Top 10 Worst Songs of 2024
You know a song is bad when it's already ranked #2 on RateYourMusic's "Bottom Singles of All Time" chart. Considering the hype that surrounded it at the time of its release and the fact that it was made by an artist as high-profile as Nicki Minaj, this ranking is totally justified.
It is currently the #2 worst song of all time according to the RYM community, behind only "You Done Goofed" by Blood on the Dance Floor.
Edit: RYM's bottom charts don't exist anymore since the update.
This song is just a diss track that shouldn't have been released on any large streaming platforms because it's just embarrassing.
If you compare it to Megan Thee Stallion's track, it loses the race in every way. No one wants to listen to the same, uninteresting beat with a singer just rambling on the whole time.
Ben "Rap Isn't Music" Shapiro, as per usual, shows how little any of his takes on anything matter to him and how little they should matter to anyone. Clearly, he'll be willing to forego all kinds of beliefs he (supposedly) has, regardless of how much he's passionately yapped about them, if he sees it as convenient for his relevancy.
In this case, he takes one of his classics, "Rap isn't music," and does what every person with a baseball cap and sunglasses in their car as their profile pic does after seeing Tom MacDonald say things they like for the first time.
I guess to Ben, his stupid little rule about how rap only has rhythm, as opposed to also having melody or harmony, just isn't as important as he claims it is. Unless he's willing to add an asterisk that says, "Unless they say things I like. In that case, it's music."
What would your "music expert" father have to say about this, Ben?
I discovered today the line where he defends Chris Brown in this, and for me, that's a serious catalyst for having this song either be #1 or #2 for me.
But of course, there still is that Nicki track.
I am just so tired of Chris Brown getting all these passes, and Kanye has the audacity to say, "what they did to him." Exactly what did they do to him? He still consistently gets singles on the Year-End list. He still has a mass of people who will try to defend him.
Between that, this song, and this album, it's become clear that nothing is off-limits if you have the audience for it.
I actually like this song, but what I don't like is that she uses it as her so-called transformation song. It sounds like an uncensored Descendants song.
This song needs to be in the top 3 over "Carnival." It's much worse than the latter. While "Carnival" may have reprehensible lyrics by Ye, Playboi Carti salvages the song, and the production is fire.
As for "Karma," it's a terrible song with outdated production and laughably edgy lyrics.
I don't understand how JoJo Siwa even became a music artist, let alone a singer. I don't know how any of the girls on Dance Moms became singers. How are these girls, who are clearly talented dancers, suddenly expected to be talented vocalists? I will never know.
Get this sheer atrocity above "Carnival" now! "Carnival" may have some reprehensible lyrics by Ye, but it is at least salvaged by its production and guest features. "AHIMN," on the other hand, is offensive in every possible way (starting with its title), has no redeeming qualities whatsoever, and was made by an individual who shouldn't even be considered an artist in the first place.
Just because his ancestors were slaves and you are not Black doesn't mean you are allowed to say the n-word. And mentioning Hitler? Yeah, this man is wild.
This tasteless deep house remix of an already mediocre cover needs to be at least in the top 5. Not only is it poorly executed, especially the part when David Draiman's screamed vocals are drenched in AutoTune, but it has become a hit in some European countries such as France, Hungary, and Poland. This is truly a disgrace not only to the original song but also to music.
This remix simply deserves to burn in dumpster hell and never come back.
Such a useless remix of an already mid cover. Plus, AutoTune doesn't work on David Draiman's vocals.
This is a Lil Dicky song that is 8 minutes long. Yes, 8 minutes.
If you're wondering, is there any musical switch-up to warrant that length? Is it linear enough to warrant it? No. This is a normal track from Lil Dicky, with him rapping at a length equivalent to 3 to 5 of his normal songs combined.
He uses this absurd length of time to tell a long and convoluted, very unfunny story that includes themes of indecent exposure and lots of prison-related SA. For almost ten minutes.
Admittedly, this does come from his TV show Dave, and it's supposed to function like its soundtrack, but this thing was released like an album, and this is certainly a song. A reprehensible, completely awful song in every way.
What on earth is this crap? Who told this girl to sing when she can't even sing? AutoTune is not enough to cover up her lack of skills, sadly.
It reminds me of Friday by Rebecca Black. It has autotune, and it constantly mentions days of the week.
The autotune is overdone, and the song itself is just very agitating.
Why is Sia screeching like a wounded cat on this song? Somebody give her some throat pills because her vibrato during the verses is straight-up unlistenable and makes her sound like a female version of Lewis Capaldi.
Also, I'll never forgive you, Sia, for making this travesty known as Music and for rudely dragging poor Maddie Ziegler into this mess and ruining her career in the process.
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This song sounds like something out of a Starbucks ad. It's that bad!
Why does this stupid excuse for a song even exist? Fivio Foreign has really fallen off since last year. First, he released "Concussion" last year, and now this! This piece of excrement should burn in dumpster hell.
Another song featuring Trump, and it's with Kodak Black? He really shouldn't have a musical career.
I'd rather listen to Carly Rae Jepsen on repeat than Trump's trash.
This song isn't that bad, but it's too generic and it tries too hard to sound sexy. The music video is pretty fun to watch, though.
