Selena Gomez, Single Soon | Track Review 🎵
![Selena Gomez, Single Soon [📷: Interscope]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/selena-single-soon-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Selena Gomez returns with her first single of 2023, “Single Soon,” which is enjoyable enough but not groundbreaking or particularly innovative.

Sifting through all of the musical hype

Sifting through all of the musical hype
![Selena Gomez, Single Soon [📷: Interscope]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/selena-single-soon-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Selena Gomez returns with her first single of 2023, “Single Soon,” which is enjoyable enough but not groundbreaking or particularly innovative.
![Kirk Franklin, Try Love [📷: Fo Yo Soul Recordings / RCA]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/kirk-franklin-try-love-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Grammy-winning gospel artist Kirk Franklin and his anointed choir preach love on the exuberant, uplifting single, “Try Love.”
![Because: 3 to 5 BOPS No. 69 (2023) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/because-3-to-5-bops-69.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Because: 3 to 5 BOPS No. 69 (2023), features musical BOPS courtesy of Deniece Williams, Kelly Clarkson, Ne-Yo, Sabrina Carpenter, and Vicki Yohe.
![Conan Gray, Winner [📷: Republic]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/conan-gray-winner-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Always consistent, versatile singer/songwriter Conan Gray bring the heat, once again, on his second straight winning single of 2023, “Winner.”
![David Archuleta, Afraid To Love [📷: Archie Music]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/david-archuleta-afraid-to-love-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
David Archuleta serves up a heaping does of danceability, inclusivity, and positivity on the marvelous pop bop, “Afraid To Love.”
![Omar Apollo, Ice Slippin [📷: Omar Apollo / Warner]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/omar-apollo-ice-slippin-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Grammy nominated singer/songwriter Omar Apollo gets personal on his chilly ballad, “Ice Slippin” where home doesn’t feel inviting.
![Al Green, Perfect Day [📷: Fat Possum]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/al-green-perfect-day-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Grammy winning soul icon Al Green releases his first single in five years covering (and transforming) the Lou Reed classic, “Perfect Day,” perfectly.
![13 Songs You Don’t WANNA Miss [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; David Lago Rodríguez from Pexels]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/13-songs-you-dont-wanna-miss.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
13 Songs You Don’t WANNA Miss features music courtesy of Christina Aguilera, Lil Uzi Vert, Prince, Tina Turner, and Whitney Houston.
![Vicki Yohe, Because Of Who You Are: Music Lifts 🎶 🏋 No. 49 (2023) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Pure Springs; cottonbro studio, Itzel Sandoval, Neeraj Nagdeve via Pexels]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/vicki-yohe-because-of-who-you-are-music-lifts-49-2023.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
In the 49th edition of Music Lifts (2023), we’re uplifted by Vicki Yohe performing, “Because Of Who You Are.”
![The Dixie Cups vs. Bette Midler: Head 2 Head 🗣️ No. 34 (2023) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Atlantic, Sun Label Group, LLC; Hernán Toro, Los Muertos Crew, RDNE Stock project, Thomas Ronveaux from Pexels]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/the-dixie-cups-bette-midler-head-2-head-34-2023.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
In the 34th edition of Head 🗣️ 2 Head 🗣️ (2023), The Dixie Cups and Bette Midler contend for the best rendition of “Chapel of Love.”
![13 Alluring Songs Associated with Ships (2023) [📷: Brent Faulkner /The Musical Hype; Diego F. Parra, Oliver Sjöström from Pexels]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/13-alluring-songs-associated-with-ships.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
13 Alluring Songs Associated with Ships features music courtesy of AWOLNATION, Clairo, Hues Corporation, Kodak Black, and The O’Jays.
![Candle 🕯️: 3 to 5 BOPS No. 68 (2023) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Tucă Bianca from Pexels]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/candle-3-to-5-bops-68-2023.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Candle 🕯️: 3 to 5 BOPS No. 68 (2023), features musical BOPS courtesy of Elton John, Helen Reddy, Kesha, Ruben Studdard, and ZAYN.