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13 Songs Where YOU Are the Focus, Vol. 5 (2026) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Lucas Andrade from Pexels; Gordon Johnson, Niek Verlaan, OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay]

13 Songs Where YOU Are the Focus, Vol. 5 | Playlist

13 Songs Where YOU Are the Focus, Vol. 5 features songs by Ariana Grande, Artemas, Leon Thomas, Miguel, Romy, and Sabrina Carpenter.

By the musical hype, 4 daysJanuary 19, 2026 ago

13 Songs That Feature Names, Vol. 8 (2026) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; AOG Pixels, Ciel Fotos, EZEKIXL AKINNEWU, Moose Photos from Pexels; Daniele Barison, Gordon Johnson, Maicon Fonseca Zanco, Petra from Pixabay; Gabriel Martin from Unsplash, Gabriel Martin on Unsplash]

13 Songs That Feature Names, Vol. 8 | Playlist

13 Songs That Feature Names, Vol. 8 features songs by blackbear, Kim Carnes, Paul Simon, Shirley Caesar, Tame Impala, and TOTO.

By the musical hype, 7 daysJanuary 16, 2026 ago

13 Songs That Explore It, Vol. 6 (2026) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Gordon Johnson from Pixabay; Vishwanath Negi on Unsplash, Logan Voss on Unsplash]

13 Songs That Explore It, Vol. 6 | Playlist

13 Songs That Explore It, Vol. 6 features songs by Al Calderon, Jaheim, Joji, Lyn Collins, Mariah the Scientist & Kali Uchis, and Phil Collins.

By the musical hype, 2 weeksJanuary 12, 2026 ago

11 Captivating & Compelling COULD Songs (2026) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Mohammed Hassan from Pexels; Gordon Johnson from Pixabay]

11 Captivating & Compelling COULD Songs | Playlist

11 Captivating & Compelling COULD Songs features songs by Artemas, blackbear, Jaheim, JORDY, and The Spinners.

By the musical hype, 2 weeksJanuary 9, 2026 ago

A Terrific Collection of T Songs (2026) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Ivan S from Pexels; DoodleDrive, Gordon Johnson from Pixabay]

A Terrific Collection of T Songs | Playlist

A Terrific Collection of T Songs features songs by Conan Gray, GloRilla, Kendrick Lamar, Linkin Park, The Beaches, and William Bell.

By the musical hype, 3 weeksJanuary 5, 2026 ago

13 Bangin’ Back Songs (2026) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Anderson Rangel from Pexels; Gordon Johnson from Pixabay; Adrian "Rosco" Stef on Unsplash, Corey Serravite on Unsplash]

13 Bangin’ Back Songs | Playlist

13 Bangin’ Back Songs features songs by GIVĒON, kwn, Luke Combs, sombr, Teddy Pendergrass, and The Kid LAROI.

By the musical hype, 3 weeksJanuary 2, 2026 ago

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