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The person who sings "Blue Skies" in the Picard finale is a sly surprise

You haven't heard that version of Data's favorite old song before.

Okay, so who sang "Blue Skies" in Star Trek: Picard ? There are two answers.

If you got misty in the final moments of the Season 1 finale of Picard , prepare to cry even more. It turns out that the final rendition of "Blue Skies" featured a surprising voice cameo from an unexpected cast member. It's more than appropriate — it's perfect. Spoilers for the Picard Season 1 finale ahead.

For casual fans, opening the very first episode of Star Trek: Picard — "Remembrance" — with the Bing Crosby version of the song "Blue Skies" might have scanned as schmaltz. But for longtime fans of The Next Generation , this was a lovely deep cut that directly tied the ending of 2002's Nemesis to the events of the new series. At the beginning of Nemesis , the android Lt. Commander Data sang the Irving Berlin-penned song, "Blue Skies" at the wedding of Will Riker and Deanna Troi. At the end of the movie, Data's android "brother" B-4, spoke several lines of the song, hinting Data's memories were preserved.

In the final episode of Picard Season 1, "Et in Arcadia Ego Part 2," we hear a new version of the classic song — previously covered by so many amazing artists, including Willie Nelson, Doris Day and, perhaps, most famously, Ella Fitzgerald.

As Data puts on a record, just before his final "death" inside of his quantum simulation, we hear a lush, loving version of "Blue Skies," sung by a woman. The person singing is Picard actor Isa Briones ! And, as of right now, Lakeshore Records has released Briones' version of the song as a single, from the forthcoming Star Trek: Picard soundtrack album, composed by Jeff Russo.

You can snag that single on iTunes, Spotify AND now, you can also watch Isa Briones recording and singing the song for the soundtrack in this newly-released behind-the-scenes feature from CBS.

In it, Briones talks about her family's history in musical theater (BTW, she was also part of the touring cast for Hamilton ) and how excited she was to be giving a "call-back to Star Trek: Nemesis ." It's an awesome special segment for fans and seeing Briones record the song with Jeff Russo is totally heartwarming. Here it is!

So yes, that's Data's "daughter," Soji singing "Blue Skies" as our favorite android closes his yellow eyes for the last time.

But, for some fans, all this classic crooner stuff could actually be an even bigger reference to actor Brent Spiner moonlighting as a singer of classic oldies. Back in 1991, at the height of Next Generation mania, Spiner released an album of standards, called Ol' Yellow Eyes Is Back , referencing Frank Sinatra's nickname as "Ol' Blue Eyes," and Data's yellow eyes, simultaneously. Was the album good? You bet it was! Yours truly owned that sucker on cassette tape at the tender age of 10-years-old.

Brent Spiner's crooner album, from 1991.

Though Ol' Yellow Eyes Is Back did not feature Spiner singing "Blue Skies," it did feature a version of "It's a Sin to Tell a Lie," which featured back-up singing from Michael Dorn (Worf), Levar Burton (Geordi), Jonathan Frakes (Riker) and of course...Patrick Stewart.

So, now that the latest member of the family — Isa Briones — has proven that she's perhaps an even better singer than those guys, can we expect a new standards album? Who doesn't want to hear Briones dueting with Spiner? Come on. It would be amazing.

Season 1 of Star Trek: Picard is streaming on CBS All Access .

Data performing "Blue Skies"

" Blue Skies " was a 20th century Earth song originally written by Irving Berlin .

In 2379 , Lieutenant Commander Data sang "Blue Skies" at the wedding reception of Deanna and William T. Riker , dedicating it to the happy couple. The performance was enjoyed by all, except Worf , who was not a fan of Irving Berlin. Following the destruction of Data, his "brother" B-4 , who had received all of Data's memories and files, inadvertently began to hum excerpts from "Blue Skies". ( Star Trek Nemesis )

In 2399 , Jean-Luc Picard dreamed that he was playing poker with Data on the USS Enterprise -D in Ten Forward . The Bing Crosby version of "Blue Skies" could be heard over the speakers . ( PIC : " Remembrance ")

In the computer simulation that Jean-Luc Picard was in after his original organic body had died, and was in the process of being transferred into a new synth body , he met a simulation of Data , who was in a room listening to "Blue Skies" on a record player . After Jean-Luc left this simulated world, Data's program finally was shut down while this song was still playing. ( PIC : " Et in Arcadia Ego, Part 2 ")

Lyrics (excerpts) [ ]

Never saw the sun , shining so bright, Never saw things, going so right… Noticing the days , hurrying by, When you're in love , my how they fly, oh… … Blue skies … Smiling at me… nothing but Blue skies… Do I see… Bluebirds … singing a song… Nothing but bluebirds… all day long… Blue days, all of them gone… Nothing but blue skies from now on…

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The Picard Finale's Most Emotional Moment Hid a Heartbreaking Secret

The first season finale of Star Trek: Picard delivered an at-times-incoherent blast of nostalgia, but one of its best moments was its most emotionally powerful—and it turns out it was secretly even more touching than you could’ve expected.

