“Pixar doesn’t use pop songs like DreamWorks” Also Pixar:

Hit tweet everyone, plz follow 4 more

It’s not really pop, rather smooth jazz and it’s really soothing.

You do have realise that pop song stands for “popular song”

Bro picked one of the worst examples for “pop songs” in a Pixar film.

Ah yes, my favorite pop song…a Frank Sinatra cover

Real Gone (Cars): Am I a joke to you?

Real Gone doesn’t count because it was made for the movie, not made years before it and used for it

Not sure if this is a controversial take or not, but imo the best use of licensed music is old/classic/underrated/forgotten songs - it exposes a new audience/generation to the music, instead of giving already famous modern songs more attention.