Lizzo, HOES → Song Review
![Lizzo, HOES [📷: Nice Life Recording Company / Atlantic Recording Corporation]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/lizzo-hoes.jpeg?fit=640%2C640&ssl=1)
⭐️⭐️⭐️ ½ Grammy-winner Lizzo taps outlandish St. Louis rapper Sexyy Red for the short, utterly wild rap single, “HOES” from Scary Movie.
The Musical Hype
Sifting through all of the musical hype
The Musical Hype
Sifting through all of the musical hype
Tag soundtrack song reviews
Lana Del Rey, First Light → Song Review
![Lana Del Rey, First Light [📷: Lana Del Rey / Universal Music Operations Limited]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/lana-del-rey-first-light.jpeg?fit=640%2C640&ssl=1)
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½ Grammy-nominated alternative pop singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey drops a James Bond Theme for the ages with “First Light.”
Lady Gaga & Doechii, RUNWAY → Song Review
![Lady Gaga & Doechii, RUNWAY [📷: 20th Century Studios / Lil Monsters, LLC / Top Dawg Entertainment, LLC / Interscope Records]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/lady-gaga-doechii-runway.jpeg?fit=640%2C640&ssl=1)
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Grammy Award-winning artists Lady Gaga and Doechii ate and left no crumbs on the fierce “RUNWAY,” a single from the Devil Wears Prada 2 soundtrack.
Rihanna, Friend of Mine | Song Review 🎵
![Rihanna, “Friend of Mine” – from the Smurfs Movie soundtrack [📷: Westbury Road Entertainment / Roc Nation Distribution]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/rihanna-friend-of-mine.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Grammy-winning R&B/pop superstar Rihanna drops a polarizing single with “Friend of Mine” from the Smurfs Movie soundtrack.
Omar Apollo, Te Maldigo (From ‘Queer’) | Song Review 🎵
![Omar Apollo, Te Maldigo (From ‘Queer’) [📷: Brent Faulkner/The Musical Hype; Omar Apollo / Warner; OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/omar-apollo-te-maldigo-from-queer-song-review-2024.jpg?fit=768%2C525&ssl=1)
Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Omar Apollo shines on “Te Maldigo,” a Spanish-exclusive song from the Luca Guadagnino film, ‘Queer.’
Childish Gambino, Lithonia | Song Review 🎵
![Childish Gambino, Lithonia [📷: Brent Faulkner/The Musical Hype; RCA / mcDJ Recording; Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Królestwo Nauki, OpenClipart-Vectors, Pete Linforth, Tumisu from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/childish-gambino-lithonia-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Grammy-winning musician Childish Gambino (Donald Glover) is on far on “Lithonia,” a single from his album and soundtrack, Bando Stone & The New World.
Luke Combs, Ain’t No Love in Oklahoma | Song Review 🎵
![Luke Combs, Ain't No Love in Oklahoma [📷: Universal Studios / Atlantic]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/luke-combs-aint-no-love-in-oklahoma.jpeg?fit=640%2C640&ssl=1)
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.
John Legend, Don’t Need to Sleep | Song Review 🎵
![John Legend, Don't Need To Sleep [📷: John Legend Music, Inc. / Republic / UMG Recordings, Inc.]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/john-legend-dont-need-to-sleep.jpeg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
John Legend delivers a gorgeous, inspiring, and thoughtful ballad with “Don’t Need to Sleep,” which appears in the film, We Dare to Dream.
Colm R. McGuinness, The Music Of the Night | Song Review 🎵
![Colm R. McGuinness, The Music Of the Night [📷: Colm R. McGuinness]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/colm-r-mcguinness-music-of-the-night-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
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.