Full Transcript for Summer State of Mind

big hit songs. 00:04:02.479 --> 00:04:02.719 Uh-huh. 00:04:02.800 --> 00:04:03.520 That's what you think. 00:04:03.759 --> 00:04:04.159 I don't know. 00:04:04.240 --> 00:04:04.479 Maybe. 00:04:04.560 --> 00:04:05.039 No, I'm not sure. 00:04:05.120 --> 00:04:05.439 I don't know. 00:04:05.840 --> 00:04:10.400 But but um, I was curious what the big summer songs are. 00:04:10.479 --> 00:04:18.000 So I Googled 2026 summer songs, and I got pitchforks 20 contenders for 2026. 00:04:18.480 --> 00:04:25.279 And I I shared this article with you a couple weeks ago because I thought it'd be fun to discuss before getting into our actual picks. 00:04:25.439 --> 00:04:26.480 Did you listen to them all? 00:04:26.800 --> 00:04:28.079 I did listen to them all. 00:04:28.720 --> 00:04:35.120 And wow, do you know when you feel like there's this like joke going on and you're not in on it? 00:04:35.279 --> 00:04:35.680 Yes. 00:04:35.920 --> 00:04:37.759 That's what this playlist felt like to me. 00:04:38.399 --> 00:04:45.839 It's it's so I don't want to say it's so bad, but there's so much I just didn't know. 00:04:46.160 --> 00:04:46.959 Or understand. 00:04:47.120 --> 00:04:49.120 Or understand where I feel. 00:04:49.600 --> 00:04:51.199 I feel like Methuselah. 00:04:51.360 --> 00:04:55.199 I'm like, I'm older than everyone who's ever listened to any of these songs. 00:04:55.439 --> 00:04:59.839 No, and and did it surprise you too that this was actually a pitchfork article. 00:05:00.079 --> 00:05:00.480 Yes. 00:05:00.720 --> 00:05:06.079 Like I'm like, maybe I don't know, Kiss FM, maybe, but pitchfork? 00:05:06.319 --> 00:05:13.759 Yeah, I I actually so you remember when I talked about pitchfork a while back when I was talking about how they've really changed. 00:05:13.920 --> 00:05:14.240 Yep. 00:05:14.399 --> 00:05:17.680 It's not the same publication that it used to be. 00:05:18.160 --> 00:05:22.399 And I do kind of feel like there's a lot of I don't know, it's just so different. 00:05:22.720 --> 00:05:25.040 Maybe it it stayed the same and I've changed. 00:05:26.160 --> 00:05:28.959 Possibly, you know, but it I don't actually think that's it. 00:05:29.040 --> 00:05:30.879 Cause like, okay, let's talk about the list. 00:05:31.040 --> 00:05:31.839 Okay, yeah, please. 00:05:31.920 --> 00:05:32.240 Okay. 00:05:32.399 --> 00:05:36.720 So, well, first of all, can are there any on there that you actually liked? 00:05:36.879 --> 00:05:38.959 And can you guess which ones I actually liked? 00:05:39.199 --> 00:05:40.480 I did like a few of them. 00:05:40.639 --> 00:05:40.959 Okay. 00:05:41.360 --> 00:05:42.879 And I know what you think. 00:05:42.959 --> 00:05:49.360 And let me just address the because listener, go ahead and open up the you we've got it in the show notes. 00:05:49.439 --> 00:05:50.399 Go ahead and open it. 00:05:50.480 --> 00:05:55.040 You might as well follow along with us because I don't think we'll name every single one of the songs. 00:05:55.199 --> 00:05:57.839 There is a Charlie XCX song on this list. 00:05:58.000 --> 00:05:59.120 I don't like it. 00:05:59.360 --> 00:06:00.319 Oh, interesting. 00:06:00.560 --> 00:06:01.120 Do you? 00:06:01.360 --> 00:06:07.839 I mean, I kind of like if I had to narrow down to five, it would be in five, but that doesn't say much. 00:06:08.079 --> 00:06:08.560 Interesting. 00:06:08.800 --> 00:06:11.439 So it's not that I dislike it, I just thought it was boring. 00:06:11.600 --> 00:06:17.920 I was like, yawn, and you know, I listened to it, but I was like, there's nothing that makes me want to come back to this song. 00:06:18.399 --> 00:06:18.560 Yeah. 00:06:19.040 --> 00:06:20.720 It's called Wink Wink Listener. 00:06:21.040 --> 00:06:24.160 And it's very over the top in a way, in a way. 00:06:24.319 --> 00:06:24.879 Like the videos. 00:06:25.360 --> 00:06:28.240 I used to be a bad girl or not suitable for work, if you would. 00:06:28.480 --> 00:06:29.759 Oh, I didn't even watch the video. 00:06:29.839 --> 00:06:30.639 I should have watched it. 00:06:30.720 --> 00:06:31.360 Oh, yes. 00:06:31.600 --> 00:06:33.839 I did like this is what surprised me. 00:06:34.240 --> 00:06:36.079 I liked the Olivia Rodrigo song. 00:06:36.240 --> 00:06:36.959 Oh, dude. 00:06:37.120 --> 00:06:39.040 Did you think I I also love that one? 00:06:39.199 --> 00:06:42.000 I thought you might like it too, because it's very 80s. 00:06:42.240 --> 00:06:44.879 It's very 80s, it's very tongue-in-cheek and fun. 00:06:45.040 --> 00:06:45.360 Yes. 00:06:45.680 --> 00:06:52.319 Apropos of nothing, my friend Joe texted me this week and he said he's shared an Olivia Rodrigo song with me. 00:06:52.480 --> 00:06:55.680 Not this one, but he said, I'm having an Olivia Rodrigo summer. 00:06:55.839 --> 00:06:57.600 He was like, This is kind of my song of the summer. 00:06:58.480 --> 00:06:59.279 I mean, he didn't even know. 00:06:59.360 --> 00:07:01.040 I was like, little do you know. 00:07:01.199 --> 00:07:02.560 We'll be talking about her. 00:07:02.800 --> 00:07:09.199 No, that is kind of crazy because of all those songs, I would say that was the one I liked the most. 00:07:09.519 --> 00:07:10.000 It was good. 00:07:10.160 --> 00:07:10.319 Yeah. 00:07:10.480 --> 00:07:10.720 Yeah. 00:07:10.800 --> 00:07:11.680 It's funny. 