Icona Pop: Nights Like This

I get why Icona Pop works. Nights Like This is pure pop unconcern—a song that doesn’t need to be clever or complicated or self-aware, just good at what it does. There’s something refreshing about that kind of straightforwardness, especially when everything else feels over-thought.

Part of their appeal is that they seem genuinely happy to be making this music. Not performing happiness, just doing what they do. That directness is rarer than it should be.