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.
![ILLENIUM & JVKE, With All My Heart [📷: Brent Faulkner/The Musical Hype; Illenium LLC / Warner; OpenClipart-Vectors, PIRO via Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/illenium-with-all-my-heart-ribbons-track-review.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
DJ/Producer ILLENIUM and ascending pop singer/songwriter, JVKE make a formidable team on single, “With All My Heart.”
![Lana Del Rey, The Grants [📷: Brent Faulkner/The Musical Hype; Interscope; OpenClipart-Vectors, PIRO via Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/lana-del-rey-the-grants.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
Lana Del Rey continues to bring the heat with “The Grants,” the opener and third advanced single from her ninth studio album.
![Ryan Beatty, Ribbons [📷: Brent Faulkner/The Musical Hype; Warner Music UK; OpenClipart-Vectors, PIRO via Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/ryan-beatty-ribbons.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
Pop singer/songwriter Ryan Beatty impresses on his ballad “Ribbons,” the promo single from his third studio album, Calico.
Popular folk artist, AJ Whyte is smashing it right now with the release of his new single, ‘Back To The Water’.
![Usher, “GLU” [📷: Brent Faulkner/The Musical Hype; gamma; OpenClipart-Vectors, PIRO via Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/usher-glu-1.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
Grammy-winning R&B superstar Usher doesn’t miss a beat with his freaky sex-driven single, “GLU.”
UK singer-songwriter Ervin strengthens his position in the folk music scene with the release of his newest track, ‘Carolynn’.
![Maluma, “La Reina” [📷: Sony Music Entertainment]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/maluma-la-reina-1.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
Colombian urbano latino singer Maluma shines once again on his short but sweet single, “La Reina” (“The Queen”).
![Smokey Robinson, "How You Make Me Feel" [📷: Brent Faulkner/The Musical Hype; Smokey Robinson;OpenClipart-Vectors, PIRO via Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/smokey-robinson-how-you-make-me-feel-track.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
83 years young, Motown icon Smokey Robinson impresses on “How You Make Me Feel,” the second single from Gasms, his first LP in nine years.
![Meghan Trainor, Mother [📷: Brent Faulkner/The Musical Hype; Epic;OpenClipart-Vectors, PIRO via Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/meghan-trainor-mother-1.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
Grammy-winning pop singer Meghan Trainor informs us all, “I am your mother” on “Mother,” a single from the deluxe version of Takin’ It Back.
![Jxckson, "DROWNING" [📷: Jxckson Music]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/jxckson-drowning-1.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
On “DROWNING,” his first single of 2023, alt-pop Austin, Texas standout Jxckson reintroduces himself, serving up another high-flying, utterly sublime bop.
![Nicki Minaj, Ruby Red Da Sleeze [📷: Republic]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/nicki-minaj-ruby-red-da-sleaze-1.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
The ever unapologetic Nicki Minaj brings the heat and gives no Fs on her first single of 2023, the Lumidee-sampling “Red Ruby Da Sleeze.”
![Halsey, “Die 4 Me” [📷: UMG Recordings, Inc.]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/halsey-die-4-me-1.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
Halsey sounds fierce on “Die 4 Me,” a reworked, solo version of a 2019 Post Malone track (“Die For Me”) where she served as a featured guest.