Bop Shop: Songs From Harry Styles, Tiffany Young, SuperM, And More

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  Niall Horan: "Nice To Meet Ya"
  
  
  https://www.Youtube.Com/watch?V=k7jeYJA9bgY
  
  
  
  If wonderful songs sound like a time, I know exactly which time "Nice To Meet Ya" sounds like: one of the three-minute, fashion-filled montages in that seminal and formative documentary*, The Devil Wears Prada. It has all of the zooming highs and buzzy guitars to fuel our heroine into some big challenge along with a storyline simple enough to serve as major motivation. Niall Horan is back, baby! And! He's straight-up obsessed with you.
  
  
  The track, the lead single from his upcoming second solo album, is different from his prior work on Flicker in a lot of ways: His voice is deeper, for one, and he plays with it in a way that suggests his maturity both as an artist and as a general person. Where Flicker was largely folk-driven, "Nice To Meet Ya" is more playful, with fewer strings attached. In short, it's the best rev up to the last three months of the decade. Go ahead, do something sort of rash. Niall's got the soundtrack for you.
  
  
  *You might mention DWP isn't a documentary. Whenever you are not technically incorrect, you would still be wrong. —Ella Cerón
  
  
  
  
  



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  Tiffany Young, "Run For Your Life"
  
  
  https://www.Youtube.Com/watch?V=Rp8sVAr6yGY
  
  
  
  Since making her solo U.S. Debut last year, K-pop star Tiffany Young has experimented with her sound. "Over My Skin" and "Teach You" were both bold and sensual, while place on Earth Again" was weak, stripping the Women Generation member of her glossy image and building her anew. "Runaway" was a dreamy R&B collab with Babyface that showcased the pure power of her vocals, and "Magnetic Moon” was a nu-disco track that brought Young back to her pop roots. Right now, with the release of her latest single "Run For Your Life," the pop star is switching things up once again with a bouncy club banger brilliant for your next kiki or night out. "I'm ice cold, baby / On an ocean of glitter," Young sings, evoking the spirit of Fame-era Lady Gaga. The dramatic visual finds the pop star voguing and bathed in glitter, which is something we all should wish to do this weekend. Honestly, Tiffany Young is the Mother we need in 2019. —Crystal Bell
  
  
  
  
  


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  Harry Styles: "Lights Up"
  
  
  https://www.Youtube.Com/watch?V=9NZvM1918_E
  
  
  
  Any time Harry Styles appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone back in September, the former boy-bander opened up about the role psychedelic illegal narcotics have played his creative process. "We'd do mushrooms, lie down on the grass, and listen to Paul McCartney's Ram in the sunshine," he mentioned. Right now, that psychedelic influence can be heard all over Styles's new single "Lights Up," which feels like the crooner's own personalized take on fame and the toxic, dark cloud that hovers over its victims.
  
  
  "All the lights couldn't put out the dark," Styles sings smoothly over the piano-heavy pre-chorus, perhaps referencing how fame alone failed to allocate him with authentic happiness. Although the chorus repetition of "shine" reveals how he generally seems to have noticed his sense of self, taking back everything fame stole from him whenever he wasn't looking. By the end, the track's final words take on a clearer meaning. "Lights up and so they know who you are," he sings, alluding to the fact that fame is merely a smokescreen. And while millions might think they know who Harry Styles truly is, they can't possibly. Because at times, he didn't even know who he was. —Jordyn Tilchen
  
  
  
  
  



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  ATEEZ: "Wonderland"
  
  
  https://www.Youtube.Com/watch?V=Z_BhMhZpAug
  
  
  
  It's the end of the starting for K-pop rookie categorize ATEEZ. Nearly each year soon after their debut mini-album, the eight-member South Korean team has struck gold with "Wonderland." The lead single off their first full-length album, TREASURE EP.Fin: All to Action is a destination these Pirate Kings have worked so hard to get to. It's a powerful anthem that's both a celebration of the past as well as a relentless call to fearlessly charge forward. As Hongjoong sings, these dedicated young performers are truly prepared to "spread their wings and begin their dream," and honestly, as a ATINY, I'm fucking prepared to watch them soar. 가자 Let's go! —Daniel Head
  
  
  
  
  



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  Helado Negro: "Seen My Aura"
  
  
  https://youtu.Be/QUUtADIn24I
  
  
  
  Brooklyn-based Helado Negro has been busy spreading his mantra of "Young, Latin, & Delighted in recent months, including throwing a benefit Thursday night for Make the Road New York, a corporation that accommodates immigrants obtain rights, dignity, justice. And also you could excuse the man for taking so long to release a video for "Seen My Aura," a track off his good album This Is How You Smile, which came out in March.
  
