Music Reviews

“Adore You” Becomes Harry Styles’ First Top 10 Solo Hit At Pop Radio

For the first time in his solo career, Harry Styles has a Top 10 hit at pop radio. His "Adore…

4 years ago

Gracie Abrams Releases Utterly Engaging, Undeniably Excellent New Song “21”

Take a singer-songwriter who has something meaningful to say, an incredible ability to say it and production that supports her…

4 years ago

Madison Beer Releases Outstanding New Song “Selfish,” Song Quickly Surpasses 1 Million Spotify Streams

Contrary to a common misconception, pop music does not force artists to make compromises. They can let loose vocally, pour…

4 years ago

Camila Cabello’s New Album “Romance” Is A Personal, Honest, Captivating Look At Love (Review)

Feelings can be unpredictable, complicated and downright messy. We can experience insecurity and regret even in moments of celebration. We…

4 years ago

Emily Burns’ “Hate Me Too” Is An Emotional, And Superb, New Pop Song

Rational thoughts and fairytale dreams are rarely a match for fleeting moments of bliss. Even when you know in your…

4 years ago

Gracie Abrams’ Sincere, Excellent “Stay” Quickly Reaches 500K Streams On Spotify

Gracie Abrams' "Stay" is attracting considerable opening week attention Spotify. On Tuesday, it impressively crossed the 500,000-stream milestone. The stunning…

4 years ago

Beabadoobee’s “Space Cadet,” Au/Ra & Alan Walker’s “Ghost” Were This Week’s Best New Songs

Every week, Spotify refreshes its influential "New Music Friday" playlist. Home to most major releases from across most genres, the…

5 years ago

Victoria Monét Supports Fun, Sexy New Song “Ass Like That” With Killer Lyric Video

When releasing their own music, some hitmaking songwriters stray too far from the style they developed with other artists. Others…

5 years ago

Maisie Peters Delivers Honesty & Fun In Excellent North American Concert Debut (Review)

"Pop" music can still be emotionally vulnerable and personal. "Emo" can still be catchy and broadly accessible. In embracing the…

5 years ago

Tori Kelly Wows With Engaging, Powerful New Song “Language” (Review)

When it comes to the music world, few things are more beautiful than when a song works because of, rather…

5 years ago