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Dec 11, 2020 · Check out the list below, and maybe end the year discovering your new favorite song. Dua Lipa “Fever”. Disclosure, Kehlani and Syd “Birthday”. SG Lewis “Chemicals”. Justin Nozuka, Mahalia "No One But You". Halsey “killing boys”. Halsey - killing boys (Visualizer)
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- Silk Sonic: Leave The Door Open (2021) Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak teamed up as Silk Sonic for Leave the Door Open, a sensuous and soulful R&B ballad that pays homage to 70s soul music while injecting a modern flair.
- The Weeknd: Blinding Lights (2020) A nostalgic synth-pop masterpiece that cruises through an 80s-inspired soundscape, Blinding Lights, which appeared on The Weeknd’s 2020 album, After Hours, is neon-saturated futurism by way of Knight Rider and TRON.
- Dua Lipa: Don’t Start Now (2020) Possessing an irresistible sense of disco-indebted euphoria that had listeners dancing along from the first note, Don’t Start Now, from Dua Lipa’s 2020 album, Future Nostalgia, peaked at No.2 in both the UK and US, and saw the UK pop singer take charge of her heartbreak.
- Harry Styles: As It Was (2022) Drawing inspiration from 80s art-rock legends such as a-ha and Peter Gabriel, Harry Styles masterfully carved his own distinct path on As It Was.
Aug 9, 2024 · Even if it hurts, I'm just like you. [Chorus: Carín León] I've done everything and everything reminds me of you. No point in deleting the photos if I can't delete you. And I'm worth shit, and ...
- 'Body Knew,' Lu Kala
- 'Morning,' Noble Oak
- 'Working,' Cartel Madras
- 'Fancy,' Orville Peck
- 'Differences,' Tona
- 'Indecision,' Moneyphone
- 'Brokenhead,' Zoon
- 'Closed Chapter,' Gianna Lauren
- 'Yellow Fever,' Cutsleeve
- 'Just For Loving You I Pay The Price,' Cindy Lee
Lu Kala is a pop star who is about to step into her shine. Her brilliant break-up song "Body Knew" is an anthem for the ages. Kala's voice has this wildly compelling texture, sweet but lightly abrasive like a sugar scrub. As she cries out at her cheating ex on the chorus, you can feel the frustration and the yearning, mad at him for being trash and...
With his serene dream-pop, Vancouver's Noble Oak (real name Patrick Fiore) offers an enchanting escape from the real world — and who couldn't use that right now? "Morning" is the lead single from Horizons, whose 10 songs employ wistful melodies and lush production to conjure expansive, luminous vistas. "Is it crazy to think that I'm going crazy?" F...
I got big plans, you know when a bitch workin'. "Working" is a house anthem that stomps through with confidence. Inspired by sharp lyricists like Cakes Da Killa and Azealia Banks, Cartel Madras's Contra and Eboshi soften their delivery (which often hits more aggressively on tracks like "Goonda Gold" and "Lil Pump Type Beat") to smoothly navigate th...
Country singer Orville Peck released his Show Pony EP in August, showcasing his innate sense of story as well as his desire to challenge the traditional country narrative and to push for an industry that's both inclusive and boundary-breaking. And while tracks like "Summertime" and "Kids" are excellent originals, it's his cover of Bobbie Gentry's 1...
While so many of us went into a mental shutdown this year, Scarborough rapper Tona has been nothing but prolific. He released his latest album, the excellent July 26, this summer, and has followed that up with a number of stand-alone singles and collaborations that showcase his everlasting consistency. Tona is a rapper's rapper, twisting words and ...
2020 has been stripped of many superficial distractions, leaving a lot of bored adults to try to recapture what they liked as kids, when a day spent looking at bugs in the grass was considered a success. Kids generally don't have a lot of autonomy, yet they have all the freedom in the world. Blending pop and hip hop brilliantly, Moneyphone captures...
This song might be underrated, but I'd wager that Daniel Monkman, a.k.a. Zoon, won't be an underrated artist for long. His debut album, Bleached Waves, dropped just as the pandemic took hold of 2020 and in many ways his music, what he calls moccasin-gaze, has served as a balm for those needing some light this year. In "Brokenhead" he writes about l...
If I could've put Gianna Lauren's entire five-song EP, Vanity Metrics, on this list, I would've. The Halifax-based singer-songwriter released her first new music in three years this past November and it's been on repeat — a beautiful, idiosyncratic mix of longing and agency. But it's the cheeky guitar pluck of "Closed Chapter" that pulls me in firs...
Cutsleeve's music combines '90s alt-rock with a distinctly queer and Asian perspective, a rare pairing in a field that has historically, and continues to be, dominated by straight white men. Fusing the guitar work of Sleater-Kinney with the humour of a band like Partner, "Yellow Fever" is a standout on the Toronto band's debut EP, The Parts we Coul...
I barely recall the early months of 2020, but I wish I'd spent them listening to the ominous What's Tonight to Eternity, Patrick Flegel's February release as Cindy Lee. Slow-dancing the line between nostalgic comfort and the echoey backdrop of something more unsettling, you can slip between the layers of "Just for Loving you I pay the Price" the wa...
Dec 3, 2020 · And since we're still stuck in this storm for the foreseeable future, we present to you a silver linings playlist: 100 songs that gave us life when we needed it most. (Find our 50 Best Albums list ...
Dec 11, 2020 · Without further ado, here are Billboard staffers’ picks for the 30 best pop songs of 2020, in alphabetical order by artist name. 0171, “Follow”. We might be living in 2020, but London duo ...
Sep 30, 2024 · DJ Python: “Angel” (2022) According to New York DJ and producer Brian Piñyero, the best songs and DJ sets feel like being let in on a secret; he told Pitchfork in 2020 that “it’s like a ...
