There are times when I hear a song that has meaning for me, I immediately think of the specific period or time or season that I either associate with it or when I first heard it. So I figured with fall starting, it's time to look back to summer and the music that debuted toward which I found myself gravitating.

What song was released in the previous season that is meaningful to you or that best reminds you of the time during which it was released. Put another way, what was your "song of the season" (here, your song of summer 2021 (this will renew with the start of the upcoming seasons))?

This song dominated my listening after it came out in July, and it best represents that season. And I know that when I hear it in 5 years, I will always think of this past summer. What's yours (remember, it needs to have debuted last season)?

that's a good one

Didn’t come out this summer, but I listened to it more than any other song:

you had one job!

I have little awareness of new releases

By far my most played song of this summer (released this year) was The Melting of the Sun by St. Vincent.

But I think to fully capture the spirit of the OP -- the song that dropped this year that makes me think of summer the most, the song that 5 years from now will still make me think of this summer is Stay by Valerie June.

If we’re able to dip into summers past, Summertime by the DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince will always be my number 1.

bit on the nose, trag