Taylor Swift
Gorgeous
EDM/Electronica/Techno, Pop

Taylor Swift continues to drift toward the kind of airy, hedonistic vapidity that her younger self would have rejected.

P!nk
Beautiful Trauma
Pop

Beautiful Trauma is an apt title for P!nk’s seventh effort, an album that bounces wildly between hope and despair.

Miley Cyrus
Younger Now
Country, Pop, Rock

On Younger Now, Miley reflects on mistakes and embraces positive possibilities. But she also reflects on other embraces that aren’t …

Demi Lovato
Tell Me You Love Me
Pop, R&B

Demi Lovato recently said her latest album is “more mature.” Is that a good thing?

Lizzo
Truth Hurts
Pop

Catchy, yes. But a worthy message about loving yourself is buried in the song’s problems.

Camila Cabello
Havana
Pop

Camila Cabello’s latest hit reminisces about Cuba and kindles a forbidden relationship with a “malo” man.

Thomas Rhett
Life Changes
Country, Pop

Thomas Rhett’s chart-topping third album brims with new sounds that deliver familiar country messages—for better, and for worse.

Sam Smith
Too Good at Goodbyes
Pop, R&B

Success hasn’t made Sam Smith less melancholy. But it has given him a bigger platform for his progressive perspective.

Maroon 5
What Lovers Do
Pop

Maroon 5 teams up with R&B singer SZA in this suggestive lyrical glimpse at the game of love.

Fifth Harmony
Fifth Harmony
EDM/Electronica/Techno, Pop, R&B

Fifth Harmony might be down a member. But the sultry, sensual song remains the same.

Taylor Swift
Look What You Made Me Do
EDM/Electronica/Techno, Pop

Taylor Swift’s latest takes vicious aim at her haters, at fame and perhaps at … herself.

Halsey
Bad At Love
Alternative, EDM/Electronica/Techno, Pop, Rock

Halsey chronicles her failed romantic relationships with both men and women in “Bad at Love.”

Aly & AJ
Take Me
Alternative, EDM/Electronica/Techno, Pop

Aly & AJ are back with a new single and a new attitude.

Justin Bieber & BloodPop
Friends
EDM/Electronica/Techno, Pop

Justin Bieber hopes to maintain a friendship after a breakup. Is that an innocent request or something more problematic?

Kesha
Rainbow
Country, Pop, Rock

Kesha’s latest, deeply personal effort veers wildly between hurt and hope, vulgarity and profundity, philosophy and hedonism.