Let us all take a moment then to remember these genuine jams from years past …
Hollywood is full of multi-hyphenates — singers who can act, actors who can sing, reality stars who can build makeup empires — but with so many stars constantly releasing new projects, it can be hard to keep up with every single that gets released.
“RUMORS” BY LINDSAY LOHAN
Ahhh, 2004. A simpler time, when the greatest issue of our day was the great Lindsay vs. Hilary feud and all anyone ever wanted was to dance the night away to this jam about the struggles of being super famous. (Yes, this was our AIM away message for months, please don’t judge us.)
“SHE SAID” BY BRIE LARSON
Now, we envy Larson’s talent and friendship with Emma Stone; in 2005, we envied her messy rock and roll haircut and her ability to wear 9000 accessories at once with aplomb.
“JAM (TURN IT UP)” BY KIM KARDASHIAN
While Kardashian has cited her brief foray into pop stardom as one of her biggest regrets, we will forever and always defend “Jam”‘s status as a great, underrated, well, jam. Plus, Kanye West was on set when she filmed the video, so it was clearly approved by a true creative genius.
“IN THE ROOM WHERE YOU SLEEP” BY DEAD MAN’S BONES (RYAN GOSLING)
Pre-La La Land, Gosling rocked his best three-piece suit and showed off his piano prowess for his band, Dead Man’s Bones, who released a haunting album in 2009. And we do mean haunting — most of the songs were creepy, Halloween-esque love songs about zombies.