GIVĒON, RATHER BE | Song Review 🎵
![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.”

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.”
![13 Songs That Feature T-H-A-T (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; AcatXIo, 🆓 Use at your Ease 👌🏼 from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/13-songs-that-feature-t-h-a-t.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
13 Songs That Feature T-H-A-T features songs by Bruno Mars, Future & Metro Boomin, Gracie Abrams, Post Malone, Ruben, and The Isley Brothers.
![13 Songs Where YOU Are the Focus, Vol. 3 (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Ahmed Aziz from Pexels; AcatXlo, Niek Verlaan, OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/13-songs-where-you-are-the-focus-vol-3.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
13 Songs Where YOU Are the Focus, Vol. 3 features songs by Alex Warren, LUKAS OSCAR, Noah Kahan, Prince, and Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco.
![13 Intriguing Songs That DID Something (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; AcatXIo, OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/13-intriguing-songs-that-did-something.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
13 Intriguing Songs That DID Something features songs by Anthony Hamilton, Britney Spears, Cloudy June, DJ Khaled, Nicki Minaj, and The Supremes.
![11 Fab Songs That GET it Going, Vol. 2 (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Manish Jain from Pexels; AcatXIo from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/11-fab-songs-that-get-it-going-vol-2.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
11 Fab Songs That GET it Going, Vol. 2 features songs by Bailey Zimmerman, Daniel Caesar, Ne-Yo, Sean Paul, and The Temptations.
![13 Songs Focused Exclusively on Clothes (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Abhishek Shekhawat, Aravind Kowtharapu, foad shariyati, JJY Media, Michael Obstoj, omid bonyadian from Pexels; AcatXIo from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/13-songs-focused-exclusively-on-clothes.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
13 Songs Focused Exclusively on Clothes features songs by Angie Stone, Jay-Z, Joe Nichols, Kehlani, Nxdia, and Panic! At The Disco.
![Ne-Yo, Get Down Like That: Bangerz N Bopz 🔥 No. 29 (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; The Island Def Jam Music Group; Bigshow Lamar Campton, Daniel Duarte, Eduardo López from Pexels; AcatXIo, djexpectations, OpenClipart-Vectors, Thai Zeo from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/ne-yo-get-down-like-that-bangerz-n-bopz-29-2025.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
In the 29th edition of Bangerz N Bopz 🔥 (2025), we highlight “Get Down Like That” performed by Grammy-winning R&B singer/songwriter Ne-Yo.
![Bops That Pop: Jan, Feb & March 2025 (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Juan José Carranza from Pexels; AcatXIo, bookdragon, Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Prawny, StockSnap, succo, TASFIQ UR RAHMAN NABIL from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/bops-that-pop-jan-feb-mar-2025.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Bops That Pop: Jan, Feb & March 2025 features songs by Behemoth, Doechii, Ghost, GIVĒON, JENNIE, Lady Gaga, and Lil Nas X.
![21 Randomly Curated, Amazing A Songs (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; AcatXIo, OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/21-randomly-curated-amazing-a-songs.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
21 Randomly Curated, Amazing A Songs features songs by bbno$, Doechii, Grant & Ash, Lady Gaga, Teddy Swims, and Sexyy Red.
![13 Songs That Capture a Liberal Church Experience (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; AcatXlo, OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/13-songs-that-capture-a-nontraditional-church-experience.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
13 Songs That Capture a Nontraditional Church Experience features songs by Behemoth, LISA, Madonna, Meshell Ndegeocello, Tina Campbell, and Whitechapel.
![Five Stairsteps vs. Angie Stone: Head 2 Head No. 6 (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Sony Music Entertainment, Cleopatra; Israel Torres, KoolShooters, Los Muertos Crew, RDNE Stock project, Thomas Ronveaux from Pexels; AcatXIo from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/five-stairsteps-vs-angie-stone-head-2-head-6-2025.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
In the sixth edition of Head 2 Head (2025), Five Stairsteps and Angie Stone contend for the best rendition of “O-o-h Child.”
![Angie Stone, O-O-H Child: Covers No. 6 (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner /The Musical Hype; Cleopatra; Alan Cordero, Wolf Art from Pexels; AcatXIo, OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/angie-stone-o-o-h-child-covers-6-2025.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
In the sixth edition of COVERS (2025), Angie Stone delivers a compelling rendition of “O-O-H Child” originally performed by Five Stairsteps.