Hosts of SiriusXM's TikTok Radio reveal the old songs they want to have a moment in 2023

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If you want to really hear the songs of the moment, you should be listening to SiriusXM's TikTok Radio. Gibson Johns interviews the co-hosts of the channel — Davis Burleson, Masani Musa, Lamar Dawson, Taylor Cassidy and Jess Lucero about working together as hosts, what their favorite TikTok music trends are right now and which they don't really get. They also pick old songs they wish could have a moment in 2023, Taylor Swift and Beyoncé's tours and more.

Video Transcript

GIBSON JOHNS: TikTok breaks a lot of new songs, a lot of new artists. But it also, obviously, brings back a lot of random old songs. What's an old song that you would like to see get its due on TikTok now?

DAVIS BURLESON: Oh, an old song I want to see have a comeback is "Love Song" by Sara Bareilles. I feel like--

GIBSON JOHNS: Oh.

DAVIS BURLESON: --that is one that has a special place in my heart.

MASANI MUSA: I think we need to get some Whitney Houston trending. Because I feel like-- I feel like her legacy is so under-celebrated. And her catalog is so crazy. Like I would love [INAUDIBLE] to trend.

TAYLOR CASSIDY: I want more Earth, Wind & Fire. I feel like I need some in the stone. Like that needs to trend. I feel like that has heavy TikTok potential.

JESS LUCERO: I feel like with Usher playing in the Super Bowl, he's probably going to start trending. Because you kind of saw Gen Z wasn't like super excited about that. Whereas everyone else was like, no, this is going to be so sick.

GIBSON JOHNS: Exactly, yeah.

JESS LUCERO: So that's definitely--

GIBSON JOHNS: OK.

JESS LUCERO: He's going to come back for sure, as if he wasn't already.

[LAUGHTER]

LAMAR DAWSON: What I would love to see more of is I would love to see more Sade trending. Sade has been trending right now with "Smooth Operator." I'm obsessed with the '80s, so anything from the '80s. So I definitely co-sign on Whitney Houston. Because I definitely think that a lot of other divas have had a really great comeback on TikTok. Like Celine Dion has had a really big moment. Mariah Carey has had great moments.