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“Just Wrong” is one glorious, cyclical musical question, immensely sonically satisfying despite a lack of resolution or definitive answers. It’s astonishing that something built so backward feels so right.
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“Hate Myself” is an ideal example of how Dodie has perfected her musical style; she sings as though she’s forcing a smile through sorrow, and with a refined balance of delight and melancholy, she manages to make her saddest songs warm and comforting.
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Two days before Halloween, Liam Payne unleashed a frightening new catastrophe into the world: his Christmas pop song “Naughty List.”
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The blurred line between troll humor and political realism is deeply uncomfortable, highlighting that “Nah Nah Nah” has taken his antics to a new low.
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The song does little to stand out in the “lo-fi” indie-pop landscape, offering nothing memorable to hold onto beyond surface-level grooves.
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The band pulls off a tone so pure of heart that it sounds as exciting as ever — even at its most uncomplicated. New Order is a pop band after all.
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After recovering from a vocal cord injury that almost left her voice permanently damaged, SZA is finally back.
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“Cyr” and “The Colour of Love” are total duds. These are empty shells of songs, loud enough to be mistaken for having signs of life, lame enough to be mistaken for self-serious parody.
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When Kali Uchis and Rico Nasty bring out their stiletto heels and brass knuckles for a music video, you already know the song means business.
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Written a month into quarantine, “My Future” is a sincere self-reflection and oneiric statement of growth.
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