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Girl, These Songs Are About You, Vol. 2 (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Airam Dato-on, Andy Coffie, Caio Mantovani, Eric Moura, Justyn Abacajan, Lucas Pezeta, Renthel Cueto, Shalom Ejiofor, Zulfugar Karimov from Pexels; AcatXIo from Pixabay]

Girl, These Songs Are About You, Vol. 2 | Playlist 🎧

Girl, These Songs Are About You, Vol. 2 features songs by Alicia Keys, Aqua, Ari Lennox, Michael Jackson & Paul McCartney, Nine Days, and Stan Getz.

By the musical hype, 2 weeksJuly 4, 2025 ago

Aqua, Barbie Girl: Wacky Wednesday No. 23 (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Universal Music (Denmark) A/S; Rich The Barber Font from Font Space; Wendel Natan from Pexels; AcatXlo, OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay]

Aqua, Barbie Girl | Wacky Wednesday

In the 23rd edition of Wacky Wednesday (2025), we break down the unique song, “Barbie Girl,” performed by Danish-Norwegian pop collective, Aqua.

By the musical hype, 1 monthJune 4, 2025 ago

Barbie The Album [📷: Atlantic / Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc.]

Various Artists, Barbie The Album | Album Review 💿

Barbie The Album isn’t the second coming of pop, but it is an enjoyable soundtrack to Barbie with its fair share of highlights.

By the musical hype, 2 yearsJuly 28, 2023 ago

Nicki Minaj & Ice Spice, Barbie World (with Aqua) [📷: Brent Faulkner/The Musical Hype; 10K Projects / Capitol / Dolo Entertainment, Inc. / UMG Recordings, Inc.; OpenClipart-Vectors, PIRO via Pixabay]

Nicki Minaj & Ice Spice, Barbie World | Track Review 🎵

Nicki Minaj & Ice Spice collaborate for the second time in 2023 on “Barbie World,” a single from Barbie The Album which samples a 1990s Aqua classic.

By the musical hype, 2 yearsJune 26, 2023 ago

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