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.
![Run the Jewels, Let's Go (The Royal We) [Photo Credit: Run the Jewels, Inc.]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/run-the-jewels-lets-go-the-royal-we-run-the-jewels.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
Run the Jewels (El-P and Killer Mike) make a spirited return with “Let’s Go (The Royal We),” a cut appearing on the soundtrack for the Marvel film, Venom.
![ALMA, Cowboy [Photo Credit: Virgin]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/alma-cowboy-virgin.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
Rising Finnish pop singer ALMA proves she has what it takes to become a big-time pop star on her feisty, infectious single, “Cowboy.”
![Little Mix, Woman Like Me [Photo Credits: Syco, Sony Music Entertainment UK]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/little-mix-woman-like-me-sony-music.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
British pop girl group Little Mix enlists the services of rapper Nicki Minaj for their attitude-filled, ‘girl power’ single, “Woman Like Me.”
![Shawn Mendes, Under Pressure [Photo Credit: Universal Music]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/shawn-mendes-under-pressure-universal-music.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
Shawn Mendes, assisted by Teddy Geiger (Teddy<3), spiritedly cover the Queen classic, “Under Pressure,” originally a Freddie Mercury, David Bowie duet.
![Bad Bunny, MIA [Photo Credits: OVO / Rimas Entertainment / Warner Bros.]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/bad-bunny-mia-ovo-rimas-entertainment-warner-bros.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
Single “MIA” could give Puerto Rican Latin trap / reggaetón musician Bad Bunny the ‘come-up’ to break through into the mainstream. He’s assisted by Drake.
![Trey Songz, How Dat Sound [Photo Credit: Atlantic]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/trey-songz-how-dat-sound-atlantic.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
After more than a decade in the game, Trey Songz continues to sing about the thing that made him famous on “How Dat Sound” – sex.
![Jonas Blue, Polaroid [Photo Credit: Universal Music]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/jonas-blue-polaroid-universal-music.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
English DJ/producer Jonas Blue enlists English singer Liam Payne and Canadian, Nashville-based musician Lennon Stella for his latest hit single, “Polaroid.”
![Alessia Cara, Trust Me Lonely [Photo Credit: Def Jam]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/alessia-cara-trust-me-lonely-def-jam.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
Grammy-winning, Canadian pop singer/songwriter Alessia Cara remains honest, open, and ‘true to self’ on her latest single, “Trust Me Lonely.”
![Lil Pump, Multi Millionaire [Photo Credit: Warner Bros.]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/lil-pump-multi-millionaire-warner-bros.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
Lil Pump taps Lil Uzi Vert for his new, flex-heavy single, “Multi Millionaire.” Safe to say, ‘transcendence’ isn’t part of the modus operandi in the least.
![Charli XCX & Troye Sivan, 1999 [Photo Credit: Atlantic UK]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/charli-xcx-troye-sivan-1999-atlantic.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
British pop standout Charli XCX and South African-Australian pop standout Troye Sivan ‘bring the heat’ on their feel-good, reminiscent single, “1999.”
![Joji, BALLADS 1 [Photo Credits: 88rising / 12Tone Music]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/joji-ballads-1-88rising-12tone-music.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
88rising alternative R&B standout Joji keeps things incredibly ‘short and sweet’ on the Clams Casino-produced single, “Can’t Get Over You.”
![6ix9ine, STOOPID [Photo Credit: TenThousand Projects]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/6ix9ine-stoopid-tenthousand-projects.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
For as “lit” as 6ix9ine proclaims himself to be on “STOOPID,” the single, assisted by Bobby Shmurda, is empty and rather forgettable.