What’s the worst hit song of 2026 so far?
Now’s a good time to broach this subject: we’re roughly halfway through the year as Billboard counts it, and there’s a good chance that something from Drake’s album bomb becomes the Worst Hit frontrunner once it officially hits the Hot 100 next week.
Remember that SNL sketch with Garth Brooks where he sells his soul to the devil for a hit, only for Lucifer himself to be an awful songwriter? At one point, the devil thinks he’s onto a hit, only for Garth to point out he’s just repeated the melody of Smash Mouth’s “All Star” with different lyrics. This is how I feel every time I hear Stella Lefty’s “Boston.” It’s literally “Stick Season” with different lyrics: how is this song in the top 40? There are probably less pleasant songs to become hits this year, but none feel less essential than this.
HONORABLE MENTION: Speaking of unpleasant songs, I don’t think “Fabulous” by MEEK is charting anywhere yet, but watch out if it does. Based on the couple of times I’ve come across this song, it’s aiming to be this year’s “Messy:” it’s not.