00:07:11.839 --> 00:07:13.199 It's very upbeat. 00:07:13.279 --> 00:07:16.480 It's something that I can find myself being like, I will listen to that again. 00:07:16.720 --> 00:07:19.600 And I don't know if I will continue to listen to it. 00:07:19.759 --> 00:07:20.480 If it comes on. 00:07:20.720 --> 00:07:22.240 If it comes on, I definitely will. 00:07:22.399 --> 00:07:23.040 And it's fun. 00:07:23.279 --> 00:07:24.720 I listened to it again today. 00:07:24.800 --> 00:07:31.199 I want to say a couple of times, maybe since I listened to it when I was just like looking through the playlist. 00:07:31.360 --> 00:07:35.519 But yeah, of all those songs, that's the only one I would

actually listen to again. 00:07:35.839 --> 00:07:36.079 Okay. 00:07:36.240 --> 00:07:39.199 You know what I liked but didn't feel like listening to again? 00:07:39.439 --> 00:07:40.319 Coconut water. 00:07:40.480 --> 00:07:41.920 No, I did not like that. 00:07:42.079 --> 00:07:43.199 I kind of liked it. 00:07:43.360 --> 00:07:43.759 Really? 00:07:44.399 --> 00:07:44.800 It was ridiculous. 00:07:45.439 --> 00:07:45.920 It was ridiculous. 00:07:46.240 --> 00:07:47.839 And that's by Trim. 00:07:48.240 --> 00:07:48.720 Yes. 00:07:48.879 --> 00:07:49.120 Okay. 00:07:49.360 --> 00:07:52.000 I don't like the name, but I like the song, sort of. 00:07:52.240 --> 00:07:53.759 Here's the one I thought you would like. 00:07:53.920 --> 00:07:54.240 Oh. 00:07:54.480 --> 00:07:55.600 Miss Kitoko. 00:07:55.920 --> 00:07:56.879 Yeah, that's in Madonna. 00:07:57.120 --> 00:07:57.759 Because it's in French. 00:07:57.920 --> 00:07:58.639 Yep, top five. 00:07:58.879 --> 00:07:59.279 Yeah, yeah. 00:07:59.439 --> 00:07:59.920 I figured. 00:08:00.240 --> 00:08:00.480 Okay. 00:08:00.560 --> 00:08:02.000 I liked the Madonna song. 00:08:02.160 --> 00:08:02.720 It's good. 00:08:03.040 --> 00:08:03.680 It was fun. 00:08:03.920 --> 00:08:04.160 Yeah. 00:08:04.480 --> 00:08:06.160 It's very auto-tuned, don't you think? 00:08:06.399 --> 00:08:08.480 Yeah, which I don't like that part of it. 00:08:08.800 --> 00:08:12.560 And I feel like Danceteria on this new album. 00:08:12.879 --> 00:08:13.759 Oh, I haven't listened to it. 00:08:14.160 --> 00:08:17.199 Probably a better summer song, but no, I liked it. 00:08:17.360 --> 00:08:18.079 I liked it too. 00:08:18.480 --> 00:08:20.639 And then, okay, one last one. 00:08:20.720 --> 00:08:26.879 It this is actually, I think, okay, I have Olivia Rodrigo, I have the Madonna, I have Trims Coconut Water. 00:08:27.120 --> 00:08:31.040 Let's see, Charlie XCX, Theodora. 00:08:31.199 --> 00:08:35.600 And then as a bonus, Twisted Teens, Florida water blues. 00:08:35.919 --> 00:08:36.399 You know what? 00:08:36.559 --> 00:08:39.759 When I heard that song, I was like, they love Bruce Springsteen. 00:08:39.919 --> 00:08:40.399 Oh, really? 00:08:40.480 --> 00:08:41.360 I don't even like Blue. 00:08:41.919 --> 00:08:43.120 I don't like Bruce Springsteen. 00:08:43.440 --> 00:08:46.799 To me, I was like, this is Bruce Bruce Springsteen from Florida. 00:08:47.120 --> 00:08:52.399 I mean, I don't know if that's actually where they're from, but um, you know, same East Coast, whatever. 00:08:52.639 --> 00:08:52.799 Yeah. 00:08:52.960 --> 00:08:53.279 Okay. 00:08:53.600 --> 00:08:55.200 Okay, here's what I liked. 00:08:55.519 --> 00:08:56.240 Drake. 00:08:56.559 --> 00:08:56.879 No. 00:08:57.279 --> 00:08:59.440 I I mean, I didn't dislike it. 00:08:59.759 --> 00:09:04.480 I'm not gonna say I disliked it, but it is it's like classic Drake, you know. 00:09:04.639 --> 00:09:04.879 Yeah. 00:09:05.039 --> 00:09:09.919 And it felt very like I used to love Drake when it was more okay to like him. 00:09:10.159 --> 00:09:10.480 Okay. 00:09:10.879 --> 00:09:15.279 Okay, I love that song, Spend That, by young Miami. 00:09:15.519 --> 00:09:18.159 Okay, I kind of remember not liking that one at all. 00:09:18.399 --> 00:09:19.360 Spend that shit. 00:09:19.519 --> 00:09:20.240 Spend that shit. 00:09:20.799 --> 00:09:21.919 Oh my god, it's funny. 00:09:22.639 --> 00:09:25.600 Yeah, and also, did you see I Love Boosters, the movie? 00:09:25.840 --> 00:09:27.279 No, uh Bootsy comedy. 00:09:27.519 --> 00:09:28.320 Yeah, I heard that was good. 00:09:28.399 --> 00:09:31.840 Yeah, it was good, and it's like that's a very funny movie. 00:09:32.080 --> 00:09:34.399 And I feel like they do feature that song. 00:09:34.559 --> 00:09:36.960 And okay, you're gonna hate me. 00:09:37.200 --> 00:09:38.559 Oh, there's more. 00:09:39.519 --> 00:09:43.679 How could I not like choose in Texas by Ella Langley? 00:09:44.000 --> 00:09:48.000 So when you it's a horrible, that's the worst one on the list, I gotta say. 00:09:48.240 --> 00:09:49.039 No, horrible. 00:09:49.200 --> 00:09:50.080 Are you not kidding? 00:09:50.240 --> 00:09:53.360 Like, is are you just doing this because of the Texas connection? 00:09:53.679 --> 00:09:56.399 I mean, I like it and I'm not sorry. 