I spent most of 2013 going on and on about what a landmark year it was for pop music as art, with records by Daft Punk, Drake, Lorde, and others proving that edgy aesthetics and mass popularity aren't necessarily mutually exclusive anymore, and that mainstream listeners are more open than they've been in years to sounds that don't conform to commercially proven formulas. So it just makes perfect sense that the second to last Hot 100 chart would just fuck me on that level.…
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