The Contenders, Vol. 13: The songs we can't stop playing this week

On this week's All Songs Considered we update our running list of the songs we can't stop playing — tracks we love so much, they're contenders for the best of 2024. This includes new sonic adventures from Wilco, a long-lost track from Sondre Lerche, singer Omar Apollo's deeply affecting reflections on the circle of life, an ode to friendship from Charli XCX and Lorde and more. With NPR Music's Stephen Thompson and host Robin Hilton.

Featured songs and artists:

• Wilco: "Hot Sun," from Hot Sun Cool Shroud
• Charli XCX and Lorde: "The girl, so confusing version with lorde" (single)
• Sondre Lerche: "You Are Impossible," from Two Way Monologue (20th Anniversary Edition)
• Omar Apollo: "Plane Trees" (feat. Mustafa), from God Said No
• Remy Bond: "Summer Song" (feat. Air) (single)
• Cassandra Jenkins: "Petco," from My Light, My Destroyer