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.
![16yrold & KILLY, "Drought" [Photo Credit: UMG]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/16yrold-killy-drought-umg-tmh-track-review.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
Rap producer 16yrold collaborates with Canadian hip-hop artist KILLY for a drippy, enjoyable enough, melodic banger, “Drought.”
![Justin Bieber, "Yummy" [Photo Credit: Def Jam]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/justin-bieber-yummy-def-jam-tmh-track-review.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
Grammy-winner Justin Bieber makes an enjoyable and respectable solo return with single “Yummy,” though it doesn’t ‘move the needle.’
![Ruben "As Long as I Break Your Heart" [Photo Credit: Plexus]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/ruben-as-long-as-i-break-your-heart-plexus-tmh-track-review.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
Norwegian pop artist Ruben delivers a beautiful, expressive & nuanced vocal on stripped, heartbroken single, “As Long as I Break Your Heart.”
![Like Mike, "Sinner" [Photo Credit: Like Mike]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/like-mike-sinner-like-mike-tmh-track-review.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
Michael Thivaios, better known as Like Mike, delivers a surefire, melodic hip-hop bop with the sinful love-driven single, “Sinner.”
![Martin Garrix + Matisse & Sadko, "Hold On" (Ft. Michel Zitron) [Photo Credits: STMPD RCRDS B.V. / Epic Amsterdam]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/martin-garrix-matisse-sadko-hold-on-epic-tmh-track-review.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
Dutch DJ Martin Garrix + Russian DJs Matisse & Sadko enlist Michel Zitron (vocals) for the enjoyable dance single “Hold On.”
![Kehlani "All Me" (Ft. Keyshia Cole" [Photo Credit: Atlantic]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/kehlani-all-me-atlantic-tmh-track-review.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
Kehlani taps fellow R&B artist Keyshia Cole for the loving single, “All Me,” where both artists share mad love for their respective men.
![Jacob Collier, "Time Alone with You" Ft. Daniel Caesar: The Musical Hype Track Review [Photo Credit: Decca]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/jacob-collier-time-alone-with-you-decca-tmh-track-review-1.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
Prodigious musical standout Jacob Collier, assisted by Grammy-winner Daniel Caesar, shines on the jazzy, R&B single, “Time Alone with You.”
Alternative Berlin-based artist Agnes Obel delivers a compelling, hypnotic single, “Island of Doom,” appearing on her 2020 studio LP, Myopia.
![Tame Impala, "Posthumous Forgiveness": The Musical Hype Track Review [Photo Credit(s): Modular Recordings / Island]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/tame-impala-the-slow-rush-island-tmh-track-review.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
Kevin Parker/Tame Impala shines on the thoughtfully penned “Posthumous Forgiveness,” the third single from their 4th LP, The Slow Rush.
Halsey drops an uncharacteristic, but brilliant love song, “Finally // beautiful stranger,” ahead of her highly anticipated 3rd LP, Manic.
Halsey, alongside South Korean rapper SUGA (BTS), delivers a brief, enjoyable single in “SUGA’s Interlude,” appearing on her 2020 LP, Manic.
![The Weeknd, "Blinding Lights": The Musical Hype Track Review [Photo Credit: Republic]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/the-weeknd-blinding-lights-republic-tmh-track-review.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
Grammy-winning R&B superstar The Weeknd shines once again on “Blinding Lights,” his second single of 2019.