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.
![Artemas, time alone w u [📷: Artemas]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/artemas-time-alone-w-u.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
English pop singer, songwriter, and producer Artemas continues to titillate on his brief but naughty and sensual single, “time alone w u.”
![mgk, lost americana [📷: EST 19XX, LLC / Interscope]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/mgk-lost-americana.jpeg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
Unfortunately, mgk doesn’t muster up too much excitement, let alone much innovation or musical excellence, on his single, “times of my life.”
![The Kid LAROI, BEFORE I FORGET [📷: Columbia]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/the-kid-laroi-before-i-forget.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
Grammy-nominated Australian pop singer-songwriter The Kid LAROI reflects on a previous relationship in his single, “BACK WHEN YOU WERE MINE.”
![Jill Scott, Beautiful People [📷: Blues Babe Records LLC / Human Re Sources / The Orchard]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/jill-scott-beautiful-people.jpeg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
After more than a decade-long hiatus, Grammy-winning R&B singer-songwriter Jill Scott makes a strong, soulful return with “Beautiful People.”
![Joji, Piss In The Wind [📷: Palace Creek / Virgin Music]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/joji-piss-in-the-wind.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
Alternative singer-songwriter Joji impresses once more on “Love You Less,” the shoegaze vibed fourth single from his fourth album, Piss in the Wind.
![KATSEYE, Internet Girl [📷: HYBE UMG LLC]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/katseye-internet-girl.jpeg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
“Internet Girl” by KATSEYE is a surefire earworm; a super catchy, incredibly fun K-pop bop that you won’t be able to get unstuck from your head.
![Nick Jonas, Sunday Best [📷: Republic]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/nick-jonas-sunday-best.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
Pop singer-songwriter Nick Jonas brings the heat on the thoughtful and enjoyable “Gut Punch,” the promo single from his fifth studio album, Sunday Best.
![Doechii, girl, get up. (Ft. SZA) [📷: Top Dawg Entertainment, LLC / UMG Recordings, Inc.]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/doechii-girl-get-up.jpeg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
Grammy-winning rapper Doechii, assisted by Grammy-winning R&B singer SZA, ate and left no crumbs in the single, “girl, get up.”
![ETHAN, weaker days [📷: ETHAN]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/ethan-weaker-days.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
The handsome and talented Kiwi LGBTQ pop musician, ETHAN, delivers an authentic, honest, and must-hear bop in “weaker days.”
![Ice Spice & Tokischa “Thootie” [📷: Dolo Entertainment, Inc. / UMG Recording, Inc. / 10K Projects, LLC]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/ice-spice-tokischa-thootie.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
American rapper Ice Spice and Dominican rapper Tokischa join forces for the confident, engaging, and infectious rap banger, “Thootie.”
![blackbear, britney in 07 [📷: beartrap sound]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/blackbear-britney-in-07.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
Intriguing pop singer, songwriter, and producer blackbear drops a brutally honest, hella entertaining single with “britney in 07.”
![Central Cee, Booga [📷: Columbia]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/central-cee-booga.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
English rapper Central Cee brings the heat on his short but engaging and fierce single, “Booga.”