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    13 More Utterly Friend-tastic Friend Songs (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Cedric Fauntleroy, Gustavo Fring, Kampus Production, Pavel Danilyuk, William Fortunato from Pexels; AcatXlo from Pixabay]
    Music

    13 More Utterly Friend-tastic Friend Songs | Playlist 🎧

    13 More Utterly Friend-tastic Friend Songs feature songs by Ariana Grande, Benson Boone, KAYTRANADA, Megan Thee Stallion, Patti LaBelle, and War.

    By the musical hype, 4 monthsJanuary 29, 2025 ago
    15 Splendid Summer Songs (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Arvind Shakya, Devin Dygert, Jose Musa, Kai Blac, Kei Scampa, Ron Lach, Soly Moses, Stephan Louis, Summer Stock from Pexels; David Miller, Dori Ramirez, Gerd Altmann, Lavillia, Pete Linforth from Pixabay]
    Evergreen

    15 Splendid Summer Songs | Playlist 🎧

    15 Splendid Summer Songs features music courtesy of Beyoncé, Highly Suspect, Skrillex, Summer Walker, Taylor Swift, and Zach Bryan.

    By the musical hype, 11 monthsJune 21, 2024 ago
    13 Songs Where Things Go SLOW (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Clker-Free-Vector-Images, OpenClipart-Vectors, Werner Moser from Pixabay]
    Evergreen

    13 Songs Where Things Go SLOW | Playlist 🎧

    13 Songs Where Things Go SLOW features music courtesy of Benson Boone, ERNEST, Jason Derulo, Laufey, Matt Champion, and Skip Marley.

    By the musical hype, 1 yearMay 24, 2024 ago
    15 Electrifying Songs That Utterly KILL It (2023) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; PublicDomainPictures from Pixabay] 
    Evergreen

    15 Electrifying Songs That Utterly KILL It | Playlist 🎧

    15 Electrifying Songs That Utterly KILL It features music courtesy of BLACKPINK, Conan Gray, Green Day, Omar Apollo, and SZA.

    By the musical hype, 2 yearsNovember 17, 2023 ago
    The Chainsmokers, Summertime Friends [📷: Secondhand Happiness, Inc. / Disruptor / Columbia]
    Music

    The Chainsmokers, Summertime Friends | Track Review 🎵

    On the respectable “Summertime Friends,” The Chainsmokers – specifically Drew Taggart – recalls the night he met his girlfriend.

    By the musical hype, 2 yearsSeptember 11, 2023 ago
    13 Truly Close, Intimate Songs [📷: Brent Faulkner/The Musical Hype; Gustavo Fring, Ketut Subiyanto, Mikhail Nilov, Ron Lach, Sarah Chai, Wilker Lauriano from Pexels; Monika from Pixabay]
    Evergreen

    13 Truly Close, Intimate Songs | Playlist 🎧

    13 Truly Close, Intimate Songs features music courtesy of Clairo, Elton John, Nick Jonas, Next, and Saweetie.

    By the musical hype, 2 yearsJuly 17, 2023 ago
    Closer: 3 to 5 BOPS No. 55 (2023) [📷: Brent Faulkner/ The Musical Hype; Ba Tik from Pexels]
    3 to 5 BOPS

    Closer | 3 to 5 BOPS

    Closer: 3 to 5 BOPS No. 55 (2023), features musical BOPS courtesy of Clairo, The Chainsmokers, Elton John, Nine Inch Nails, and Saweetie.

    By the musical hype, 2 yearsJuly 11, 2023 ago
    11 Summery Songs Loosely Associated with The Beach [Photo Credits: Brent Faulkner, The Musical Hype, Unsplash]
    Evergreen

    11 Summery Songs Loosely Associated with The Beach | Playlist 🎧

    ‘11 Summery Songs Loosely Associated with The Beach’ features music by Davis Mallory, Kendrick Lamar, Max Frost, Tove Lo & Yung Pinch.

    By the musical hype, 5 yearsAugust 21, 2020 ago
    The Chainsmokers, Side Effects [Photo Credits: Disruptor / Columbia]
    Music

    The Chainsmokers, ‘Side Effects’ | Track Review

    Grammy-winning dance/pop production duo The Chainsmokers return with a new single, “Side Effects,” featuring frequent collaborator, Emily Warren.

    By the musical hype, 7 yearsJuly 31, 2018 ago
    These 11 Sick Songs are Sickening [Photo Credit: Pixabay]
    Evergreen

    These 11 Sick Songs are Sickening | Playlist

    Playlist “These 11 Sick Songs are Sickening” includes music by Drake, Grace VanderWaal, PRETTYMUCH, and Red Hot Chili Peppers among others.

    By the musical hype, 7 yearsJuly 24, 2018 ago
    Songs by Male Artists Centered on Blood [Photo Credits: Island / Pixabay]
    Evergreen

    11 Songs by Male Artists Centered on Blood | Playlist

    Playlist “11 Songs by Male Artists Centered on Blood” features music courtesy of 5 Seconds of Summer, Ezra Furman, Khalid, and Shawn Mendes among others.

    By the musical hype, 7 yearsMay 15, 2018 ago
    The Chainsmokers, Everybody Hates Me © Columbia
    Music

    The Chainsmokers, ‘Everybody Hates Me’ | Track Review

    Drew Taggart of The Chainsmokers keeps on singing in utterly pessimistic fashion on the duo’s third single of 2018, “Everybody Hates Me.”

    By the musical hype, 7 yearsMarch 19, 2018 ago

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