00:09:56.639 --> 00:09:56.879 Okay. 00:09:57.039 --> 00:09:57.840 No, that's fine. 00:09:58.080 --> 00:10:04.960 It's like so funny because it's I feel like that song has gone triple, quadruple, quintuple platinum. 00:10:05.039 --> 00:10:08.000 Like people went so crazy for this song this year. 00:10:08.480 --> 00:10:08.639 Really? 00:10:09.519 --> 00:10:14.320 Yeah, there's like I have to wait, let me go to the artist page and just see really quickly. 00:10:15.039 --> 00:10:22.080 Okay, this song on Spotify alone has been streamed 636,900. 00:10:22.559 --> 00:10:26.080 Wait, 636,970,000 times. 00:10:26.480 --> 00:10:27.200 By whom? 00:10:27.440 --> 00:10:28.960 Like how freaks. 00:10:30.399 --> 00:10:32.559 Listen, you're I'm not listening to it. 00:10:32.720 --> 00:10:35.039 I'm not I've heard it all over the place. 00:10:35.200 --> 00:10:39.120 Like it's playing on the radio, it's playing on the Instagram songs, it's it's out there. 00:10:39.840 --> 00:10:40.799 It's fun. 00:10:41.360 --> 00:10:42.720 Okay, she's from Texas. 00:10:42.799 --> 00:10:44.879 I can tell by the way, she's two-stepping around her. 00:10:45.039 --> 00:10:45.759 Come on, that's good. 00:10:46.320 --> 00:10:46.799 I like it. 00:10:46.960 --> 00:10:49.519 She probably has horrible politics, so let's just say that. 00:10:49.759 --> 00:10:50.399 I don't know. 00:10:51.279 --> 00:10:53.039 I I'm not gonna investigate. 00:10:53.200 --> 00:10:58.000 Yeah, okay, and then I will say, disappointed in the Phoebe Bridgers song. 00:10:58.240 --> 00:11:03.279 Okay, that's another one I was gonna guess that you might have liked, but yeah, I wasn't feeling that at all. 00:11:03.600 --> 00:11:12.879 I've never

gotten into Phoebe Bridgers, and then when I knew the song was coming out because there was a lot of hype around it, and I'm like, wow, wow, wow, is it gonna be good? 00:11:12.960 --> 00:11:17.360 I listened to it for the first time today, and I was like, that's it. 00:11:17.519 --> 00:11:17.919 Yeah. 00:11:18.240 --> 00:11:18.879 Snooze. 00:11:19.200 --> 00:11:19.360 Good. 00:11:20.960 --> 00:11:21.360 I don't know. 00:11:21.440 --> 00:11:29.519 I felt like so many, like, yeah, we're talking about like how many songs that we kind of like between us, maybe eight or ten, maybe. 00:11:29.679 --> 00:11:30.000 Yeah. 00:11:30.240 --> 00:11:35.840 So I guess that's not too bad, but but the rest just are snoozes or just bad. 00:11:36.320 --> 00:11:41.759 A lot, a lot of stuff where I'm like, this is a a C grade Beyoncé song. 00:11:41.840 --> 00:11:41.919 Yes. 00:11:42.320 --> 00:11:47.120 This is a you know, I would give the X a C plus or a B minus. 00:11:47.360 --> 00:11:50.240 You know, like some of these other ones I'm just like, what ups? 00:11:50.639 --> 00:11:53.840 No, there I was actually there's this Adam Killer. 00:11:54.240 --> 00:11:56.240 He I don't I didn't even know he was a musician. 00:11:56.399 --> 00:12:03.120 I know him from Instagram where he acts extremely goofy, like his videos are really funny, but I don't know. 00:12:03.279 --> 00:12:07.440 Like I said, a lot of the stuff I'm like, this is a secret I'm not in on. 00:12:07.600 --> 00:12:09.039 Yeah, and I'm okay with that. 00:12:09.200 --> 00:12:11.519 Okay, but wait, what was your top song? 00:12:11.759 --> 00:12:14.240 I mean, truly it was the expectations. 00:12:14.480 --> 00:12:16.559 Okay, and I had zero expectations. 00:12:16.799 --> 00:12:26.480 I think that was maybe the first Olivia Rodrigo song I actually listened to, and well, listened to, period, but then listened to and was like, oh, huh. 00:12:26.720 --> 00:12:29.440 Yeah, maybe I need to listen to more. 00:12:29.679 --> 00:12:31.919 You know, she's like kind of really cool. 00:12:32.240 --> 00:12:34.080 Yeah, that's what I'm gathering. 00:12:34.320 --> 00:12:35.360 Yeah, I love that. 00:12:35.519 --> 00:12:40.159 I love that she's like very pro-woman, very pro-abortion, all the things. 00:12:40.320 --> 00:12:42.720 Like she's she's a young badass. 00:12:43.200 --> 00:12:46.240 Love that for her, even though she's like, you know, a pop star. 00:12:46.399 --> 00:12:48.559 Like you we all contain multitudes. 00:12:49.039 --> 00:12:49.519 Exactly. 00:12:49.679 --> 00:12:54.159 I mean, she had um David Byrne, remember we talked about that on Aaron Robert show. 00:12:55.360 --> 00:12:56.000 Yeah, exactly. 00:12:56.240 --> 00:12:59.840 And that freak from Smashing Pumpkins, yeah, Philly Corgan. 00:13:00.000 --> 00:13:01.600 Oh, yeah, he's he's a bit of a freak. 00:13:01.759 --> 00:13:05.600 Oh, by the way, speaking of David Byrne, I'm going to his concert. 00:13:06.399 --> 00:13:06.639 When? 00:13:06.879 --> 00:13:07.200

