So many new music videos this week deserved their own post here at TheYoungFolks.com! Kendrick Lamar, One Direction, HAIM and Carly Rae Jepsen released new music videos and below are my thoughts on them, the videos will be posted at…
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Music Review: “good kid, m.A.A.d city” by Kendrick Lamar
The hype is real, and as real as it gets good kid m.A.A.d city is the album that hip-hop had been waiting for. On the cover of the album, it says “a short film by Kendrick Lamar”, and as far…
“RENAISSANCE” review: Beyoncé celebrates disco on her most consistently exciting album
We’ve come a long way from the “Disco Sucks” movement of the 1970s. Back then that reactionary position was pretty commonplace, amongst white music consumers anyway. Now we can easily see the ugliness of the phrase’s implications: it implies straight-up…
The best albums of 2022 so far
Six months into 2022, this year has already given us several memorable albums in every genre, from reggaeton to dream pop to hip hop to post-punk. In fact, there were enough great albums that we couldn’t quite leave this list…
“30” review: Adele’s best album to date fufills her powerhouse potential
When Adele unleashed her latest single, and the first from her new album, “Easy on Me”, upon the pandemic-stricken world in October this year, it was easy to roll your eyes and be cynical, to shrug it off as just…
A (Not Especially) Brief History of Best New Artist Eligibility
The Grammys are one of music’s biggest conversation starters, about who is nominated, who isn’t, what the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) got right but more often what they got wrong. So it’s not surprising that the…
Music Premiere: Chris Zurich Releases “You’re My Crutch”
New York City-based singer-songwriter Chris Zurich introduces his brand-new single, “You’re My Crutch,” produced by Brent Kolatalo, who has worked with everyone from Kanye West, Eminem, and Kendrick Lamar to Lorde. Talking about the song, Chris says, “It’s the story…