Bop Shop Holiday Edition: Songs From Big Freedia, Girl In Red, Black Pumas, And More

—Patrick HoskenThe bounce queen of New Orleans came to sleigh when she dropped her sizzling 2016 EP A Very Big Freedia Christmas and declared that "Santa Is a Gay Man." Now, like the ghost of dance halls past, Big Freedia’s back with her signature brand of bass-heavy, high-speed rap to make bells and car keys jingle with the booty-shaking holiday single, "Better Be." Joined by Flo Milli, she’s got a bad case of the "gimme gimmes" as she breaks down her Christmas list over an icy steel drum. —Coco RomackIf you ever needed a song to describe the very niche experience of hooking up with your high school boyfriend after seeing each other at your hometown bar around the holidays, Taylor Swift’s “‘Tis the Damn Season” is that song. —Christina BealeWhether or not you’ve got a holiday hookup this Christmas, 17-year-old Paige Gold has a bop to put a little romance back in your season with “What Christmas Means.” After posting a short snippet of the optimistic tune to TikTok, she quickly garnered over 2 million views and knew she had to deliver with a full-length song.