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.
![Sabrina Carpenter, Manchild [📷: Island]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/sabrina-carpenter-manchild.jpeg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
Grammy-winning pop singer-songwriter Sabrina Carpenter shows artistic growth with her entertaining, irresistible, and stylistically ambiguous single, “Manchild.”
![Lil Tecca, OWA OWA [📷: Republic]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/lil-tecca-owa-owa.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
Gen-Z rapper Lil Tecca brings the vibes on the brief “OWA OWA,” which samples a 1979 one-hit wonder.
![bbno$, Mary Poppins [📷: bbno$ / broke]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/bbno-mary-poppins.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
The ‘It boy,’ Canadian rapper/singer bbno$, continues to flex his charm, deliver another engaging, fun, and utterly silly song with “Mary Poppins.”
![Conan Gray, Wishbone [📷: GirlyBoy, Inc. / Republic]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/conan-gray-wishbone.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
Conan Gray delivers one of the most authentic, beautiful, and honest songs of his career with “This Song,” the first single from his fourth LP, Wishbone.
![Benson Boone, American Heart [📷: Night Street / Warner]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/benson-boone-american-heart.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
Grammy-nominated pop singer/songwriter Benson Boone turns up the sincerity on the beautiful, sentimental ballad, “Momma Song.”
![Reneé Rapp, BITE ME [📷: Interscope]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/renee-rapp-bite-me.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
Pop singer/songwriter Reneé Rapp brings plenty of attitude and energy to her brief but potent single, “Leave Me Alone.”
![Tunsi, My Feet [📷: Parana]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/tunsi-my-feet.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
Tunsi emerges with a bold new single called ‘My Feet’, and it’s one that strikes while the iron is hot.
![Jamal Roberts, Heal [📷: 19 Recordings, Inc. / BMG Rights Management (US) LLC]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/jamal-roberts-heal.jpeg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
American Idol winner Jamal Roberts delivers a moving, spiritual rendition of the Tom Odell single, “Heal.”
![Kesha, . (Period) [📷: Kesha]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/kesha-period.jpeg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
Grammy-nominated pop singer/songwriter Kesha drops an infectious pop bop about lusting for all the boys on “BOY CRAZY.”
![Rihanna, “Friend of Mine” – from the Smurfs Movie soundtrack [📷: Westbury Road Entertainment / Roc Nation Distribution]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/rihanna-friend-of-mine.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
Grammy-winning R&B/pop superstar Rihanna drops a polarizing single with “Friend of Mine” from the Smurfs Movie soundtrack.
![GIVĒON, “RATHER BE” [📷: Epic / Not So Fast LLC]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/giveon-rather-be.jpeg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
Grammy-nominated R&B singer/songwriter GIVĒON can’t seem to move on from his ex-girlfriend on his emotional, hypnotic, and vulnerable neo-soul single, “RATHER BE.”
![CMAT, EURO-COUNTRY [📷: CMATBABY / AWAL Recordings Ltd.]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/cmat-euro-country.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
Alternative Irish singer/songwriter CMAT drops a surefire bop with the country-tinged “Take A Sexy Picture Of Me,” the second single from her 2025 album, EURO-COUNTRY.