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LOLAWOLF’s “Summertime” is the sort of song that defies easy genre classification (a seemingly common refrain in the age of easy Soundcloud exploration, Spotify cherry-picking, and Wikipedia edification). R&B, pop, and all sorts of electronic influences collide at the irreverent crossroads of this mischievous anthem, a bouncy ode to breaking up just in time for the year’s hotter, carefree months. Built on a buzzing, infectious beat and lasting an all-too-brief two minutes and nine seconds, “Summertime” feels like a sunnily irreverent, pared-down channeling of the music Kelis and the Neptunes were creating around the dawn of the new millennium, fun and forward thinking.
Give “Summertime” a listen below.