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Striking Bops from January 2026 [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Canva AI; Gordon Johnson, OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay]

Striking Bops from January 2026 | Playlist

Striking Bops from January 2026 features songs by Ari Lennox, A$AP Rocky, Bruno Mars, Charli XCX, Harry Styles, and Jill Scott.

By the musical hype, 3 hoursJanuary 30, 2026 ago

Bruno Mars, The Romantic [📷: Atlantic]

Bruno Mars, I Just Might | Song Review

Beloved, Grammy-winning pop superstar Bruno Mars makes a thrilling comeback with his funked-up, infectious single, “I Just Might.”

By the musical hype, 3 weeksJanuary 12, 2026 ago

11 Thrilling ARE Songs, Part 4 (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Christopher Welsch Leveroni, Lokman Sevim from Pexels; AcatXIo from Pixabay]

11 Thrilling ARE Songs, Part 4 | Playlist 🎧

11 Thrilling ARE Songs, Part 4 features songs by Bruno Mars, Florence + The Machine, Johnny Mathis, Lenny Kravitz, and Yung Gravy.

By the musical hype, 3 monthsOctober 29, 2025 ago

Bruno Mars, Just The Way You Are: Bangerz N Bopz 🔥 No. 74 (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Atlantic Recording Corporation; Bigshow Lamar Campton, Daniel Duarte, Eduardo López from Pexels; AcatXIo, djexpectations, OpenClipart-Vectors, Thai Zeo from Pixabay]

Bangerz N Bopz 🔥

Bruno Mars, Just The Way You Are | Bangerz N Bopz 🔥

In the 74th edition of Bangerz N Bopz 🔥 (2025), we highlight “Just The Way You Are” performed by Bruno Mars.

By the musical hype, 5 monthsSeptember 14, 2025 ago

Count: 5ive Songs No. 55 (2022) [📷: Brent Faulkner, Clovis Cheminot, The Musical Hype, OpenClipart-Vectors, Pexels, Pixabay, Yan Krukov]

Count | 5ive Songs

In the 55th edition of 5ive Songs (2022), we select five songs that are associated with the word COUNT in some form or fashion.

By the musical hype, 3 yearsSeptember 27, 2022 ago

11 Compelling Bye Songs 🎧 [📷: Brent Faulkner, The Musical Hype, Wendy Wei from Pexels]

11 Compelling Bye Songs | Playlist 🎧

11 Compelling Bye Songs 🎧 features music courtesy of Brandy, The Kid LAROI, Mariah Carey, Masego & *NSYNC.

By the musical hype, 5 yearsFebruary 26, 2021 ago

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