In New York and Los Angeles, 2023 was the year of the girl. Small snacks became “girl dinners,” flexible, white-collar jobs became “lazy-girl jobs,” amortization became “girl math,” and solo hikes became “hot-girl walks.” On crowded streets, pink outfits, fuchsia bandanas, and glitter eye shadow felt ubiquitous.
Meanwhile, in Southern cities such as Dallas, Tulsa, and Nashville, it was the year for country music. Small-town bars, too, blared sentimental ballads and conservative folk songs. In August, for the first time in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, the top three songs in the U.S. were all country songs.
