Bop Shop: Songs From Soccer Mommy, Casey Veggies, Molly Burch, And More

Bop Shop: Songs From Soccer Mommy, Casey Veggies, Molly Burch, And More




The search for the ever-elusive "bop" is complicated. Playlists and streaming-service suggestions can only do so much. They often leave a lingering question: Are these songs really good, or are they just new?


Enter Bop Shop, a hand-picked selection of songs from the MTV News team. This weekly collection doesn't discriminate by genre and can contain anything — it's a snapshot of what's on our minds and what sounds good. We'll keep it fresh with the latest music, however expect a number of oldies nevertheless goodies) every once in a while, also. Get ready: The Bop Shop is currently open for business.





  • Soccer Mommy: "yellow is the color of her eyes"



    Sophie Allison, a.K.A Soccer Mommy, released the deliciously bedeviled "lucy" earlier this year. She's back with even more low-key anguish on her longest song nevertheless, "yellow is the color of her eyes," which sounds about as lovely as a song about desperation can. There is lots to take in here: the 7:15 runtime, the jaundiced Alex Ross Perry-directed visual, the haunted delivery of "I could lie nevertheless it's never made me feel good indoors, I'm still so blue," so it could be best to just experience it for yourself. "The song was inspired by a time any time If I was on the road constantly and I felt like I was losing time — specifically with my mother," she mentioned in a statement. Right now, let yourself get lost in the dulled glow of Allison's fraught haze. —Patrick Hosken






  • Tahgi: "Misbhv"



    Hearing a good courting story makes you warm indoor, like once you're watching a rom-com and get to the particular romance following a hour or so of flirty smiles and almost-kisses. Tahgi, a singer and rapper out of Cleveland, is aware how to create you feel absolutely fuzzy with "Msbhv." The sugary beat is the backdrop for him to shoot his shot at a woman who's often courted and explain to her what separates him from the pack of feral guys beyond him. It's adorable, in a blushing sort of way, and it's a little bit deeper than just purchasing a drink and spitting game at the bar for a number of minutes. Tahgi's gift as a songwriter is to break big ideas into the smallest, most understandable, nuggets. It makes "Misbhv" simple, sweet, and exceptionally tidy. —Trey Alston






  • Molly Burch: "Holiday Dreaming"



    Hear me out... I know Thanksgiving is still a week away and you're probably going, "Stop! I'm a grinch and I mention it's also early for Christmas music!" Yet here's the thing about this particular bop: Yes, it's from a brand-spankin' new Christmas album (The Molly Burch Christmas Album, to be exact), however there really are zero mentions of stockings, Santa, snowmen, or sleighs. As an alternative, it's more typically about the coziest season of year and all of the wistful feelings that come with it. "Holiday dreaming of you," Burch sings, with that sort of classic indie-girl voice that's tailor-made for wintry playlists. "And I wanna be the one / That you're also dreaming of." It's warm, jazzy, and the ideal tune for you to ease back inside the most great time of the year. Because once Thanksgiving is through, it's over for you grinches. —Madeline Roth






  • Dogleg: "Fox"



    Much like acne and repressed memories of that time you farted in AP Chemistry and each person heard, teenage angst never goes away. Case in point, because the annual pilgrimage house for the holiday season starts, you may mention that we're officially entering Teen Angst SZN. So, be it a racist elder family or the migration of your high-school graduating class to the appointed hometown bar that sends you to your childhood bedroom, you'll probably require some new tunes to pass the time.


    Thankfully, Ann Arbor rockers Dogleg are here to offer the best anthem for being surrounded by old posters of New Noticed Glory and Taking Back Sunday. (Or, if you're from Michigan, Small Brown Bike.) "Fox" is a relentless, three-minute punk assault, brilliant for practicing epic stage dives into your twin bed. With an appropriately mosh-heavy music video to match, "Fox" is an accommodating reminder that, unlike that goldfish you won at the school carnival a decade ago, punk will never perish. Dogleg's debut album is due out in 2020. —Bob Marshall






  • Haim: "Hallelujah"



    a number of weeks immediately after allowing us into the minds of these struggling with depression on "Now I'm In It," the Haim sisters returned with a heartfelt and spiritual ballad that anyone who's suffered a loss will definitely hold dear. "Hallelujah," Alana revealed, is about family member, love, loss, and being thankful for it all." It's also a tribute to a friend she lost at just 20 years old in a tragic vehicle accident.


    In the initial verse, Danielle sings about easing fears and tears drying in time. Here, the sisters aren't dwelling on hardships, nevertheless as a substitute attempting to heal from them. And however they've lost someone dear in the physical world, they've gained both an angel and perspective. "Give me direction whenever it is hard to fight," Este sings before bursting into a bone-chilling harmony with Danielle on the chorus. "Three roads, one light." Then, Alana addresses the loss directly. "I had a best friend yet she has come to pass," she sings. And though her friend is no longer with us, her spirit is omnipresent. "Everywhere, you've been with me all along," Alana sings before she and her sisters harmonize over one final "hallelujah." With each other, they can get through anything. —Jordyn Tilchen






  • Casey Veggies: Organic Deluxe Edition



    This isn't just one bop – it's five new bops for the price of one. Casey Veggies dropped his grand return album Organic in June and gave the game what it had been missing: deep, introspective rhymes without flowery language or "yeah!" Ad-libs to take up dead space. Right now, Casey has released a deluxe edition with five new songs and features from artists like Larry June and IAMSU!. Casey opens up about both Mac Miller and Nipsey Hussle in a heartfelt tribute to the late rappers and continuously finds new ways to grow bigger and badder with each additional cut. That Organic can thrive without the deluxe edition attached to it is a strength of the work. Nevertheless with these new addenda, Casey's trials and tribulations have ultimately been given a full and complete story. —Trey Alston






  • The Pom-Poms - "Watch Me"



    "I never made a video you didn't embed," boasts rapper Kitty on this banger of a booming bass track. The zippy, rave-pop-tinged club track is a bouncy ride through Kitty's personality, rife with references to Mass Effect and the proclamation that the singer is a "Abercrombie lookin'-ass bitch." With a chanted, repetitive chorus demanding "WATCH ME, LOOK AT ME, LOOK AT ME," it's hard to look away, however not as the song involves it. It's because it's so damn good. —Brittany Vincent













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