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Music
Rihanna, Friend of Mine | Song Review 🎵
Grammy-winning R&B/pop superstar Rihanna drops a polarizing single with “Friend of Mine” from the Smurfs Movie soundtrack.
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Omar Apollo, Te Maldigo (From ‘Queer’) | Song Review 🎵
Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Omar Apollo shines on “Te Maldigo,” a Spanish-exclusive song from the Luca Guadagnino film, ‘Queer.’
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Childish Gambino, Lithonia | Song Review 🎵
Grammy-winning musician Childish Gambino (Donald Glover) is on far on “Lithonia,” a single from his album and soundtrack, Bando Stone & The New World.
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Luke Combs, Ain’t No Love in Oklahoma | Song Review 🎵
Country singer/songwriter Luke Combs brings the heat in the in-your-face “Ain’t No Love in Oklahoma” from the soundtrack, Twisters: The Album.
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John Legend, Don’t Need to Sleep | Song Review 🎵
John Legend delivers a gorgeous, inspiring, and thoughtful ballad with “Don’t Need to Sleep,” which appears in the film, We Dare to Dream.
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Colm R. McGuinness, The Music Of the Night | Song Review 🎵
Colm R. McGuinness delivers a stunning cover of the beloved The Phantom of the Opera song, “The Music Of the Night,” originally performed by Michael Crawford.