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Striking Bops from January 2026 [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Canva AI; Gordon Johnson, OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay]

Striking Bops from January 2026 | Playlist

Striking Bops from January 2026 features songs by Ari Lennox, A$AP Rocky, Bruno Mars, Charli XCX, Harry Styles, and Jill Scott.

By the musical hype, 1 weekJanuary 30, 2026 ago

15 Beastly Songs Driven by the Power of BE (2026) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Canva AI; Ayyappan Palanivel, Gordon Johnson from Pixabay]

15 Beastly Songs Driven by the Power of BE | Playlist

15 Beastly Songs Driven by the Power of BE features songs by Artemas, Djo, GIVĒON, Jaheim, Mitty Collier, and The Beatles.

By the musical hype, 2 weeksJanuary 26, 2026 ago

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, 3 weeksJanuary 19, 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, 4 weeksJanuary 9, 2026 ago

Artemas, time alone w u [📷: Artemas]

Artemas, time alone w u | Song Review

English pop singer, songwriter, and producer Artemas continues to titillate on his brief but naughty and sensual single, “time alone w u.”

By the musical hype, 4 weeksJanuary 7, 2026 ago

Artemas, you and i could never be friends [📷: Artemas]

Artemas, you and i could never be friends | Song Review

English pop/darkwave singer-songwriter Artemas satisfies our thirst post-LOVERCORE with the brief, sexed-up bop, “you and i could never be friends.”

By the musical hype, 2 monthsNovember 25, 2025 ago

Getting to Know... WinterBeach: Interview No. 186 [📷: WinterBeach, Brent Faulkner, The Musical Hype]

Getting to Know… WinterBeach | Interview 🎤

On the 186th Q&A in our Getting to Know… series, we get the scoop from Norwegian darkwave synthpop band, WinterBeach.

By the musical hype, 5 yearsMay 13, 2021 ago

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