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

Striking Bops from September 2026 | Playlist

Striking Bops from September 2026 features songs by Ashe, Dominic Fike, Greyson Chance, John Legend, LISA, and The Kid LAROI.

By the musical hype, 2 weeksSeptember 30, 2026 ago

TEEKS, Overdose [📷: Sony Music Entertainment New Zealand Ltd]

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TEEKS, Overdose | Song Review

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ½ Dashing, talented queer Māori soul singer-songwriter TEEKS delivers an utterly sublime, passionate MLM ballad with “Overdose.”

By the musical hype, 3 weeksSeptember 21, 2026 ago