"I Get Around" is early Beach Boys in a nutshell
"People, I've been sad" perfectly captures how the world has been as of late...
"Smoke from a Distant Fire," a polished, way-too-catchy master class in figurative lyrics
Behind the ultra-80s pop of "Love Is a Battlefield" is a powerful message on the reality of romance
"People of the Pride": wait, this is Coldplay? ...Actually, it totally is
Is it house? Is it electronica? Is it pop? All I know is that it's "Magnets," and it's awesome.
"Don't Know Why" and the calmer, number side of heartbreak
"Find U Again" is a masterpiece of unwanted loneliness
"My Head and My Heart" places a Eurodance classic into a new, house-based context
"Love Me Again" is a love letter to both an old flame and an old sound
"She's Not There" combines various influences into a stirring pop rock hit
My thoughts on one of my father's favorite songs, "I Think I Love You"
Happy on a Wednesday? At the very least, I'm "Way Less Sad"
"Lights" instantly threw me back a decade when I heard it, and I both did and didn't mind that
"Semi-Charmed Life," another not-really-happy song, and how I experience it
Dua Lipa says "We're Good" and means it