Theme
Songs about ambition
Interpretations from our editorial team that explore this theme.
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CORTIS
TNT
A teenage rookie group's loud self-introduction, framing their music-making as an explosion ready to ship from Seoul to the rest of the world
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LNGSHOT
Moonwalkin'
A bilingual hip-hop flex built on a romantic stall: the clock keeps ticking, the answer never comes, and the only response is to keep gliding backward through the limbo
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OneRepublic
I Ain't Worried
A breezy anthem about refusing to flinch when the clock is running down, written to soundtrack hotshot pilots playing beach football
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Shakira & Burna Boy
Dai Dai
A multilingual stadium anthem that turns the language of football into a universal pep talk about earning glory through pain
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LE SSERAFIM
FEARLESS
A debut-era declaration that refuses humility, treats scars as credentials, and dares the world to keep watching
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Jungle
Busy Earnin'
A funk-driven needling of the friend who's traded a life for a salary and convinced themselves the trade was free