GloRilla’s smash hit song “TGIF” was declared as “Song of the Year” by TIME magazine after topping the publication’s music recap for the year.
The magazine announced its year-ender on Monday (December 9), naming some of the most remarkable songs from 2024. Editors pointed out that no artist would appear on both the “Best Songs” and “Best Albums” lists, which showed a wider coverage of music.
Some such as Beyonce’s “Riiverdance,” Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us,” and Kehlani’s “After Hours” missed the spot by “TGIF.”
“For GloRilla, being single is a supernatural experience,” states TIME critic Stephen Kearse. “When this Memphis rapper isn’t in a relationship, she’s not only free of headaches and responsibilities; she gets supercharged- unstoppable, glowing.”
He continues: “She spends ‘TGIF’ toasting to this heightened state over seismic bass kicks and a cinematic horn loop that conjures Godzilla ascending from the Pacific.”
Kearse praises how GloRilla has managed to turn these mundane things about taking care of oneself into a huge orchestra of triumph-“This is a display of power and not empowerment.”
This super-nice anthem has further cemented GloRilla’s place as an aggressive player in the music industry.