{"id":5250,"date":"2021-12-28T11:06:04","date_gmt":"2021-12-28T07:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buzzzing.com\/?p=5250"},"modified":"2021-12-28T11:06:04","modified_gmt":"2021-12-28T07:06:04","slug":"playback-2021-the-songs-that-made-a-weird-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theflint.me\/?p=5250","title":{"rendered":"Playback 2021: The songs that made a weird year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I don\u2019t know about you, but for me, 2021 was the year that made 2020 seem like a trailer. I mean, it was a weird AND wonderful movie to see the world try to navigate everything from climate change to Expo 2020.<br>And what\u2019s any great movie without a ripping soundtrack. Here are the songs that made 2021 noice:<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2018Drivers License\u2019 by Olivia Rodrigo<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: drivers license\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"80\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/5wANPM4fQCJwkGd4rN57mH?si=0W7zaRi-SYGdR8V-c-qC9A&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2018MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)\u2019 by Lil Nas X<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"80\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/67BtfxlNbhBmCDR2L2l8qd?si=DUBoozXlSdCYMrdveZBuSA&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2018STAY (with Justin Bieber)\u2019 by The Kid LAROI<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: STAY (with Justin Bieber)\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"80\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/5HCyWlXZPP0y6Gqq8TgA20?si=mWpWD53SSMOg6zTBmOWuxg&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2018good 4 u\u2019 by Olivia Rodrigo<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: good 4 u\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"80\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/4ZtFanR9U6ndgddUvNcjcG?si=NPkt4XYvQNS9EOzvnHPv5A&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2018Levitating (feat. DaBaby)\u2019 by Dua Lipa<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Levitating\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"80\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/39LLxExYz6ewLAcYrzQQyP?si=umjx4DzIRLq-KmwLXTAv-g&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In our corner of the world, things were no less interesting.<br>All of us were begging people to call us by our names while juggling staying and levitating away! Here are UAE\u2019s most-streamed songs, albums, and artists!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">UAE\u2019s Most Streamed Artists:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>BTS<\/li><li>Drake<\/li><li>Justin Bieber<\/li><li>The Weeknd<\/li><li>Taylor Swift<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">UAE\u2019s Most Streamed Songs:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u2018MONTERO (Call Me by Your Name)\u2019 by Lil Nas X<\/li><li>\u2018Astronaut in The Ocean\u2019 by Masked Wolf<\/li><li>\u2018Stay\u2019 by The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber<\/li><li>\u2018Levitating\u2019 (feat. DaBaby) by Dua Lipa<\/li><li>\u2018Drivers License\u2019 by Olivia Rodrigo<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">UAE\u2019s Most Streamed Albums:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>SOUR By Olivia Rodrigo<\/li><li>Future Nostalgia By Dua Lipa<\/li><li>Justice By Justin Bieber<\/li><li>Planet Her By Doja Cat<\/li><li>\u2018=\u2019 By Ed Sheeran<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don\u2019t know about you, but for me, 2021 was the year that made 2020 seem like a trailer. I mean, it was a weird AND wonderful movie to see&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5253,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4559,"url":"https:\/\/theflint.me\/?p=4559","url_meta":{"origin":5250,"position":0},"title":"Fireworks, lasers, and waterjets: Burj Khalifa pulls out all stops for NYE","date":"December 15, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"This year has been weird but awesome. 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