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“DHL”
Frank Ocean
Released Oct. 19
Blonded
Frank Ocean returns from a two-year hiatus with a laid-back single.

“HIGHEST IN THE ROOM”
Travis Scott
Released Oct.

“Slide”
H.E.R, YG
Released Sept 27
RCA Records/Sony Music Entertainment
H.E.R’s smooth vocals blend with the chilled-out backdrop of “Slide,” her latest collaboration with rapper YG.

Memories
Maroon 5
Released Sept 20
Interscope Records
Maroon 5’s muted, electric guitar-led single is bolstered by lead singer Adam Levine’s sublime vocals.

“Liar”
Camila Cabello
Released Sept. 4
Simco Ltd./Epic Records/Sony Music Entertainment
As if on cue, Camila Cabello’s new single “Liar” ticks each generic pop-genre box — a story of a passionate but questionably belittling love affair, repetitive lyrics, and a tiresome backbeat.

“Circles”
Post Malone
Released Aug 30
Republic Records, UMG Recordings Inc.

Raphael Saadiq’s 40-year-long music career is one well–versed in R&B.

As an undergraduate, Anna Gardner ’19 worked at Ithaca College’s Handwerker Gallery.

“Memory Emotion,” the latest album from the duo Electric Youth, is a multilayered synth-pop spectacle.

“Teeth”
5 Seconds of Summer
Released Aug 21
5 Seconds of Summer, under exclusive license to Interscope Records
Sweet vocals meet gritty lyrics in “Teeth,” 5 Seconds of Summer’s catchy and exciting pop-rock single.

Cage the Elephant’s “Social Cues,” the American rock band’s fifth studio album, might appeal to its veteran fans, whose die-hard attitude toward the group will keep them listening if only out of loyalty.

ME!
Taylor Swift, Brendon Urie
Released April 26th, 2019
Taylor Swift Productions, Inc.