Where? 00:13:07.440 --> 00:13:09.440 Saturday at the Hollywood Bowl. 00:13:09.840 --> 00:13:11.120 Frick! Yes. 00:13:11.600 --> 00:13:12.240 I'm jealous. 00:13:12.320 --> 00:13:12.480 Yeah. 00:13:12.639 --> 00:13:14.559 So anyway, just had to throw that out. 00:13:15.120 --> 00:13:18.399 So, so yeah, these songs, I don't know. 00:13:18.639 --> 00:13:20.639 To me, no summer vibes at all. 00:13:20.799 --> 00:13:23.840 Even even expectations, not necessarily a summer song. 00:13:23.919 --> 00:13:25.519 I feel like that could be a fall song. 00:13:25.600 --> 00:13:26.000 I don't know. 00:13:26.240 --> 00:13:27.919 She mentions New Year's Eve. 00:13:28.240 --> 00:13:28.720 Okay, yeah. 00:13:28.960 --> 00:13:29.360 In the song. 00:13:29.679 --> 00:13:30.159 So I don't know. 00:13:30.399 --> 00:13:31.120 Yeah, to me, that might be. 00:13:35.840 --> 00:13:36.320 Probably. 00:13:37.039 --> 00:13:38.320 I mean, that's a good point. 00:13:38.399 --> 00:13:40.559 Most of these did not feel like summer songs. 00:13:40.720 --> 00:13:44.399 There was there were actually several songs that I had to skip within like 30 seconds. 00:13:44.559 --> 00:13:44.720 Oh, yeah. 00:13:45.360 --> 00:13:46.000 It hurt my ears. 00:13:46.559 --> 00:13:46.639 Yeah. 00:13:46.960 --> 00:13:48.000 I wasn't listening to all of them. 00:13:48.240 --> 00:13:49.679 I'm looking at you, Kim Petris. 00:13:49.919 --> 00:13:50.639 Do you better? 00:13:51.360 --> 00:13:54.399 But yeah, summer, summer song is it's a vibe. 00:13:54.559 --> 00:13:57.519 And I don't know that we I don't know that we should work for them. 00:13:57.600 --> 00:13:58.559 We can fix their eyes. 00:13:58.720 --> 00:13:59.279 I think so. 00:13:59.519 --> 00:14:00.639 Pitchwork, reach out. 00:14:00.879 --> 00:14:01.039 Yeah. 00:14:01.200 --> 00:14:03.679 In the meantime, let's let's get to our picks. 00:14:03.919 --> 00:14:04.240 Okay. 00:14:04.480 --> 00:14:16.879 So I did have one constraint for us, which was the song didn't have to be released in the summer of 2026, but you had to discover it in the summer of 2026. 00:14:17.919 --> 00:14:27.759 So with that in mind, this is a 2025 release that I learned about at the beginning of this summer, and it immediately set the tone for the months ahead. 00:14:27.919 --> 00:14:31.039 The song is Yildees by Pekki Momey. 00:15:02.240 --> 00:15:02.720 At least for me. 00:15:04.080 --> 00:15:07.279 And I know you were feeling it too when I shared it. 00:15:07.519 --> 00:15:10.559 And then I immediately shared the original. 00:15:10.720 --> 00:15:12.159 And you liked that even more. 00:15:12.399 --> 00:15:12.799 Yes. 00:15:12.960 --> 00:15:20.320 And I I hate to be that person because I don't want to be a fighter, but like I listened to your pick and I loved it. 00:15:20.559 --> 00:15:23.600 And then I listened to the original and I super loved it. 00:15:24.000 --> 00:15:25.279 But what did I like the most? 00:15:25.519 --> 00:15:26.480 The album art. 00:15:26.879 --> 00:15:27.600 Oh, yes. 00:15:27.840 --> 00:15:29.200 What's that guy's name? 00:15:29.519 --> 00:15:30.720 Marcus Valley. 00:15:31.039 --> 00:15:31.360 Okay. 00:15:31.519 --> 00:15:31.759 Yeah. 00:15:32.000 --> 00:15:34.720 Just please, everyone, go look at the it's so good. 00:15:35.120 --> 00:15:37.440 And the video is even better. 00:15:37.679 --> 00:15:43.279 But the album cover is him with some fruit and tropical drinks. 00:15:43.600 --> 00:15:44.320 Bunch of drinks. 00:15:44.480 --> 00:15:47.440 Yeah, he's holding up a blue drink, I think it is. 00:15:47.679 --> 00:15:52.639 He's wearing like a pink t-shirt Venus, he's clearly dying his hair blonde. 00:15:53.200 --> 00:15:53.840 Yes. 00:15:54.240 --> 00:15:56.639 I mean, he was like a bitch boy. 00:15:56.960 --> 00:15:57.600 Oh, very well. 00:15:58.080 --> 00:16:09.759 So but Yildis, which is Turkish four-star, is the cover of this 1983 hit, Estrela, and that's Portuguese for star. 00:16:10.159 --> 00:16:16.480 And this is from, of course, the legendary Brazilian singer, songwriter, producer Marcos Valley. 00:16:16.639 --> 00:16:26.000 And even if you haven't heard this name or know the song Estrilar, you've probably heard his song Samber Samba. 00:16:26.159 --> 00:16:26.960 How does that go? 00:16:35.200 --> 00:16:35.679 Perfect. 00:16:37.840 --> 00:16:38.399 Sorry. 00:16:38.639 --> 00:16:39.279 I love that. 00:16:39.360 --> 00:16:40.000 That was really good. 00:16:40.240 --> 00:16:42.080 And it's also known as So Nice. 00:16:42.559 --> 00:16:46.320 So anyway, it's been covered a thousand times. 00:16:46.559 --> 00:16:54.879 So he's he's been writing and performing since the 60s and helped shape Bossa Nova samba and and just general, like popular Brazilian music. 00:16:55.120 --> 00:16:58.639 But I didn't actually know this was a Marcus Valley song. 00:16:58.799 --> 00:17:07.599 The first time I heard it was from another Brazilian band, Os Fleepers, who did a cover of the song the same year Valley's version came out. 00:17:07.839 --> 00:17:10.720 And I just heard it a few years ago on the Mr. 00:17:10.960 --> 00:17:19.680 Bongo Record Club Volume 3, which has a ton of Afro-Brazilian, like very like summer vibing funk songs. 00:17:19.920 --> 00:17:21.279 And we will share that. 00:17:21.519 --> 00:17:31.039 But the funny thing is, I feel like I didn't give you a chance to like digest Yeldi's the song that I picked for my summer song. 00:17:31.200 --> 00:17:37.279 I just immediately like shared the Volley version and then the O Slippers version version. 00:17:37.359 --> 00:17:42.640 And it didn't, I didn't give you a chance to fully appreciate the Peck Pecky Momos version. 00:17:42.960 --> 00:17:43.440 I you know. 00:17:43.759 --> 00:17:44.640 Do you feel short-changed? 00:17:44.960 --> 00:17:46.160 No, I don't feel shortchanged. 00:17:46.240 --> 00:17:50.400 And I listened to that one probably more times than I probab um okay. 00:17:50.480 --> 00:17:53.440 Sorry, I probably listened to the how do you say