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In the final battle between the Zhat Vash and the potential harbinger of Synthetic oblivion, Picard may have been allowed to cheat death (with a little help from some very smart friends), but there was one proper goodbye to be had: after mee ting his former c aptain in a cyberspace limbo, Brent Spiner’s Commander Data officially lived his last moments. One of his final neurons used to create Isa Briones’ synthetic heroines, twin sisters Dahj and Soji, made a request for the revived Picard to shut down his neuron for good, giving Data the chance to truly experience the value of his organic life by likewise experiencing the end of it.

And experience it he does. As Picard delivers a touching eulogy back in the real world, Data’s synthetic soul prepared himself for his last moments—complete with a facsimile of his c aptain, a nice robe for his final rest , and “Blue Skies” swelling in the soundtrack, the Irving Berlin song Data sang at Troi and Riker’s wedding in Star Trek: Nemesis .

It was a touching chance to give Data a farewell more befitting than his distant sacrifice in Nemesis (the least of that movie’s problems , admittedly), and a moment Picard ’s finale effectively balanced its nostalgia-trip and character work to make something beautiful. But it turns out it was even more beautiful than we thought: the cover of “Blue Skies” that played over Data’s death was sung by none other than Briones herself. You can now hear her full rendition of it online, now that the episode has released.

A lovely farewell from a distant daughter to her father.

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Watch ‘Star Trek: Picard’ Star Isa Briones Sing “Blue Skies” + More Season Finale Behind The Scenes Pix

| March 27, 2020 | By: TrekMovie.com Staff 23 comments so far

The cast and crew of Star Trek: Picard are sharing some fun behind-the-scenes images and more from the season one finale.

Video: Isa Briones sings “Blue Skies”

Today CBS released a video showing the recording of “Blue Skies,” which was sung by Picard star Isa Briones (Soji), and is a tribute to Brent Spiner’s “Blue Skies” from Star Trek: Nemesis . Composer Jeff Russo talked about how it was always planned to bring the song back for the season, and it was executive producer Alex Kurtzman’s suggestion to have Briones sing the new version.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YC34tYpM5GE

Russo also tweeted out this photo of Briones and his orchestra.

This was incredible! Conducting the #HollywoodStudioSymphony recording our version of Irving Berlin’s “Blue Skies”. Performed by the incredible @TheIsaBriones live in the room for the #Picard finale! This single is out now. The rest of the OST comes out next week. #LLAP 🖖 pic.twitter.com/zfhbiFLxiX — Jeff Russo (@jeffersonrusso) March 27, 2020

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Briones also shared a fun moment of life in Synth Town with the cast.

View this post on Instagram …and so this motley little crew closes the first chapter of our adventures together. Thanks for going on this journey with us. Til next season🖖🏼🦾💋 #startrekpicard A post shared by Lady Isa (@isacamillebriones) on Mar 26, 2020 at 12:21pm PDT

Jonathan Frakes, who showed up in a cameo for the finale, shared this picture of him as Captain Riker doing some timely social distancing.

Social distancing 🖖🏾🎬⁦ @startrekcbs ⁩ #PicardFinale pic.twitter.com/LBWhGITbm3 — Jonathan Frakes (@jonathansfrakes) March 26, 2020

Alison Pill shared this fun moment with Patrick Stewart.

View this post on Instagram It’s heeeere! For all of you who’ve been watching #picard , thank you. And for those who haven’t, a reminder that you can watch for free until April 23 using the code GIFT. Thank you to our glorious crew and cast, here’s to our next adventure. A post shared by Alison Pill (@msalisonpill) on Mar 26, 2020 at 8:46am PDT

Executive producer Alex Kurtzman posted a photo of the cast, including Jonathan Frakes and Brent Spiner.

