And nationalities: “Laxed” caught on as part of a #culturedance challenge, with folks dressed in all manner of culturally specific garb. It turns out that Jawsh’s dead-simple earworm was ideal for a viral dance challenge, one the TikTok community devised early this year, just as the pandemic locked down all of humanity: a couple of single-arm movements and a little hip-shimmy, accessible to all ages, genders, and body types. 1 hits series in the past year and you recall the origin stories of “ Old Town Road” or “ The Box,” you know where this tale is headed: TikTok. This song-whose title, “Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat),” looks like it was coined by a sentient file server-is credited to three acts, because it’s the handiwork of three microgenerations of hit-makers: the TikTok Generation, the K-Pop Generation, and the Aging Millennial Generation. And did I mention that remix? The remix is a very big deal.
Well … TikTok, plus the involvement of a stubbornly persistent thirtysomething pop star who jumped on a younger cohort’s bandwagon to score his first chart-topper in 11 years. And though it didn’t repeat “Fantasy’s” accomplishment of debuting in the chart’s top slot-a feat that has lately become rather commonplace-in a way it’s more unique: the first No. 1 hit that, even more than hits by Lil Nas X and Roddy Ricch, can almost fully be attributed to TikTok.
Speaking of perky, chirpy, sample-based bops, the No. 1 song on our current Hot 100 is very perky, very chirpy, and in its own way, it’s as cutting-edge as “Fantasy”: built from the ground up out of a sample and powered to the top of the Hot 100 by a remix.
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