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13 Songs Where the Verb AM is Key (2026) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Gordon Johnson from Pixabay]

13 Songs Where the Verb AM is Key | Playlist

13 Songs Where the Verb AM is Key features songs by Durand Bernarr, Kendrick Lamar, Megan Moroney, Simon & Garfunkel, Tove Lo, and Valerie Simpson.

By the musical hype, 3 weeksSeptember 7, 2026 ago

Am: 5 Gems (2026) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Canva AI; Gordon Johnson, OpenClipart-Vectors, from Pixabay]

Am | 5 Gems

Am: 5 Gems features songs by Ayham, Jennifer Holliday, Lizzo, Megan Maroney, and The Irrepressibles.

By the musical hype, 8 monthsJanuary 21, 2026 ago

Utterly Thrilling Gay Songs, Vol. 3 (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Uriel Mont, Vinícius Vieira ft, Wayne Fotografias from Pexels; AcatXIo, Alexandra_Koch, ernestflowerss, Gerd Altmann, Sibling Yonten Phuntsok from Pixabay]

Utterly Thrilling Gay Songs, Vol. 3 | Playlist 🎧

Utterly Thrilling Gay Songs, Vol. 3 features songs by Ash Gordon & Alaska Thunderfuck, Donavan Burt, Eli, Juno Lev, Samuel Saint, and Super Cassette.

By the musical hype, 12 monthsOctober 10, 2025 ago

11 ABOUT Songs That Are Totally ‘Bout It (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Danny Audiovisual from Pexels; AcatXIo, Stephan from Pixabay]

11 ABOUT Songs That Are Totally ‘Bout It | Playlist 🎧

11 ABOUT Songs That Are Totally ‘Bout It features songs by boygenius, Frank Ocean, GloRilla, Lizzo, and PARTYNEXTDOOR.

By the musical hype, 1 yearAugust 8, 2025 ago

11 Incredibly Special Songs [📷: Brent Faulkner/The Musical Hype; Abisola Odewale via Pexels]

11 Incredibly Special Songs | Playlist 🎧

11 Incredibly Special Songs features music courtesy of Chris Brown, The Internet, Lizzo, Tech N9ne, and Whitney Houston.

By the musical hype, 4 yearsFebruary 8, 2023 ago

Special: 3 to 5 BOPS No. 10 (2023) [📷: Brent Faulkner/The Musical Hype; AOG PIXELS via Pexels]

Special | 3 to 5 BOPS

Special: 3 to 5 BOPS No. 10 (2023), features musical BOPS courtesy of Adele, Lizzo, Ray, Goodman & Brown, SZA, and The Winans.

By the musical hype, 4 yearsFebruary 2, 2023 ago

13 Lit 🔥 Songs To Lift You Up [📷: Brent Faulkner, The Musical Hype, Ashford Marx, HELDER, Ketut Subiyanto, nappy, Pavel Danilyuk, Pexels]

13 Lit 🔥 Songs To Lift You Up | Playlist 🎧

13 Lit 🔥 Songs To Lift You Up features music courtesy of Beyoncé, Kane Brown, Panic! At The Disco, Lizzo & Whitney Houston.

By the musical hype, 4 yearsDecember 7, 2022 ago

Lizzo, “Special”: Music Lifts 🎶 🏋 No. 5 (2022) [📷: Atlantic, Arek Socha, Benjamin Balazs, Brent Faulkner, Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Curb, Ketut Subiyanto, The Musical Hype, Nice Life, Pexels, Pixabay, Word Entertainment]

Lizzo, “Special” | Music Lifts 🎶 🏋

In the 5th edition of Lit Music That Lifts, we’re uplifted by Grammy-winning pop superstar Lizzo performing, “Special.”

By the musical hype, 4 yearsJuly 19, 2022 ago

Lizzo, "About Damn Time" [📷: Nice Life / Atlantic]

Lizzo, “About Damn Time” | Track Review 🎵

After receiving mixed reviews for “Rumors,” Lizzo is back on track with “About Damn Time,” the promo single from forthcoming LP, Special.

By the musical hype, 4 yearsApril 18, 2022 ago

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