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Changing the locks is easy. Convincing your heart the cheating bastard shouldn't be inside is where the real work starts. Desi G turns that gap into glossy electro-pop on ‘Locks,’ giving betrayal a huge chorus and one hell of an emotional hangover. laurelanne.media/desi-g-chang...
‘Locks’ Finds Desi G Rebuilding Trust - Laurelanne
Desi G turns betrayal, broken trust and lingering desire into sleek electro-pop on her new single ‘Locks.’
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Leo Von Sol's 'Heatwave' is a summer night that will not cool down. Slow-burning alt-R&B about a sweltering crowded room, soaked clothes and a temperature that keeps climbing until nobody can think straight. laurelanne.media/leo-von-sols...
Leo Von Sol's 'Heatwave' Is a Sweltering Slow Burn - Laurelanne
Leo Von Sol's 'Heatwave' is slow-burning alt-R&B built on rising temperatures and a summer night that refuses to break.
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Devotion looks incredible on a man who walked in thinking he was the prize. Annika Iyer's 'Downtown' is bass-heavy electro-pop about a woman who sets the pace, picks the hardware and keeps him there as long as she wants. laurelanne.media/annika-iyers...
Annika Iyer's 'Downtown' Review - Laurelanne
A cocky man walks into Annika Iyer's 'Downtown' convinced he runs things and leaves grateful for the demotion.
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Somebody tried to bury Piper Connolly while she was still breathing and she wrote a chorus about it. 'body bag' is crunchy, unhinged alt-pop revenge with a plucked bass figure that sounds like an intruder and drums that take the door off. Read the review. laurelanne.media/piper-connol...
Piper Connolly's 'body bag' Review - Laurelanne
Inside Piper Connolly's 'body bag,' a revenge track staged like a crime scene with the lighting already cued.
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Summer Wiley's 'All In My Heart' is about the man who told you his secrets, told you to stay, said he was on his way, and never showed. Shimmering synths, steel guitar, and an octave jump that made me sit up straight. Our review is live. laurelanne.media/summer-wiley...
Summer Wiley's 'All In My Heart' Review - Laurelanne
A review of Summer Wiley's 'All In My Heart,' a shimmering pop record about wanting someone who never closed the distance.
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Brittany Bindrim's 'Bellow' understands the dark thrill of handing somebody your damaged pieces and finding out they know how to help you put them back together. Two decades of I:Scintilla built to this. laurelanne.media/brittany-bin...
Brittany Bindrim's 'Bellow' Review - Laurelanne
Brittany Bindrim's 'Bellow' turns damaged pieces into something worth standing inside, and the rebuilding sounds sexy as hell.
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CassMae's 'I'm With Bach' came out of hearing an excerpt from a harpsichord concerto in the summer of 2025 before a songwriting session. Three hundred years later that melody ambushed her and she made it dance. laurelanne.media/cassmaes-im-...
CassMae's 'I'm With Bach' Review - Laurelanne
Our review of CassMae's 'I'm With Bach,' an R&B-infused dance pop track where Bach outranks the man and the Hindi verse steals it.
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Ana Golja's 'Can't Walk All Over Me' gives every lazy apology the sharp heel it deserves. He came and went as he pleased, so she flips the footwork and walks away while he finally learns what being walked over feels like. laurelanne.media/ana-goljas-c...
Ana Golja's 'Can't Walk All Over Me' Review - Laurelanne
Ana Golja's 'Can't Walk All Over Me' puts retro soul in heels as she steps over lazy love and struts away with her standards intact.
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MarissaAnn turns a table for one into the hottest reservation on ‘full bloom’. The chill R&B slow grind wraps self-love in satin and champagne, then lets her admire the woman she fought to become. Solitude has rarely sounded this fucking seductive. laurelanne.media/marissaann-b...
MarissaAnn’s ‘full bloom’ Review - Laurelanne
MarissaAnn makes solitude feel luxurious on ‘full bloom’, a sensual R&B track about choosing yourself and loving the view.
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Sophie Benfold’s ‘Keep It Down’ feels like catching half a scandalous conversation from the next booth and shamelessly leaning closer. Indie pop-rap meets an R&B pulse, and this sneaky bitch of a track knows when to slip away. laurelanne.media/sophie-benfo...
