Striking Bops from October 2026 → Playlist
![Striking Bops from October 2026 [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Gordon Johnson, OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/striking-bops-from-october-2026.jpg?fit=640%2C640&ssl=1)
Striking Bops from October 2026 features songs by brakence, Grimes, Haiden Henderson, hemlocke springs, Lil Nas X, Taylor Swift & Troye Sivan.

Sifting through all of the musical hype

Sifting through all of the musical hype
![Striking Bops from October 2026 [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Gordon Johnson, OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/striking-bops-from-october-2026.jpg?fit=640%2C640&ssl=1)
Striking Bops from October 2026 features songs by brakence, Grimes, Haiden Henderson, hemlocke springs, Lil Nas X, Taylor Swift & Troye Sivan.
![Alec Benjamin, Follow Me [📷: Atlantic Recording Corporation]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/alec-benjamin-follow-me.jpeg?fit=640%2C640&ssl=1)
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Youthful-sounding pop singer-songwriter Alec Benjamin delivers an enjoyable, memorable, and well-rounded song with “Follow Me.”
![13 Marvelous Songs That Have BEEN There (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/13-marvelous-songs-that-have-been-there.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
13 Marvelous Songs That Have BEEN There features music courtesy of Doja Cat, The Florida Mass Choir, Joesef, Kelly Clarkson, Mitski, and Teddy Swims.
![Awesome Songs: November 2023 [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Mike Jones from Pexels; Kevin Sanderson, OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/awesome-songs-november-2023.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Awesome Songs: November 2023 features music courtesy of Ari Lennox, Conan Gray, Dua Lipa, Jon B., and Megan Thee Stallion.
![Alec Benjamin, Different Kind of Beautiful [📷: Elektra Entertainment]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/alec-benjamin-different-kind-of-beautiful-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Pop singer/songwriter Alec Benjamin, collaborating with StarGate, delivers a truly beautiful single with “Different Kind of Beautiful.”
![11 Hella Sus, Demon 😈 Songs [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Dalton Smith, Moreno Matković, Nurlan Imash, Toa Heftiba on Unsplash]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/11-hella-sus-demon-songs.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
11 Hella Sus, Demon 😈 Songs features music courtesy of Alex Vaughn, Imagine Dragons, Machine Gun Kelly, Whitechapel, and Yeat.
![13 Totally Heroic Hero Songs [📷: Brent Faulkner/The Musical Hype; Ferdie Balean, Klaus Nielsen, RODNAE Productions, Ronê Ferreira, Roy Reyna via Pexels]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/13-totally-heroic-hero-songs.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
13 Totally Heroic Hero Songs features Adam Lambert, Mariah Carey, Martin Garrix x JVKE, Metro Boomin, and Taylor Swift.
![12 Powerful Songs About the Wind 💨 [📷: Brent Faulkner/ The Musical Hype; Polina Kovaleva, Ron Lach, Stephen Francis, Galvão Menacho, imustbedead, Kat Smith, Suparerg Suksai, Suraj Gangoni, The Lazy Artist Gallery via Pexels]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/12-powerful-songs-about-the-wind.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
12 Powerful Songs About the Wind 💨 features Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Kansas, Ludovico Einaudi, SZA & Tyler, The Creator.
![13 Songs That Encompass Unrequited Love [📷: Brent Faulkner/The Musical Hype; Alena Darmel, cottonbro studio, Kam Pratt, Pavel Danilyuk via Pexels; MarieSylvie Degueurce via Pixabay; Charlotte Knight on Unsplash]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/13-songs-that-encompass-unrequited-love.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
13 Songs That Encompass Unrequited Love features Anthony Hamilton, Calum Scott, Måneskin, SZA, and ZAYN.
![15 Songs Where There are Hills to Climb [📷: Amine M’Siouri via Pexels, Brent Faulkner, fontgenerator.com, The Musical Hype]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/15-songs-where-there-are-hills-to-climb.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
15 Songs Where There are Hills to Climb features Alec Benjamin, Kate Bush, Kendrick Lamar, Lauryn Hill, The Weeknd, and YUNGBLUD.
![Hero: 5ive Songs No. 64 (2022) [📷: Alec Benjamin, Bakr Magrabi via Pexels, Brent Faulkner, Clovis Cheminot, Columbia, Disney, The Musical Hype, OpenClipart-Vectors, Pixabay, Quality Control Music, Taylor Swift]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/hero-5ive-songs-64-2022.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
In the 64th edition of 5ive Songs (2022), we select five songs that are associated with HERO in some form or fashion.