Sounds of the summer 2022: Who’s going to dominate the airwaves?

(clockwise from top left) Olivia Rodrigo, HAAi, Yung Singh and Kendrick Lamar

(Picture: Getty Images/Sach Dhanjal)

Every year, as the festival tents get unpacked and the floral shirts are pulled from the wardrobe, debates begin to emerge: which songs will we hear endlessly blaring out of car speakers? Which albums will soundtrack our trips abroad? Which gigs will prove themselves as ones of the ages? And which DJs will dominate the dancefloors?

Here are the main players for 2022’s sound of the summer.