"United State of Pop 2013 (Living the Fantasy)" - DJ Earworm

Last night, I learnt that the annual "United State of Pop" by DJ Earworm has been released,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGRQKKaox5Q

It's "United State of Pop 2013 (Living the Fantasy)", DJ Earworm's mashup of the highest-charting songs on Billboard's weekly Hot 100 charts in 2013. Lorde, Miley Cyrus, Taylor Swift, Avicii/Aloe Blacc, Swedish House Mafia and Rihanna are the most prominent artists in this year's edition; it is standard in DJ Earworm's annual chart mashups for a handful of artists to be central to the song while the other artists are fitted in around them. The result? An excellent, high-quality mashup.

I took a look at the YouTube comments for the song. Judging by all the likes, the vast majority of people are satisfied with it; however, there is a plethora of people complaining, too. Many of the critics claim that "United State of Pop 2013 (Living the Fantasy)" is worse than its predecessors, with little reason as to why, although I should note that there are always "worse than its predecessors"-style comments on DJ Earworm's songs.

Others thought that DJ Earworm "missed" loads of songs from 2013, but given that he bases his annual mashups on the biggest hits of the year according to Billboard, this shouldn't be a surprise to anyone; people should read the video description rather than give mindless criticism. About the only point I agreed with was that Katy Perry's "Roar" and Lady Gaga's "Applause", plus a couple of other songs, should have been given a little more prominence but besides that, I am happy with this year's release from DJ Earworm; I've been happy with his annual mashups ever since he began them back in 2007! The music should be appreciated for what it is.

I wrote about 2012's "United State of Pop" here.