Katy Perry, Smile | Album Review 💿
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After disappointing with Witness in 2017, Smile definitely marks an improvement for Grammy-nominated pop superstar Katy Perry.

Sifting through all of the musical hype

Sifting through all of the musical hype
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After disappointing with Witness in 2017, Smile definitely marks an improvement for Grammy-nominated pop superstar Katy Perry.
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Standout K-Pop girl group BLACKPINK tap pop superstar Selena Gomez for the short but utterly sweet single, “Ice Cream.”
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‘Awesome Songs That Tickled My Fancy: August 2020’ features Cardi B, The Killers, Mariah Carey, Miley Cyrus, Omar Apollo & Troye Sivan.
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On this edition of 5ive Songs, we select five compelling songs that are WEAK or associated with weakness in some form or fashion.
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‘10 Intriguing Songs That Reference the 5 Senses’ features music by Billie Eilish, Ghost, Logic, Nirvana, and Ro James.
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On the 26th edition of 5ive Songs, we select five compelling songs associated with touch in some form or fashion.

Suffering from heartbreak, the pain of pop musician blackbear on everything means nothing is the listener’s gain.
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‘11 Dumb, Ignorant, or Stupid Songs’ features brilliant musical ‘stupidity’ courtesy of Ashnikko, Bad Bunny, Lady Gaga, Polo G & Rihanna.
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Pop artist Bazzi drops one of the best singles of his career with the short but absolutely sweet “Crazy.”

K-pop darlings BTS are on fire with their very first English-exclusive single, the incredibly sunny and ‘explosive’ “Dynamite.”
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On this edition of 5ive Songs, we select five songs associated with love, specifically the phrase, ‘love again.’
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Mariah Carey celebrates 30 years in the game by dropping “Save the Day,” featuring Ms. Lauryn Hill, the promo single from The Rarities.