Alone | 5 Gems
![Alone: 5 Gems 2 (2026) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Gordon Johnson, OpenClipart-Vectors, 建鹏 邵 from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/alone-5-gems-2-2026.jpg?fit=600%2C600&ssl=1)
Alone: 5 Gems features songs by Halle, Michael Jackson, Reneé Rapp, The Dynamic Superiors, and Tom Nethersole.

Sifting through all of the musical hype

Sifting through all of the musical hype
![Alone: 5 Gems 2 (2026) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Gordon Johnson, OpenClipart-Vectors, 建鹏 邵 from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/alone-5-gems-2-2026.jpg?fit=600%2C600&ssl=1)
Alone: 5 Gems features songs by Halle, Michael Jackson, Reneé Rapp, The Dynamic Superiors, and Tom Nethersole.
![Tom Nethersole, alone: Beaming with Pride No. 1 (2026) [📷: Brent Faulkner/ The Musical Hype; Tommy Boy; Cristyan Bohn, Ketut Subiyanto, Luis Morales Torres, SHVETS production, Uriel Mont from Pexels; Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Gordon Johnson, Wolfgang Eckert from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/tom-nethersole-meant-to-be-alone-beaming-with-pride-1-2026.webp?fit=500%2C500&ssl=1)
In the first edition of Beaming with Pride (2026), we highlight “meant to be alone” performed by Melbourne pop singer-songwriter Tom Nethersole.
![Panik Pop, "Your Body" [📷: Embassy One]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/panik-pop-your-body-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
German electronic act Panik Pop delivers those surefire summer vibes on the highly infectious, techno/house single, “Your Body.”
![42 Dugg & Roddy Ricch, "4 Da Gang" [📷: CMG Enterprises II]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/42-dugg-roddy-ricch-4-da-gang-1-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
On the 20th edition of Single Notez 🎶 in 2021, we provide some quick thoughts on the single “4 Da Gang,” by 42 Dugg & Roddy Ricch.
![bbno$ & lentra, “bad to the bone” [📷: OFFMETA / bbno$]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/bbnos-lentra-bad-to-the-bone-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
The Musical Hype provides some quick thoughts on the short, novel rap record “bad to the bone,” by bbno$ and lentra.
![Brandon Furtado, "Selena" [📷: Records DK]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/brandon-furtado-selena-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
The Musical Hype provides some quick thoughts on the song “Selena” by Somerset, Massachusetts pop artist, Brandon Furtado.
![OpenSoul, “Differences” [📷: Artekal]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/opensoul-differences-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
The Musical Hype provides some quick thoughts on the intriguing single “Differences” by Jamaican R&B artist, OpenSoul.
![Joel Corry, RAYE & David Guetta, "Bed" [📷: Asylum UK / Warner Music UK]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/joel-corry-raye-david-gueta-bed-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
The Musical Hype provides some quick thoughts on the electrifying dance single “Bed,” by Joel Corry, RAYE, and David Guetta.
![Lil Tjay & 6LACK, "Calling My Phone" [📷: Columbia]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/lil-tjay-calling-my-phone-1.jpeg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
The Musical Hype provides some quick thoughts on “Calling My Phone” by rapper Lil Tjay and Grammy-nominated R&B artist, 6LACK.
![Moneybagg Yo, "Time Today" [📷: N-Less Entertainment / Interscope]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/moneybagg-yo-time-today-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
The Musical Hype provides some quick thoughts on the hard-nosed banger “Time Today,” by rapper Moneybagg Yo.
![Saccades, "Islands Past" from Flowing Fades [📷 : Fuzz Club]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/saccades-islands-past-flowing-fades.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
The Musical Hype provides some quick thoughts on the incredibly trippy single “Islands Past,” by Saccades (Nicholas Wood).
![Kids in Fashion, "Fuck Love" [📷 : Universal Music (Denmark)]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/kids-in-fashion-fuck-love-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
The Musical Hype provides some quick thoughts on the explicit but infectious song 🎵 “F**k Love,” by Danish newcomers Kids in Fashion.