Arcade Fire, “The Lightning II” | Track Review 🎵
![Arcade Fire, "The Lightning I, II" [📷 : Arcade Fire Music]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/arcade-fire-the-lightning.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Arcade Fire makes a compelling comeback with “The Lightning I” and “The Lightning II,” lead singles from their 2022 album, WE.

Sifting through all of the musical hype

Sifting through all of the musical hype
![Arcade Fire, "The Lightning I, II" [📷 : Arcade Fire Music]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/arcade-fire-the-lightning.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Arcade Fire makes a compelling comeback with “The Lightning I” and “The Lightning II,” lead singles from their 2022 album, WE.
![Arcade Fire, "The Lightning I, II" [📷 : Arcade Fire Music]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/arcade-fire-the-lightning.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Arcade Fire makes a compelling comeback with “The Lightning I” and “The Lightning II,” lead singles from their 2022 album, WE.
![Machine Gun Kelly, "Maybe" [📷:: Bad Boy / Interscope]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/machine-gun-kelly-maybe.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Machine Gun Kelly better captures the pop-punk spirit on “maybe,” the third single from mainstream sellout featuring Bring Me the Horizon.
![Florence + The Machine, “My Love” [📷: Brent Faulkner, The Musical Hype, OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay, Polydor]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/florence-the-machine-my-love.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Florence + The Machine brings the heat (and the groove) on “My Love,” the third single from their fifth studio album, Dance Fever.
![Machine Gun Kelly, "ay!" [📷:: Bad Boy / Interscope]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/machine-gun-kelly-ay-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Machine Gun Kelly continues his melodic direction with “ay!” the second single from mainstream sellout featuring Lil Wayne.
![Machine Gun Kelly & WILLOW, “emo girl” [📷: Bad Boy, Brent Faulkner, Interscope, The Musical Hype, OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/machine-gun-kelly-emo-girl.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Machine Gun Kelly & WILLOW join forces on “emo girl,” a pop-punk track with a dumb chorus and no shortage of predictable, emo clichés.
![Red Hot Chili Peppers, “Black Summer” [📷: Brent Faulkner, The Musical Hype, OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay, Warner]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/red-hot-chili-peppers-black-summer-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Ecology is on the minds of Red Hot Chili Peppers, who return with their first new single, “Black Summer,” in nearly six years.
![Father John Misty, "Funny Girl" [📷: Sub Pop]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/father-john-misty-funny-girl.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
“Funny Girl” is an utterly sublime way for singer/songwriter Father John Misty to kick off his Chloë and the Next 20th Century era.
![Coldplay x BTS, “My Universe” [📷: Brent Faulkner, The Musical Hype, OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay, Parlophone]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/coldplay-bts-my-universe-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Alternative collective Coldplay and K-Pop superstars BTS successfully collaborate on the entertaining, ‘universal’ single, “My Universe.”
![Badflower, "Fukboi" [📷: Big Machine, Brent Faulkner, John Varvatos, The Musical Hype, OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/badflower-fukboi.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Josh Katz and Badflower continue to impress on the explicitly titled “F*kboi,” the third advance single from This is How the World Ends.
![Badflower, "Don't Hate Me" [📷: Big Machine, Brent Faulkner, John Varvatos, The Musical Hype, OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/badflower-dont-hate-me.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
L.A. alt-rock band Badflower don’t miss a beat on “Don’t Hate Me,” the second single from sophomore LP, This is How the World Ends.
![Machine Gun Kelly, "papercuts" [📷: Bad Boy / Interscope]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/machine-gun-kelly-papercuts-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Machine Gun Kelly brings ample energy and keeps it punk with respectable success on “papercuts,” but lacks innovative spirit.