Liam Payne
Strip That Down
Pop, R&B, Rap/Hip-Hop

The first single from this former One Direction member splits the difference between love and lust.

Mandisa
Out of the Dark
Christian/Gospel, Pop, R&B

Mandisa’s latest gives us an intimate glimpse at her hard but redemptive journey through a season of grief and depression.

Selana Gomez
Bad Liar
Pop, Rock

Selena Gomez’s latest single is mildly suggestive. Its video? A whole lot more so.

Paramore
After Laughter
EDM/Electronica/Techno, Pop, Rock

Paramore’s latest album wades through loss, heartbreak and bitterness … without ever really turning a hopeful corner.

Harry Styles
Harry Styles
Pop, Rock

Harry Styles’ debut is as melancholy and muted as his former band’s love songs were, at times, earnest and enthusiastic.

Miley Cyrus
Malibu
Pop, Rock

Is Miley Cyrus growing up? “Malibu” suggests the answer to that question might be yes. (Well, maybe.)

Imagine Dragons
Whatever It Takes
Alternative, Pop, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock

Imagine Dragons’ latest is another exercise in sorta: sorta pop, sorta rock, sorta rap. Sorta spiritual. Sorta positive. Sorta vague.

Haim
Want You Back
Pop, Rock

The latest single from the three sisters who comprise Haim finds a young woman desperately trying to rectify a romantic …

Imagine Dragons
Thunder
Alternative, Pop, Rock

Imagine Dragons’ latest track indulges an adolescent fantasy: getting even by getting famous.

Charlie Puth
Attention
Pop

Charlie Puth’s latest mixes the ingredients for an incendiary breakup: intimacy, jealousy, manipulation and stalking.

Shawn Mendes
There’s Nothing Holdin’ Me Back
EDM/Electronica/Techno, Pop, Rock

Shawn Mendes’ latest insists that reckless decisions made under the influence of infatuation don’t really matter.

Harry Styles
Sign of the Times
Pop, Rock

Harry Styles’ melancholy, apocalyptic solo debut sounds like something you’d expect from Imagine Dragons, not One Direction.

The Chainsmokers
Memories … Do Not Open
EDM/Electronica/Techno, Pop

Is this surging EDM duo’s full-length debut more helpful and hopeful than it is bleak and bitter?

RaeLynn
WildHorse
Country, Pop

Voice alum RaeLynn’s country debut brims with self-respect, hard-won wisdom and only a few wild moments.

Portugal. The Man
Feel It Still
Alternative, Pop, Rock

The first big hit from this alternative band that’s not from Portugal proffers a fuzzily vague political perspective.