The Chainsmokers & Coldplay
Something Just Like This
Alternative, EDM/Electronica/Techno, Pop, Rock

The Chainsmokers collaboration with Coldplay yields an intriguing song about our longings to be heroic … and our fears that …

Keith Urban
The Fighter
Country, Pop

Keith Urban gets in touch with his inner knight in shining armor here, pugilistically promising always to fight for the …

Imagine Dragons
Believer
Alternative, Pop, Rock

Imagine Dragons roars back with an ambiguous song about the relationship between pain and belief.

Lady Antebellum
You Look Good
Country, Pop

If you’re beautiful, you may as well flaunt it. That’s about the only message in Lady Antebellum’s latest hit.

Julia Michaels
Issues
EDM/Electronica/Techno, Pop

Are the handful of issues with Julia Michaels’ track “Issues” enough to warrant a breakup with her first big solo …

Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee
Despacito
Pop, Reggae

This huge, mostly Spanish hit just became the most-streamed track ever. But you might be surprised how racy its lyrics …

Ed Sheeran
Shape of You
Pop

Ed Sheeran’s latest hit reflects and reinforces our culture’s confusion about how lasting intimacy and commitment are formed.

ZAYN & Taylor Swift
I Don’t Wanna Live Forever (Fifty Shades Darker)
Pop, R&B, Soundtracks

Taylor Swift and ex-One Directioner Zayn Malik join forces in a breakup duet that lends Swift’s brand equity to the …

Kelly Clarkson
It’s Quiet Uptown
Pop, Soundtracks

Kelly Clarkson’s remixed version of this song from the Hamilton soundtrack dives deep into how a married couple walks through …

Bruno Mars
24K Magic
Pop, R&B

Bruno Mars hopes to hit gold with an increasingly retro R&B sound. But if his style has evolved, his one-track-mind …

Auli'i Cravalho, Alessia Cara
How Far I’ll Go
Pop

This inspiring hit from the animated movie Moana finds a Disney princess once again wanting to pursue her dreams … …

Noah Cyrus
Make Me (Cry)
Alternative, Pop

Noah Cyrus is following in big sister Miley’s footsteps … minus the Hannah Montana phase.

Tove Lo
Lady Wood
Alternative, EDM/Electronica/Techno, Pop

The second album from this Swedish singer is long on the hedonistic pursuit of pleasure but short on finding joy …

Lady Gaga
Joanne
Alternative, Folk, Pop, Rock

Lady Gaga is inching past hedonism for hedonism’s sake, trading her outrageous antics something more substantive … if still reckless …

Maroon 5
Don’t Wanna Know
Pop, Rap/Hip-Hop

Breaking up has always been hard. But it’s even worse when you start brainstorming what your ex might be doing …