it, Pecky? 00:17:53.680 --> 00:17:54.079 Pecky. 00:17:54.400 --> 00:17:55.359 Pecky is great. 00:17:55.759 --> 00:18:00.640 I listened to that version as many times as I listened to the Valley version. 00:18:00.880 --> 00:18:01.119 Yeah. 00:18:01.359 --> 00:18:03.279 They're both really good in their own way. 00:18:03.519 --> 00:18:06.480 But I didn't see Valley's video. 00:18:06.640 --> 00:18:09.680 I did see the Pecky version. 00:18:09.920 --> 00:18:10.400 Oh, okay. 00:18:10.559 --> 00:18:12.160 And the Pecky version is very cute. 00:18:12.319 --> 00:18:16.000 Now you have to check out the Vali version. 00:18:16.160 --> 00:18:16.480 Okay. 00:18:17.039 --> 00:18:29.119 So it's basically people working out on the beach while Vali is driving this vintage red convertible, and he's looking like directly into the camera from time to time. 00:18:29.440 --> 00:18:40.079 And then they're all at the beach at night, and it's set up like a living room, and they're watching a TV of the earlier beach footage. 00:18:41.119 --> 00:18:43.279 And they're like digging it big time. 00:18:43.440 --> 00:18:44.799 Oh my God, I love that. 00:18:45.039 --> 00:18:47.039 Remember when the sun was out, you guys? 00:18:48.240 --> 00:18:50.079 It's it's so insane. 00:18:50.240 --> 00:18:54.559 The beach like they have like a whole living room set up on the beach. 00:18:54.799 --> 00:18:55.440 That's amazing. 00:18:55.759 --> 00:18:55.920 Okay. 00:18:56.079 --> 00:18:57.279 I regret not watching it. 00:18:57.519 --> 00:19:00.960 Yeah, and and the original is all about working out. 00:19:01.119 --> 00:19:03.839 It's it's about getting into shape for the summer. 00:19:04.000 --> 00:19:08.000 And it's basically about becoming a star brighter than the sun. 00:19:08.319 --> 00:19:13.279 And by all that working out, you will you will shine more than the sun. 00:19:14.000 --> 00:19:16.559 That's yeah, I know it's crazy. 00:19:16.799 --> 00:19:17.599 The the Mr. 00:19:17.759 --> 00:19:23.680 Bongo Records website has a nice write-up noting that the Valley song is about so much more than working out, though. 00:19:23.759 --> 00:19:33.279 It's about Valley's irrepressible enthusiasm that captured the mood of a country emerging from two decades of a military dictatorship. 00:19:33.599 --> 00:19:33.920 Damn. 00:19:34.079 --> 00:19:40.559 But yeah, I chose the Turkish cover because of its languidness, and it's kind of been my vibe all summer. 00:19:40.640 --> 00:19:42.160 So let's talk a little bit about that. 00:19:42.400 --> 00:19:42.559 Okay. 00:19:42.799 --> 00:19:46.640 Pekki Momet is a Turkish artist living in Germany. 00:19:46.720 --> 00:19:53.359 And according to her Bandcamp page, she only started recording music by accident in 2023. 00:19:53.680 --> 00:19:57.680 And it's weird because a bunch of places say by accident, 2023. 00:19:57.839 --> 00:20:04.240 I eventually found an interview where she shares a bit more about her origin story as a singer. 00:20:04.400 --> 00:20:12.880

It sounds like she lived in the same flat as some musicians, and they randomly asked her like if she would sing a couple of lines on an album they were making. 00:20:13.039 --> 00:20:20.319 And then they realized she can sing and fast forward a couple of years to her debut single, Gudge Smith See Me. 00:20:20.640 --> 00:20:21.920 Easy for you to say. 00:20:23.839 --> 00:20:30.640 So that made a splash last fall, and it got played on Iggy Pop's BBC show. 00:20:30.880 --> 00:20:37.599 Her sound has been described as dirty disco, Anatolian grooves, library music, and city pop. 00:20:38.160 --> 00:20:44.640 And the self-titled album, which this song that I shared, Yildies is not on the album. 00:20:44.720 --> 00:20:49.680 It's a single right now, but the self-titled album is so smooth and dreamy. 00:20:50.000 --> 00:20:52.960 It's more chill by the pool than get up and dance. 00:20:53.440 --> 00:20:56.480 But like again, summer vibes all around. 00:20:56.720 --> 00:21:08.400 And her bandcamp page says her cover of Estrela is about drawing energy from the bright stars, dreaming of meeting the stars up in the sky alongside the sun and the moon. 00:21:08.480 --> 00:21:12.319 And I think that's what you kind of get a little glimpse of in the video. 00:21:12.799 --> 00:21:20.079 It does have this more airy, nonchalant feel that's so summary and defiant to life's demands, including exercise. 00:21:20.160 --> 00:21:23.119 It's like the total anti-exercise song. 00:21:51.519 --> 00:21:56.720 And there's not a lot out there about Pecky, which isn't even her real name. 00:21:56.960 --> 00:21:59.759 Though in one interview with Durham Records, she talked. 00:22:00.240 --> 00:22:07.599 About one of my favorite things to hear from an artist, and that's the songs that inspired her when working on her debut album. 