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    Ed Sheeran, Old Phone [📷: Warner Music UK Limited / Ed Sheeran Limited]
    Music

    Ed Sheeran, Old Phone | Song Review 🎵

    Grammy-winning pop singer/songwriter Ed Sheeran shines on the reflective, thoughtfully written “Old Phone,” the second single from his 2025 LP, Play.

    By the musical hype, 2 monthsMay 6, 2025 ago
    Songs That Are OKAY Through and Through, Vol. 1 (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; VICO ORTIZO from Pexels; AcatXlo, Clker-Free-Vector-Images from Pixabay]
    Evergreen

    Songs That Are OKAY Through and Through, Vol. 1 | Playlist 🎧

    Songs That Are OKAY Through and Through, Vol. 1 features songs by Doja Cat, Joey Valence & Brae, Katy Perry, Tate McRae, and Whitney Houston.

    By the musical hype, 4 monthsMarch 10, 2025 ago
    13 Scintillating WE Songs (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; AcatXlo, Anastasia Aleksandr, Awala Micheal, ernestflowerss, Irina Gromovataya, JerzyGórecki, Мар'яна Мельник, Matty Rogers, Nathanel Love, Shedrack Salami, from Pixabay]
    Evergreen

    13 Scintillating WE Songs | Playlist 🎧

    13 Scintillating WE Songs features songs by Ariana Grande, Coco Jones, Future, Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes, Olly Alexander, and Rihanna.

    By the musical hype, 5 monthsFebruary 28, 2025 ago
    15 Songs Where the Prefix is Un- (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; David Mosquera from Pexels]
    Evergreen

    15 Songs Where the Prefix is Un- | Playlist 🎧

    15 Songs Where the Prefix is Un- features songs by Alicia Keys, D’Angelo, Hozier, Sam Smith, Toni Braxton, and XG.

    By the musical hype, 6 monthsJanuary 3, 2025 ago
    60 Best Songs of 2024 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Artemas, Columbia, Darkroom, Interscope, Island, Kendrick Lamar, Parkwood Entertainment LLC, Republic, Rubyworks Ltd., Top Dawg Entertainment, Warner; faraindahouse (AI), OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay]
    Evergreen

    60 Best Songs of 2024 | Playlist 🎧

    60 Best Songs of 2024 features songs by Ariana Grande, Beyoncé, Charli XCX, Hozier, Kendrick Lamar, and Omar Apollo.

    By the musical hype, 7 monthsDecember 30, 2024 ago
    13 Songs That Explore It, Vol. 2 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Admar Kamosso Oficial from Pexels]
    Evergreen

    13 Songs That Explore It, Vol. 2 | Playlist 🎧

    13 Songs That Explore It, Vol. 2 features songs by 21 Savage, Cissy Houston, Ruel, Snoop Dogg, Tate McRae, and The Kid LAROI x Quavo.

    By the musical hype, 7 monthsDecember 20, 2024 ago
    11 Lovely, Lonely Songs, Part 1 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Bùi Hoàng Long, Fatoba Tolulope Ifemide, Kamshotthat, Tima Miroshnichenko from Pexels]
    Evergreen

    11 Lovely, Lonely Songs, Part 1 | Playlist 🎧

    11 Lovely, Lonely Songs, Part 1 features songs by Conan Gray, Bobby Womack, Halsey, The Main Ingredient, and Rob Thomas.

    By the musical hype, 7 monthsDecember 13, 2024 ago
    Eye 👁 This List of Must-Hear “I” Songs, Vol. 2 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Daniel Hannah, David Dillon, from Pixabay]
    Evergreen

    Eye 👁 This List of Must-Hear “I” Songs, Vol. 2 | Playlist 🎧

    Eye 👁 This List of Must-Hear “I” Songs, Vol. 2 features songs by Afroman, Benedict Cork, Gracie Abrams, Jerry Butler, Katy Perry, and Tate McRae.

    By the musical hype, 8 monthsNovember 20, 2024 ago
    BOY, These Songs Are About You, Part 2 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; andresilva5, Angelo Esslinger, anonymous afro portrait, Dasha Kartavtseva, ernestflowerss, Km Nazrul Islam, Masoud Mostafaei, Matty Rogers, Raman Spirydonau, Robiul Islam Pailot, sai peaky, Trung Tín, William Adams from Pixabay]
    Evergreen

    BOY, These Songs Are About You, Part 2 | Playlist 🎧

    BOY, These Songs Are About You, Part 2 features songs by Ariana Grande, Conan Gray, Isabel LaRosa, Purple Disco Machine x Benjamin Ingrosso, Tems, and Tinashe.

    By the musical hype, 8 monthsNovember 18, 2024 ago
    Bops That Pop: September 2024 [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; agoss, Clker-Free-Vector-Images, cragnetta, Mohamed_hassan, succo from Pixabay]
    Evergreen

    Bops That Pop: September 2024 | Playlist 🎧

    Bops That Pop: September 2024 features music courtesy of Kehlani, Sabrina Carpenter, Tommy Richman, Victoria Monét, and The Weeknd.

    By the musical hype, 10 monthsSeptember 30, 2024 ago
    Tate McRae, It’s ok I’m ok [📷: Brent Faulkner/The Musical Hype; RCA; Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Królestwo Nauki, OpenClipart-Vectors, Pete Linforth, Tumisu from Pixabay]
    Music

    Tate McRae, It’s ok I’m ok | Song Review 🎵

    Although Gen-Z pop star Tate McRae doesn’t change the game on “It’s ok I’m ok,” it’s an enjoyable, inoffensive pop single (save for an f-bomb).

    By the musical hype, 10 monthsSeptember 17, 2024 ago
    13 Compelling Holy Songs (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Gordon Johnson from Pixabay]
    Evergreen

    13 Compelling Holy Songs | Playlist 🎧

    13 Compelling Holy Songs features songs by CeCe Winans, Future, Justin Bieber, Rina Sawayama, Sam Smith x Kim Petras, and SXMPRA.

    By the musical hype, 10 monthsSeptember 4, 2024 ago

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