Alone | 5 Gems
![Alone: 5 Gems 2 (2026) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Gordon Johnson, OpenClipart-Vectors, 建鹏 邵 from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/alone-5-gems-2-2026.jpg?fit=600%2C600&ssl=1)
Alone: 5 Gems features songs by Halle, Michael Jackson, Reneé Rapp, The Dynamic Superiors, and Tom Nethersole.

Sifting through all of the musical hype

Sifting through all of the musical hype
![Alone: 5 Gems 2 (2026) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Gordon Johnson, OpenClipart-Vectors, 建鹏 邵 from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/alone-5-gems-2-2026.jpg?fit=600%2C600&ssl=1)
Alone: 5 Gems features songs by Halle, Michael Jackson, Reneé Rapp, The Dynamic Superiors, and Tom Nethersole.
![Tom Nethersole, alone: Beaming with Pride No. 1 (2026) [📷: Brent Faulkner/ The Musical Hype; Tommy Boy; Cristyan Bohn, Ketut Subiyanto, Luis Morales Torres, SHVETS production, Uriel Mont from Pexels; Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Gordon Johnson, Wolfgang Eckert from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/tom-nethersole-meant-to-be-alone-beaming-with-pride-1-2026.webp?fit=500%2C500&ssl=1)
In the first edition of Beaming with Pride (2026), we highlight “meant to be alone” performed by Melbourne pop singer-songwriter Tom Nethersole.
![G Flip, GAY 4 ME: Beaming with Pride 🏳️🌈 No. 7 (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner/ The Musical Hype; Future Classic; Elias Souza, Mario Spencer, Mizuno K, from Pexels; All_CC0_Public_domain, CatsWithGlasses, David, ernestflowerss, Kelly, M. Harris, Marek Studzinski, OpenClipart-Vectors, from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/g-flip-gay-4-me-beaming-with-pride-7-2025.jpg?fit=600%2C600&ssl=1)
In the seventh edition of Beaming with Pride 🏳️🌈 (2025), we highlight the song, “GAY 4 ME” performed by G Flip featuring Lauren Sanderson.
![Getting to Know… Talkradio: Interview No. 421 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Talkradio; Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Królestwo Nauki, OpenClipart-Vectors, Pete Linforth, Tumisu from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/getting-to-know-talkradio-interview-421-2024.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
In the 421st Q&A in our Getting to Know… series, we get the inside scoop from the Melbourne-based, one-man indie rock band, Talkradio.
![Just Shy & Boyd Kelly, “Hula Hoop Girl” [📷: BK & JS, Brent Faulkner, The Musical Hype, OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/boyd-kelly-just-shy-hula-hoop-girl-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
DJ/producer Boyd Kelly and queer pop musician Just Shy and have just the bop you need to lift your spirits on “Hula Hoop Girl.” It’s infectious!