00:22:07.759 --> 00:22:13.200 And she mentioned how Japanese city pop was a huge influence, especially Akiko Yano. 00:22:13.680 --> 00:22:16.559 She also shared 10 songs, including my favorite from L. 00:22:16.720 --> 00:22:18.319 Michael's affair, Unati. 00:22:18.960 --> 00:22:20.960 And we'll share that playlist too. 00:22:21.039 --> 00:22:30.640 It's all like such great music to keep you in that summer mindset throughout the year, not just into October, November, but like, why not? 00:22:30.799 --> 00:22:33.039 Just summer mindset all year long. 00:22:33.200 --> 00:22:33.839 Yes. 00:22:34.240 --> 00:22:43.599 Now I'm very curious, Christina, how your pick got to be your summer state of mind song. 00:22:43.839 --> 00:22:44.799 Please take it away. 00:22:45.119 --> 00:22:45.759 Oh, I will. 00:22:45.920 --> 00:22:48.240 And I'm I am, I'm not worried. 00:22:48.400 --> 00:22:54.559 I just I think you are aware that I've been having like a little bit of a bummer summer. 00:22:55.119 --> 00:23:02.960 It's not my first one I've ever had, so I'm not a stranger to the bummer summer, but it's just been like a hot, weird, depressing summer. 00:23:03.519 --> 00:23:08.799 Which is why I gravitated toward a weirdly dark song for my summer jam. 00:23:09.039 --> 00:23:14.160 So let's take a quick listen to Shotzi by Otis featuring Steph Chura. 00:23:14.799 --> 00:23:17.200 I do what I believe. 00:23:31.440 --> 00:23:32.559 I don't remember. 00:23:32.640 --> 00:23:38.480 I think you liked it, but what was your kind of reaction when I shared this with you as my summer song? 00:23:38.640 --> 00:23:39.519 Were you worried? 00:23:39.839 --> 00:23:45.440 It didn't have the summer vibe feel that I was expecting. 00:23:45.680 --> 00:23:46.160 Sure. 00:23:46.559 --> 00:23:51.519 But if Olivia Rodrigo has taught us anything, better not to have expectation. 00:23:52.079 --> 00:23:52.799 Good call. 00:23:53.039 --> 00:23:54.480 So I wasn't worried. 00:23:54.640 --> 00:23:56.400 I was curious though. 00:23:56.720 --> 00:24:00.240 And yeah, I had never heard of Otis, the song. 00:24:00.400 --> 00:24:03.039 I was a little curious about the use of Shotzi. 00:24:03.440 --> 00:24:03.920 Oh, yeah. 00:24:04.079 --> 00:24:04.240 Yeah. 00:24:04.400 --> 00:24:06.480 So I had never heard of this band either. 00:24:06.640 --> 00:24:12.160 It was one of these songs that came up on like a Discover weekly playlist for me on Spotify. 00:24:12.319 --> 00:24:18.400 And I heard it and it just kind of hooked me in because it was dark and weird. 00:24:18.480 --> 00:24:21.279 And also I was like, what is Schatzi? 00:24:22.079 --> 00:24:25.200 So they do talk about it a little bit in interviews. 00:24:25.440 --> 00:24:30.000 Schatzi means like dear or darling in German, I think. 00:24:30.240 --> 00:24:33.599 And I think there was a play on words with Katsy. 00:24:33.680 --> 00:24:38.160 I think one of the band members had a friend had a cat name. 00:24:38.799 --> 00:24:41.519 Either Katzi or Schatzi, I need to go confirm. 00:24:41.759 --> 00:24:44.240 But it kind of doesn't mean anything. 00:24:44.559 --> 00:24:47.519 And that is also intriguing to me. 00:24:48.000 --> 00:25:03.759 Because what you're listening to, like when you're hearing that, is Otis's vocalist Sam Swinson, who's essentially playing a caricature of a shitty guy, and then Steph Chura, the female vocalist, who's essentially playing the put upon girlfriend. 00:25:03.920 --> 00:25:11.839 And the male character here is the quote character analysis of the selfish antisocial male, end quote. 00:25:12.000 --> 00:25:18.400 At least that's how Swinson described this song in an article I read on Music Blog When the Horn Blows. 00:25:18.880 --> 00:25:20.880 And this single is not new. 00:25:21.039 --> 00:25:23.200 It came out in 2021. 00:25:23.680 --> 00:25:27.200 So it is new to me, but it's been out for a while. 00:25:27.359 --> 00:25:31.599 And it kind of made me think about what was going on during that time period. 00:25:32.000 --> 00:25:34.319 So think back to 2021. 00:25:34.640 --> 00:25:38.400 Um we were coming out of the pandemic, at least some of us. 00:25:38.480 -->

00:25:43.680 I know in Texas there was a lot of ignoring mask mandates and stay home advisories. 00:25:43.839 --> 00:25:46.079 And I'm guessing it wasn't just Texas. 00:25:46.400 --> 00:25:52.799 There were plenty of people out there ignoring these warnings and doing what they please, as our singer triumphantly says. 00:25:53.039 --> 00:25:54.400 Did you happen to watch the video? 00:25:54.640 --> 00:25:54.880 Yes. 00:25:54.960 --> 00:25:55.200 Yeah. 00:25:55.359 --> 00:25:56.240 It's a good video. 00:25:56.400 --> 00:25:57.359 It's so good. 00:25:57.599 --> 00:25:57.759 Yeah. 00:25:58.000 --> 00:26:00.640 And like I encourage our listeners to check it out too. 00:26:00.799 --> 00:26:04.400 It's funny because it feels so 2021. 00:26:04.559 --> 00:26:12.960 I wish I would have seen this because it's essentially someone doing a meditation, a guided meditation on their phone, and they keep getting like all these alerts. 00:26:13.200 --> 00:26:17.039 I the first time I saw it stressed me out because it was my text message noise. 