This Week's Top New Tracks
The top tracks that were released this week.
'The Champion' - Carrie Underwood feat. Ludacris
Carrie Underwood shredded the country in the country-pop genre she’s mostly affiliated with and just stuck with pop for her newest song, “The Champion”. The song follows a serious injury Carrie sustained late last year, which required several stitches. The Jim Jonsin-produced record is a collaboration between Carrie and NBC, which will be used to promote the 52nd Super Bowl (as the opening track) and the PyeongChang 2018 winter Olympic games. The song is simultaneously off-brand and on brand for Carrie, being a notable change from her usual country sound towards a more pop-influenced sound, yet still bears similarly to Carrie’s other confidence induced songs such as “Before He Cheats” and “Blown Away”. The song is an uptempo pop rock/power pop song that features inspirational lyrics about one's own strength and capabilities such as I am Invincible, unbreakable/Unstoppable, unshakable/ They knock me down, I get up again/ I am the champion, you’re gon’know my name. Ludacris’ rap is displayed during the bridge which features a lyrical message of strength by treating the word, champion, as an acronym.