Dazed: Sophia Grace's "Best Friends" 4th best song of 2015
...beating Grimes, Bieber, Rihanna, Kanye etc... queen of pop!
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4. SOPHIA GRACE – “BEST FRIENDS"
Twelve-year-old Sophia Grace’s viral, Technicolor smash “Best Friends” was the best pop song to come bounding out of January, and easily this year’s most fun. With its uber-catchy, instantly replayable chorus and production that veers between the style of DJ Mustard and the candy-coated sounds of PC Music, “Best Friends” marks a heavy dose of unexpected, infectious brilliance. It shouldn’t be dismissed as a tweeny-bopper anthem, either. With a girl-empowerment code that takes cues from Sophia’s idols, Nicki Minaj and Beyoncé, the track sticks two (non-explicit) fingers up to society’s limitations of what young girls ‘should’ or ‘shouldn’t’ do, and does so with a dash of lip-gloss and an avalanche of pink tutus. “No one to defend us, no one to defend us,” Sophia sings in Autotuned melody. “We gon’ make through singing like we do, we gon’ laugh at them boys when they talk to us.” It’s a message that holds resonance, whatever your age.
And if the world's against us
And if our backs are up against the world together
With no one to defend us, no one to defend us
We're gon' make it through it, singing like we do