00:26:17.359 --> 00:26:18.480 I thought so too, yeah. 00:26:18.720 --> 00:26:21.279 And then there's a couple funny Easter eggs in there. 00:26:21.440 --> 00:26:28.480 So one, the guy, you're assuming it's it's a conversation between the man and woman in the song. 00:26:28.799 --> 00:26:29.039 Yeah. 00:26:29.279 --> 00:26:35.039 The guy writes, Oh, I don't have a mask to get into this vape shop and they won't let me in. 00:26:35.119 --> 00:26:35.440 Uh-huh. 00:26:35.599 --> 00:26:39.200 So he's like trying to go buy a vape and doesn't have a mask. 00:26:39.519 --> 00:26:45.920 He is talking about something called Rich Dork, which rhymes with pitchfork. 00:26:46.079 --> 00:26:46.400 Oh. 00:26:46.640 --> 00:26:54.559 And I'm thinking they were talking about using rich dork as a euphemism for pitchfork because they were like saying that in terms of reviews and stuff. 00:26:55.039 --> 00:26:57.119 There's another funny Easter egg. 00:26:57.279 --> 00:26:57.599 Uh-huh. 00:26:57.920 --> 00:27:00.720 The guy texts, Do you like Ariel Pink? 00:27:00.880 --> 00:27:02.319 Do you remember when we talked about Ariel Pink? 00:27:02.640 --> 00:27:04.160 Yes, you did mention him before. 00:27:04.319 --> 00:27:04.480 Yeah. 00:27:04.720 --> 00:27:11.279 And that was like a little funny aside because he famously got canceled and was kind of a shitty dude. 00:27:11.440 --> 00:27:11.680 Yep. 00:27:11.920 --> 00:27:12.880 And just love it. 00:27:12.960 --> 00:27:14.160 So go go check it out. 00:27:14.240 --> 00:27:17.839 But for the record, I don't identify with either character in this song. 00:27:17.920 --> 00:27:19.279 I'm not a put upon girlfriend. 00:27:19.359 --> 00:27:21.599 I'm not a selfish antisocial male. 00:27:21.839 --> 00:27:35.119 But there was this weirdly hypnotic element about the way Swinson is singing in the song, and then the raw exasperation of Chura and her very explicit reaction to the shit boyfriend, if that's who he is. 00:27:35.759 --> 00:27:41.759 But with the almost upbeat delivery of both characters, let's listen. 00:28:06.319 --> 00:28:12.960 I've listened to this song so many times since I discovered it this summer, just because I have to wait until the end to get that. 00:28:14.720 --> 00:28:17.200 And it's like, I love it because it hooks me in. 00:28:17.359 --> 00:28:17.839 Yeah, yeah. 00:28:17.920 --> 00:28:18.559 I can see that. 00:28:18.720 --> 00:28:22.799 And I'm I'm worried because it's almost crossed over into earworm territory for me. 00:28:23.039 --> 00:28:23.599 For sure. 00:28:23.920 --> 00:28:28.079 But I did want to learn more about this band since they flew under my radar. 00:28:28.480 --> 00:28:30.480 Since you know, the song is five years old now. 00:28:30.640 --> 00:28:39.039 So Otis is a trio from normal Illinois, and their debut album is called Curve of the Earth, which was released in 2019. 00:28:39.200 --> 00:28:49.200 So the band actually formed in 2004 and did a self-released album in 2008, but Swinson had to go to rehab, and the band went on a very long hiatus. 00:28:49.279 --> 00:28:51.920 And he talks about his experience getting sober. 00:28:52.079 --> 00:29:00.960 And actually, I'm pretty sure Curve of the Earth is about recovery and you know getting over addiction, dealing with things like that. 00:29:01.119 --> 00:29:06.720 I've listened to some of their music, which has been labeled as dark country, and it is pretty dark. 00:29:06.880 --> 00:29:12.079 So there's no surprise that this song, too, is kind of veering into that territory. 00:29:12.319 --> 00:29:16.960 So if you're having a bummer summer and you want something to listen to, maybe check it out. 00:29:17.279 --> 00:29:33.279 And if you're in the mood for a cry, which I was not when I watched this, but I have to recommend the video for Run In, which features an incredibly adorable pit bull, and it literally made me sob. 00:29:33.359 --> 00:29:34.319 You didn't watch it, did you? 00:29:34.559 --> 00:29:34.880 I did. 00:29:35.039 --> 00:29:35.519 Oh my god. 00:29:35.920 --> 00:29:36.799 I know it was hard. 00:29:36.960 --> 00:29:37.359 It was hard. 00:29:37.519 --> 00:29:39.519 I oh man. 00:29:40.000 --> 00:29:44.000 I really cry for like a few minutes after it finished. 00:29:44.160 --> 00:29:45.359 I'm getting upset this year. 00:29:45.599 --> 00:29:46.160 I know, I know. 00:29:46.240 --> 00:29:48.480 I I don't want to get into it. 00:29:48.720 --> 00:29:48.960 Yeah. 00:29:49.200 --> 00:29:51.039 We'll we'll link to it in the show notes. 00:29:51.200 --> 00:29:52.480 Yeah, it was it was sad. 00:29:52.559 --> 00:29:58.960 It was like I got excited because I saw the the still from the video, and I'm like, that dog is so cute. 00:29:59.200 --> 00:29:59.839 Yeah. 00:30:01.599 --> 00:30:02.480 Pretty early on. 00:30:02.559 --> 00:30:03.680 You can tell something bad. 00:30:03.920 --> 00:30:04.559 It's not good. 00:30:04.799 --> 00:30:08.240 I mean, in the end, no