Sophie Benfold’s ‘Keep It Down’ Review - Laurelanne
Sophie Benfold’s ‘Keep It Down’ stays stripped back while its quietly sexy hook lets her personality do the dirty work.
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Blu DeTiger's 'Shock!' makes seduction feel physical and completely mutual. She turns him into a coin-operated toy and keeps the current alive long after the club empties. laurelanne.media/blu-detigers...
Blu DeTiger's 'Shock!' Is Pure Nu-Disco Heat - Laurelanne
Blu DeTiger's 'Shock!' turns a filthy bass groove into surrender and one very memorable walk of shame.
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Bailey Grey’s 'Unfortunately (I’m in Love with You)' drops a childhood friendship into a Cinderella fantasy and turns the emotional mess into loud pop-rock yearning. The clock is ticking and she finally says the damn thing. laurelanne.media/bailey-greys...
Bailey Grey’s 'Unfortunately' Review - Laurelanne
Last Christmas I went home for four days and ended up at the neighborhood bar where everyone still calls me by the nickname I hated at sixteen. My oldest guy
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Nadia Vaeh's 'Dressing' turns medical debt and class rage into a dinner party where the ultra-wealthy finally swallow the poison they created. It is vicious as hell and dressed for political arson with the good silverware. laurelanne.media/nadia-vaehs-...
Nadia Vaeh's 'Dressing' Review - Laurelanne
Nadia Vaeh's 'Dressing' turns medical debt and class rage into a vicious dinner party for the ultra-wealthy.
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Turning his touch into a scoreboard is some diabolical shit and madamestarlet's 'UNDER YOUR SKIN' hands you the whole manual. He thinks he's driving. He is very much not driving. The dominant edge never gets softened. laurelanne.media/madamestarle...
madamestarlet's 'UNDER YOUR SKIN' Review - Laurelanne
madamestarlet's 'UNDER YOUR SKIN' fuses dnb and breakbeats into a track about a woman who takes control and enjoys every second of it.
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Katie MAC spent years working strip clubs and every bit of that education is in 'Hot! Sad! Girls!' She writes a woman untouchable on the dance floor and completely unraveled in the Uber home, and I have been both in the same four hours. laurelanne.media/nobody-parti...
Review of Katie MAC's 'Hot! Sad! Girls!' - Laurelanne
Katie MAC's 'Hot! Sad! Girls!' pairs strip club education with distorted vocals and hooks that draw blood.
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Being adored is fun but being worshipped has better energy. Jingram's 'The Night Feels Better' is euphoric nu-disco about a man whose entire evening collapses the second she walks out, and he is not embarrassed about it. laurelanne.media/being-worshi...
Jingram's 'The Night Feels Better' Review - Laurelanne
Our take on Jingram's 'The Night Feels Better,' the nu-disco track about a man whose entire evening is worthless without her.
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ANTO’s ‘Head Over Heels’ captures that filthy little moment when you know he is terrible for you and still want him back in your bed. The production pulses like a racing heart while she loses sleep chasing the toxic high he left behind. laurelanne.media/antos-head-o...
ANTO’s ‘Head Over Heels’ Gets Addictive - Laurelanne
ANTO’s ‘Head Over Heels’ captures the addictive pull of wanting someone who keeps leaving you wrecked
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Tuff Rhythm and dharkfunkh's 'Baby Tell Me' is a woman announcing her boundary and reaching for him in the same breath. Euphoric house, rolling 80s bass, and a goodbye that nobody in the room believes for a second. laurelanne.media/tuff-rhythm-...
Tuff Rhythm's 'Baby Tell Me' Review - Laurelanne
Euphoric house and 80s bass make Tuff Rhythm and dharkfunkh's 'Baby Tell Me' the sound of a goodbye nobody in the room believes.
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manny moura's 'devotion' understands the sacred rule of the celebrity crush. You can worship him on your knees, but the second he says something boring near a coffee shop, the spell gets evicted with the security deposit. laurelanne.media/manny-mouras...
manny moura's 'devotion' Review - Laurelanne
manny moura's 'devotion' makes obsession sound sweet while keeping the celebrity crush safely behind glass.
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LATASHÁ’s ‘PPNE’ does not whisper empowerment. It puts pussy at the center of the room, turns the beat into a throne, and makes every power structure admit where it came from. This is a bad bitch anthem with bass in its spine. laurelanne.media/latashas-ppn...