Thank you to the greatest captain and the greatest cast and crew anyone could ever hope to work with! Stream the Season 1 finale of #StarTrekPicard now. pic.twitter.com/1RXez8XzoI — Alex Kurtzman (@Alex_Kurtzman) March 26, 2020

Finally, Jonathan Del Arco (Hugh) didn’t have a photo from the finale, as he wasn’t in it, but still took a moment to post a fun photo with the cast and express his love for them.

And that’s a wrap on Season 1 of #picard to our cast, crew and producers I love and miss you ,thanks for the most memorable ride! Watch the Finale tonight on @startrekcbs Get the free month and binge it! And please catch @sirpatstew @Alex_Kurtzman @JeriLRyan @BrentSpiner 🖖🏻🖖🏻🖖🏻 pic.twitter.com/f2UsY1Ds6L — Jonathan Del Arco (@JonathanDelArco) March 26, 2020

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Maybe my favorite behind-the-scenes video released so far. I had no idea it was Isa Briones singing when I watched the finale. But I did take note of what a beautiful voice that was. What a delight to learn that now!

She does have a gorgeous voice, and it’s a very authentic interpretation.

I likewise had no idea it was Briones singing. What a wonderful thing to be able to have the actor playing his daughter perform, and perform so exceptionally well.

Agreed. I’m listening to her via Apple Music. Wonderful and soulful interpretation.

Check out her other Youtbe performances. She’s great.

She was in Hamilton. Great casting by Lin Manuel Miranda. Very fortunate she is now part of the Star Trek family.

Everyone is having so much fun. This is truly a great group of people.

Her mother is a singer. Isa also performed in Broadway stage Hamilton two years ago.

“Blue Skies” went from being a terrible joke in Star Trek: Nemesis to providing the dramatic backbone of Star Trek: Picard.

Gorgeous voice and interpretation. A fitting and lovely tribute to Data.

The greatest idea they had for this show was to include this song! I thought it was great in Nemesis (the one thing I truly liked lol) and I teared up with B4 started singing it at the end of the movie and it was the first thing played in the opening episode with Picard and Data together. Great symbolic connection! And of course someone combined the two:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSrErvdVEno

As if that entire scene wasn’t moving enough! Finding out that Isa was singing, wow. What a genius move. She knocked it out of the park!

Went directly to Apple Music to purchase; wish the entire $buck would go to that talented singer/actress.

Cannot wait for S2!

Brent Spiner and Isa Briones need to do an album together! Ol’ Yellow Eyes & his daughter Lil’ Green Eyes

Such a great idea!

He can sing “Isn’t She Lovely”, and she can respond with “Papa Was A Rollin’ (Droid)”….😜

I’d buy it!!

Yeah, would love to see it. But obviously this is only for the prime audience in america. The underclass people elsewhere are not allowed to watch it.

Give this a shot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YC34tYpM5GE

Why are the videos not available in other countries?

They are all available to the global audience at the official Star Trek site StarTrek.com.

Definitely worth bookmarking.

By the way, io9.com has the audio of the entire song available as a preview.

Thanks for the hint TG47, very appreciated.

By the way, she looks like she is auditioning for the life version of Disney’s Snow White in that clip. Bezaubernd

It’s nice seeing lots of new threads popping up, because this is about as social as I’m getting outside of rewatching flicks with my wife. And the discourse is holding up as well as can be expected! (will have more substantial stuff to say once I get through last 7 picards.)

Cool Easter Egg. She has a marvelous voice.

Have to admit, that was cool. That was nice. Working with that great orchestra, the arrangement. She did a nice job. I also appreciate her backstory too.

Learning that the closing song was sung by Isa and hearing her sing on Apple Music is a true delight. Videos like this along with other behind the scenes music videos like Santiago Cabrera’s really show off the talent of this cast and I hope they will remain part of the Star Trek family for years to come.

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Star Trek: Picard Complete Season Soundtrack – Listen To Isa Briones’ Rendition of ‘Blue Skies’ | Trekcore

To commemorate the Star Trek: Picard season finally, Lakeshore Records in partnership with CBS All Access has released the single, “Blue Skies” produced by Series Composer Jeff Russo and featuring the show’s Isa Briones on  vocals! The song will also be released as part of the Star Trek: Picard complete season soundtrack, coming your way on April 3.   Trekcore  (spoiler alert) announced the release of “Blue Skies” and you can read all about it here .  See the download and listening links below.  

