In their annual year-end list, Time named GloRilla’s smash song “TGIF” the “Best Song of the Year.”
“The tracks were chosen with our list of the 10 Best Albums of 2024 in mind, so to highlight a larger spectrum of music, no artists appear on both,” the newspaper said in its Monday, December 9 release.
Big Glo maintains the top rank for her single-ladies hymn among tracks like Kehlani’s “After Hours,” Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us,” and Beyoncé’s “Riiverdance.”
Reporter and reviewer Stephen Kearse describes the song as “a magical experience for GloRilla to be single.” The Memphis rapper is not only free from obligations and headaches while she is single, but she is also strong, unstoppable, and radiant. Over seismic bass kicks and a majestic horn loop that evokes Godzilla rising from the Pacific, she spends “TGIF” toasting to this augmented state.
She transforms her everyday boasts—feeling good, looking “fine as hell,” and flaunting a new mani-pedi—into colossal flexes with her bombastic delivery. This celebration of Friday clubbing is a show of power rather than a sign of self-determination.
In addition to being a well-known admirer of the song, Rihanna helped make a music video for it throughout the summer, which helped it become popular.
As Rih went down to the hook and lip-synced The camera panted to A$AP Rocky as it spoke, “It is 7 p.m. Friday/ It is 95 degrees/ I am not got no n-gga and no n-gga am not got me.”
He answered in a comical way, perplexed and delighted by his partner’s enthusiasm: “Where my drink at, man? I am too old to put up with this.
After singles like the Fivio Foreign-assisted “Cha Cha” did not perform as well as her breakthrough hits “F.N.F. (Let us Go)” and “Tomorrow 2” the year before, she experienced a slight sophomore slump in 2023. However, Billboard notes that she “made a triumphant comeback and reclaimed her mojo when she struck gold with ‘Yeah Glo!’ at the top of 2024.”
Journalist Carl Lamarre comments, “The sultry song shot into the top 30 of the Hot 100 and demonstrated her resilience as a rapper who refuses to bow under duress.” “With the summer success “TGIF” and the top 15 Hot 100 single “Want to Be,” featuring Megan Thee Stallion, her turbulent run continued.”
“Everyone sensed GloRilla’s momentum, as pop giants Rihanna and Taylor Swift praised her efforts and saluted her as rap’s newest ‘IT’ lady of the moment,” Lamarre added.During her battle against Trump, Kamala Harris even called her toward the conclusion of her campaign to appeal to young people.
“GloRilla’s first album GLORIOUS, which doubled the release of her spring mixtape Ehhthang Ehhthang, debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 with 69,000 album-equivalent units, giving her the biggest opening week for a female rapper in 2024.”
