"20190724" by Mac DeMarco

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About

"20190724" is an instrumental song by Mac DeMarco released on his 2023, 199-track long album One Wayne G. The song was first teased by Demarco in a 2019 interview with the artist by PBS NewsHour, where he called it "garbage, but fun to make." Following its official release in April 2023, the song went viral on TikTok along with the clip from the interview.

Origin

On December 1st, 2019, the PBS NewsHour YouTube^[1] channel uploaded an interview with Mac DeMarco. Around the 4:03 timestamp, DeMarco previews a song he made for the interviewer, saying, "It's just garbage, but it's fun to make" (shown below). The video gained over 1.3 million views in four years.

On April 20th, 2023, Mac DeMarco released the song in full, titled "20190724," on his YouTube^[2]^[3] channel, along with a second part titled, "20190724 2," the first song garnering over 87,000 views in five days (shown below, left and right). The song is a part of his album One Wayne G, which consists of 199 tracks and released the next day on April 21st.

Spread

The song inspired reactions across social media following its release and became notably popular on TikTok. On April 22nd, 2023, TikToker^[4] @loo._.ann posted a video celebrating the song's release, garnering over 629,000 views in three days (shown below, left). On the same day, TikToker^[5] @matthew.meyer posted a video dancing to the song, garnering over 2 million views in three days (shown below, right).

On April 23rd, Twitter^[6] user @Blitzman27_ posted, "20190724 bestest song !!! ITS SO HAPPI :D !!!" along with a video of a cat dancing to the song, garnering over 5,400 likes in two days (shown below).