Do you know why “Blue Skies” is such a meaningful song to the series?  If you haven’t had a chance to watch Star Trek: Picard on CBS All Access,  check out our previous announcement about how to watch this critically-acclaimed season for free! Pre-save the album: [ Digital ]

Listen to “Blue Skies” or download now: [ Digital ]

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So, if we bought “Chapter 1” are we essentially going to pay for those tracks again when we get the complete season, or will there be a “Chapter 2” option to just get the additional tracks? I really hate having (and paying for) duplicate tracks.

Just saw this Tweet from just an hour ago… good show, Lakeshore Records!

Lakeshore Records || @LakeshoreRecs

For all the #StarTrekPicard fans who purchased @JeffersonRusso ‘s Chapter 1 soundtrack, send in your receipt to [email protected] and we’ll get you a free DL code to get the tracks you’re missing. Deadline: April 17.

#StarTrek #JeffRusso

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Star Trek: Picard begins with a jaunty number that harks back to the most recent  The  Next Generation movie. After months of anticipation,  Star Trek: Picard has finally set sail to a largely positive reaction from fans and critics. The central story revolves around a retired Picard mourning the ethical decline of Starfleet and the loss of his old friend, Data. A main character throughout  Star Trek: The Next Generation , Data was Starfleet's first synthetic officer and, as his captain, Picard mentored the android's quest for humanity while championing Data's rights as an individual. Tragically, Data sacrificed his life for Picard and the rest of the Enterprise crew in 2002's  Star Trek: Nemesis movie.

Although  Star Trek: Picard is set many years after  Nemesis , the themes and storylines more or less continue directly from the last on-screen  Next Generation  adventure. The jaded Jean-Luc is still mourning the loss of Data but is shocked to find that the android is survived by two twin children - perfect synthetic beings more advanced and lifelike than contemporary technology should allow. One of these daughters, Dahj, seeks Picard's aid and is promptly executed by a mysterious Romulan black ops team, causing Picard to swear justice for the girl and seek out her remaining twin.

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On a more offbeat note for the  Star Trek franchise, the premiere episode of  Picard begins with a visual of outer space over the top of Bing Crosby singing "Blue Skies" from the 1946 film of the same name. This is a direct throwback to  Star Trek: Nemesis , where Data sings at Riker and Troi's wedding ceremony. Having studied the cultures of the bride and groom, Data decides to offer his vocal talents as a wedding gift, and sings the American classic because of Riker's taste for jazz music. Mostly everyone (the drunk Worf aside) appreciates the gesture. Come the end of the movie, Data attempts to transfer his memories into B-4 prior to his death. Picard realizes that the process wasn't successful, but then finds B-4 singing "Blue Skies," suggesting some part of his old android friend remained alive.

The use of the same song in  Star Trek: Picard 's first episode immediately signposts that Data's death and the philosophical debate over sentience of androids will be key themes in the upcoming story, and so it proves with the arrival of Dahj, the reveal of her android parentage and the return of Bruce Maddox and the Daystrom Institute . Strangely, the same episode arguably also serves to discredit the song's significance at the end of  Star Trek: Nemesis . In the 2002 movie, "Blue Skies" is used to tease that B-4 might've taken on Data's data and turned into the genuine article, but  Star Trek: Picard confirms that ultimately wasn't the case, and the replacement android failed to live up to expectations before suffering disassembly because of the synth ban.

However, the use of "Blue Skies" perhaps does hint at Data's survival in Star Trek: Picard . Although B-4 might not have been able to carry Data's legacy forward as suggested in Nemesis , Dahj's twin, Soji, might be the answer. Data's daughters are so technologically advanced, it's currently unclear how they were brought into being and exactly what their relation to Data is. "Blue Skies" could be a sign that, even though B-4 was a false dawn, Soji could be used to bring Data back into existence for real if a replacement body could be found (probably from a large draw in a scientific institute). Or perhaps the song is just used to draw a line of continuity from Jean-Luc's last  Star Trek adventure to his latest one.

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William Shatner, who played Captain James T. Kirk on the original Star Trek television series, provided a very special message to the crew of space shuttle Discovery during the STS-133 Flight Day 12 wakeup call.

With strains of Alexander Courage’s famous theme song from Star Trek playing, Shatner replaced the original television introduction with, “Space, the final frontier. These have been the voyages of the Space Shuttle Discovery. Her 30 year mission: To seek out new science. To build new outposts. To bring nations together on the final frontier. To boldly go, and do, what no spacecraft has done before.”

The team from ReelNASA put together this video.

