NPR predicts a song of the summer with lots of country and espresso

Scientists say 2024 will likely bring another hotter-than-normal summer and potential for more climate-driven disasters. The summer of 2023 saw skylines choked by Canadian wildfire smoke, coral cooked in hot tub-warm ocean water. NPR's Rebecca Hersher says forecasters predict an extremely active Atlantic Hurricane season.

Which songs will dominate summer playlists on radio, social and streaming platforms? Avid fans and followers of pop music know that by late spring most of the candidates are already climbing the charts, so we're looking at the current top 10 of Billboard's Hot 100 chart to see which entries have a chance to be the song of the summer.