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Beyonce’s Renaissance Showcases The Importance Of Self-Love

August 9, 2022 Colleen Padron Album Review, Pop

Beyonce’s seventh studio album, Renaissance, was released on July 29. The album, which has received worldwide praise, comes after a long hiatus for the popstar, whose previous project was 2016’s Lemonade. After the artist’s stint as a philanthropist with the film Black is King, fans are ecstatic to see… Read the rest at our website.

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Sour Crowns Olivia Rodrigo As The Queen Of Teenage Heartache

June 1, 2021 Manuela Aguirre Franco Pop, Music, Album Review

Early this year, Olivia Rodrigo was in the celebrity minor leagues as the star of the Disney+ show High School Musical: The Musical: The Series. On Jan. 12, she smashed streaming records and was all over TikTok with her debut single, Drivers License. The song immediately rose to no.… Read the rest at our website.

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Miley Cyrus Explores Rock Music In Her Latest Album, Plastic Hearts

November 28, 2020 Carolina Soto Music, Album Review, Rock, Pop

Miley Cyrus is back and better than ever with the release of her seventh studio album, Plastic Hearts, on Nov. 27. The album ditches her pop roots and unleashes her inner rock star voice. When we first met Miley Cyrus, we were kids. We watched her as the double-life… Read the rest at our website.

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Ariana Grande Finds Self Love In Her Latest Album, Positions

October 31, 2020 Michael Cuervo Album Review, Pop, Ariana Grande

Ariana Grande broke the charts once again with the release of her sixth studio album, Positions, on Oct. 30. It’s a fourteen track LP that, according to Grande’s interview with radio personality Zach Sang, was created from a much more healthy place than her previous albums. Sweetener (2018) shared… Read the rest at our website.

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Katy Perry’s Latest Album, Smile, Fails To Deliver Strong Mental Health Message

September 5, 2020 Daniel Tamariz Music, Album Review, Mental Health, Pop, Katy Perry

Katy Perry has been out of the limelight since her fifth studio album Witness (2017), which is considered a critical and commercial failure. Since then, Perry has suffered bouts of depression and has been working on herself. The self-reflection led to Perry’s sixth studio album Smile, released on August… Read the rest at our website.

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Justin Bieber’s Latest Album Is Far From Yummy But Solid Overall

April 6, 2020 Beatriz Fernandez Music, Justin Bieber, new album, Pop

Justin Bieber’s fifth album, Changes, is his first release in five years and the Canadian singer’s first offering to his fans since the mega successful Purpose. The album, appropriately released on Valentine’s Day, features a collection of love letters to his wife, Hailey Bieber. Changes attempts to bury Bieber’s… Read the rest at our website.

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Check Out These Underground Artists

November 22, 2019 Carolina de la Vega Music, hip hop, underground, indie, r&b, Pop

It seems like we listen to the same artists and the same type of music everyday. Whether it’s rap, pop or Latin, music seems to have become more about the beats rather than the lyrics sung over them. However, artists and bands like LANY, Cesar Santalo and Maggie Rogers… Read the rest at our website.

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Fall Out Boy’s New Sound Is Manic On MANIA

February 9, 2018 Martina Brady Rock, Pop, Music, Album Review

On Jan. 19, pop-rock band Fall Out Boy released MANIA, the group’s third LP since their five-year hiatus following their foray into pop with albums like Save Rock and Roll and American Beauty/American Psycho. Described by the band as a “palette cleanse” from their previous albums, MANIA is a… Read the rest at our website.

Cover art for Ed Sheeran's album Divide.

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Ed Sheeran’s Latest Album Divides Quality

March 31, 2017 Ciro Salcedo 0 Comments Music, Music Review, Pop

Three years have passed and now we have another Ed Sheeran album. As I listened to the radio one morning, my ears had apparently been through enough rest when an annoying tune managed to sneak its way into the farthest reaches of my brain. The painful and bouncy strings… Read the rest at our website.

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Beyoncé’s New Album Was The Best Kept Secret In Pop Among A Sea Of 2013 Releases

January 21, 2014 Eddy Fiuza Music Review, Pop

2013 was an interesting year for music, especially for female artists. It started with Lady Gaga’s Artpop, released November 6, which quickly became more of an art flop. Following that “Gagalicious” album, Katy Perry released her album Prism on October 18. The album channels living in the present, relationships,… Read the rest at our website.

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