An internet tradition since 2007, DJ Earworm has been releasing his annual end-of-the-year mashup of the year's top pop songs online. This year's mix was released on Wednesday and entitled "United State of Pop 2014 (Do What You Wanna Do)."
DJ Earworm, who is Jordan Roseman in real life, compiled tracks from 2014's most popular songs from artists like Katy Perry, John Legend, Taylor Swift, Idina Menzel, and others.
The tempo of his seventh year-end mashup is much slower than previous installments. DJ Earworm blames it on the lack of upbeat, danceable hits.
"The thing that has been most notable in the past two or three years is the decline of EDM. The 'United State of Pop' became this dance track from '09 to '12, and then starting last year, there just wasn't enough in that genre to fully support it, so I went down-tempo," he said in an interview.
Despite the lack of quality material to work with, DJ Earworm has still managed to create a masterpiece that far surpasses the original songs he sourced from. Regardless of being a slower tempo, is a much more optimistic tune than his mashup last year.
Do What You Wanna Do can easily be played on loop and will instantly be embedded as a Last Song Syndrome in your head.
The full list of artists and songs included in the mash up are:
Ariana Grande feat. Iggy Azalea, "Problem"
Bastille, "Pompeii"
DJ Snake and Lil Jon, "Turn Down for What"
Great Big World feat. Christina Aguilera, "Say Something"
Hozier, "Take Me to Church"
Idina Menzel, "Let It Go"
Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX, "Fancy"
Iggy Azalea feat. Rita Ora, "Black Widow"
Jason Derulo feat. 2 Chainz, "Talk Dirty"
Jeremih feat. YG, "Don't Tell 'Em"
Jessie J feat. Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj, "Bang Bang"
John Legend, "All Of Me"
Katy Perry feat. Juicy J, "Dark Horse"
Lorde, "Team"
Magic!, "Rude"
Maroon 5, "Animals"
Meghan Trainor, "All About That Bass"
Nico and Vinz, "Am I Wrong"
One Direction, "Story of My Life"
Passenger, "Let Her Go"
Pharrell Williams, "Happy"
Pitbull feat. "Ke$ha, Timber"
Sam Smith, "Stay With Me"
Taylor Swift, "Shake It Off"
Tove Lo, "Habits"