LATASHÁ ‘PPNE’ Song Review - Laurelanne
LATASHÁ’s ‘PPNE’ turns pussy power into a raw, commanding anthem about creation, control and feminine force.
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Tove Styrke wrote 'Sunflower' about loving someone so hard they become your center of gravity. She turned watching a baby breathe at 2am into the most beautiful thing we've heard all year and honestly we're still not okay about it. laurelanne.media/tove-styrke-...
Tove Styrke Wrote 'Sunflower' for Her Daughter and We're All Wrecked Now - Laurelanne
Tove Styrke wrote 'Sunflower' for her daughter and it captures motherhood in its most exposed form.
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Janalynn Castelino's 'Can't Deny' is what happens when the cool act finally collapses. She confesses a full-body crush in English and Spanish over a deep house groove that had me dancing before the first chorus even showed up. laurelanne.media/janalynn-cas...
Janalynn Castelino's 'Can't Deny' Review - Laurelanne
Janalynn Castelino's 'Can't Deny' turns full-body obsession into a bilingual deep house confession you'll feel before the first chorus.
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Gotti Doll's 'DO IT' is the ultimatum every other woman has drafted at midnight and never sent. She wants him to free the girlfriend and admit the desire everyone can already smell on him. Electro-pop with actual nerve behind the gloss. laurelanne.media/gotti-dolls-...
'DO IT' by Gotti Doll Is an Ultimatum in Heels - Laurelanne
'DO IT' by Gotti Doll is horny, merciless dance-pop for the other woman who's finished sharing. He knows what to do.
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They called her a whore, then a witch, then an icon, which was the one meant to make her sit down. Madonna's 'Confessions II' is at No. 1. Forty-four years of them trying to break her and she broke them! laurelanne.media/the-rise-fal...
How Madonna's 'Confessions II' Reached No. 1 - Laurelanne
From the Danceteria demo tape to Madonna's 'Confessions II' at No. 1, the complete forty-four year road to her tenth American chart-topper.
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The complete road from the Danceteria demo tape to Madonna's 'Confessions II' at No. 1. Forty-four years, ten American chart-toppers, five decades. Every reinvention and every premature obituary in between. laurelanne.media/the-rise-fal...
How Madonna's 'Confessions II' Reached No. 1 - Laurelanne
From the Danceteria demo tape to Madonna's 'Confessions II' at No. 1, the complete forty-four year road to her tenth American chart-topper.
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Bunnie's 'Play It Back' understands that a song shared between friends travels faster than any of us do. Nottingham bedroom to the French Riviera, and every single stop in between is sweaty and slightly out of control. laurelanne.media/every-dancef...
Bunnie's 'Play It Back' Review - Laurelanne
One text from a friend and suddenly Bunnie's 'Play It Back' is shaking clubs in Prague and beach parties in Cannes.
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Blocking him was the mature choice. Unblocking him because the sex was that good was the choice with better cardio. Cheyenne Pohl’s ‘Put Your Freak On’ brings hot-girl control to a sassy funk groove, giving female desire the mic. laurelanne.media/cheyenne-poh...
Put Your Freak On by Cheyenne Pohl - Laurelanne
Cheyenne Pohl turns up the heat on ‘Put Your Freak On,’ a sassy funk-pop track driven by female desire and hot-girl swagger.
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She spends the pre-chorus insisting she's playing it cool while visibly having no composure left. DENNY's 'Get On Me' is a woman who's been running this fantasy for weeks and has finally decided to say so out loud. laurelanne.media/on-dennys-ge...
DENNY's 'Get On Me' Wants Him Now - Laurelanne
On DENNY's 'Get On Me,' the sugar in the production makes the sexual confidence run hotter. She invited him over for one reason.
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She says slow down. The synths say absolutely fucking not. Belleune's 'Slow Down' is 130 BPM of a woman being told she's running at this too hard and deciding that whatever's waiting for her is worth every bit of it. laurelanne.media/belleunes-sl...
Belleune's 'Slow Down' Never Slows Down - Laurelanne
Belleune's 'Slow Down' is electropop about falling too fast, and Bell makes the fall sound so good you'd never take the warning.
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