  
  Like the track, with its phaser guitar and reverb-y vocals that sound like they're bubbling up from underwater, the video takes place almost totally at a pool where we watch young love bloom throughout an overcast summer day. It's only at the end of the video where we visualize Helado Negro, lost in his nostalgia as we notice that what we've actually been in his memory the entire time. —Bob Marshall
  
  
  
  
  


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  Coach Joey ft. Baby Cash and Peezy: "Lie on Me"
  
  
  https://www.Youtube.Com/watch?V=UG-re1isvOA
  
  
  
  Detroit's popularity in the mainstream rap game comes in waves. Danny Brown and Big Sean brought attention back to the city in the early 2010s, and while the genre's nucleus shifted between Atlanta and New York for the last couple years, artists like Teejayx6 and Sada Baby, to name several, are ensuring that this next decade will visualize more of the Motor City's presence in rap's ongoing conversation. There's a particular fashion there, best encapsulated by Coach Joey, Baby Cash, and Peezy's new teamwork, "Lie on Me." It's fast, loose, and dirty, with the mid-verse baton handoffs that made Teejayx6 and Kasher Quon's "Dynamic Duo" so captivating. "Lie To Me" is from Coach Joey's new project, Ghetto Companions With Money, that digs into the rapper and producer's massive Rolodex of styles and rapping companions. In the event you desire to get an idea of what Detroit is bringing while in the new Roaring '20s, look no further. —Trey Alston
  
  
  
  
  



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  The Kills: "Future Begins Slow"
  
  
  https://www.Youtube.Com/watch?V=NwudqTCkBis
  
  
  
  This song is hardly new, nevertheless it's new to me. I have been seeking sneakily spooky songs to get me in the mood for Halloween, and what better way to do so than with Alison Mosshart's signature raspy, gritty voice? I couldn't believe I had never heard this flawlessly funky track before immediately after stumbling upon it while in a deep Spotify dive, despite loving everything I had heard from Mosshart and her work with The Dead Weather and Mini Mansions. I'm scouring The Kills's discography right now for more that will absolutely "blow what's left of my right mind." —Brittany Vincent
  
  
  
  
  



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  Cyrax: "True Pt. 3"
  
  
  https://www.Youtube.Com/watch?V=4UJHXOQl4dc
  
  
  
  You know how they mention summer 2016 was the best? It was probably because Divine Council was dropping new music regularly. The Richmond-based collective was on fire before easing out of the spotlight mysteriously. One of its most famed voices was Cyrax, whose "ay!" Ad-libs and cornfield accent made his pinky-up bars feel like just-hot-enough shower water running between your shoulder blades soon after a long day. His newest song, "True Pt. 3," is the latest in his R&B-influenced series that puts the microscope on his unsettling aesthetic. This guy's really a star.
  
  
  His purposefully flat vocals are jarring at first next to the waterfall he raps in front of. In this pollution-free domain, Cyrax is deep in love. Things have been changing for him, however he wants to create it clear to his partner that their love is all that he needs. Nevertheless the storm at the end of the track just makes sense in the dialogue of the ecosystem he's built. In this brilliant realm, there's danger on the horizon, however you'll just aspire to sit on this riverbank and stare into the stars all night. —Trey Alston
  
  
  
  
  



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  SuperM: "2 Fast"
  
  
  
  
  
  Last week, K-pop supergroup SuperM debuted with "Jopping," a big and braggadocios single that revels in camp and sonic flair. In several ways, it's the ideal introduction to Korean management corporation SM Entertainment and Capitol Records' latest task to undertake — an ambitious project that brings with each other seven artists from four of the hugest K-pop groups under SM's roster: SHINee's Taemin, EXO's Baekhyun and Kai, NCT 127's Taeyong and Mark, and WayV's Ten and Lucas. Nevertheless it's the seductive B-side "2 Fast" that showcases what this genre-bending order is truly capable of.
  
  
  The sultry, vibey R&B track — a signature of SM Entertainment — finds members Taemin, Baekhyun, Mark, and Lucas singing over a bouncy synth. The eye catching harmonies feel reminiscent of a SHINee cut, although "2 Fast" offers up enough surprises (including a thrilling mid-song tempo switch-up) to keep listeners guessing. It's a song that, like SuperM, never settles into one singular groove. Not a bad begin for an audience whose ultimate goal is to "bring K-pop to the next level." —Crystal Bell
  
  
  
  
  



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  ATL Smook ft. Skip Gocar: "My Body"
  
  
  https://soundcloud.Com/red-light-735611542/atl-smook-skipgocar-my-body-prod-dpbeats
  
  
  
  ATL Smook has been making some of my main go to post-Chief Keef, conflicted, whispering trap music for years. YouTube commenters who claim he's the only Keef successor to really master that hopeless feeling, like he's just moving on autopilot while still making it sound good. I don't know about all that, although I do appreciate the similarities they share, even if I prefer ATL Smook's slightly more polished drawl and knack for rapping over beats that sound reconstructed from bits of cosmic nebulae shocked by defibrillators. "My Body," his newest release, is more like the soundtrack to a death race on Mars. It's brutal, alien, and downright scary. It starts and ends with a beat that could tenderize a thick steak. The bass establishes world domination immediately, and ATL Smook steps in to lead the apocalyptic army. He brings along a frequent collaborator, Gocar, for a slightly more restrained look at the Auto-Tune-led vocals that comprise that track. With each other, the two sound like they come from outdoors the solar system to rule our planet. —Trey Alston
  
  
  
  
  



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  Michael Stipe: "Your Capricious Soul"
  
  
  
  
  
  The former R.E.M. Singer's first-ever solo single may sound subdued on first listen, yet its reverberations run deep. They have to: Stipe joined with anti-climate change activist categorize Extinction Rebellion for the release, and he mentioned the corporation "gave me the incentive to push the release and not wait." At first blush, it's simply a good joy to hear his iconic voice again. By listen three, the throbbing bass and minimalist tambourine are like an elixir of hope for a weary soul. I've listened 20 times and I can't wait to be able to see what the next 20 hold. All proceeds go to fight climate change; you could purchase the song right here. —Patrick Hosken