Blake Shelton
Go Ahead and Break My Heart
Country, Pop

Only a country singer would celebrate a new relationship by writing a duet with his new flame that focuses on …

Justin Timberlake
“Can’t Stop the Feeling”
Pop

Justin Timberlake launches a preemptive strike on summer radio with a catchy tune that doesn’t generate as many good vibrations …

Fifth Harmony
Fifth Harmony 7/27
EDM/Electronica/Techno, Pop, R&B, Rap/Hip-Hop

What is the measure of a woman’s worth? Is it love? Sex? Money? Success? On any song on Fifth Harmony’s …

P!nk
“Just Like Fire”
Pop, Rock

P!nk’s pop-rock contribution to the soundtrack for Alice Through the Looking Glass ponders what it takes to do the impossible.

Twenty One Pilots
Ride
Alternative, EDM/Electronica/Techno, Pop, Reggae, Rock

This reggae-tinged electropop hit from Twenty One Pilots is paradoxically upbeat and melancholy at the same time.

Nick Jonas
Close
Alternative, EDM/Electronica/Techno, Pop, R&B

We must conclude that this is pretty much Nick Jonas’ full understanding of what it means to get “Close.”

Zayn
Mind of Mine
Alternative, Pop, R&B

Leering lust or lasting love? We don’t have to listen long to One Direction alum Zayn’s solo debut to know …

Gwen Stefani
This Is What the Truth Feels Like
Pop

If it feels so right, it can’t be wrong, Gwen Stefani gushes.

Ariana Grande
Dangerous Woman
Pop, R&B

There’s not even the pretense of narrative here. It’s just Ariana putting herself on display.

Meghan Trainor
No
Pop, R&B

Meghan Trainor’s latest song delivers a blunt rebuff to men who would objectify her … even as its video invites …

Fifth Harmony
Work From Home
Pop, R&B

Fifth Harmony had to change the name of its latest hit to avoid confusion with a recent Rihanna track. And …

The 1975
I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It
Alternative, Pop, Rock

The sophomore album from this rising British alt-pop band is as brutally honest as it is brutally hopeless.

Tori Kelly
Unbreakable Smile
Pop, R&B

A small handful of suggestive lyrics curl down the edges of this Smile a bit. But Tori Kelly’s effervescent winsomeness …

Lukas Graham
7 Years
Alternative, Pop, R&B

“7 Years” of whiplash, you might say of this Lukas Graham song. Liberal, conservative. Immoral, moral. High and sober.

Zayn
Pillowtalk
Alternative, EDM/Electronica/Techno, Pop, R&B

Zayn Malik has shed his association with One Direction. And his first solo hit sheds—and shreds—what few inhibitions his former …