Every Monday, we bring you a playlist filled with new tracks the Melodic staff has been listening to on repeat. Hear some of our latest obsessions below:
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Bruno Mars, “I Just Might” – Bruno Mars’ newest single, “I Just Might,” has debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, marking the first No. 1 debut of his career and the 10th chart-topper overall. Serving as the lead single from Mars’ highly anticipated fourth solo album, The Romantic, set to arrive everywhere on February 27, “I Just Might” immediate success signals a new chapter for Mars who hasn’t put out solo music since pre-Silk Sonic days (outside of “Fat Juicy & Wet”).
– Joseph Ine
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Joji, “Last of a Dying Breed” – “Last of a Dying Breed” is haunting and gritty, as the chord progressions and syncopated beats meld with the wistful ambience and wordless hums. The few lyrics in the song are inquiring, leaving the audience wanting more of the story that inspires the track. The song, in its entirety, is a restless orchestral lo-fi soundscape that listeners can dance or chill to.
– Ashanti Meadows
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Chelsea Cutler, “BAD” – “BAD” captures Cutler living life to the fullest in her newfound freedom as a single person. It showcases her songwriting in a new light, as she confesses her interest in someone new. In the chorus, she sings, “Baby I’m in love with / How you move your body / I can’t get enough and / I just wanna have you / Is that bad?”
– Germano Blanco
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Don Toliver, “ATM” – Set to release January 30th via Cactus Jack/Donway & Co/Atlantic Records, Octane combines the hip-hop artist’s love of cars and racing culture with his cinematic production and catchy trap melodies. The album is meant to give fans a taste of his energy in the present: “It’s not in the future, it’s not in the past, it’s right now,” he says.
– Madison Haynie
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Hear the rest of the staff picks on this playlist!
Melodic Music Monday 1/26
Bruno Mars- “I Just Might”
Joji- “Last of a Dying Breed”
Chelsea Cutler- “BAD”
Don Toliver- “ATM”
Harry Styles- “Aperture”
Goldie.- “Drown You Out”
Louis Tomlinson- “Imposter”
Ezra- “look so good”
Hudson Westbrook- “Exclusive”
Arctic Monkeys, War Child Records- “Opening Night”
Oscar Stembridge- “Hold Me Till It’s Over”
Matt Hansen- “SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN”
LØLØ- “007”
Ella Red- “IT’S NOT REAL”
Thirty Seconds to Mars- “God’s Eye”
Snail Mail- “Dead End”
Keni Titus- “hands to myself”
Navah Sea, MAUDSLEY- “Who Said”
Jackie Hollander- “Addicted”
Holly Humberstone- “To Love Somebody”
Sidney- “long haul”
Naomi Scott- “Losing You”
Portair, Mokita- “Overnight”
Hailey Picardi- “double edged sword”
Dermot Kennedy- “Funeral”
Samm Henshaw- “Sun and Moon”
Truman Sinclair- “dust to dust”
Avalon Emerson- “Jupiter and Mars”
Searows- “In Violet”
Kaleb Cohen- “Carolina”
