How to write a truly excellent fake pop song, as explained by Jeff Richmond and Meredith Scardino, the songwriters of Girls5eva.

And when you look at songs that stuck around for nine weeks or fewer, pop was deemed ‘an influence’ in two thirds of them. OK… So we’re writing a love/relationship-based pop song.

The song’s accompanying music video, which culminates in all of the kids rapping, loudly, in unison on the top deck of a bus, is utterly charming.