Pop Quiz: The Must-Hear Hollywood Pop Bops

The TRL Pop Quiz works like this: our editors are posed a music-related question and have only 15 minutes and just 100 words to statistics, pick and explain their answers. This week's question: what's a song by a celeb who's not primarily an artist (e.G. Actor, model) that the world needs to hear?


The Twilight soundtrack slaps, including Robert Pattinson’s “Let Me Sign.” the opening full minute of the song consists of Pattinson vocalizing over an acoustic guitar. The second minute we get to the real meat of the song, indecipherable lyrics over an acoustic guitar. I love this song. Its rock sound and melancholy feel fit properly with the mood of the rest of the Twilight soundtrack. I genuinely think this is a wonderful song, and it's the ideal jam for staring out of a vehicle window with your parents in the front seat and rain falling outdoors. Trust me. - Leah Williams


Pop music by young white actresses should really be thought its own genre; at this point, who in this realm HASN’T attempted to create a bop? However when you get past Lindsay Lohan, Leighton Meester, Heidi Montag, Paris Hilton—the list is really endless—you land at my criminally underrated fave, Ashley Tisdale. “He Mentioned She Said” had 2007’s whole blippy-clap sound on lock, wherein High School Musical’s Sharpay Evans eyes a guy from across the club and immediately starts broadcasting her downright filthy dreams in especially PG-detail: “Baby, I may visualize us kissin’ like that!” Oh, behave! - Terron Moore


Eddie Murphy’s music career was as bizarre as it was indulgent. He didn’t need to pair up with Michael Jackson on this single from his 1993 album Love’s Alright, nevertheless since he did, we’re here watching him float through a psychedelic sky alongside the King of Pop himself. “Whatzupwitu” isn’t particularly original; the sound and imagery seem cribbed from Prince’s Around the World in a Day. Regardless, the phrase “Whatzupwitu” has proved remarkably durable to my ears: a week has gone by since I heard the song where the greeting hasn’t wormed its way into my mind or conversations. - Gus Turner


This question made me search behind musicals and Disney tracks for songs by people who aren’t usually music artists. I noticed out Jada Pinkett Smith is the frontwoman of her own musical group, Wicked Wisdom! The metal band hasn’t put out new music since 2014, however they technically are still mobile. The genre-blender musical group may not be prominent and it’s not on Spotify or iTunes, yet Jada has a really big voice and she understands how to make use of it. - Landyn Pan


It’s no surprise that Brett Gray was the hilarious stick out in Netflix’s new series On My Block, yet outdoor of his breakout role, he’s eager to flex his musical chops with his first EP Easy Daze dropping on his birthday – August 7. He’s mentioned the EP is inspired by the sounds of his childhood like Usher’s Confessions and is a musical retelling of his first heartbreak. He’s released two singles for now, “Old Thing Back” and “No One Else,” and I’m absolutely feeling “Old Thing Back.” It’s a fun nineties throwback that actually gives me OG JoJo vibes. - Kristen Maldonado


Would it surprise you to hear that not only has Priyanka Chopra recorded numerous tracks, however that she was the vocalist on The Chainsmokers’ debut single “Erase” in 2012? I can’t even start to theorize how these two acts wound up meeting and networking with, although “Erase” is a half-decent club song that I’m habitually surprised to remember exists. It’s clearly an early work of The Chainsmokers, not resembling the pop-friendly electronic sound they mastered later with “Roses.” Although, I can’t help however wonder if Priyanka’s small music career helped bond her closer to new fiancé Nick Jonas. - Matt Gehring