Problem was the biggest hit of the My Everything era, but it is the lowest-streamed single from the era and it seems to have aged badly.

 

My Everything Singles - Spotify Streams

One Last Time - 1,321,589,984

Bang Bang - 1,251,694,085

Break Free (feat. Zedd) - 839,832,157

Love Me Harder (with The Weeknd) - 827,140,354

Problem (feat. Iggy Azalea) - 809,620,680

 

Why has it aged so badly? Thots?

Because of Iggy

it's too noisy

she wasn't good 

annoying horns and iggy are so painfully 2014 

It has a saxophone drop, Iggy, and big Sean. None of these things made it past 2015. No shade.

Songs with horns are very much 2013-2014. I don't care though, it's her best song for me

It will have a resurgence soon enough on tiktok. It’s a classic.

15 minutes ago, gatito said:

annoying horns and iggy are so painfully 2014 

sadly this but it was the moment back then  she devoured

 

As others have mentioned, Iggy's involvement and the reliance on the horns makes this dated. Still kind of a bop every once and awhile but the other My Everything singles aged far better 

Igloo

It has a lot of elements that are extremely dated nowadays

I still love it tho, it's one of those songs that always lift my mood. 

31 minutes ago, gatito said:

annoying horns and iggy are so painfully 2014 

I am of the opinion no one even liked these and they just charted or sold well because it was what was being done at the time, like you never hear anyone pine for that middle point between EDM and trap in pop music in the 2010's 

17 minutes ago, What_A_Mess said:

It will have a resurgence soon enough on tiktok. It’s a classic.

It deserves better than to be in the graveyard with Bang Bang, obviously she has way better songs but they're important parts of her early legacy for sure

Cacophonous bile

I don’t think it aged badly per se, but this was breakthrough era and every single was a hit in some right. It’s a good conundrum to have tbh. 

90% of her discography has aged like milk & is completely unlistenable now  

52 minutes ago, Taeyong said:

Love Me Harder (with The Weeknd) - 827,140,354

These low streams are more concerning , since its synth pop perfection and the best song on My Everything

Problem was meant to be what a 2014 song sounds likes. I’m surprised by break free, I guess pop EDM songs last longer 
 

One last time and love me harder are timeless. 

song is great . i love the horns . it deserves better.

No song with a sax only chorus from 2014 has aged well or is fondly remembered. It's just a sound that people don't like anymore.

Yall are so miserable sometimes. Yeah it’s a very 2014 song, but so what??? That makes it fun for me. It’s a loud ass song but if you listen to it drunk or high it lowkey still goes off

 

Same for SIO, Talk Dirty and Worth It

Edited December 7, 20232 yr by barbiegrande

It wasn't designed to be a timeless pop song. It was created just to be a trendy hit at the time, which it succeeded at. Talk Dirty to Me and all those other horn songs were smashing, and the Iggy inclusion came right as Fancy was taking off.

it was never that good to begin with. she's had much better singles since 

19 minutes ago, MaxMartin said:

These low streams are more concerning , since its synth pop perfection and the best song on My Everything

Would Max Martin lie?