The “Theme from Star Trek” received the second most votes in a public contest from a Top 40 list for NASA’s Song Contest. The top two songs with the most votes from that list earned a slot on the list to wake Discovery’s crew during its final mission. The first place song was Blue Sky by Big Head Todd and the Monsters and will be the wake-up music at 3:23 a.m. Tuesday for Discovery’s final full day in space. The song is a tribute written for the first post-Columbia flight, STS-114.

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Amid the months-long back-and-forth between Drake and Kendrick Lamar emerged only one certified hit. The latter’s “Not Like Us,” produced by Mustard, was subversive in the parade of often self-serious diss tracks more concerned with landing effective blows than providing broad commercial appeal. It’s why “Not Like Us” stood out from the rest: After dropping the scathing “Meet the Grahams” and “Euphoria,” Lamar cleverly set his sights on both his lyrical foe and the club, couching sinister accusations of pedophilia and colonization among some of the hookiest chants in his discography. If success is the sweetest revenge, then Lamar pulled out ahead in the war of words’ final tally. — Steven J. Horowitz

Post Malone (feat. Morgan Wallen), 'I Had Some Help'

It’s a rare song that can sound so happy about a human-made mess, but the blame-based, it’s-not-all-my-fault lyrics of “I Had Some Help” don’t completely become clear until you sing along with its joyous melody. The song starts gently with some plucked chords, the verses piling up syllables and resolving with a strategic pause at the end of each stanza. But it gains velocity fast, adding a harmony vocal and more instruments before it burst open on the fiery chorus: “It ain’t like I can make this kinda mess all by myself / Don’t act like you ain’t help me pull that bottle off the shelf / I had some help!” It’s a song about getting in trouble — a theme for any summer — but also about somehow forgiving one’s accomplice. — Aswad

Shaboozey, 'A Bar Song (Tipsy)'

At last, a song based on an interpolation of an old hit that’s better than the tune it’s interpolating. No offense to J-Kwon’s 20-year-old “Tipsy,” a hip-hop hit that rests affectionately in the memories of a lot of listeners who were just the right age to be hit by it back in the day. Shaboozey’s modern smash takes the key line from the oldie and builds an actual melody around it — but more than that, it builds the promise of ratcheting up a whole new generation of genre-jumping. “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” is a country song, by classification, although it feels just malleable enough in style to belong to whatever genre you think it should belong to. Lyrically it’s certainly right in the pocket for country’s contemporary focus on alcohol as a purely positive force in its fans’ lives, so no wonder “A Bar Song” is actually picking up airplay at country stations that haven’t always seemed amenable to performers with Shaboozey’s, erm, hairstyle. (There’s also a sly reference to the bi-racial history of Jack Daniel’s, although that’s more of a provocative Easter egg for the attentive.) There had to have been some real mindfulness, of course, that went into making a tune that celebrates mindlessness this effectively. As modern-day country drinking songs go, you could even say it raises the bar. — Chris WIllman

Tommy Richman, 'Million Dollar Baby'

It’s rare when a new release from a relatively unknown artist explodes with such ferocity as Tommy Richman’s “ Million Dollar Baby ,” but Richman – a promising singer-songwriter from Virginia – has played his cards right: over six years of seeding singles, a co-sign from R&B maven Brent Faiyaz and the perfect social media storm has made the song an obvious contender for song of the summer. Released April 25, “Million Dollar Baby’s” unmistakable hook and tuneful bassline is inescapable on TikTok. The song is written entirely by Richman, and was produced by a team of young hip-hop producers (many of them, like Richman, signed to Faiyaz’s ISO label) including Max Vossberg, Jonah Roy, Mannyvelli, Sparkheem and Kavi. — Thania Garcia

Billie Eilish, 'Birds of a Feather'

One thing Billie Eilish has in common with her current chart rival Taylor Swift is that both their albums have so many outstanding songs, it’s seemed hard to imagine that one would stand out as the song of the season. In Eilish’s case, with an album that wasn’t preceded by any singles, three songs quickly stood out as frontline contenders. “Lunch” was the immediate banger, with a Finneas bass line that wouldn’t quit and some sexualized imagery that couldn’t have been grabbier. But that flame burned so big so quickly that fans quickly began looking at follow-ups, with “Chihiro” and “Birds of a Feather” emerging in front. “Birds” seems like the cut that’s getting the biggest organic fan boost heading into June, and, counterintuitively, it may be because it’s the song on Eilish’s album that is least identifiable as her The groove is tending toward light R&B, and the sentiment toward pure love — neither one of those things Billie’s most obvious hallmark. Now, there’s a recurring morbidity to the lyrics that is sweetly Eilish-ian, in its fashion. (She sure does think a lot about being dead when she things of utter devotion.) But even given that slightly dark edge, “Birds of a Feather” really comes off as just a blast of pure sunshine — suitable for summing up how you feel about your significant other, your family, your besties ir anyone else you can’t live without. For the length of just this song, at least, she’s the Queen of Serotonin. — Willman

