Avenue Beat: How do the F2020 singers avoid becoming a one-hit wonder?
By Mark Savage
image captionFunky fresh pop trio Avenue Beat (L-R): Sami Bearden, Sam Backoff and Savana Santos
How do you follow up a song that goes viral in the middle of a pandemic?
That was the dilemma facing US pop band Avenue Beat, who landed an unexpected hit last year when a half-finished, throwaway song exploded on TikTok.
Called F2020 (you don t need to guess what the F stands for), the laid-back pop anthem summed up perfectly the crushing mixture of anxiety, misery, loneliness and boredom that accompanied the last 12 months.