for the record: what’s trending?

By Victor Kidwell

Around this time of the year, students start to thaw out of the cold, cruel winter months and transition into a crisp spring. With this newfound timeliness and almost rebirth in the air, The Lasso has scraped together a list of the hottest tracks so far, with additional commentary from some of your favorite tastemakers around the school.

tracking the releases from both of them.

“[The song] just makes me feel like a baddie,” Corry said. Maybe that’s all there is to it.

deserves the same recognition that other rappers in the scene get.”

“DESPECHA” by ROSALIA

Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus, and Julian Baker form the ultimate, sad-girl dream team with their supergroup, boygenius. “$20” is one of the tracks off of their EP released to hype up the new album.

“I love “$20” because it’s such a mood booster,” freshman Hannah Boesen said. “The vibes are just so good—Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus’ voices are amazing together.” Boesen noted that it’s become a very popular song around the school.

“So many people I know are planning to go to the boygenius concert this June 16.” she said. Meridian students have been preparing for the indie-rock trio’s newest album, “the record,” so The Lasso readers should make sure to give it a spin.

Dubstep legend Skrillex has been firing off a round of singles with new and exciting artists as features. One of the more popular ones was “Real Spring” featuring rapper Bladee. It’s an electric and smooth mix, with an infectious beat.

“This song reminded me of June and

ROSALÍA has been an artist on the outside of the mainstream for a while, but with her new and catchy track “DESPECHA,” she’s finally receiving recognition as the exciting and experimental artist she is. The piano hook melody merging with the cool beat sounds incredible, and infuses the entire track with an infectious energy. “MOTOMAMI” was a big hit in the world of experimental pop and latin pop, and many students, including sophomore Nayra Gallego-León, understand the hype.

“I like how crazy the song is, and you can have so much fun listening to it and just dancing with friends,” she said.

“Trailblaze” by Cowgirl Clue

For this next track, art-countryelectronic-pop song “Trailblaze” by Cowgirl Clue has been on the radar of many underground music fans. I went to senior Kiana Collins to hear the Meridian scoop. “Country isn’t usually my genre of music. However, I do like when it’s mixed with synthpop, like the song “Roadkill” by the 1975—and this song!”

The track shows that Cowgirl Clue is putting forward a new and creative effort on the hyperpop scene and an inspired sound from an already-booming genre.

“People who call [Ice Spice] a pineapple are just haters,” junior Briana Corry said, preemptively defending the energetic rapper right out the gate. She calls the Bronx rapper the “next wave of female rap,” and I’m inclined to agree with her. Ice Spice’s bars on this track flow incredibly, and add a lot to the already-fantastic track by PinkPantheress. These artists clearly have a lot of potential, and it’s still early in their career—I’m definitely going to be

July of 2020, but in a fun way,” junior Alta Copeland said. It’s definitely a throwback, and I can hear the same nostalgic tones Copeland heard.

“The beat is fire, and this song has already gotten stuck in my head,” Junior Skyler Anderson, a veteran Sound Cloud rap fan, said. “I’m so glad this song is bringing more attention to Thaiboy because his music

“lover’s rock” tv girl

“Lover’s Rock” by TV Girl

This song by dream-pop band TV Girl might be the oldest track on this list, but I’ve seen and heard it all around the school lately. The song reminds me of the timeless quality of similarly shoegaze-tinted 2010s band Beach House’s music.

“[This song] takes me to a far off place where you start seeing the world with rosetinted glasses,” sophomore Allie Zagorski said. “Hearing the music, the energy… and the lyrics are amazing too.” You don’t have to take her word for it, either—these tracks all deserve some appreciation.