Word | 5 Gems
![Word: 5 Gems No. 27 (2026) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Canva AI; Jacob obadiah from Pexels; Gordon Johnson, OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/word-5-gems-27-2026.jpg?fit=640%2C640&ssl=1)
Word: 5 Gems No. 27 (2026) features songs by Boards of Canada, Ed Sheeran, LUKAS OSCAR, Madonna, and Thomas Whitfield.

Sifting through all of the musical hype

Sifting through all of the musical hype
![Word: 5 Gems No. 27 (2026) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Canva AI; Jacob obadiah from Pexels; Gordon Johnson, OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/word-5-gems-27-2026.jpg?fit=640%2C640&ssl=1)
Word: 5 Gems No. 27 (2026) features songs by Boards of Canada, Ed Sheeran, LUKAS OSCAR, Madonna, and Thomas Whitfield.
![13 Utterly Superb SO Songs (2026)[📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Canva AI; Gordon Johnson from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/13-utterly-superb-so-songs.jpg?fit=640%2C640&ssl=1)
13 Utterly Superb SO Songs features songs by Clipse, Gracie Abrams, Madonna, Miles Davis, Olivia Dean, and Peaches.
![Pretty: 5 Gems No. 12 (2026) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Canva AI; Gordon Johnson, OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/pretty-5-gems-12-2026.jpg?fit=640%2C640&ssl=1)
Pretty: 5 Gems No. 12 features songs by Benson Boone, Isabel LaRosa, Kyle Dion, LU KALA, and LUKAS OSCAR.
![15 Engaging, Absolutely NOT Songs (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Luis Zambrano from Pexels; AcatXIo, Clker-Free-Vector-Images from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/15-engaging-absolutely-not-songs.jpg?fit=640%2C640&ssl=1)
15 Engaging, Absolutely NOT Songs features songs by boygenius, d4vd, Kehlani, Kendrick Lamar, LUKAS OSCAR, and Sam Smith.
![LUKAS OSCAR, Not Important Right?: Beaming with Pride 🏳️🌈 No. 46 (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner/ The Musical Hype; LUKAS OSCAR; Elias Souza, Mario Spencer, Mizuno K, from Pexels; All_CC0_Public_domain, CatsWithGlasses, David, ernestflowerss, Kelly, M. Harris, AcatXlo, Marek Studzinski, OpenClipart-Vectors, from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/lukas-oscar-not-important-right-beaming-with-pride-46-2025.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
In the 46th edition of Beaming with Pride 🏳️🌈 (2025), we highlight the song, “Not Important Right?” performed by LUKAS OSCAR.
![13 Songs Where YOU Are the Focus, Vol. 3 (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Ahmed Aziz from Pexels; AcatXlo, Niek Verlaan, OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/13-songs-where-you-are-the-focus-vol-3.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
13 Songs Where YOU Are the Focus, Vol. 3 features songs by Alex Warren, LUKAS OSCAR, Noah Kahan, Prince, and Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco.
![LUKAS OSCAR, Pretty Words: Wacky Wednesday No. 13 (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; LUKAS OSCAR; Rich The Barber Font from Font Space; Wendel Natan from Pexels; AcatXlo, OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/lukas-oscar-pretty-words-wacky-wednesday-13-2025.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
In the 13th edition of Wacky Wednesday (2025), we break down the unique song, “Pretty Words” performed by LUKAS OSCAR.
![Getting to Know… Adrenaline Kings: Interview No. 380 [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Adrenaline King, Anja Bene; Tumisu via Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/getting-to-know-adrenaline-kings-380.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
In the 380th Q&A in our Getting to Know… series, we get the inside scoop from Austrian hard rock band, Adrenaline Kings.
![Getting to Know…Chorosia: Interview No. 374 [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Chorosia; Tumisu via Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/getting-to-know-chorosia-interview-374.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
In the 374th Q&A in our Getting to Know… series, we get the inside scoop from Austrian prog/post-sludge metal band, Chorosia.