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By Jimmy Newsum<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n You know\nthat summer is in full force when all the biggest artists are releasing their\nhottest jams\u2026 so which will go down as 2019’s Song of the Summer? We know the\nmainstream contenders. Jonas\nBrothers “Sucker\u201d, Sam Smith\u2019s \u201cDancing with a Stranger\u201d and Ariana\nGrande\u2019s \u201cBloodline\u201d are all dominating the airwaves. But what about the dance floor? Here are some of the top singles vying for 2019\u2019s club song\nof the summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI Love You\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Cazwell<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Cazwell is the\nO.G. gay rapper and in truth, he remains one of the best, if not the best in\nthe genre. His latest track\nre-unites him with Chris Bracco, his collaborator on \u201cIce Cream Truck\u201d and\n\u201cLoose Wrists.\u201d This is his first love song and he proudly calls it \u201ccheesy,\ncorny and incredibly catchy, like a Bruno Mars song\u201d. We call it sassy, frolicsome, colorful and slightly\noff-the-wall. It\u2019s a complete 180\nfrom his last two singles, \u201cHella Horny,\u201d a 90s house jam and \u201cWeirdo,\u201d an\nearly 2000s hip-hop track. It features a quirky little whistle track\nthat you won\u2019t be able to get out of your head and Bridget Barkan, formerly\nwith Scissor Sisters, singing a sample of the \u201cOoh Boy, I Love You So\u201d melody\nfrom the Rose Royce classic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEnd Up Missing\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Yanni Burton<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Yanni\nBurton\u2019s third independent single release this year is an inspiring summer\ndance track he wrote about the passion, lust, and excitement of a new\nrelationship and what happens when it fades. Produced by Lars Soderberg (Lauv,\nAdam Rickfors, Black Eyed Peas\u2019 Printz Board), Yanni says he wrote the song at\na time in his life when he was staying out late, meeting new people, being\nstupid with friends and getting lost in dance music. \u201cIt\u2019s all about me being young and trying to figure out my\nlove life and emotions,\u201d he explains. \nIt\u2019s reminiscent of a Justin Timberlake tune. The music video is a must-see. It features a nearly nude Yanni Burton dancing in the middle\nof a steamy desert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cA Deeper Love\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Kendra Erika<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The #1\nBillboard dance artist unites for a fifth time with Grammy Award winning\nproducer Damon Sharpe on a powerful new song that urges listeners to dig deeper\ninto matters of the heart. It is\nthe follow-up to \u201cSelf Control,\u201d Kendra Erika\u2019s remake of the Laura Branigan\nclassic that hit the top spot on the Billboard dance chart earlier this\nyear. In \u201cDeeper\u201d, Kendra\nencourages listeners off social media, emphasizing the importance of engaging\nwith real world people. At its core, the track is a lush, theatrical ballad\nwith a mesmerizing beat that provides the perfect platform for Kendra\u2019s\nimpressive vocals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAnother Broken Heart\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Billy Winn<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The first\nsingle off of Billy Winn\u2019s Dreamland 2 album is a heavy-octane dance number\nwith a strong, relatable message about getting chewed up and spit out. Billy has admitted in interviews that\nhe didn\u2019t originally intend for \u201cAnother Broken Heart\u201d to be a dance\nrecord. Its original chorus was a\nmid-tempo beat. The idea to\nspeed up the melody and make it a dance record came from his production team,\nJohnie & Elliot. Billy ended\nup loving the faster version so much, he decided to make it the lead track,\nbecause, as he says it, \u201cHigh energy dance is always a great place to get\nthings started.\u201d We second that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cRide the Wave\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Drew Schiff<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Listeners\ngot a taste of Drew\u2019s sentimental side in his last single release, \u201cIt\u2019s Just\nToday,\u201d but he digs even deeper into his emotions in \u201cRide the Wave\u201d. It is a\nsong he wrote about the importance of leaning on loved ones in times of need.\n\u201cThere have been times I have felt I wasn\u2019t strong enough to deal with a\nproblem,\u201d he reflects. \u201cI\u2019m a strong guy, so yeah, I probably had most of what\nit took to rise above the crisis but sometimes, when things get really dark,\neveryone needs that that little whisper of \u2018I believe in you\u2019 to help overcome\nwhat appears to be insurmountable.\u201d It\u2019s a beautiful, well-crafted song that\ntakes listeners on an emotional journey they won\u2019t want to get off of. