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The behold for the ever-elusive “bop” is difficult. Playlists and streaming-carrier ideas can supreme wreck so indispensable. And they trot away a lingering request: Are these songs after all factual, or are they fair unusual?
Enter Bop Shop, a hand-picked different of songs from the MTV Recordsdata crew. This weekly series doesn’t discriminate by genre and could well include anything — or now no longer it’s a snapshot of what is on our minds and what sounds factual. We will defend it contemporary with the latest song, but request of a few oldies (but goodies) every most steadily, too. Earn ready: The Bop Shop is now open for substitute.
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Twice: “The Feels”
With the birth of their English single, “The Feels,” the women of Twice are support and better than ever. The high-energy word utilizes a fab bass-driven melody interlaced with heavy synth, handclaps, and tambourine, whereas a interesting, campy song video transports followers to an early aughts fever dream. With every comeback, the Twice people evolve and substitute into even higher variations of themselves, and this time is rarely any diversified. The main single off their upcoming album, this song if truth be told presents us “The Feels,” instilling feelings of excitement and beauty, and or now no longer it’s a long way the ideally suited taste of what’s to return. —Sarina Bhutani
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S. Raekwon: “Develop You Feel the Same?”
On October 8, soulful and interesting singer-songwriter Steven Raekwon Reynolds, who records song as S. Raekwon, will birth his eclectic and hanging debut LP, Where I’m At Now. Old to that, he’s shared a series of singles; few are as straight cute as “Develop You Feel the Same?,” an upbeat motion led by a chiming acoustic guitar and an inscrutable, deliver-skinny vocal snippet. Followers of Rostam and Westerman, fix your ears on this masterful mini-symphony. —Patrick Hosken
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Jonas Brothers: “Who’s in Your Head”
All three Jonas Brothers are famously wifed up, but that doesn’t mean they by no methodology face insecurity of their relationships. The pop trio’s newest single, a rollicking, R&B-infused prick, sees Cut, Joe, and Kevin speculate on whether or now no longer their respective companions aloof have faith their ex-boyfriends (“Bought lost on your halo, I fair wanna know / Who’s on your head, on your head?”). Near for the catchy refrain, and defend for a few of Cut and Joe’s sultriest vocal harmonies yet. —Sam Manzella
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Tori Amos: “Speaking With Trees”
Tori Amos is about to birth out her first beefy-length album in four years, Ocean to Ocean, and love her outdated collections The Beekeeper and Native Invader, the fiery piano siren has yet again became to the garden to support deal with effort and loss. Her unusual single, “Speaking With Trees,” is stuffed with groovy guitars, rocking drums, and for sure, some interesting keys. The song will personal you swaying on your seat except you hear to the lyrics. “Speaking With Trees” is about Amos burying her mother’s ashes beneath a treehouse, unable to tell goodbye. “I’ve been hiding your ashes under the treehouse / Don’t be bowled over I will not enable you to switch,” she sings. The sound of strings swirls spherical her, culminating with a rousing bridge about feeling held by the branches. —Chris Rudolph
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Illuminati Hotties: “Protector”
Because it lacks the feral energy of “MMMOOOAAAAAYAYA,” the surf twang of “UVVP,” and the spilled-Slurpee stickiness of “Pool Hopping,” the song that ends aspect A of Illuminati Hotties‘s newest album Let Me Develop One More could well feel love a red herring. Or now no longer it’s vulnerable, fragile even. However what tenderpunk pioneer Sarah Tudzin is ready to full across its five minutes is unheard of, creating an infinite texture that sounds love falling asleep to white noise. She does all this whereas unpacking some heady concerns (“I’m now no longer clear that you just’re my show door, honey”) and factual earlier than she surging support into gear with the hilariously titled “Joni: LA’s No. 1 Smartly being Goth.” If you find yourself in its spell, even though, or now no longer it’s all about “Protector” and the ongoing growth of Tudzin’s spectacular creative palette. —Patrick Hosken
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B.I ft. Bipolar Sunshine and Afgan: “Misplaced at Sea (Illa Illa 2)”
B.I reprises his hit single “Illa Illa” with an unexpected twist. In partnership with English singer-songwriter Bipolar Sunshine and Indonesian artist Afgan, the remix, titled “Misplaced at Sea,” is the realm collaboration of your wildest dreams. The word maintains the essence of the usual, the manufacturing has softened, and the addition of further than one English verses widens the scope of the song’s affect. Although or now no longer it’s an out of this world soundtrack for wistfully staring out the window, the collaborative effort proves that song can relief as a connecting force, ready to achieve across trudge, language, or border. —Sarina Bhutani
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Britney Spears: “Overprotected”
Twenty years ago, Britney Spears released “Overprotected,” which retrospectively looks to presage her fight to manipulate her have destiny. I’ve been reflecting on this song loads this week as Britney received a actually indispensable trusty battle that introduced her one step nearer to her inner most freedom. The lyrics are nearly haunting at this level as she defiantly exclaims that she’s uninterested with folk telling her what to full and how to behave. The song video entails scenes of symbolism with walls actually closing in on her. However previous its continued relevance, it’s fair an absolute bop with unbelievable choreography that we’ve advance to request of from the icon. —Farah Zermane
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Grace Cummings: “Heaven”
In the boring 1970s, David Byrne famously sang that “heaven is a region where nothing ever happens.” Australian folk artist Grace Cummings, meanwhile, asserts that it’s “where a person is nothing.” She delivers this bombshell revelation in an earth-quaking yawp, regarded as one of basically the most keen voices in contemporary song apparently summoned from a long way under. The accompanying song video is as confrontational, mesmerizing, and relentless because the hall-filling strums that resound for the length of the song itself. —Patrick Hosken
