“It has to inflict itself upon you.”

People on X are debating what track simply may be the precise worst track ever, and a few robust contenders are getting into the ring.

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Music preferences are as subjective as any artwork. One individual’s favourite track is all the time going to be another person’s nightmare earworm that plagues them at each flip. Despite this, we as a society like to argue about this stuff as if there’s some goal conclusion available. And why shouldn’t we? What else is there to maintain us from dropping our minds over the state of every part?

The debate over which track simply may be the precise worst track ever made has been kicking round X for the previous few days, with a number of controversial tunes popping up as solutions. Let’s meet the contenders.

Contenders for the worst track ever:

“Hey Soul Sister” by Train.

“Happy” by Pharrell.

“Rude” by MAGIC!

“Sex on Fire” by Kings of Leon.

“Cheerleader” by OMI.

“All About That Bass” by Meghan Trainor.

“Moves Like Jagger” by Maroon 5.

“Blurred Lines” by Pharrell and Robin Thicke.

“All Summer Long” by Kid Rock.

Some folks thought their efforts to chime in can be for naught with out offering proof within the type of the music itself—for higher or for worse.

“Home” by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros:

Others had a fairly tough time selecting only one contender for the worst track ever. And, to be truthful, factors had been made. U2, for instance:

Let’s discuss methodology

Despite this in the end being a reasonably unserious competitors, lots of people needed to speak about how the songs had been being chosen and whether or not the oldsters providing up solutions have any concept what they’re speaking about.

For one thing to have been heard by sufficient folks so as to be gaining traction because the potential “worst song ever,” it’s just about a on condition that it has to have been appreciated by a lot of folks as nicely. So, no matter the truth that music tastes are subjective, it’s nonetheless basically not possible for us as a society to collectively resolve what the worst track ever may very well be, as a result of the actual reply is almost definitely one thing that has solely been heard by just a few folks.

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