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    15 Striking Husband & Wife Songs (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Alex Green, Arda Öztürk, Bárbara Marques, Kampus Production, King Shooter, Mikhail Nilov, Moose Photos, Polina Tankilevitch, Trần Long from Pexels; AcatXIo from Pixabay]
    Evergreen

    15 Striking Husband & Wife Songs | Playlist

    15 Striking Husband & Wife Songs features songs by Eli, Kehlani, Meghan Trainor, RAYE, RYANN, and Walker Hayes.

    By the musical hype, 3 weeksDecember 19, 2025 ago
    A Noteworthy Compendium of N Songs (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Anna Shvets, Pietro Henricky from Pexels; AcatXIo, OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay]
    Evergreen

    A Noteworthy Compendium of N Songs | Playlist 🎧

    A Noteworthy Compendium of N Songs features songs by Doechii, Drake, Hozier, Kendrick Lamar, Steve Lacy, and Tinashe.

    By the musical hype, 2 monthsNovember 5, 2025 ago
    Kehlani, Lose My Wife: Beaming with Pride 🏳️‍🌈 No. 85 (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner/ The Musical Hype; TSNMI / Atlantic; Elias Souza, Mario Spencer, Mizuno K, from Pexels; AcatXIo, All_CC0_Public_domain, CatsWithGlasses, David, ernestflowerss, Kelly, M. Harris, Marek Studzinski, OpenClipart-Vectors, from Pixabay]
    Beaming with Pride 🏳️‍🌈

    Kehlani, Lose My Wife | Beaming with Pride 🏳️‍🌈

    In the 85th edition of Beaming with Pride 🏳️‍🌈 (2025), we highlight “Lose My Wife” performed by Kehlani.

    By the musical hype, 3 monthsOctober 22, 2025 ago
    Bops That Pop: June 2024 [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; agoss, allysonmiller1969, Clker-Free-Vector-Images, David, M. Harris, Mohamed_hassan, succo from Pixabay]
    Evergreen

    Bops That Pop: June 2024 | Playlist 🎧

    Bops That Pop: June 2024 features music courtesy of Billie Eilish, Cole Redding, Halsey, Moses Sumney, Sabrina Carpenter, and Tommy Richman.

    By the musical hype, 2 yearsJune 28, 2024 ago
    Kehlani, Next 2 U [📷: Brent Faulkner/The Musical Hype; TSNMI / Atlantic; Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Królestwo Nauki, OpenClipart-Vectors, Pete Linforth, Tumisu from Pixabay]
    LGBTQ

    Kehlani, Next 2 U | Song Review 🎵

    Grammy-nominated R&B singer Kehlani is bold, unapologetically queer, and pro-Palestine on “Next 2 U,” the second single from her fourth LP, Crash.

    By the musical hype, 2 yearsJune 3, 2024 ago
    11 Songs Where the Crash is Real [Photo Credits: Pixabay, Barong Family, Republic, RCA, Valory, Boy in Jeans, Hollywood]
    Evergreen

    11 Songs Where the ‘Crash’ is Real | Playlist

    “11 Songs Where the ‘Crash’ is Real” features music courtesy of Bea Miller, G-Eazy, Ryan Beatty, Thomas Rhett, and Yellow Claw among others.

    By the musical hype, 7 yearsOctober 24, 2018 ago
    Usher, Hard II Love @ RCA
    Album 💿

    Usher, Hard II Love | Album Review 💿

    He may be 38 years old, but Usher continues to showcase an incredible amount of swag on his eighth studio album, ‘Hard II Love’. 

    By the musical hype, 9 yearsSeptember 20, 2016 ago
    Usher, Crash © RCA
    Music

    Usher, Crash | Track Review 🎵

    In no ways does Usher “crash and burn” on new single “Crash,” but neither does he make us yearn for his return to the music world.

    By the musical hype, 10 yearsJune 17, 2016 ago

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