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🎶 30-Day Song Challenge 🎶: The Complete Playlist [Photo Credits: Atlantic, BMG Rights Management, Brent Faulkner, Cash Money, Epic, Fueled by Ramen, Glassnote, Hollywood, Island, Jive, The Mars Volta, MCA, Metal Blade, Motown, The Musical Hype, Jagjaguwar, Listen Back Entertainment, Pexels, Pixabay, RCA, Ruffhouse, Sony, Universal Music Operations Limited, Warner, Young Turks Recordings, Ltd.]

30-Day Song Challenge

30-Day Song Challenge 🎶: The Complete Playlist 🎧

After completing the 30-day song challenge, The Musical Hype presents 30-DAY SONG CHALLENGE 🎶: THE COMPLETE PLAYLIST.

By the musical hype, 4 yearsJune 10, 2020 ago

Day 23: The 1975, “Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America” (30-Day Song Challenge) 🎶 [Photo Credits: Brent Faulkner, The Musical Hype, Pixabay]

30-Day Song Challenge

Day 23: The 1975, Jesus Christ 2005… | 30-Day Song Challenge 🎶

For Day 23 of the 30-Day Song Challenge, The 1975 deliver a song everybody should listen in “Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America.”

By the musical hype, 4 yearsJune 2, 2020 ago

Isaac Dunbar, “Suicide” | Somber Sunday 💎 [Photo Credits: Andre Beukes, Brent Faulkner, The Musical Hype, Pixabay, RCA, Stock Snap]

Isaac Dunbar, Suicide | Somber Sunday 💎

Teen alternative pop artist Isaac Dunbar ushers in Somber Sunday with the darkly poetic standout “Suicide” from his 2020 EP, Isaac’s Insects.

By the musical hype, 4 yearsMay 24, 2020 ago

Day 10: Hayley Williams, “Leave It Alone” (30-Day Song Challenge) [Photo Credits: Atlantic, Brent Faulkner, The Musical Hype, Pixabay]

30-Day Song Challenge

Day 10: Hayley Williams, Leave It Alone | 30-Day Song Challenge 🎶

Haley Williams is plagued by grief on the sad “Leave It Alone,” a perfect fit for Day 10 of the 30-Day Song Challenge.

By the musical hype, 4 yearsMay 20, 2020 ago

The Black Dahlia Murder, “The Leather Apron’s Scorn” | Wacky Wednesday 💎 [Photo Credits: alehidalgo, Brent Faulkner, The Musical Hype, Metal Blade, Pixabay, taniarose]

The Black Dahlia Murder, The Leather Apron’s Scorn | Wacky Wednesday

The Black Dahlia Murder makes Wacky Wednesday truly captivating with the unsettling, serial killer inspired “The Leather Apron’s Scorn.”

By the musical hype, 5 yearsMay 6, 2020 ago

Wallows, “OK” | Fun Friday [Photo Credits: Atlantic, Brent Faulkner, Broesis, The Musical Hype, OmarMedinaFilms, Pixabay, taniarose]

Wallows, OK | Fun Friday 💎

Alternative collective Wallows bring some groove and surefire fun to Fun Friday with the infectious single, “OK.”

By the musical hype, 5 yearsMay 1, 2020 ago

Moses Sumney, “Cut Me” | Wacky Wednesday 💎 [Photo Credits: alehidalgo, Brent Faulkner, The Musical Hype, Jagjaguwar, Pixabay, taniarose]

Moses Sumney, Cut Me | Wacky Wednesday 💎

Moses Sumney makes Wacky Wednesday truly captivating with “Cut Me” which hails from his 2020 album, Græ.

By the musical hype, 5 yearsApril 29, 2020 ago

Wacky Wednesday No. 4: Grimes, “We Appreciate Power” [Photo Credits: 4AD, alehidalgo, Brent Faulkner, The Musical Hype, Pixabay, taniarose]

Grimes, “We Appreciate Power” | Wacky Wednesday 💎

Grimes makes Wacky Wednesday truly wacky and quite compelling with “We Appreciate Power” from her 2020 album, Miss Anthropocene.

By the musical hype, 5 yearsApril 22, 2020 ago

Fun Friday [Photo Credit: Brent Faulkner, Broesis, Fueled by Ramen, The Musical Hype, OmarMedinaFilms, Pixabay, taniarose]

Twenty One Pilots, Level of Concern | Fun Friday 💎

Twenty One Pilots bring ample fun to Fun Friday with their hella catchy, groovy quarantine anthem, “Level of Concern.”

By the musical hype, 5 yearsApril 17, 2020 ago

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