Who’s Afraid Of A Scammer Anthem?

Welcome to https://defector.com/category/listening-habits" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Listening Habits, a column where I share the music and musical topics I’ve been fixated on recently.

The rap song of the summer is undoubtedly Yung Miami's "Spend Dat." Produced by J. White Did It, the gloriously maximalist strip-club banger celebrates the joys of spending illegally acquired funds.

It is a perfect summer rap record, and is also the perfect pop song for our moment of grift and speculative bubbles.

We've all come to understand that the economy is an Oz with no wizard, a field as authentic as the people it has made insanely, criminally wealthy.

There is functionally no difference between Elon Musk and your https://youtu.be/X6zsxsC6iZw?si=fc-emkl9Tx-C1HTh" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">local wallet inspector from an economic standpoint, except for which one gets more attention from law enforcement.

A song like "Spend Dat," which is like "We Are The Champions" for scammers, makes for a fitting theme song for the nation at large.