Bop Shop: Songs From Zendaya And Labrinth, Big Sean, And More

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  Labrinth & Zendaya: "All for Us"
  
  
  https://www.Youtube.Com/watch?V=k-9DOwrLdkg
  
  
  
  Anyone else still reeling from that intense Euphoria finale? The initial season of HBO's gritty, controversial series came to a cliffhanger-heavy close on Sunday, and the final scene was a sight to behold: Zendaya's Rue relapses and breaks into a dreamlike dance. The surreal sequence was soundtracked by a new version of Labrinth's "All for Us," with Z taking lead vocals — which is a treat for anyone who missed her music ("Replay" stans, I visualize you!). Whenever it all comes down to it / I hope one of you come back to remind me of who I was / As soon as I go vanish / Into that good night," Zendaya sings as her dead-eyed character gets lifted into the air by a mob of bodies. The song played a big role in Euphoria from the begin of the season, and hearing it in full — buzzing bass, chanting vocals, marching musical group, and all — was a powerful end to an emotional season. —Madeline Roth
  
  
  
  
  



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  Dark & Handsome: Blood Orange ft. Toro y Moi
  
  
  https://www.Youtube.Com/watch?V=BmqJtNzujY4
  
  
  
  Move over “chill music.” Get out of here “lofi hip hop beats to relax/study to.” With each new project under his Blood Orange moniker, Dev Hynes keeps it up and continues to redefine how R&B and electronica can dance, intertwine and then fuse with each other to create us feel. Case-and-point: his new album, Angel’s Pulse, is a lesson in vibes, moods, thoughts, and lucidity.
  
  
  “Dark & Handsome” begins off with ambient thoughts and prolonged chords, giving way to Hynes’s smooth-as-butter vocal. He breaks the space with existential musings on where life has taken him, “Losin’ touch of everything I know / Prayin’ for my heart to turn to stone.” And synth-wave star Toro y Moi validates his fears only to dismiss them, spitting through distortion, “Don’t be actin’ silly / Cookie’s gonna crumble / Wipin’ up the crumbs / I do this sh*t casual.” Falling to pieces never sounded so f*cking chill. – Carson Mlnarik
  
  
  
  
  



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  Grace Ives: "Icing On The Cake"
  
  
  https://youtu.Be/pOVKwlhvhjY
  
  
  
  in the event you like to party without the hassle of leaving bed and actually going to a party, then Grace Ives's synth-pop banger "Icing on the Cake" is for you. Soon after listening to this track, you also will wonder why there aren't more two-minute dance songs about anxiety, and then you'll probably listen to it again. Right after that, you have got to probably listen to Ives's recently released debut album 2nd, because it's pretty wonderful. —Bob Marshall
  
  
  
  
  



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  The Score: "Stay"
  
  
  https://www.Youtube.Com/watch?V=1fG2SqZ-R5Q
  
  
  
  Some days we all require a little bit reminder to stay true to ourselves, and L.A.-Based rockers The Score gifted us this anthem to supply just that. According to the duo, it's their "most weak song to date," about "not attempting to change who you are." However it's not a song to wallow in your sadness to. It's about jumping up, screaming in the face of these who would ask you to change yourself to fit a certain mold, and defiantly refusing to modify even one minuscule segment of who you are. And messaging aside, it's a banger you'll hope to scream into your hairbrush soon after you step out of the shower. I've already been doing it almost day-to-day. —Brittany Vincent
  
  
  
  
  



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  Lil B: "Rhode Island"
  
  
  https://youtu.Be/zYRfuuLCYV4
  
  
  
  Before Lil B the Based God was obsessed with marker-on-foot photos and reckless tweets, he was one of rap's most intriguing prospects. Hell, he was even a member of XXL's 2011 Freshman class alongside Kendrick Lamar, Meek Mill, and more. Although because he'd clown around on one song and rap seriously with half-boiled punchlines on the second, you can never tell what you were going to get. Eventually, it was like he was only making music for the hugest Lil B fans out there. And although years later, I find myself drawn to his latest release, "Rhode Island," one of the jokey tracks (I hope) that doesn't make a little bit of sense. Lil B adds Auto-Tune this time to keep up with 2019 rap's melodic tendencies, and the results sound a little bit amateurish. However isn't that Lil B's whole appeal? There's something endearing about it — somewhere in the recesses of my brain, I'm that 17-year-old kid, doing the cooking dance with my companions while going through a playlist of his early music on YouTube. That guy would love this song. —Trey Alston
  
  
  
  
  



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  Mallrat: "Charlie"
  
  
  https://www.Youtube.Com/watch?V=9C1flskssaQ
  
  
  
  Mallrat (real name: Grace Shaw) aims right for the heart on the initial single from her upcoming EP, Driving Music. "Charlie" is a slow-building declaration of unconditional love that exudes warmth, even any time the Aussie singer opens up about complex family member relationships. "I just want coffee for breakfast / I just want warm cups of tea / I just might love you forever / I hope you heat up to me," the 20-year-old sings, unloading her innermost thoughts by way of the characteristically quick-fire verses and sticky hooks. The real clincher here's that she named the song soon after her golden Labrador, and if that's not cute-as-fuck enough to prepare you hit play, I don't know what to tell you. —Madeline Roth
  
  
  
  
  



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  Big Sean: "Single Again"
  
  
  https://www.Youtube.Com/watch?V=gSVUfktiLpo
  
  
  
  I'm as relationshipped-up as can be, happily on the road to marriage with my pretty girlfriend (who most likely will read this). Although Big Sean's "Single Again" is the optimistic mindset I never had immediately after breakups with past flings. Once I habitually focused on the negative, Sean goes for happy and proper and still gets cathartic. It's unlike his more brash, newly-single anthem, 2014's "I Don't Fuck With You." As an alternative, "Single Again" searches for answers in the recesses of Sean's memory, even acknowledging his earlier song as a state to not get caught up in. It's truly beautiful.
  
  
  This is a song that demonstrates to what you could be scared to learn about yourself immediately after a break-up. As a relationship progresses, your identity can become intertwined with the other person's; you might lose bits of yourself to your other half. Big Sean's message hits your soul because it's everything you could need to hear as you're reforming that complete picture of yourself. The fact that Sean's ex Jhené Aiko resembles his vocals on the chorus is the icing on the cake. —Trey Alston