![]() ![]() I’m pretty active on the platform and I hear EVERY variation of that song basically every few videos: 2x sped up, 3x sped up, slowed down, chopped and screwed. Neena Rouhani: For me it’s simple, TikTok. ![]() Have I said enough things for you to not realize I didn’t really answer the question yet? Of course, just because an earworm *exists* doesn’t mean it will hit the Hot 100, much less climb this fast, so I also think it has to do with Steve Lacy’s star quality and the enigmatic give-and-take relationship he seems to have with social media. I think the strummy, sweet, sing-along chorus is a sneaky one: it gets into your neural pathways and keeps doing the rounds until you can’t remember a time before you were listening to it. ![]() Joe Lynch: Full disclosure: I don’t know. “Bad Habit” sounds singular, but totally accessible and begging for more than one spin it’s already big, and going to get bigger. ![]() Meanwhile, Lacy’s voice on the song has a stop-you-in-your-tracks pleading quality that’s more emotionally bare than almost all of top 40 right now. “Bad Habit” sounds modern but with classic soul tenets, in a way that makes the refrain “I wish you knew, I wish you knew you wanted me” come across as from another pop era, but also the perfect soundtrack for a 7-second viral clip. Jason Lipshutz: One could point to a variety of factors - TikTok mobility, streaming platform placement, alternative and even pop radio starting to kick in - as the prevailing reason why “Bad Habit” is exploding, but the answer is more simple: it’s a really striking song. Overall, I think his long-awaited return since Apollo XXI has helped this song soar, and the song itself is just great. This time around, he’s got some traction on TikTok as well the song has been used in over 201,000 videos so far. “Bad Habit,” specifically, is very catchy and relatable, so that alone makes it very accessible to people outside of his already niche fanbase. Hearing his contributions to the band and as a collaborator for other artists has made his journey as a solo artist all the more intriguing as we continue to see what he can create on his own. From the time we were first introduced to him via The Internet, he’s always been a behind-the-scenes kind of guy. What factor do you mostly attribute its commercial velocity to?Ĭydney Lee: Steve’s just different. 11 on the chart over the past four weeks. “Bad Habit” is a pretty slow-burning track, but there’s been nothing slow-burning about its Hot 100 ascent - bounding from No. 1 - Below, you will find numbers and letter notes so that you can play the song on your kalimba.Why was this the song to finally make Steve Lacy a top 40 consideration? And will he stick around in the mainstream from here? Billboard staffers discuss these questions and more below.ġ. At the current time of writing, as this is a new song, it has recently hit the global US chart at no. In terms of lyrics meaning, Ed Sheeran said how fatherhood helped him change his bad habits. Perhaps this could have been a big inspiration for the song and video. The 80s style dance-pop music and video of this song reminds me of Michael Jackson ‘Thriller’ in many ways. The video combines elements that don’t usually go together, for example, the pink decor in the hairdressers combined with his gothic rings, painted nails and vampiric features. In the music video, Ed Sheeran is sitting in a hair salon with vampire teeth holding a white rose. The lyrics were written by Ed Sheeran and were co-written by Johnny Mcdaid back in January. Bad habits is a pop song by Ed Sheeran that was released on the 25th June 2021 through Asylum Records. ![]()
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