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.
![THEY., Broken [Photo Credits: Mind of a Genius / Warner Bros.]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/they-broken-mind-of-a-genius-warner-bros.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
R&B/hip-hop duo THEY. enlists R&B singer Jessie Reyez for their brief new single, “Broken.” It’s definitely a ‘vibe,’ but certainly not transcendent.
![Alec Benjamin, 1994 [Photo Credit: Alec Benjamin]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/alec-benjamin-1994-alec-benjamin.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
Rising Arizona pop singer/songwriter Alec Benjamin continues to make a compelling case for himself on his birth-year single, “1994.”
![Hykuu, Coming Home [Photo Credit: BonFire]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/hykuu-coming-home-bonfire.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
Departing from his usual sound, Madrid-based producer Hykuu enlists Swedish/UK singer/producer Summer Heart for his latest single, “Coming Home.”
![Trippie Redd, Topanga [Photo Credit: TenThousand Projects]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/trippie-redd-topanga-tenthousand-projects.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
Backed by an angelic backdrop, Trippie Redd doesn’t stick with a spiritual script on “Topanga,” where the rapper spits about guns and violence.
![NOTD & Felix Jaehn, So Close [Photo Credit: Universal Music AB]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/notd-felix-jaehn-so-close-universal-music-ab.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
Swedish production duo NOTD, and German DJ/producer Felix Jaehn, assisted by Captain Cuts and Georgia Ku, deliver a solid dance joint, “So Close.”
![King Princess, Pussy is God [📷: Zelig / Columbia]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/king-princes-pussy-is-god-zelig-columbia.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
Rising pop artist King Princess celebrates queer love (intact with spiritual references) on her boldly-titled, unapologetic single, “Pussy is God.”
![Tyga, Dip [Photo Credits: Last Kings Music / EMPIRE]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/tyga-dip-last-kings-music-empire.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
Tyga, assisted by Nicki Minaj, drop an utterly shallow, sexually-charged banger with “Dip.” Both have delivered better performances in the past.
![Ariana Grande, Thank U, Next [Photo Credit: Republic]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/ariana-grande-thank-u-next-republic.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
“Thank U Next” is an honest, therapeutic single that finds Ariana Grande reflecting on life, love, and focusing on bettering herself.
![Mariah Carey, Caution [Photo Credit: Epic]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/mariah-carey-caution-epic.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
Mariah Carey continues her ‘comeback tour’ with “A No No,” the fourth advance single from her highly-anticipated 15th studio album, ‘Caution.’
![STF, Lookalike [📷: STF]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/stf-lookalike-stf.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
L.A.-based Italian-American singer, songwriter, and musician STF (Stefan Poole) ‘brings the heat’ on his superb debut single, “Lookalike.”
![Lil Peep, Come Over When You're Sober, Pt. 2 [Photo Credit: Columbia]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/lil-peep-come-over-when-youre-sober-pt-2-columbia.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
Following “Cry Alone,” Lil Peep returns with “Runaway,” the second single from his posthumous LP, ‘Come Over When You’re Sober, Pt. 2.’
![Carly Rae Jepsen, Party for One [Photo Credits: Schoolboy / Interscope]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/carly-rae-jepsen-party-for-one-schoolboy-interscope.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
“Party for One,” a hella catchy anthem of self-love, could be the single that gives Canadian pop artist Carly Rae Jepsen another big-time, pop hit.