ericdoa, kickstand | Track Review 🎵
![ericdoa, kickstand [📷: ERICDOA / LISTEN TO THE KIDS / Interscope]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/ericdoa-kickstand-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Connecticut-based Gen-Z musician ericdoa brings the heat (and the hyperpop vibes) on his brief but entertaining and potent single, “kickstand.”

Sifting through all of the musical hype

Sifting through all of the musical hype
![ericdoa, kickstand [📷: ERICDOA / LISTEN TO THE KIDS / Interscope]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/ericdoa-kickstand-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Connecticut-based Gen-Z musician ericdoa brings the heat (and the hyperpop vibes) on his brief but entertaining and potent single, “kickstand.”
![David Kushner, Dead Man [📷: David Kushner / Miserable Music Group LLC]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/david-kushner-dead-man-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Midwest singer/songwriter David Kushner follows up his breakthrough hit, “Daylight,” with another captivating, dramatic gem, “Dead Man.”
![Ryan Mack, Follow [📷: Ryan Mack]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/ryan-mack-follow-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Although it is brief, Irish pop singer/songwriter Ryan Mack delivers an enjoyable, potent single with “Follow.”
![DONT MAKE THIS WEIRD, HEARTBREAK ON ANTIDEPRESSANTS [📷: dont make this weird]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/dont-make-this-weird-heartbreak-on-antidepressants-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
We don wish DONT MAKE THIS WEIRD the heartbreak they experience on “HEARTBREAK ON ANTIDEPRESSANTS,” but we ❤️ the Welsh musician’s sublime single.
![Troye Sivan, Got Me Started [📷: Universal Music Australia Pty Ltd.]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/troye-sivan-got-me-started-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Troye Sivan brings the sensual flames on “Got Me Started,” the second single from his highly anticipated, third LP, Something To Give Each Other.
![Nicholas Dante, Hellrider [📷: Clouded Diamonds]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/nicholas-dante-hellrider-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Fierce pop artist Nicholas Dante unveils the naughty “Hellrider,” a single from his hellish debut album, Inferno.
![Tawnted, do the same for me [📷: Tawnted]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/tawnted-do-the-same-for-me-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Tawnted (Jonathan Armswood) continues to be prolific, releasing another fabulous single in the heartbroken, “do the same for me.”
![Nicki Minaj, Last Time I Saw You [📷: Republic]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/nicki-minaj-last-time-i-saw-you-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Nicki Minaj, often brash and unapologetic, shows her versatility singing and rapping emotionally on her single, “Last Time I Saw You.”
![Selena Gomez, Single Soon [📷: Interscope]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/selena-single-soon-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Selena Gomez returns with her first single of 2023, “Single Soon,” which is enjoyable enough but not groundbreaking or particularly innovative.
![Conan Gray, Winner [📷: Republic]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/conan-gray-winner-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Always consistent, versatile singer/songwriter Conan Gray bring the heat, once again, on his second straight winning single of 2023, “Winner.”
![David Archuleta, Afraid To Love [📷: Archie Music]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/david-archuleta-afraid-to-love-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
David Archuleta serves up a heaping does of danceability, inclusivity, and positivity on the marvelous pop bop, “Afraid To Love.”
![Omar Apollo, Ice Slippin [📷: Omar Apollo / Warner]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/omar-apollo-ice-slippin-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Grammy nominated singer/songwriter Omar Apollo gets personal on his chilly ballad, “Ice Slippin” where home doesn’t feel inviting.