Joji, “YUKON (INTERLUDE)” | Track Review 🎵
![Joji, “YUKON (INTERLUDE)” [📷: 88rising / Warner]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/joji-yukon-interlude.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Joji returns with 🎵 “YUKON (INTERLUDE),” his second single of 2022 from his forthcoming album, SMITHEREENS.

Sifting through all of the musical hype

Sifting through all of the musical hype
![Joji, “YUKON (INTERLUDE)” [📷: 88rising / Warner]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/joji-yukon-interlude.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Joji returns with 🎵 “YUKON (INTERLUDE),” his second single of 2022 from his forthcoming album, SMITHEREENS.
![Elton John & Britney Spears, "Hold Me Closer" [📷: Mercury]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/elton-john-britney-spears-hold-me-closer-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
“Hold Me Closer” marks the comeback of Britney Spears as well as an iconic collaboration with the legendary Elton John, repurposing three of his classics.
![Matt Jaffe, “Favorite Song on Repeat” [📷: Brent Faulkner, Matt Jaffe, The Musical Hype, OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/matt-jaffe-favorite-song-on-repeat-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Singer/songwriter Matt Jaffe impresses once again with “Favorite Song on Repeat,” a dedicated, utterly sublime love song for the ages.
![Ruel, “YOU AGAINST YOURSELF” [📷: RCA]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/ruel-you-against-yourself-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
British-Australian musician Ruel continues to build a compelling case as pop’s next big thing with his second single of 2022, “YOU AGAINST YOURSELF.”
![BLACKPINK, “Pink Venom” [📷: YG Entertainment / Interscope]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/blackpink-pink-venom-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
K-Pop girl group BLACKPINK return with plenty of attitude, and lots of musical ideas and shifts on their ear catching single, “Pink Venom.”

Gifted Australian queer pop musician Laius makes our ears perk up on his ambitious, poetic, and conceptual single, “archaic dreams.”
![Benson Boone, “Better Alone” [📷: Brent Faulkner, The Musical Hype, Night Street, OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay, Warner]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/benson-boone-better-alone.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Emerging pop musician Benson Boone shines on the pop ballad, “Better Alone,” which appears on his debut EP, Walk Me Home.
![Demi Lovato, "Substance" [📷: Island]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/demi-lovato-substance-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
In their second single from HOLY FVCK, an album with a pop-punk about-face, Demi Lovato is looking for “Substance.”
![Myylo, “Pink Boy Heart” [📷: Myylo]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/myylo-pink-boy-heart-2.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
LGBTQ pop musician Myylo, the definition of a ‘walking bop,’ delivers another surefire bop with this latest single, “Pink Boy Heart.”
![Matt Jaffe, "Just an Echo" [📷: Matt Jaffe]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/matt-jaffe-just-an-echo-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Singer/songwriter Matt Jaffe returns with his first new single of 2022, “Just An Echo,” and it’s nothing short of epic.
![brakence, “venus fly trap” [📷: Columbia]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/brakence-venus-fly-trap-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Rising pop musician brakence impresses on his second single from 2022, “venus fly trap,” which encompasses deep infatuation.
![Jxckson, “Siren” [📷: Jxckson Music]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/jxckson-siren-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Jxckson, the independent pop artist you need to be spinning, delivers a sickening new bop with “Sirens,” intact with a stellar music video.