If it wasn't for the attempt at sexy-sounding vocals, I wouldn't mind this song. It's not bad, but the vocals kind of ruin it for me.
This song is terrible. I miss when she was with The Scene. She had better music back then.
I've seen things like this happen before with a one-hit wonder doing a follow-up that is just like their first. However, this has got to be the worst one.
This is basically "Daylight 2.0."
While "Daylight" has grown on me since its release and success, this new song might just not. David Kushner's vocals are too one-dimensional, and the melodrama sounds more forced than ever.
This crap should be in the top 10. Not only is KSI's voice very annoying, but the lyrics and production are also very bad and almost sound as if they're AI-generated.
Also, KSI cannot accept the fact that people dislike his music and this song. Not to mention that he's been selling moldy cheese to kids.
DanTDM's one tweet on Lunchly still lives rent-free in KSI's head, creating an entire suburb. No wonder he has such a massive forehead. The whole song was a diss towards Dan over that single tweet, which broke Mr. Fraud and the lovebirds Logan and KSI to the point that they're still coping after a week.
I had the misfortune of hearing this dreadful song during a car trip once. It was the most god-awful thing I've ever heard. He looks like a typical pretty boy but has that awful Lewis Capaldi-sounding voice that irritates me to no end. I know people like to clown on Chad Kroeger's voice, but at least Chad Kroeger can have some good songs. This guy sounds like a weird hybrid between Aaron Lewis and Lewis Capaldi, but even worse.
How has this painfully mediocre song been so consistently successful on the Hot 100 this year? It reached its peak on the chart in March and it's STILL in the top 10 as of the chart dated 11/30/24.
Coming from two music artists who made good songs, this is just cheap. What happened to authenticity in music nowadays? Just a pointless rehash of Whenever, Wherever. This trend is getting annoying.
Yet another bland radio-fodder EDM-pop song that features a lazy interpolation of a well-known, much better track. This trend really needs to disappear ASAP. Please don't let 2024 be another year of gimmicky samples, amen.
Oversampled and made to fit an audience from about a decade ago.
Not a great song by Camila. It sounds like a bad Charli XCX hyperpop song, and Playboi Carti's appearance is kind of disappointing.
Sounds like an early Charli XCX reject.
Coolio must be rolling in his grave hearing this stale rendition of his signature song. Anyone who genuinely enjoys this song (if such people even exist) should be ashamed of themselves.
To make matters worse, it became a top ten hit in the UK, and it topped the radio charts in Turkey, Estonia, and the Czech Republic.
It's not as bad as "Whatever" by Kygo, but it suffers from the same issue as the latter: it's cannibalized by a lazy sample of a well-known, much better track. Ella Henderson managed to ruin "Gangsta's Paradise" on this song, so much so that Coolio must be rolling in his grave (RIP Coolio, your music doesn't deserve such treatment).
Edit: The more I hear this song, the more I wish it could just burn in hell. Simply inexcusable! If Coolio were still alive today, he surely wouldn't allow this to be released.
Not only does this song have one of Drake's most embarrassing features, but the "Hey There Delilah" sample just doesn't work. It makes the song sound like a parody of the original, made by some goofy YouTuber or SoundCloud rapper.
Ice Spice is not a good musician. She talks about the same exact stuff every song and just relies on being provocative to get attention. She could do a collab with Yuno Miles and he would carry.
This song is identical to many of Ice Spice's older songs and tries to ride on earlier fame present this year. Lyrics are also not great.
Ice Spice is one of the worst rappers ever! Gen Alpha, you have terrible taste in music.
Such a boring new song by Sia. I hope it won't get the overplay treatment, unlike "Gimme Love," which is still overplayed to death where I live.
Music continues its downfall. Pop Baby is shaping up to be one of the worst pop artists ever. Right now, he's emerging, and hopefully, he will stay obscure. He better not get popular, though that might unfortunately happen by next year because of TikTok.
This sounds like yet another troll artist who deserves no attention whatsoever.
I don't want to wait for another lazy sample from David Guetta. As much as I want to like this, I can't because "Dragostea Din Tei" was part of my childhood, and this rehearsal just doesn't do it for me.
I like Ryan Tedder, but he is wasting his talent. He should focus on his own music instead of hopping on the sampling trend that just doesn't seem to end.
Ahhhh here we go again! David Guetta butchering yet another dance classic. This time, he's ruining the "numa numa" chorus from "Dragostea Din Tei" by O-Zone.
Also, it features OneRepublic, but it's just Ryan Tedder performing. The other members are simply out of the picture. All I can say is: a big no thank you to this track!
What classic is David Guetta going to ruin next? He can't keep getting away with lazy samples and inviting innocent artists to waste their talents on such inane crap. Enough is enough!
Edit: This song has kind of grown on me since its release. I probably overreacted to the sample. Even though the interpolation of "numa numa" still feels like nostalgia bait, the song itself still has some nice summery vibes even though it sounds basic. Maybe it's because Ryan Tedder does the job just right?
Anyway, I don't hate this song as much as I wish I did. At least it's catchier than "Whatever" by Kygo and "Alibi" by Ella Henderson, the latter being probably the biggest offender of the year in terms of lazy samples so far.
What on earth is this crap? David Guetta is ruining yet another well-known song, "Like a G6" by Far East Movement. How much lower can he go?