GIVĒON, RATHER BE | Song Review 🎵
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Grammy-nominated R&B singer/songwriter GIVĒON can’t seem to move on from his ex-girlfriend on his emotional, hypnotic, and vulnerable neo-soul single, “RATHER BE.”

Sifting through all of the musical hype

Sifting through all of the musical hype
![GIVĒON, “RATHER BE” [📷: Epic / Not So Fast LLC]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/giveon-rather-be.jpeg?fit=640%2C640&ssl=1)
Grammy-nominated R&B singer/songwriter GIVĒON can’t seem to move on from his ex-girlfriend on his emotional, hypnotic, and vulnerable neo-soul single, “RATHER BE.”
![15 Ear-Catching FOR Songs (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Erika Varga from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/15-ear-catching-for-songs.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
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![Don’t Drown in These 11 Drowning Songs (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Gerd Altmann from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/dont-drown-in-these-11-drowning-songs.jpg?fit=768%2C767&ssl=1)
Don’t Drown in These 11 Drowning Songs features music courtesy of A Boogie Wit da Hoodie, Ian Abel, Joe Simon, Justin Timberlake, Syd, and Two Feet.
![Awesome Songs: August 2023 [📷: Brent Faulkner /The Musical Hype; Tnarg from Pexels]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/awesome-songs-august-2023.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Awesome Songs: August 2023 features music courtesy of Dixon Dallas, Halle, Olivia Rodrigo, Tyler Childers, and Usher.
![Offset & Cardi B, Jealousy [📷: Brent Faulkner/The Musical Hype; UMG Recordings, Inc.; OpenClipart-Vectors, PIRO via Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/offset-cardi-b-jealousy-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Offset, assisted by his wife, Grammy winner Cardi B, drops an entertaining rap banger with “JEALOUSY,” which samples Three 6 Mafia.
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Nail 💅: 3 to 5 BOPS No. 47 (2023), features musical BOPS courtesy of Jack Harlow, Jelly Roll, Lorde, Saint Levant, and Todrick Hall.
![Hate: 3 to 5 BOPS No. 41 (2023) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Tima Miroshnichenko via Pexels]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/hate-3-to-5-bops-41-2023.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Hate: 3 to 5 BOPS No. 41 (2023), features musical BOPS courtesy of Kehlani, Marsha Ambrosius, P!nk, Queen Naija, and SZA.
![50 Best Songs of 2022 [📷: Brent Faulkner, The Musical Hype, Andreas Glöckner from Pixabay, Columbia, Parkwood Entertainment, L-M, RCA, Atlantic, Nice Life, Interscope]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/50-best-songs-of-2022.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
50 Best Songs of 2022 features songs courtesy of Bad Bunny, Beyoncé, Harry Styles, Kendrick Lamar, Lizzo, Omar Apollo, and Steve Lacy among others.
![13 Ear-Catching Night Songs [📷:Brent Faulkner, The Musical Hype, Alex Fu, Artem Saranin, brenoanp, David Skyrius, Justin Hamilton, Pexels, Piccinng, Pixabay, Rakicevic Nenad, Sasha Pshenkov,Yente Van Eynde]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/13-ear-catching-night-songs.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
13 Ear-Catching Night Songs features music courtesy of AC/DC, Chlöe, Commodores, Harry Styles, and Joji.
![Night: 5ive Songs No. 68 (2022) [📷: Brent Faulkner, Clovis Cheminot, João Luccas Oliveira via Pexels, The Musical Hype, OpenClipart-Vectors, Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/night-5ive-songs-68-2022.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
In the 68th edition of 5ive Songs (2022), we select five songs that are associated with NIGHT in some form or fashion.
![Awesome Songs: October 2022 [📷: Brent Faulkner, The Musical Hype, Kelsie Cabeceiras via Pexels, fontgenerator.com]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/awesome-songs-october-2022.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Awesome Songs: October 2022 features Arctic Monkeys, Lil Baby, Måneskin, SG Lewis, Taylor Swift (twice), and Weyes Blood.
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