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDon\u2019t Let Me Go\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Dario<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Has your\nsummer crush left you crushed? \nDario puts his bleeding heart on the line in \u201cDon\u2019t Let Me Go,\u201d the\nsecond single from his Ascension LP. \nIt is an anthemic rock power ballad he wrote about a recent failed\nrelationship in which he was denied the opportunity to say his peace. So he\u2019s singing it instead. Produced by Kevin Anyaeji (Leona Lewis,\nCheryl Cole, Kylie Minogue) and Shane Facchinello (Austin Mahone, Cody\nSimpson), \u201cDon\u2019t Let Me Go\u201d captures the battle and struggle many of us have\nfaced after being kicked to the curb and dehumanized by the one person we\nthought we could rely on. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIrresistible\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Plastique Tiara<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n A fan\nfavorite on season 11 of RuPaul\u2019s Drag Race, Plastique Tiara admits she didn\u2019t\nalways feel so \u201cIrresistible.\u201d \nGrowing up in Vietnam, she recalls being shameful of who she was and\nliving in constant fear of disappointing her family and everyone she\nloved. But in her debut music\nsingle that draws inspiration from the confidence drag has instilled in her\nlife, Plastique proves why she is \u201cIrresistible\u201d to fans today. Executive produced by Hosh Gureli\n(Whitney Houston, Toni Braxton) and produced by multi-platinum, Grammy Award\nWinner Jared Lee Gosselin, \u201cIrresistible\u201d is polished, persistent, and has a\nheart of gold just like Plastique herself. She describes the song\u2019s sound as: \u201cwhen you look in\nthe mirror, and you know that you are that bitch\u201d. We couldn\u2019t agree more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSuper Delicious\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Megan Vice <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Megan Vice\ncontinues to rock her own special brand of glam, sass and disco-infused funk\npop with her newest single that is a little bit dirty, a tad naughty, and a\nwhole lot of fun. Megan and indie pop priestess Catey Shaw came up with the\nidea for a silly love song about junk food from an instrumental made by Catey\u2019s\nproducer\/songwriter husband, Jay Levine. \nMegan then worked with producer Kyle Kelso to give the song a grittier\nkick. Megan\u2019s irreverent,\ntongue-in-cheek lyrical style and musical prowess are in full effect on \u201cSuper\nDelicious\u201d. She says she wants listeners to feel good about themselves this\nsummer and live their best lives to a really fierce beat. Thanks to her, we\u2019re doing just that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cJasmine Petals\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Raph Solo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The\nsexy out crooner proves he is just as pleasing in the ears as he is to the eyes\nwith \u201cJasmine Petals,\u201d the first single from his Life album. The contemporary\neuro-pop track begins with a haunting, melancholy introduction before a heavy\nbass beat kicks in along with piano and violin. The song is all about moving forward, and the lyrics that\nallude to Raph\u2019s personal journey and some of the dark chapters he has faced,\ngive real depth to his life-affirming music.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Jimmy Newsum You know that summer is in full force when all the biggest artists are releasing their hottest jams\u2026 so which will go down as 2019’s Song of the Summer? We know the mainstream contenders. Jonas Brothers “Sucker\u201d, Sam Smith\u2019s \u201cDancing with a Stranger\u201d and Ariana Grande\u2019s \u201cBloodline\u201d are all dominating the airwaves. But what about the dance floor? Here are some of the top singles vying for 2019\u2019s club song of the summer. \u201cI Love You\u201d Cazwell Cazwell is the O.G. gay rapper and in truth, he remains one of the best, if not the best in the genre. His latest track re-unites him with Chris Bracco, his collaborator on \u201cIce Cream Truck\u201d and \u201cLoose Wrists.\u201d This is his first love song and he proudly calls it \u201ccheesy, corny and incredibly catchy, like a Bruno Mars song\u201d. We call it sassy, frolicsome, colorful and slightly off-the-wall. It\u2019s a complete 180 from his last two singles, \u201cHella Horny,\u201d a 90s house jam and \u201cWeirdo,\u201d an early 2000s hip-hop track. It features a quirky little whistle track that you won\u2019t be able to get out of your head and Bridget Barkan, formerly with Scissor Sisters, singing a sample of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1521,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[699,833,2161,2160,1929,1720,2162,1005,2159],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thestandardps.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1519"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thestandardps.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thestandardps.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thestandardps.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thestandardps.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1519"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thestandardps.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1522,"href":"https:\/\/www.thestandardps.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1519\/revisions\/1522"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thestandardps.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thestandardps.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thestandardps.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thestandardps.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}