chorus on the hook. Even Lil Baby's guest verse couldn't save this song.

15. Emo Girl - Machine Gun Kelly & Willow

    

    This song needs to be higher on this list. The lyrics are so perverted and degrading they seem to have been written by a 15-year-old, while MGK is 32. It also sounds like a bad Good Charlotte song.

    This should be WAY higher, like in the top 3. MGK is 32 years old but acts like he's a teenage emo. It's one of the worst songs on an album with TERRIBLE production and whiny songs.

    At least this is getting the backlash it deserves from the comment section.

16. I'm Good (Blue) - David Guetta & Bebe Rexha

    

    This was the start of all the atrocities created by David Guetta. This song is so bland that it hurts. This sampling trend is probably the worst trend in music to ever exist, and I am not exaggerating.

    People, for heaven's sake, stop making interpolations of popular Top 40 songs and turning them into trash.

    This makes the original "I'm Blue" look like Beethoven's 5th Symphony.

17. Unholy - Sam Smith & Kim Petras

    

    This very song itself and the 2023 Grammy performance of this song are just prime examples of how music is no longer like it used to be. It is THAT bad, and I mean HORRIBLE.

    Sam Smith really thought he went so hard with this song, but it is incredibly unoriginal. And Kim Petras' line was the worst line I have ever heard. Music these days is just full of untalented artists. They're not worth listening to. Can he PLEASE go back to making his boring music so I can just not hear from this guy anymore?

    This song is so horrible, I don't even get why Sam Smith wanted to take the trap music route instead of doing another ballad. At least in 2019 and 2020 when he was still pop, he was actually decent, mostly because he didn't have any trap songs yet.

    But this, this is unforgivable. Even Kim Petras can't save this song from being one of the worst songs this year. I can't believe this song was played on the radio every day. The lyrics are messed up, and the beat is just a tragedy for Sam. I like Sam Smith, but this song is just terrible.

    KelseyPower

18. Lovesick - Maroon 5

    

    An annoying song with a bland beat and Adam Levine belting out like a decaying goat. It was just released as a radio single in some countries, but it's going to tank for sure.

    Yet another mainstream pop song with Adam's dog whistle voice.

19. New World Order - Tom MacDonald & Adam Calhoun

    

    Fantano ranked this song #2 on his list of the worst songs of 2022. I haven't even listened to it, but I still think it sucks because it was made by Tommy the MacDonald Clown and another idiot.

20. Community D**k - Rae Sremmurd

    This has to be the worst song of the year. The Jingle Bells interpolation in the chorus, that annoying squeaking bed noise from Currents, the off-key nature of the chorus melody, the production, and the bad verses really make this song a strong contender.

21. I'm Back - Lil Pump

    

    Another atrocity from Lil Pump. As usual, the lyrics are pretty generic (like most modern rap lyrics) and awful, and Anthony Fantano didn't like this track either. And no, it doesn't look like you're back, Lil Pump. It looks like people forgot that you existed.

    He should stay in 2018 and 2018 only.

    Yet another generic and impersonal song by Lilliam Pumpernickel. Let's leave him back in the late 2010s already.

22. G.O.A.T. - The Notorious B.I.G.

    

    I think posthumous releases need to stop, not gonna lie. The Notorious B.I.G. has been dead for years, and yet this year, his label decided to drop this posthumous song, which has really bad mixing.

    People really need to stop creating atrociously mixed and unfinished projects from dead artists in general, because this just isn't it. It's like insulting someone's grave when they are dead.

    Not only does a Biggie verse sound out of place in a cheap tropical-flavored beat like this one, but his vocals are so poorly mixed they sound like they have been picked from SoundCloud or YouTube.

    The Notorious B.I.G. will always be a legend, but this grave-robbing really needs to stop.

23. Rocking a Cardigan in Atlanta - Lil Shordie Scott

    

24. Amazing Call - Yung Lambo & Hood Guy

    

    This song is just a troll. Please don't take it seriously. It's just a joke.

25. Compliance - Muse

    Won't Stand Down is a good song, but this one is kind of disappointing. Muse is a great band, but this is their weakest.

26. Honest - Justin Bieber

    

    Who told Justin Bieber to make a mumble rap song? Didn't that trend die about two years ago? Justin is barely even trying on this song. Congratulations, Justin, you managed to make a song worse than "Baby" and "Yummy" combined.

    I was curious, so I listened to the sample. Is this seriously Justin Bieber doing this kind of music? I know his hate is blown up, but this sounds boring and uninspired. Generic as hell too. This will fall into obscurity soon.

    This song really sucks. This song makes Baby and Yummy sound like masterpieces.

27. Made You Look - Meghan Trainor

    

    I hate this song so much. It's like the Kidz Bop version of itself, especially with that awkward I MADE YOU LOOK at the end of the chorus, which sounds straight out of something Kidz Bop would write.

    It's like All About That Bass, but worse. The lyrics are basically her flexing luxury stuff but with some body empowerment message that I fail to see over an either grating or barely existent backing track. Meghan normally isn't too bad, but this song I find to be pretty terrible.

    I like most of Meghan Trainor's music, but this song is garbage.