Rasmus Gozzi and Miss Snusk - Ride me like a dala horse

A few years ago, the local gangster rapper surprised music Sweden by suddenly topping the charts without a record company behind him.

In 2022, it is glesbygden's epadunk, a kind of mixture of Eurodance and gender rock, which has completely exploded.

Ride me like a dala horse contains all the ingredients of the epadunk: dirt, booze, cars and rural romance.

During the year, many have wondered why sexism, national romanticism and Miss Snusk's bandit hat received so little criticism compared to gangster rap.

But if there's one thing gangster rap has received too little criticism for, it's sexism.

Yung Lean – Ginseng strip

The year's biggest song on Tiktok and Shazam really has nothing to do with 2022 - because it's Yung Lean's nine-year-old hit Ginseng strip.

But old songs being given new life via Tiktok is a trend that is only growing.

Kate Bush got some traction from the TV series "Stranger things", which set a scene with her Running up that hill.

But it was Tiktok that made the song grow and climb higher on the UK charts than it did when it arrived in 1985.

Bad Bunny – Titi me pregunto

You can't talk about the music year 2022 without talking about Bad Bunny.

The Puerto Rican reggaeton artist is the world's most streamed on Spotify for the third year in a row and even though the album he released this year is 23 songs long, you can listen to it as many times as you like.

It's equal parts party and heartbreak, and Bad Bunny is vulnerable, funny, tough and sexy all at the same time as he plays with queerness and gender roles.

Spanish-language music is here to stay.

Now one can only hope to hear even more languages ​​and cultures within mainstream music.

GloRilla – FNF

This year's best newcomer is the American rapper GloRilla.

Her hit FNF is about embracing singleness.

And how difficult can it be when you have your pals, a fat car and the flow of the year?

Think Beyoncé's Single ladies stuck after five beers.

In Sweden, it is still the male rappers with a hard macho attitude who are the biggest.

Then you can be jealous of the USA, whose female rappers seem to be riding a wave that never ends.

See more in the clip above.