spoilers. 00:30:08.960 --> 00:30:11.359 So Steph Chura is not in the band. 00:30:11.440 --> 00:30:18.480 She's an indie musician from Detroit who's currently touring with an opening for Dinosaur Jr., if anyone wants to see her this summer. 00:30:18.640 --> 00:30:22.799 She's also got an album coming out in October called Dancing Alone on the Concrete. 00:30:22.960 --> 00:30:25.119 And she reminds me a little bit of Iris Dement. 00:30:25.440 --> 00:30:26.400 Do you know who that is? 00:30:26.799 --> 00:30:29.119 Okay, like an American folk country singer. 00:30:29.359 --> 00:30:29.599 Okay. 00:30:29.839 --> 00:30:40.000 But it's a really interesting combo, these two voices, the characters they're playing, just kind of the overall darkness and the humor that comes along with it. 00:30:40.160 --> 00:30:46.720 And I do just want to close with this thought that not every summer can be a brat summer. 00:30:46.960 --> 00:30:48.160 And that's okay. 00:30:48.400 --> 00:30:57.680 I'd really love it if any other listeners who might be having a bummer summer can share some tunes with me because I don't necessarily need cheering. 00:30:57.920 --> 00:31:00.079 I might wallow for just a little bit longer. 00:31:00.400 --> 00:31:02.160 Yeah, I welcome the wallow. 00:31:02.880 --> 00:31:03.680 I love a wallow. 00:31:03.839 --> 00:31:04.240 Yeah. 00:31:04.559 --> 00:31:06.000 We need one every now and again. 00:31:06.400 --> 00:31:13.279 But I I appreciate letting me be a little bit self-indulgent in my bummer summer song. 00:31:13.519 --> 00:31:16.880 No, I appreciate learning more about Otis. 00:31:17.279 --> 00:31:19.119 Still, I think that's such a weird name. 00:31:19.759 --> 00:31:20.480 It is pretty weird. 00:31:20.559 --> 00:31:20.720 Yeah. 00:31:21.039 --> 00:31:22.079 Especially how they spell it. 00:31:22.480 --> 00:31:25.519 And then, okay, I wanted to ask you about the cover of this album. 00:31:25.680 --> 00:31:26.880 What's the story with the face? 00:31:26.960 --> 00:31:30.400 Because the face is is that it looks like Jesus with Baby Stardust. 00:31:30.799 --> 00:31:31.119 I know. 00:31:31.359 --> 00:31:31.680 I know. 00:31:31.759 --> 00:31:32.559 I don't know either. 00:31:32.720 --> 00:31:36.240 And there was one other song on, it was like an EP, I think. 00:31:36.319 --> 00:31:38.079 It was this song and the other one. 00:31:38.160 --> 00:31:42.400 And the other one was like so bad I couldn't listen to it all the way through. 00:31:42.559 --> 00:31:48.799 I don't know if you listened to it, but like, ooh, I was like, yo, good thing Shotzi was a good Shotzi. 00:31:49.119 --> 00:31:49.759 Yeah. 00:31:50.240 --> 00:31:51.920 Well, thank you, Christina. 00:31:52.319 --> 00:31:53.119 Thank you, Christine. 00:31:53.519 --> 00:32:01.759 And I think I'd like to get into today's unsolicited advice, but it's really more for me than anyone else. 00:32:01.920 --> 00:32:02.160 Oh. 00:32:02.400 --> 00:32:06.319 Be open to things you don't like or that you think you don't like. 00:32:06.559 --> 00:32:22.000 I saw that one song recently re-released an episode of Ariana Grande's Seven Rings, and I was gonna skip it, but then I remembered karaoke back in early summer and how you were all singing a song that was fun, and I was surprised to learn it was Ariana Grande. 00:32:22.160 --> 00:32:27.519 And then I realized I don't think I knew a single Ariana Grande song. 00:32:27.759 --> 00:32:30.319 Was that Seven Rings you were all singing? 00:32:30.640 --> 00:32:36.319 It was, and it was Alice, I believe, who was killing it at covering Seven Rings at Karaoke. 00:32:36.559 --> 00:32:38.960 But I'm most of us in the room were singing a lot of things. 00:32:39.119 --> 00:32:39.440 I think so. 00:32:39.599 --> 00:32:41.039 I think you all enjoyed it. 00:32:41.119 --> 00:32:42.079 And I'm like, what is this? 00:32:42.160 --> 00:32:43.279 But I kind of like it. 00:32:43.519 --> 00:32:56.880 Well, I'm still not a fan of Ariana Grande's music in general, but I learned about the song, the writing process with the many other writers, and the various lawsuits associated with it due to copyright infringement. 00:32:57.039 --> 00:33:01.200 And because it's one song, I got to hear the stems, which is always fun. 00:33:01.440 --> 00:33:14.160 And I'm not a better person for listening to the episode, but I know what a Scottish nap is, which is the name for the syncopated musical rhythm where a short accented note is followed by a longer one. 00:33:14.400 --> 00:33:16.880 I did not know that, but now I do. 00:33:17.119 --> 00:33:26.640 My point is, you never know what you'll learn from something you don't think you like, and you might end up actually liking it, even if I didn't, in this case. 00:33:26.880 --> 00:33:27.839 Advice over. 00:33:28.319 --> 00:33:30.480 Christina, any hints for next week? 00:33:30.720 --> 00:33:33.920 Next week we're gonna listen to the sounds of our hometowns. 00:33:34.720 --> 00:33:37.279 Thanks for listening to Stereothematica. 00:33:37.440 --> 00:33:42.079 If you like what you're hearing, please consider a review, a rating, or sharing with a friend. 00:33:42.240 --> 00:33:48.079 And follow us on Instagram at Stereothematica, where you can share a summer song on our latest post. 00:33:48.400 --> 00:33:51.920 We've also got our infinite Spotify playlist linked in our show notes. 00:33:52.160 --> 00:33:55.440 And visit stereothematica.com for more fun. 00:33:55.680 --> 00:33:56.559 Thank you.