I remember bopping to Usher - Looking 4 Myself, Justin Bieber - Believe, Azealia Banks - 212, Rihanna - Talk That Talk, Fun - Some Nights, etc all throughout Summer 2012. Like 2012 is giving me 90's teas rn, such a good year.
Epic is the worst label I've ever witnessed. They gave all of their artists poor material except for Ciara (but even with her great album, they couldn't promote any of the singles after the first one well).
Ci was on such a positive hype after Body Party too.