Every summer people online debate which song is the ‘song of the summer’ for that year. This song encapsulates the vibes of that summer, and is associated with summer memories. 

Last year, students chose “Not Like Us” by Kendrick Lamar as the song of the summer. (link to article) This summer, songs like “Love Me Not” by Ravyn Laneae, “Manchild” by Sabrina Carpenter, and “Mystical Magical” by Benson Boone were all suggested as songs of the summer. 

To settle the debate and see the student body’s answer for the ‘song of the summer’, students answered a poll with their thoughts. 

Student’s options for ‘song of the summer’ were “Love Me Not” by Ravyn Lenae, “back to friends” by sombr, “DAISES” by Justin Bieber, “Mystical Magical” by Benson Boone, “Dark Thoughts” by Lil Tecca, “What I Want” by Morgan Wallen, “Manchild” by Sabrina Carpenter, “The Subway” by Chappell Roan. or none of these.

The student’s top choice for ‘song of the summer’ was “back to friends” by sombr, with 23.3 percent of students choosing this song. This song reached number one on the Global Daily Chart and US Spotify Daily Chart. 

Sophomore Natasha Shorter explains why she chose “back to friends” as the ‘song of the summer’.

“I chose “back to friends” as the ‘song of the summer’ because I like the song and I like listening to sombr,” Shorter said.

The second place song was “Mystical Magical” by Benson Boone, with 17.4 percent of students choosing this song. This song has 1.74 billion streams, and it became Boone’s fourth song to be in the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100. 

Junior Pat Looney explains why “Mystical Magical” is the ‘song of the summer’.

“I tried the ‘Mystical Magical’ Crumbl Cookie this summer, and it inspired me to choose this song. It was also the only song from the list that I had listened to,” Looney said. 

A lot of new music came out this summer, and it can be hard to choose the ‘song of the summer’ from this list of songs.