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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, 3 hoursJanuary 30, 2026 ago

Charli XCX, Wuthering Heights [📷: Charli XCX, Inc. / Atlantic Recording Corporation]

Charli XCX, Wall of Sound | Song Review

Grammy-winning pop singer-songwriter Charli XCX wows with the brief but dynamic and enigmatic single, “Wall of Sound.”

By the musical hype, 2 weeksJanuary 19, 2026 ago

Charli XCX, Wuthering Heights [📷: Charli XCX, Inc. / Atlantic Recording Corporation]

Charli XCX, Chains of Love | Song Review

Grammy-winning pop singer-songwriter Charli XCX slackens the tempo and amps up the emotion on her ballad, “Chains of Love.”

By the musical hype, 2 monthsNovember 17, 2025 ago

A Buffet of Randomly Curated B Songs (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; AcatXIo, OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay]

A Buffet of Randomly Curated B Songs | Playlist 🎧

A Buffet of Randomly Curated B Songs features songs by Billie Eilish, Halle, LISA, Queen, The Weeknd, and Yeat.

By the musical hype, 10 monthsApril 16, 2025 ago

Interesting Songs That Feature Acronym Titles, Vol. 3 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype]

Interesting Songs That Feature Acronym Titles, Vol. 3 | Playlist 🎧

Interesting Songs That Feature Acronym Titles, Vol. 3 features songs by Charli XCX, Doechii, GloRilla, Victoria Monét, and Yeat.

By the musical hype, 1 yearDecember 18, 2024 ago

Charli XCX, B2b: Bangerz N Bopz 🔥 No. 91 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Atlantic; cottonbro studio, Harry Shelton, Kool Shooters, Lucas Pazeta, Mavluda Tashbaeva, Teddy Yang, Wesley Souza from Pexels]

Bangerz N Bopz 🔥

Charli XCX, B2b | Bangerz N Bopz 🔥

In the 91st edition of Bangerz N Bopz 🔥 (2024), we highlight “B2b” performed by Charli XCX featuring Tinashe.

By the musical hype, 1 yearDecember 1, 2024 ago

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