Bad Bunny, ‘MIA’ | Track Review
![Bad Bunny, MIA [Photo Credits: OVO / Rimas Entertainment / Warner Bros.]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/bad-bunny-mia-ovo-rimas-entertainment-warner-bros.jpg?fit=500%2C500&ssl=1)
Single “MIA” could give Puerto Rican Latin trap / reggaetón musician Bad Bunny the ‘come-up’ to break through into the mainstream. He’s assisted by Drake.
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Tag 2018 track reviews
Trey Songz, ‘How Dat Sound’ | Track Review
![Trey Songz, How Dat Sound [Photo Credit: Atlantic]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/trey-songz-how-dat-sound-atlantic.jpg?fit=500%2C500&ssl=1)
After more than a decade in the game, Trey Songz continues to sing about the thing that made him famous on “How Dat Sound” – sex.
Jonas Blue, Liam Payne & Lennon Stella, ‘Polaroid’ | Track Review
![Jonas Blue, Polaroid [Photo Credit: Universal Music]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/jonas-blue-polaroid-universal-music.jpg?fit=500%2C500&ssl=1)
English DJ/producer Jonas Blue enlists English singer Liam Payne and Canadian, Nashville-based musician Lennon Stella for his latest hit single, “Polaroid.”
Alessia Cara, ‘Trust My Lonely’ | Track Review
![Alessia Cara, Trust Me Lonely [Photo Credit: Def Jam]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/alessia-cara-trust-me-lonely-def-jam.jpg?fit=500%2C500&ssl=1)
Grammy-winning, Canadian pop singer/songwriter Alessia Cara remains honest, open, and ‘true to self’ on her latest single, “Trust Me Lonely.”
Lil Pump, ‘Multi Millionaire’ | Track Review
![Lil Pump, Multi Millionaire [Photo Credit: Warner Bros.]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/lil-pump-multi-millionaire-warner-bros.jpg?fit=500%2C500&ssl=1)
Lil Pump taps Lil Uzi Vert for his new, flex-heavy single, “Multi Millionaire.” Safe to say, ‘transcendence’ isn’t part of the modus operandi in the least.
Charli XCX & Troye Sivan, ‘1999’ | Track Review
![Charli XCX & Troye Sivan, 1999 [Photo Credit: Atlantic UK]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/charli-xcx-troye-sivan-1999-atlantic.jpg?fit=500%2C500&ssl=1)
British pop standout Charli XCX and South African-Australian pop standout Troye Sivan ‘bring the heat’ on their feel-good, reminiscent single, “1999.”
Joji, ‘Can’t Get Over You’ | Track Review
![Joji, BALLADS 1 [Photo Credits: 88rising / 12Tone Music]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/joji-ballads-1-88rising-12tone-music.jpg?fit=500%2C500&ssl=1)
88rising alternative R&B standout Joji keeps things incredibly ‘short and sweet’ on the Clams Casino-produced single, “Can’t Get Over You.”
6ix9ine, ‘STOOPID’ | Track Review
![6ix9ine, STOOPID [Photo Credit: TenThousand Projects]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/6ix9ine-stoopid-tenthousand-projects.jpg?fit=500%2C500&ssl=1)
For as “lit” as 6ix9ine proclaims himself to be on “STOOPID,” the single, assisted by Bobby Shmurda, is empty and rather forgettable.
Ella Mai, ‘Whatchamacallit’ | Track Review
![Ella Mai [Photo Credit: 10 Summers / Interscope]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/ella-mai-10-summers-interscope.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Rising R&B artist Ella Mai, assisted by ubiquitous Grammy-winning R&B artist Chris Brown, shines on the ‘cheating’ single, “Whatchamacallit.”
MAX, ‘Worship’ | Track Review
![MAX, Worship [Photo Credit: DCD2/Crush Music]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/max-worship-dcd2-crush-music.jpg?fit=500%2C500&ssl=1)
Not encouraging or promoting ‘false idolatry’, but rising New York pop artist MAX continues to impress on his latest single, “Worship.”
Sembari & Afterglo, ‘Escape’ | Track Review
![Sembari & Afterglo, Escape [Photo Credit: 747274 Records DK]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/sembari-afterglo-escape-747274-records-dk.jpg?fit=500%2C500&ssl=1)
Electronic music producers Sembari & Afterglo collaborate on single “Escape,” a truly captivating, colorful piece of ear candy you don’t wanna sleep on.
Anderson .Paak, ‘Tints’ | Track Review
![Anderson .Paak, Tints [Photo Credit: Aftermath]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/anderson-paak-tints-aftermath.jpg?fit=500%2C500&ssl=1)
Assisted by fellow West Coast colleague Kendrick Lamar, Anderson .Paak drops an intriguing, groovy new single, fueled by fame, “Tints.”