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Being really into someone can make everything else feel less important. You think about them more, care more about what they think, and before you know it, they have taken up a lot more space in your life than you expected. That is the feeling at the centre of Penny Smitt’s “Bewitched,” released on July…
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Grief can be difficult to put into words. For Danielle Schroeder, it becomes the heart of her new single, “The Ache of Living.” The song talks about loss, pressure, pain and the process of learning how to live with those feelings. Released on April 26, “The Ache of Living” came from a difficult time in…
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There is something painful about the way Dark Slate Blue starts “What Made Me Cry.” The song takes us back to a relationship that once meant something, before things changed and became difficult. “This is the story of the man / That I loved before the madness began” sets the mood right away. This is…
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A wedding is usually where a relationship is supposed to become permanent. In REIGNS’ “Heels Running,” it becomes the point where she decides she wants out. Released on July 24, 2026 through She Wears The Crown Records, the song follows a woman who has reached the end of a relationship that no longer feels right.…
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There is a certain patience to Drake’s “Shut It Down” that makes it stand out from a lot of songs about attraction. He does not seem to be in a hurry to get anywhere. For much of the song, he simply sounds fascinated by the woman in front of him, praising her and reminding her…
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There are some songs that become so tied to a character that it feels impossible to imagine anyone adding another chapter. For Jessie from Toy Story, that song is Randy Newman’s “When She Loved Me.” Even people who have not watched Toy Story 2 in years can probably remember the feeling of that scene. A…
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Billie Eilish has never been interested in presenting emotions in neat, easy to understand ways. Even when her songs appear straightforward on the surface, there is usually something more complicated underneath. That is what makes “BIRDS OF A FEATHER” stand out. It arrives as a love song, but the deeper it goes, the less it…
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For a lot of Canadians, “Run With Us” belongs to childhood. Swamp Music Players had the nerve to take that memory and darken it. The Victoria, British Columbia collective’s new version of the beloved The Raccoons theme song trades bright nostalgia for shadowy synths, heavier guitars, and a mood that feels worlds away from the…
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Suzanne Grzanna launched “Sunset Dreams” on the exact same day she took the stage at Milwaukee’s Summerfest, handing fans a two and a half minute slice of warm-weather smooth jazz right out of the gate. The track strips away the dense harmonic clutter that sometimes heavy hands the genre. Instead, Grzanna frequently billed as the…
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Keogea and Ezzyo had a finished track sitting on a hard drive, ready to upload, and they threw it in the trash. An earlier mix of “Prophets” done with a different engineer was completely done, but the energy felt off. Instead of settling for “good enough” to feed a streaming queue, the NYC rapper and…