Bop Shop: Songs From Kesha, 5 Seconds Of Summer, Megan Thee Stallion, And More

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  Kesha: “Tonight”
  
  
  https://www.Youtube.Com/watch?V=DiGUnl7kEOw
  
  
  
  It’s been over a decade since Kesha gave us the gift that was “Tik Tok,” and if you’ve however to find a night-out anthem that goes quite as hard, you’re in luck. The pop star dropped her latest single “Tonight” last week, and the ballad-turned-banger completely resurrects 2009’s glittered-up, dollar-sign Ke$ha in all her fun and messy glory.
  
  
  “Tonight's the perfect night of our lives / Can you feel it? I can feel it,” she passionately sings on the chorus. Like several of her early hits, “Tonight” is about a wild night out with her girlfriends. And though she might have taken a hiatus from her party-girl ways, this track makes it clear that the Kesha who stows wine in her backpack and looks for trouble like she’s “huntin’ for treasure” is still very much with us. —Jordyn Tilchen
  
  
  
  
  



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  Phony Ppl feat. Megan Thee Stallion
  
  
  https://youtu.Be/STpRa2JPFA0
  
  
  
  Brooklyn neo-soul musical group Phony Ppl are already welcoming the end of cuffing season with "Fkn Around," a groovy new tune serious about easy sex and no commitments. And because the world speculates about Megan Thee Stallion's love life, she's with little effort here to set the record straight. "Don't ask questions if we just sexing / I got situations no confirmations / Everybody wanna know who Megan dating / Well that depends on whichever the date is." Keep those strings away from Megan; she’s not having them. —Bob Marshall
  
  
  
  
  



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  Meghan Trainor: “Workin’ On It” (feat. Lennon Stella & Sasha Sloan)
  
  
  https://www.Youtube.Com/watch?V=eJFu2q1w70M
  
  
  
  Meghan Trainor’s long-anticipated third album, Treat Myself, is out, so you've got to treat yourself to the fifth track on the project, “Workin’ On It,” featuring Lennon Stella and Sasha Sloan. Stella’s voice is immediately recognizable on the pre-chorus, bringing her best to the track, while Sloan compliments Trainor flawlessly during the verses. The power in back of three fierce pop singers admitting in the chorus that they’re “workin’ on it” is what we all need to hear at the end of a long day.
  
  
  This song can calm your anxiety about not feeling good enough, while giving you the voice to let each person know that you’ll make it through. It reassures you that there’s light at the end of the tunnel, and to permit yourself to be kind to you on the way there. “Workin’ On It” is a considerate ballad while still managing to be a singable bop. These three songwriters, known for honesty and vulnerability in their lyrics, come with each other and deliver. Listen because you deserve it. —Alissa Godwin
  
  
  
  
  



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  Ashnikko: ridiculous (ft. Yung Baby Tate)
  
  
  https://www.Youtube.Com/watch?V=VbQrhOWkonk
  
  
  
  Once you've moved in back of the first stages of pining over a ridiculous boy" you thought you needed, it is about time to go on the offensive. He thought you couldn't live without him? Guess again. Ashnikko struts confidently over a trap beat as she taunts her ex-lover with how completely over their relationship she actually is here, and it's a big damn mood. Not only does she ghost him because she feels like it ("for no damn reason"), however in the end, nothing about him is even attractive to her anymore. The end result? That boy is left fantasizing about her, nevertheless he's never gonna get it again. Yung Baby Tate brings it residence with bars like a slap in the face. Ridiculous boy, you can literally never. —Brittany Vincent
  
  
  
  
  



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  Blossoms: “Your Girlfriend”
  
  
  https://www.Youtube.Com/watch?V=U73Qn-NCQIU
  
  
  
  Music to fall in love with your best friend’s girl to is definitely not uncharted waters — visualize “Jessie’s Girl,” “My Best Friend’s Girl,” and numerous others. Somehow English language indie-pop musical group Blossoms make the concept feel entirely new with “Your Girlfriend,” from their new album Foolish Loving Spaces. Dreaming about a friend’s bae with “more charm than most movie stars,” our narrator resigns himself to overanalyzing the specifics and could-bes as he tries to disregard the paper-thin bedroom walls. It’s a short and sweet banger, breaking your heart and making you feel better in far less than three minutes. Unrequited love has never sounded this jubilant. —Carson Mlnarik
  
  
  
  
  



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  Christine and the Queens: “People, I’ve Been Sad”
  
  
  https://www.Youtube.Com/watch?V=uNGguudoLVs&feature=emb_title
  
  
  
  It’s certainly the purple. The cadet-blue suit. Her huge voice exploding from such a compact frame. Christine and the Queens blew me away with “People, I’ve Been Sad.” It’s the most majestic depiction of being down that I’ve ever heard, and ever since it crawled its way into my ears, it hasn’t left. One of its best parts is the undercurrent of hope that radiates out of it. She’ll be back feeling like herself in no time. —Trey Alston
  
  
  
  
  



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  5 Seconds of Summer: “No Shame”
  
  
  https://www.Youtube.Com/watch?V=wjpxnkY6JmE
  
  
  
  Right after spending 2019 in dark, moody caves (literally), 5SOS are back to their bright selves. The nu-metal and industrial edge on “Easier” and “Teeth” could only last so long — right now they’ve traded in Nine Inch Nails worship for something closer to Third Eye Blind. “No Shame” in it, my dudes. Let all of the breezy California guitar-pop take hold. —Patrick Hosken
  
  
  
  
  



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  Hinds: “Good Bad Times”
  
  
  https://youtu.Be/XVdJUy5KCJY
  
  
  
  Spanish foursome Hinds originally caught fire playing lo-fi garage rock, although for their third album, the musical group is seemingly trading in at least a number of of their guitars for keyboards. “Good Bad Times” feels heavy for a mid-tempo synth-pop track, reckoning with the weight of a relationship gone awry in Spanglish. “And every time you converse with me / Siento que tengo dueño,” lament dual vocalists Carlotta Cosials and Ana García Perrote, explaining in a statement the song resembles “the struggle of communication, time difference, distance.” The Prettiest Curse is out April 3. —Bob Marshall
  
  
  
  
  



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  VINCINT: "Save Myself"
  
  
  
  
  
  The last time I heard “Save Myself” was with an audience of VINCINT stans at an intimate pop-up show in SoHo. The crowd ubiquitously burst into dance as he surprised the crowd with this new track while in the middle of his set. “Save Myself” is a heartbreak anthem that effortlessly melds the feelings of grief and joy. It’s the sort of song that can make you dance by way of the tears and you’ll come out at the end better for it. It's the newest single off VINCINT’s forthcoming EP, The Feeling, out Valentine’s Day. —Daniel Head
  
  
  
  
  



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  Hue: “Far As We Go”
  
  
  
  
  
  It’s time for another dreamy retreat into Hue’s world of whispers. The Portsmouth, Virginia rapper’s latest mixes bits of trap and soul for an absolutely fuzzy depiction of a night with a woman who needs an escape just as badly as he does. It’s so smooth and relaxing that you could just close your eyes and lose yourself in the folds of his timbre. —Trey Alston