Songs (singles + tracks) of various styles are reviewed in this section of The Musical Hype. Songs are assigned a rating between 0 and 5 stars.
![Matt Jaffe, "Voodoo Doll" [📷: Matt Jaffe]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/matt-jaffe-voodoo-doll-1.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
Singer/songwriter Matt Jaffe impresses once again with “Voodoo Doll,” an unorthodox love song of sorts sure to tickle your fancy.
![AJR, "Bummerland" [📷: AJR Productions / S-Curve]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/ajr-bummerland-1.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
The Musical Hype provides some quick thoughts on the song 🎵 “Bummerland,” by alternative pop brother collective, 🎙 AJR.
AJR fall short on “My Play,” taking the hipster-millennial aesthetic too far on the third single from their 2021 album, OK ORCHESTRA.
![DARKSIDE, "Liberty Bell" [📷 : Matador]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/darkside-liberty-bell-1.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
The Musical Hype provides some quick thoughts on the song “Liberty Bell,” by alternative duo, DARKSIDE (Nicolas Jaar and Dave Harrington).
![Kelsey Lu & Yves Tumor, "Let All the Poisons that Lurk in the Mud Seep Out" [📷: Hydroharmonia / No Tricks]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/kelsey-lu-yves-tumor-let-all-the-poisons-that-lurk-in-the-mud-seep-out-1.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
The Musical Hype provides some quick thoughts on the single “let all the poisons that lurk in the mud seep out” by Kelsey Lu and Yves Tumor.
![bby ivy, "In Case U Wanna Come Back" [📷: Ivy League]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/bby-ivy-in-case-u-wanna-come-back-1.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
The Musical Hype provides some quick thoughts on the single “In Case U Wanna Come Back,” by ascending Norwegian pop artist, bby ivy.
![Dixie D'Amelio, "Roommates" [📷 : HITCO]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/dixie-damelio-roommates-1.jpeg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
The Musical Hype provides some quick thoughts on the single “Roommates,” by TikTok star and up-and-coming pop singer, Dixie D’Amelio.
![Steve Aoki & Aloe Blacc, "My Way" [📷 : Ultra]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/steve-aoki-aloe-blacc-my-way-1.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
The Musical Hype provides some quick thoughts on the dance remix of “My Way,” by Steve Aoki and Aloe Blacc.
![Ed Sheeran, "Afterglow" [📷: Asylum UK / Atlantic UK / Warner Music UK]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/ed-sheeran-afterglow-01.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
Grammy-winner Ed Sheeran surprises with a simple but overall respectable new solo single, “Afterglow,” unattached to any future project.
![Gwen Stefani, "Let Me Reintroduce Myself" [📷 : Interscope]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/gwen-stefani-let-me-reintroduce-myself-interscope-1.jpeg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
Gwen Stefani successfully reintroduces herself on her comeback, ska-infused pop single, “Let Me Reintroduce Myself.”
![Twenty One Pilots, "Christmas Saves the Year" [📷 : Fueled by Ramen]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/twenty-one-pilots-christmas-saves-the-year-fueled-by-ramen-1.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
Twenty One Pilots give the world a thoughtful and inspirational holiday song in the midst of COVID-19 with “Christmas Saves the Year.”
![Ari Lennox, "Grounded" [📷 : Dreamville / Interscope]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/ari-lennox-grounded-dreamville-interscope-1.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
R&B singer Ari Lennox is incredibly prudent on the short but utterly sweet and surprising single, “Grounded.”