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.
![Thomas Cole, Up In Smoke [📷: Thomas Cole]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/thomas-cole-up-in-smoke.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
Guest contributor, George James: NYC pop singer Thomas Cole has unleashed a nightclub storm with his latest single, ‘Up In Smoke’.
![Niall Horan, The Show [📷: Neon Haze Music Ltd. / Niall Horan / UMG Recordings, Inc.]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/niall-horan-the-show-1.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
Irish pop musician and former One Directioner Niall Horan delivers his best album to date with The Show.
Guest contributor, George James: James Sebastian goes old school with ‘Life’s Tasting Good,’ a throwback to the glory days of classic rock.
![Cooper Bloom, End of Time [📷: Cooper Bloom]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/cooper-bloom-end-of-time-1.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
Cooper Bloom, self-proclaimed ‘pop creator with a western twist,’ serves up an authentic, dedicated bop with “End of Time.” Oh, the feels!
![XILLAN, MY BROTHER'S TONGUE IS A GUN [📷: XILLAN]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/xillan-my-brothers-tongue-is-a-gun-1.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
Surinamese, Netherlands-based musician XILLAN delivers a tour de force as he chooses war in the arduous fight to live and love as he chooses.
![Coi Leray, Run It Up [📷: Uptown / Republic]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/coi-leray-run-it-up-1.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
Rapper/singer Coi Leray drops a cute, entertaining, and fierce 🔥 rap bop with her latest single, “Run It Up.”
![Victoria Monét, On My Mama [📷: Lovett Music, Inc. / RCA]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/victoria-monet-on-my-mama-1.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
R&B singer/songwriter Victoria Monét brings ample confidence on her fierce single, “On My Mama.”
![Doja Cat, Attention [📷: Kemosabe / RCA]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/doja-cat-attention-1.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
Grammy-winner Doja Cat successfully tweaks her sound on “Attention,” prioritizing her gift of bars in this enjoyable rap cut.
![Michaël Brun, Sak Pase [📷: BAYO MIZIK, INC / UMG Recordings, Inc.]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/michael-brun-sak-pase-1.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
Haitian DJ Michaël Brun enlists Saint Levant and Lolo Zouaï for the short but sweet and potent single, “Sak Pase.”
![Maluma, Coco Loco [📷: Sony Music Entertainment US Latin LLC]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/maluma-coco-loco-1.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
As always, the irresistibly hot Maluma brings the musical heat on “Coco Loco,” the latest single released in advance of his highly anticipated Don Juan album.
![City Girls, I Need A Thug [📷: Quality Control Music / Motown]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/city-girls-i-need-a-thug-1.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
City Girls – Yung Miami and JT – need a thug, who they characterize explicitly and vividly on their brief single, “I Need A Thug.”
![Shawn Mendes, What The Hell Are We Dying For? [📷: Island]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/shawn-mendes-what-the-hell-are-we-dying-for-1.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
Canadian heartthrob Shawn Mendes returns with “What The Hell Are We Dying For?” lamenting air pollution, climate change, and mostly, his breakup.