Tove Lo & Martin Garrix Apply the "Pressure"
Tove Lo, Queen of the Clouds™, can truly do no wrong. After supplying us with her Sunshine Kitty in 2019 (followed by the 2020 reissue), as well as stellar one-offs like "Bikini Porn," her perfect cover of "I'm Coming" and her cross-cultural club tag-team "Don't Say Goodbye," the 33-year-old…
Rebecca Black's "Girlfriend" Is a Catchy Queer Pop Delight
It's all too easy to reduce someone to a meme, or a particularly inescapable viral hit. The gay plight of convincing straight people that Carly Rae Jepsen has more songs than just "Call Me Maybe" alone is a war we still wage every day. Such is also the case for Rebecca Black, known for over a…
Ashanti's "235 (2:35 I Want You)" Will Make You Ooooh
Ashanti is not always there when you call, but she's always on time. The same cannot be said for her Verzuz competitor. That's right: the "Foolish" chanteuse is back, not a moment too soon, in the form of "235 (2:35 I Want You)," her first release as a lead artist since 2019's "Pretty Little…
Bree Runway's "ATM" Deserves to Be Her Breakthrough
It's about time for the general public to invest in Bree Runway. Perhaps you've already heard of the genre-hopping 28-year-old Hackney-bred singer-songwriter-rapper after seeing her name appear on the highly coveted BBC Sound of... longlist for 2021. Or maybe you know her from her remix of Rina…
Who Is Olivia Rodrigo & Why Is 'Drivers License' No. 1 on the Charts?
"I got my driver's license last week, just like we always talked about..." Meet Olivia Rodrigo: she's currently got the No. 1 song on Spotify's Global Top 50 and iTunes, and Taylor Swift is proudly shouting her out on social media. Wait, what? Who? Is this what it feels like to age out of pop…
Aly & AJ Give "Potential Breakup Song" the Explicit Version It Deserves
Aly & AJ, born Godly & SlayJ, are right at the very beginning of a campaign for their upcoming record, which they've already teased as the album they were born to make. But just as 2020 officially comes to an end, the sister act dropped a belated Christmas gift on Wednesday (December 29) for the…
Pure Shores' "Fantasy" Is a Huge Horny-in-Quarantine Mood
"Living life on my own, I'm stuck here on my couch / See the world through my phone, when will I ever get out?" Pure Shores: not just a legendary All Saints song, but also the name of one of my favorite Swedish singer-songwriter duos. If you've been lurking 'round these parts for a certain amount…
Grimes Made a DJ Mix for 'Cyberpunk 2077' & It's Main Pop Girl Heaven
Mommy Grimes is certainly staying busy after welcoming baby X Æ A-Xii to the world, and keeping us all fed while doing so. She tucked us all into bed back in October with her AI Lullaby, an ambient project with Endel aimed at improving sleep and wellness through lush soundscapes and AI technology.…
"Easy": Troye Sivan & Kacey Musgraves Make Their Melancholy Escape
"'Cause he made it easy / Please don't leave me..." The last time we heard from Kacey Musgraves, she and Jewish king Troye Sivan were crooning their genuinely great duet "Glittery" together as part of the Golden Hour singer-songwriter's charming holiday special last year, The Kacey Musgraves…
'Heartbreaker': INNA Rounds Out 2020 With a Fresh Set of Bangers
It's Elena Alexandra Apostoleanu - otherwise known as INNA - to the rescue, yet again. The 34-year-old Romanian Queen of Pop™ spent the duration of 2020 keeping the pandemic off our brains with myriad pop bops and EDM bangers, including "Sober," "Not My Baby," "Discoteka" with Minelli and "Read My…
"Slow Dancing": Aly & AJ Kick Off the Album They Were Born to Make
"All I'm thinking about is you." Aly & AJ, born Godly & SlayJ, are ready to begin a new chapter. It's already been a big year for the girls, if by accident (such is the way of the Internet), after a bunch of moms went mega-viral on TikTok lip syncing to their 2007 smash hit, "Potential Breakup…
"Prisoner": Miley Cyrus & Dua Lipa Wreak Sapphic Havoc
Miley Cyrus is currently in the middle of her best moment. So is Dua Lipa. It only makes sense, then, that the two would eventually find their way into each other's respective universes - and all up in each other's arms and faces, at that. "Prisoner" is the long-awaited follow-up to "Midnight…