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5 Gems
Finger | 5 Gems
Finger: 5 Gems No. 23 (2026) features songs by Beats By AI, Boy Throb, Jake Minch, KATSEYE, and Lauren Spencer Smith.
Beaming with Pride 🏳️🌈
Jake Wesley Rogers, Lavender Forever | Beaming with Pride
In the 63rd edition of Beaming with Pride (2026), we highlight “Lavender Forever” performed by pop singer-songwriter Jake Wesley Rogers.
Columns
Tracy Chapman, Remember the Tinman | Wacky Wednesday
In the 29th edition of Wacky Wednesday (2026), we break down the unique “Remember the Tinman,” performed by Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman.
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Evergreen
20 Gleaming Light Songs | Playlist
20 Gleaming Light Songs features songs by Ella Langley, Ice Spice, John Summit, Lana Del Rey, Noah Kahan, and Red Sebastian.
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Columns
Benjamin Elgar & Bhad Bhabie, HOE | Spicy Tunez
In the 52nd edition of Spicy Tunez (2026), we explore the eyebrow-raising, naughty, sexed-up vibes behind “HOE” by Benjamin Elgar & Bhad Bhabie.
Columns
Getting to Know… Red Giant | Interview
In the 518th Q&A in our Getting to Know… series, Dave Simpson gives us the inside scoop on his blues rock band Red Giant.
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LGBTQ
Saucy Santana, Quiet on the Creek | Song Review
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Saucy Santana brings attitude, energy, and some mess on his fun, utterly irresistible minimalist single, “Quiet on the Creek.”
![Wheatus, Teenage Dirtbag: 1 Hit WONDERful No. 29 (2026) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Sony Music Entertainment Inc.; Alexa Popovich, cottonbro studio, ds rexy, Thomas Ronveaux from Pexels; Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Gordon Johnson from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/wheatus-teenage-dirtbag-one-hit-wonderful-29-2026.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
1 Hit WONDERful 👏👏👏
Wheatus, Teenage Dirtbag | 1 Hit WONDERful
In the 29th edition of 1 Hit WONDERful (2026), we highlight “Teenage Dirtbag” by American rock band Wheatus.
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LGBTQ
Tinashe, Crash Out | Song Review
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ R&B/pop singer-songwriter Tinashe brings the heat with her confident, hard-nosed, and unapologetic banger “Crash Out.”
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LGBTQ
beabadoobee, Switchblade | Song Review
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Indie-rock singer-songwriter beabadoobee thrills on the distorted “Switchblade,” the second single from her fourth album, Pylon.
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Music
Davido & NO11, Gimme Dat Ting | Song Review
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ American-born, Nigerian-bred Nigerian artists Davido and NO11 drop a fun, vibe-laden Afrobeats record with “Gimme Dat Ting.”
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Music
Lil Baby, Dead Fresh | Song Review
⭐️⭐️⭐️ Grammy-winning rapper Lil Baby drops a respectable, though somewhat forgettable single with Dead Fresh, produced by Pharrell Williams.