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    Joji, Piss In The Wind [📷: Palace Creek / Virgin Music]
    Music

    Joji, Love You Less | Song Review

    Alternative singer-songwriter Joji impresses once more on “Love You Less,” the shoegaze vibed fourth single from his fourth album, Piss in the Wind.

    By the musical hype, 3 daysJanuary 5, 2026 ago
    15 More Marvelously Tactile Touch Songs (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Aleksandra Pękala, Bethan Ferr, cottonbro studio, Jonathan Borba, Ksenia Chernaya, Sergey Torbik, Tima Miroshnichenko, Ulkar Batista from Pexels; AcatXIo from Pixabay]
    Evergreen

    15 More Marvelously Tactile Touch Songs | Playlist 🎧

    15 More Marvelously Tactile Touch Songs features songs by BIA, Busta Rhymes, Diana Ross, Jessie Murph, RYANN, and The Staple Singers.

    By the musical hype, 3 weeksDecember 15, 2025 ago
    Utterly Thrilling Gay Songs, Vol. 3 (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Uriel Mont, Vinícius Vieira ft, Wayne Fotografias from Pexels; AcatXIo, Alexandra_Koch, ernestflowerss, Gerd Altmann, Sibling Yonten Phuntsok from Pixabay]
    Evergreen

    Utterly Thrilling Gay Songs, Vol. 3 | Playlist 🎧

    Utterly Thrilling Gay Songs, Vol. 3 features songs by Ash Gordon & Alaska Thunderfuck, Donavan Burt, Eli, Juno Lev, Samuel Saint, and Super Cassette.

    By the musical hype, 3 monthsOctober 10, 2025 ago
    15 Intriguing Songs Filled with WHY (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Leonardo Goncalves wild from Pexels]
    Evergreen

    15 Intriguing Songs Filled with WHY | Playlist 🎧

    15 Intriguing Songs Filled with WHY features songs by Jadakiss, Kem, Kevin Atwater, Paramore, Shawn Mendes, and The Kid LAROI.

    By the musical hype, 1 yearOctober 9, 2024 ago
    Bops That Pop: August 2024 [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Jacub Gomez from Pexels; agoss, Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Mohamed_hassan, succo from Pixabay]
    Evergreen

    Bops That Pop: August 2024 | Playlist 🎧

    Bops That Pop: August 2024 features songs by Charli XCX, Hozier, Lady Gaga, Mary J. Blige, Muni Long, and Shawn Mendes.

    By the musical hype, 1 yearAugust 30, 2024 ago
    13 Dazzling Songs About the Apartment (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; edvaldocostacordeiro, Public Doman Pictures from Pixabay]
    Evergreen

    13 Dazzling Songs About the Apartment | Playlist 🎧

    13 Dazzling Songs About the Apartment features songs by Ari Lennox, Bobi Andonov, Isaac Dunbar, Lana Del Rey, and Tammy Wynette.

    By the musical hype, 1 yearAugust 14, 2024 ago
    Shawn Mendes, Isn’t That Enough [📷: Brent Faulkner/The Musical Hype; Island; Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Królestwo Nauki, OpenClipart-Vectors, Pete Linforth, Tumisu from Pixabay]
    Music

    Shawn Mendes, Isn’t That Enough | Song Review 🎵

    Grammy-nominated Canadian pop artist Shawn Mendes releases the folksy “Isn’t That Enough,” a promo single from his fifth LP, Shawn.

    By the musical hype, 1 yearAugust 12, 2024 ago
    Wallows, Your Apartment [📷: Brent Faulkner/The Musical Hype; Atlantic; Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Królestwo Nauki, OpenClipart-Vectors, Pete Linforth, Tumisu from Pixabay]
    Music

    Wallows, Your Apartment | Song Review 🎵

    Alternative collective Wallows confirm the age-old, relatable ‘breaking up is hard to do’ on their colorful, first single of 2024, “Your Apartment.”

    By the musical hype, 2 yearsFebruary 20, 2024 ago
    11 Songs That Are Incredibly Sweet, Vol. 2 [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Igor Ovsyannykov via Pexels]
    Evergreen

    11 Songs That Are Incredibly Sweet, Vol. 2 | Playlist 🎧

    11 Songs That Are Incredibly Sweet, Vol. 2 features music courtesy of Brittany Howard, Lana Del Rey, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Megan Thee Stallion x Dua Lipa, and Tyler, The Creator.

    By the musical hype, 3 yearsApril 5, 2023 ago
    Everybody: 5ive Songs No. 54 (2022) [📷: Brent Faulkner, Clovis Cheminot, Gerd Altmann, The Musical Hype, OpenClipart-Vectors, Pixabay]
    Evergreen

    Everybody | 5ive Songs

    In the 54th edition of 5ive Songs (2022), we select five songs that are associated with EVERYBODY in some form or fashion.

    By the musical hype, 3 yearsSeptember 22, 2022 ago
    Lizzo, Special [📷: Nice Life / Atlantic]
    Album 💿

    Lizzo, Special | Album Review 💿

    Oft-criticized, bigger-than-life, Grammy-winning pop star Lizzo delivers a consistent, sickening sophomore album with Special.

    By the musical hype, 3 yearsJuly 18, 2022 ago
    Camila Cabello, Familia [📷: Epic]
    Album 💿

    Camila Cabello, Familia | Album Review 💿

    Grammy-nominated pop artist Camila Cabello ‘brings the heat’ on her third studio album, the Latin-pop infused Familia.

    By the musical hype, 4 yearsApril 14, 2022 ago

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