Benson Boone, 'Beautiful Things'

No one could have predicted that the sky-scraping anthem “Beautiful Things” would be Benson Boone’s ticket to stardom. Released in January, the sweeping ballad, co-written with Jack LaFrantz and Evan Blair (the latter of whom produced it), has only continued to blossom on the back of TikTok virality, crossing over to become a streaming titan. While it doesn’t necessarily scream “song of summer” (scream being the operative word to describe the force behind the chorus), “Beautiful Things” fills a niche for songs that tap into the angst of adolescent abandon. While it may not soundtrack a relaxing beach day, it certainly has power for those nights where you’re driving aimlessly with the windows rolled down. — Horowitz

Sexyy Red, 'Get It Sexyy'

Sexyy Red has an undeniable knack for cranking out sticky bangers, one after the other, and “Get It Sexyy” is no exception. Co-produced by frequent collaborator Tay Keith and Jake Fridkis, the rapper plays her own hype woman in typical Sexyy form, flaunting her assets both material and physical: “Slim thick, caramel skin / 5’5″, this bitch a ten / Hair done, bills paid / Catch me slidin’ in a Benz,” she chants in her signature wobbly cadence. Summer anthems can often be about feeling yourself and making it known to the world, and Sexyy is nothing if not a spokesperson for projecting self-confidence. — Horowitz

Peso Pluma feat. Anitta, 'Bellakeo'

If you’ve been to any early summer block parties in Latin communities, you likely already know “ Bellakeo ” (loosely translated to mean “Flirting”) is a staple on the playlist. The song employs a common “song of summer” trope – a rhythmical and nonsensical chorus line that is practically impossible to forget once you’ve heard it (“ Toa’ la noche Bellaque-que-que-que-queo ”), and lyrics about sweaty  perreo (dancing), shots of tequila and hooking up. While the composition of the song is simplistic, making use of reggaeton beat breaks with added synths, “Bellakeo” has managed to connect on a global level with fans, even sparking a dance trend on TikTok. — Garcia

Chappell Roan, 'Good Luck Babe!'

The rise of Missouri-born Kayleigh Rose Amstutz has been unusual enough on its own — a failed record deal, a regrouping, and a remarkably passionate fan base that has built at a unusually gradual pace for for the TikTok age. And this song, a synth-filled, orch-pop stand-alone single that followed her debut album, “The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess,” seems unlikely to be her most popular track by far, considering her other anthemic songs — but it is. With a bouncy but low-key vocal on the verses, the song — written by Chappell with top hitmaker Justin Tranter and her (and Olivia Rodrigo’s) longtime collaborator Daniel Nigro — explodes like a supernova on the ecstatic choruses as her voice leaps up two octaves into a karaoke-killing falsetto, even though it’s about a “sexually explicit kind of love affair” with someone who probably doesn’t love you. It’s an unusual, compact and clever pop song that slows down to a dragging, dead stop on the closing chorus: “You’d have to stop the world just to stop the feeling” (get it?). Her most innovative song to date, hopefully there are many more like this in store from this slow-building but vastly talented artist.  — Aswad

Zach Bryan, 'Pink Skies'

This one is being added as an outlier/addendum… because can a song that’s about a funeral, as Bryan’s “Pink Skies” is, really be a serious candidate for Song of the Summer? Not by the standards of our introductory remarks, which emphasize that breeziness is part of the deal. And yet… and yet… Even if it has an elder family member’s memorial service as the lyrics’ triggering event, the song really does count as a “celebration of life,” with its focus on the generations left behind having happy memories of what they picked up from the dearly departed on their way to a “beautiful” service. (And even the deceased person gets a happy ending in Bryan’s telling: “I bet God heard you coming.”) In the end, “Pink Skies” — which currently sits right amid these frothier songs in the top 10 — feels just upbeat enough to qualify, after all. It’s the feel-good/feel-grievous hit of the summer. — Willman

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