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Playboi Carti & The Weeknd, RATHER LIE: Dazzling Duets No. 26 (2026) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; AWGE / Interscope Records; ANTONI SHKRABA production from Pexels; Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Gordon Johnson from Pixabay]

Playboi Carti & The Weeknd, RATHER LIE | Dazzling Duets

In the 26th edition of Dazzling Duets (2026), Grammy-nominated rapper Playboi Carti and Grammy-winning singer The Weeknd collaborate on “RATHER LIE.”

By the musical hype, 2 weeksJune 26, 2026 ago

Best Songs of 2026 (So Far) (2026) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Atlantic Recording Corporation, BIGHIT MUSIC, Blues Babe Records LLC, Columbia Records, Create Music Group Inc., DSING RECORDS, Durand Bernarr, Erskine Records Limited, Famous Studios, Geffen Records, Human Re Sources, Olivia Rodrigo, RAYE, The Orchard, Transgressive Records Ltd.; Canva AI; Gordon Johnson from Pixabay]

Best Songs of 2026 (So Far) | Playlist

Best Songs of 2026 (So Far) features songs by Bruno Mars, Jill Scott, Lady Gaga x Doechii, Noah Kahan, Olivia Rodrigo, and RAYE.

By the musical hype, 3 weeksJune 22, 2026 ago

Striking Bops from March 2026 (2026) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Gordon Johnson, OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay]

Striking Bops from March 2026 | Playlist

Striking Bops from March 2026 features songs by Artemas, Baby Rose & Leon Thomas, Harry Styles, Jonah Kagen, Noah Kahan, and RAYE.

By the musical hype, 3 monthsMarch 30, 2026 ago

Baby Rose & Leon Thomas, Friends Again [📷: Secretly Canadian]

Baby Rose & Leon Thomas, Friends Again | Song Review

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ½ R&B singer-songwriter Baby Rose and Grammy-winning musician Leon Thomas are magical on their soulful, silky smooth duet, “Friends Again.”

By the musical hype, 5 monthsFebruary 18, 2026 ago

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