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15 Memorable Songs About Crushing & Catching Feelings (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Canva AI; Jonathan Goncalves, Nikita Skripnik from Pexels; AcatXIo from Pixabay]

15 Memorable Songs About Crushing & Catching Feelings | Playlist 🎧

15 Memorable Songs About Crushing & Catching Feelings features songs by Alicia Keys, David Archuleta, Fantasia, Little Big Town, Prince, and Taylor Swift.

By the musical hype, 2 weeksNovember 19, 2025 ago

A Marvelous Sampling of M Songs (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Andrea Piacquadio, cottonbro studio, Elle Hughes, Rodrigo Gabotto from Pexels; AcatXIo, lin2015, Shafin Al Asad Protic from Pixabay]

A Marvelous Sampling of M Songs | Playlist 🎧

A Marvelous Sampling of M Songs features songs by Artemas, Benson Boone, Leon Thomas, Reneé Rapp, Sabrina Carpenter, and Tommy Richman.

By the musical hype, 2 monthsOctober 17, 2025 ago

13 Ill Songs with 🎶 MUSIC 🎶 in the Title (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Gordon Johnson, Mickey Mikolauskas, OpenClipart-Vectors, Paulo365, from Pixabay]

13 Ill Songs with 🎶 MUSIC 🎶 in the Title | Playlist 🎧

13 Ill Songs with 🎶 MUSIC 🎶 in the Title features MUSIC songs courtesy of Harry Styles, Hozier, Lana Del Rey, Prince, Rihanna, and Yarbrough & Peoples.

By the musical hype, 1 yearJuly 5, 2024 ago

Prince, Musicology: Bangerz N Bopz 🔥 No. 50 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; NPG / Legacy Recordings; cottonbro studio, Harry Shelton, Kool Shooters, Lucas Pazeta, Mavluda Tashbaeva, Teddy Yang, Wesley Souza from Pexels]

Bangerz N Bopz 🔥

Prince, Musicology | Bangerz N Bopz 🔥

In the 50th edition of Bangerz N Bopz 🔥 (2024), we highlight “Musicology” by late musician extraordinaire, Prince.

By the musical hype, 1 yearJune 23, 2024 ago

In Remembrance: 13 Provocative Songs From Prince [Photo Credit: Brent Faulkner, The Musical Hype, NPG, Pixabay, Warner]

In Remembrance: 13 Provocative Songs from Prince | Playlist 🎧

“In Remembrance: 13 Provocative Songs from Prince” examines some of ‘The Purple One’s’ most risqué & sensual songs.

By the musical hype, 6 yearsApril 21, 2020 ago

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