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    2018 track reviews

    Backstreet Boys, DNA [Photo Credits: K-bahn / RCA]
    Music

    Backstreet Boys, DNA | Album Review 💿

    Following a six-year-hiatus, veteran boy band Backstreet Boys return with their highly-anticipated eighth studio album, ‘DNA.’

    By the musical hype, 6 yearsJanuary 28, 2019 ago
    Backstreet Boys, DNA [Photo Credits: K-bahn / RCA]
    Music

    Backstreet Boys, Breathe | Track Review

    Veteran boy band Backstreet Boys return with their best single released in advance of their highly-anticipated 2019 album (DNA), “Breathe.”

    By the musical hype, 6 yearsJanuary 21, 2019 ago
    Backstreet Boys, DNA [Photo Credits: K-bahn / RCA]
    Music

    Backstreet Boys, No Place | Track Review 🎵

    Veteran boy band Backstreet Boys return with “No Place,” the third advance single from their highly-anticipated 2019 album, ‘DNA.’

    By the musical hype, 6 yearsJanuary 9, 2019 ago
    Marteen, This Shit Sux [Photo Credit: Marteen]
    Music

    Marteen, This Shit Sux | Track Review 🎵

    Rising Berkley-born R&B teen musician Marteen shines on his well-rounded, hella smooth, heartbreak-filled single, “This S**t Sux.”

    By the musical hype, 6 yearsJanuary 7, 2019 ago
    Alexander Stewart, Best Damn Thing [📷: Cherrytree]
    Music

    Alexander Stewart, Best Damn Thing | Track Review 🎵

    Rising Canadian pop singer and YouTuber Alexander Stewart delivers an alluring, infectious, must-hear single with “Best Damn Thing.”

    By the musical hype, 6 yearsJanuary 2, 2019 ago
    Joey Graceffa, Kingdom (EP) [Photo Credit: Joey Graceffa]
    Music

    Joey Graceffa, Kingdom | Track Review

    Despite his sincerest attempt, YouTuber Joey Graceffa fails to move “Kingdom” from the realm of ‘stereotypical YouTube music,’ to legit mainstream pop.

    By the musical hype, 6 yearsDecember 31, 2018 ago
    Post Malone, Wow. [Photo Credit: Republic]
    Music

    Post Malone, Wow. | Track Review

    Post Malone is on autopilot on his two-and-a-half-minute flex-fest, “Wow,” released on December 24 (Christmas Eve), 2018.

    By the musical hype, 6 yearsDecember 25, 2018 ago
    Avril Lavigne, Head Above Water [Photo Credits: Avril Lavigne Music / BMG Rights Management]
    Music

    Avril Lavigne, Tell Me It’s Over | Track Review

    Avril Lavigne strikes gold once more on “Tell Me It’s Over,” the second single from her highly-anticipated sixth studio album, ‘Head Above Water.’

    By the musical hype, 6 yearsDecember 24, 2018 ago
    Florida Georgia Line, Can't Say I Ain't Country [Photo Credit: Big Machine]
    Music

    Florida Georgia Line, People Are Different | Track Review

    Florida Georgia Line highlight people’s differences on “People are Different,” the promo single for their 2019 LP, ‘Can’t Say I Ain’t Country.’

    By the musical hype, 6 yearsDecember 24, 2018 ago
    Sam Smith, Fire on Fire [Photo Credit: Capitol]
    Music

    Sam Smith, Fire on Fire | Track Review

    Sam Smith continues to showcase his elite vocal talents on “Fire on Fire,” the lead single from the Netflix mini-series, ‘Watership Down.’

    By the musical hype, 6 yearsDecember 24, 2018 ago
    5 Seconds of Summer, Lie to Me [Photo Credit: Capitol]
    Music

    5 Seconds of Summer, Lie to Me | Track Review

    Pop collective 5 Seconds of Summer releases a solid remixed version of “Lie to Me,” featuring by Julia Michaels, as their fourth single from ‘Youngblood.’

    By the musical hype, 6 yearsDecember 22, 2018 ago
    Bad Bunny, Solo de Mí [Photo Credit: Rimas Entertainment]
    Music

    Bad Bunny, Solo de Mí | Track Review

    Rising Puerto Rican Latin ‘trap-soul’ singer Bad Bunny ‘strikes gold’ on his infectious ‘solo’, anti-ex- single, “Solo de Mí.”

    By the musical hype, 6 yearsDecember 20, 2018 ago

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