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Jeanie Aird – “Chupacabra”
Some places stay with you long after you leave them. The roads, the stories people tell, and the memories you would rather forget can all become part of how you understand where you came from. On “Chupacabra,” Texas singer-songwriter Jeanie Aird draws on the folklore of her hometown, Corpus Christi, to explore what it means…
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Ava Valianti – “celebrity”
It’s easy to make someone the centre of your world when you’re falling for them. Their smallest gestures start to mean more than they should, and the version of them in your head can become just as important as the person themselves. On “celebrity,” Massachusetts singer-songwriter Ava Valianti explores that kind of infatuation, where admiration…
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Alyssa Paige – “Flip the Script”
Alyssa Paige’s “Flip the Script” sits in the uncomfortable space between wanting someone and knowing they keep giving you reasons to let go. Released on December 13, 2024, the Nashville based singer-songwriter turns a complicated relationship into a direct, personal reflection on what happens when love starts to feel conditional. The song begins with an…
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PENNY SMITT -Bewitched
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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Danielle Schroeder – The Ache of Living
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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Dark Slate Blue – What Made Me Cry
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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DRAKE – SHUT IT DOWN
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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Birds of A Feather – BILLIE EILISH
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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Secondhand- DON TOLIVER AND REMA
Some song titles reveal very little before the music begins. “Secondhand” does the opposite. The word usually describes something that has already belonged to someone else, but Don Toliver and Rema give it a more personal meaning, using it to explore the fear of a relationship that no longer feels exclusive. Featured on Don Toliver’s…
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Runway-LADY GAGA
Fashion has always carried meaning beyond the clothes themselves. It can project confidence, express identity, and shape the way people see themselves long before a single word is spoken. Those ideas sit at the heart of “RUNWAY,” Lady Gaga and Doechii’s first collaboration, where the runway becomes less of a fashion stage and more of…